Pick of the week
Tony Cascarino: Extra Time
Monday, RTÉ 1, 9.35pm
What are we to make of the rollercoaster life and career of former Republic of Ireland international and now TV pundit Tony Cascarino? This new documentary by Brick Films is a candid look at Cass’s 20-year football career, when he veered from zero to hero and back again, taking in his marital infidelities, allegations of doping and bribery, and his sensational admission that he was a “fake Irishman” who was never eligible to wear the green jersey. (He revealed his Irish ancestry came through adoption, but the FAI have since said that wouldn’t have affected his eligibility.) The documentary follows the highs and lows of his football career, including his disastrous signing to Celtic for a club record fee of £1.1 million, his redemption in the south of France, when he became top goalscorer for Ligue 2 side Marseille, earning the nickname “Tony Goal”, and his chaotic final international match with Ireland, when he got into a fight with a Turkish defender as Jack’s Army failed to qualify for Euro 2000.
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DIY SOS: The Big Build
Sunday, RTÉ Two, 7pm
Cayden (9) with mother Sinéad, father Donald, brother Ethan (15) and presenter Baz Ashmawy at home in Tallaght. Photograph: RTÉ
Baz Ashmawy is back to oversee a new round of home renovation projects in this latest series of DIY SOS. Once again, Ashmawy cajoles and corrals a diverse group of builders, carpenters, electricians, plumbers and engineers to transform a deserving famil
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