TV Review: Ending up on the old main drag

RTE’s has a near-obsession with programmes that seem to leap straight out of the pages of women’s magazines

Kevin McGahern tried his hand at drag racing in Reality Bites (RTE 2)

Reviewed this week

Wheeler Dealers Discovery

Reality Bites RTE Two

Better Off Abroad RTE One

Dole Life RTE 2

Angela Scanlon’s Close Encounters RTE 2

One of my secret vices is watching Wheeler Dealers (Discovery), a programme about restoring old cars. It features likely Lambeth lad Mike Brewer and his old china, Ed China, a rather posher chap with a degree in engineering product design.

Brewer acquires old cars and, with China diving ...