TV Review: Is there anything in the water?

Redwater has its share of Irish whimsy, but is it as bad as the 1997 Eastenders Oirish spin-off?

Redwater (RTE One, BBC Two) with Shane Richie, Fionnuala Flanagan, Ebony O’Toole-Acheampong, Ian McElhinney and Jessie Wallace

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Redwater: RTE One, BBC One

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When EastEnders came to Ireland to shoot three episodes in 1997, it kicked a hornet’s nest of indignation and injured pride, with viewers here outraged to see Irish characters portrayed as drunken, aggressive louts. It was a fiction, perhaps a stupidly offensive one, but a fiction for all that.

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