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What to watch on TV tonight: Thursday
EVERY WEEKDAY lunchtime, DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
The Takeover (RTÉ Two, 9.30pm)
RTÉ’s show in which the employees of a business take over total control from the managers. This episode features a beauty spa in Drogheda whose bosses are “at a loss”, so hand control over to their minions. #TheTakeover
Jockey School (Channel 4, 10pm)
Three young people from difficult backgrounds – described as “fighters, Travellers and troublesome teens” – enter the toughest jockey school in Britain for this new Channel 4 documentary. They love horses, but will they be whipped into shape? And does the school really offer a second chance? #JockeySchool
A Sovereign People: The Story Of The Irish Revolution (RTÉ One, 10.15pm)
Major documentary shining a new light on the decades that led up to Irish independence. It promises to uncover a few uncomfortable truths along the way – like the fact that in 1900, 40 per cent of British Army troops were Irish-born.
Trending: Breaking Bad vs The Walking Dead
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Is Breaking Bad actually a prequel to The Walking Dead? That’s what US cable network AMC – which produces both shows – has been trying to warn us, according to this piece pointing out suspicious references between the shows. Did the blue meth cause the zombie outbreak? Why does the same car reappear? And is that… Jesse Pinkman?
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