It s Summer on RT One, RT and RTjr

It s Summer on RT One, RT 2 and RT jr Home-grown Documentary, National Sport and Uniquely Irish Entertainment.

Bringing viewers the best in home-grown documentaries, new music and entertainment, live national and international sporting action, and home-produced Irish children's content, RT One, RT 2 and RT jr are set for a busy summer.

Speaking about the summer television schedule, Glen Killane, MD of RT Television said: We're putting an emphasis on the best-of-Irish this summer on RT One, RT 2 and RT jr. As well as new, home-grown documentaries about some of Ireland's most powerful figures, we'll showcase the best in Irish music with Imelda May on RT One and Electric Picnic on RT 2. Add to that all the summer sporting action and brand new award-winning Irish animation on RT jr, and we're confident that audiences in Ireland will enjoy some uniquely Irish viewing this summer on RT .

RT One

RT One, Ireland's most-popular channel, has a lot to look forward to over the summer months with a wide variety of programming. New documentaries look at national figures like Brian Lenihan and Tony Ryan, as well as at the growth in popularity of independent politicians. New music and entertainment comes from Imelda May and Miriam O'Callaghan, and RT One goes behind-the-scenes access to Ireland's busiest entertainment venue, the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney, Co Kerry.

Viewers can look forward to a major three-part series, A Legacy, which looks at the legacies of three high profile figures from different realms of Irish life: politics, business and sport - Brian Lenihan, Tony Ryan and P id S .

Collusion, a groundbreaking one-off documentary which, for the first time, tells a different side to the dirty war in Northern Ireland, shedding new light on the extent of collusion between Loyalist paramilitaries and the British security forces over three decades.

McGeever sees reporter Brian Carroll travel to Dubai and the United States following the trail of former property developer Kevin McGeever's alleged kidnapping.

Meanwhile, in the authored documentary, The Others, Pat Leahy looks at how the political landscape has shifted with a growing number of independent TDs. He asks, who are the independents? Why have we seen a surge in support for them in opinion polls over recent years? And crucially, how, if elected, would they govern our country?

The Long Shot tells the story of a major sporting gamble. In 2011 David Keoghan's horse won a major race at Royal Ascot. David, husband of multi-million-selling author Cecelia Ahern, decided he would spend half a million Euro buying and training 6 young horses in an attempt to beat the biggest names in the horse racing industry. It is an epic challenge and the odds are stacked against him.

With unique access to the Cochlear Implant Unit of Dublin's Beaumont hospital, Breaking the Sound Barrier documents an extraordinary journey from a world of total silence to a world filled with sound. Filmed over 9 months, the programme follows Dr. Laura Viani and four of her patients as they receive an electronic surgical implant that they hope will profoundly change their lives.

In Where I Am, American writer Robert Drake (author of The Gay Canon) returns to the small town of Sligo from his home in Philadelphia, in an attempt to revisit the memories of his time in Ireland. Twelve years have passed since he was the victim of a violent and bloody attack by two local men there. Can he lay the past to rest? Can he forgive the men who attacked him? Will going back to where the drama began trigger his memory of the actual events?

The Irish Pub is a eulogy to the greatest institution in Irish society, the pub, or more specifically, the traditional Irish publican.

The Gleneagle is RT 's One's new fly-on-the-wall series, which goes behind the scenes at one of Ireland's leading entertainment venues the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney. From ballet to bingo, country to comedy and snooker to sean n s there's always something happening in the hotel.

The drama continues to heat up in Fair City this summer, when Dolores and Pete are faced with some tough decisions when Dolores' condition worsens. Wayne and Orla's fears become a reality when the truth about Junior's real father starts to unfold. Caoimhe and Damien's relationship is put to the test and a familiar face returns to ruffle some feathers.

A new season of Europe's longest-running TV game show, the National Lottery's Winning Streak, will be presented by Sinead Kennedy and Marty Whelan, with the return of viewers' favourite games, including the opportunity for two contestants to spin the wheel!

Miriam O'Callaghan is also back this summer with a new series of Saturday Night With Miriam, which will feature a mix of entertainment, showbiz, sports, current affairs, music and human-interest stories. The new series promises plenty of surprises along the way too. Join Miriam after the main evening news on RT One, on Saturdays from the 20th of June.

Filmed in front of a live studio audience, The Imelda May Show celebrates Ireland's love of music, hosted by the unique talent that is Imelda May. The series, which will extend to RT Radio 1 on The Ronan Collins Show, will feature music and chat from Marc Almond, Kodaline, Lulu, Ray Lynam and the Hillbillies, Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats (who are celebrating their 40th anniversary) and a special performance from the Hothouse Flowers.

Lords & Ladles is a six-part series taking viewers on a historical journey to celebrate our past through the wonders of food and the glories of cooking. The series features three of Ireland's finest chefs: Derry Clarke, Catherine Fulvio and Paul Flynn, watch here.

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