TV: Visceral slice of animal life is not for the squeamish

Ella McSweeney’s new programme about animal mechanics and behaviour involves vivid close-ups of creatures being dismantled in, of all places, Smock Alley Theatre, on Lower Exchange Street in Dublin

Ella McSweeney and Peter Wilson in How Animals Work (RTE One)

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If I were the ‘wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie’ of Robbie Burns’ poem To a Mouse I would certainly have a panic in my ‘breastie’ if I got wind ofHow Animals Work(RTÉ One). Ella McSweeney’s new programme about animal mechanics and behaviour involves vivid close-ups of creatures being dismantled in, of all places, ...