How a gentle look at an old flyer took wing

Bobby Coote in The Man Who Wanted to Fly (RTÉ One)

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The Man Who Wanted to Fly: RTÉ One

Poldark: BBC One

How the Middle Class Ruined Britain: BBC Two

I Am Nicola: Channel 4

I once stayed in an old house on the south coast, one of those Irish homesteads that had been extended over the years by building a newer house abutting the gable wall of the preceding one, giving the effect of steps of stairs.

The oldest house ...