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What to watch on TV today: Sunday
Every lunchtime, DailyEdge.ie rounds up the TV shows that you’ll be tweeting about tonight and talking about tomorrow.
Rebellion (RTE 1, 9.30pm)
This much-anticipated new drama hits Irish screens tonight. Based on the events that led to the Easter Rising in 1916, a group of friends in Dublin, Belfast, and London tell their story starting from the outbreak of World War I. Look out for familiar faces Sarah Greene, Charlie Murphy, and Brian Gleeson.
War and Peace (BBC 1, 9pm)
If you like period dramas, get all over this. It’s a new series based on Tolstoy’s story of five aristocratic families as they deal with Napoleon’s Russian invasion.
Deutschland 83 (RTE 2, 10.30pm)
The German Cold War spy drama continues. A young soldier Moritz is given a new identity and sent over the Berlin Wall to infiltrate the West German army. In this episode he’s given a chance to return to give a kidney to his mother, but a mysterious package takes center stage.
Everyone is talking about… Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones author George RR Martin has come out and said he missed the deadline to complete the next novel before the sixth series of the TV show starts.
Charles Sykes Charles Sykes
The author wrote in a blog post that he missed the New Year’s Eve deadline for The Winds of Winter to come out before the show in April, so you’ll be watching the TV show for information instead of the usual book before show.
BOOO.
He wrote
Ah well, nobody can focus over Christmas mate.
Or flick over for…
At Your Service (RTE 1, 8.30pm) A new series.
American Graffiti (RTE 2, 11.30pm) A good option if you’re lucky enough to have work off tomorrow. A group of teens have one last night of freedom before adulthood closes in.
The Road (BBC 1, 11.35pm) Post apocalyptic drama with a man and his son attempting to survive in an American inhabited by cannibals.
The Rich Kids of Instagram (Channel 4, 11.30pm) In case you missed it, you HAVE to see it.
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