Television What To Watch RT1 RT2 TV3 7.15 The Afternoon Show (R,T) 8.55 Holby City (T) 10.00 Judge Joe Brown 10.20 The Doctors 11.10 Dr Phil 12.00 Campaign Daily 12.45 Telly Bingo. Lottery game show. 1.00 News And Weather (T) 1.25 Home And Away (T) 1.55 Neighbours (T) 2.20 EastEnders (R,T) 3.00 How Clean Is Your House? (T) 3.30 I Want A Garden (R) 4.00 The Afternoon Show (T) 5.45 Nuacht RT 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 News And Weather 7.00 Living Lightly (T) Imogen OConnor renegotiates her allowance. 7.30 EastEnders (T) Syed makes a confession about his sexuality. 8.00 Fair City (T) Zumo changes the locks. 8.30 About The House (T) New series. Duncan Stewart visits an eco- village in Co Tipperary. See highlights. 9.00 News And Weather (T) 9.40 Prime Time (T) Current affairs review, plus reports on breaking news stories at home and abroad. 10.20 CrimeCall (T) New series. Con Murphy and Anne Cassin appeal for help from the public in solving crimes. 11.25 The View A review of The Invention of Lying. 12.10 RT News And Weather (T) 12.15 Oireachtas Report 12.45 Boston Legal 1.40 FILM: Liars Moon (1981) 3.30 Telly Bingo (R) 8.50 The Adventures Of Bottle Top Bill And His Best Friend Corky 9.05 Den Tots 2.40 The Den: Tak And The Power Of Juju 3.05 Shaun The Sheep 3.15 Kazoo 3.30 Kid Clones In Space 3.45 Neds Declassified School Survival Guide 4.15 The Latest Buzz. 4.40 Ice. Music, entertainment news and game charts. 5.00 News 5.10 Hannah Montana 5.35 Neighbours (R,T) Declan reacts violently to Stephs confession. 6.00 The Simpsons (T) Cartoon capers. 6.30 Home And Away (R,T) Rachel is convinced that Jane has taken her baby. 7.00 The Keepers Of The Planet The life cycles of animals living in Alaskas frozen wilds. 8.00 Oceans (T) The impact of the Indian Oceans tides and currents on coastal areas. 9.00 Brothers & Sisters (T) Rebecca questions Justins sobriety. Followed by Referendum Commission Broadcast 9.55 Nurse Jackie (T) The world-weary nurse confides in Dr OHara. 10.25 Maeve Higgins Fancy Vittles (T) The sisters prepare for a childrens party. See highlights. 10.55 RT News On Two And World Forecast (T) 11.25 The Librarians (T) 11.55 FILM: Alone In The Dark (2005) (T) Horror, with Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff. 1.35 Ugly Betty (R,T) Starring America Ferrera. 7.00 Ireland AM 10.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11.00 The Morning Show With Sybil And Martin 11.50 Midday 12.50 Xpos (R) 1.20 The Oprah Winfrey Show (R) 2.10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 3.05 Emmerdale (R,T) 3.35 Coronation Street (R,T) Fiz prepares to marry John in prison. 4.00 Coronation Street (R,T) Fiz makes the biggest decision of her life. 4.30 Judge Judy. Double bill. Real-life court cases. 5.30 News@5.30 6.00 Xpos Daily entertainment news, with Karen Koster. 6.30 Friends (R) Kathleen Turner guest stars. 7.00 Emmerdale (T) Cain reads a message suggesting Michaels wedding is still on. 7.30 UEFA Champions League Live Fiorentina v Liverpool (Kick-off 7.45pm). Rafael Benitezs men contest the first away fixture of their Group E campaign as they face the Italians at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Presented by Matt Cooper, with guests Tony Cascarino and Martin Keown. Commentary by Mark Lawrenson and Trevor Welch. 10.00 UEFA Champions League Highlights This evenings fixtures. 10.30 Fran: Assistant Manager A journalist visits the club. 11.00 Nightly News 11.05 Tonight With Vincent Browne The host presents the topical panel show. 12.00 to 3.00 Play TV 3.35 House. 4.20 The Oprah Winfrey Show (R) Grave thoughts: Richard Wilson looks death in the face Todays highlights With Adam Hyland Pick Of The Day Two Feet In The Grave BBC1, 11.15pm The one thing we can all be sure about regarding our lives is that they will come to an end. But is it really true, as Susan Cheever says, that death is so terrifying because it happens all the time that it is so ordinary? Richard Wilson admits that he has avoided talking about death all his life, but now he bravely endeavours to discover some secrets from beyond the grave in an attempt to find out why death and dying remain such taboo subjects in the western world. About The House RT1, 8.30pm The series giving us the low-down on everything we need to know about having an affordable, safe and sustainable house is back, with father and daughter team Duncan and Tania Stewart at the helm. The most up-to-date environmental technologies and designs will be investigated and reviewed while Duncan visits a number of different projects throughout the country. First up, an eco village in Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary. Maeve Higgins Fancy Vittles RT1, 10.25pm This week, the Higgins sisters in the country kitchen are expecting children. But no, Lilly and Maeve are not pregnant, theres just some children coming to a party in their house. As well as making some treats like lollipop trees for these kiddies they admittedly only vaguely know, the sisters reminisce about their own childhood, which is sure to bring up some surprising differences in recollection. 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm :60second interview Michael Murphy Michael Murphy, 61, is a psychoanalyst and RT newsreader whose battle with prostate cancer is chronicled in the memoir At Five In The Afternoon. He lives in Stillorgan with his partner of 25 years, Terry OSullivan Interview by Daragh Reddin When you hear the word cancer you think death sentence. Of course, this certainly isnt the case today How did the cancer diagnosis come about? It was actually discovered during some routine tests when the doctor noticed my PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) was raised and he referred me to a specialist. What was your initial reaction on hearing the news? I literally went into a complete state of shock and didnt even realise where I was. When you hear the word cancer you think death sentence. Of course, this certainly isnt the case today. Which course of treatment did you decide on and how successful was it? When I sat down with the consultant he told me the various options: to have it out, radiotherapy or chemotherapy. My reaction was to have this ticking-time bomb inside me removed straight away. The consultant informed me afterwards that theyd taken away as much of the cancer as they could but that there was a small little piece still attached. I never found out what it was attached to! So theres a bit of the cancer left inside and theres a tendency when you get so much as a cold to go: Thats it, its back! You live with that all the time. You were very candid about the after-effects of treatment when you spoke on TV and radio. Is it difficult to share something so personal with the public? Well, maybe its the training in communications that militated against that. When youre standing in front of a microphone youre talking to one person so youre never really all that aware of the audience. What has the reaction to the book been like? Extraordinary. There was a launch in Castlebar and the place was mobbed. On Saturday I had to do a signing in Shop Street in Galway. I got out of the car and was stopped so many times by people telling me how they or their family members had been touched by cancer. It was a humbling experience. a patient during the morning and reading from an autocue in the afternoon? Its so different. You can be weighed down with the difficulties of your clients and its good to be forced to do something different. Its therapeutic in a way. Does the economic climate have a notably adverse reaction on mental health or are people happier with less? We lost the run of ourselves over the last few years and theres a swing back to truer values. Our brains are like computers and weve got hard disks that can be put under different management in order for us to become happier. What advice would you give to anyone whos worried about cancer but afraid to visit their GP? You can ring a specialist nurse at the Cancer Information Service (Tel: 1800 200 700). Its open Monday to Friday and you can talk in complete confidence. At Five In The Afternoon (Brandon Books, 25) is out now To what degree did your background in psychoanalysis help you deal with the diagnosis? I think it helps with an intellectual understanding of whats going on. I realised I was in shock and shouldnt make any major decisions but its a theoretical knowledge that doesnt operate at a gut level. What is your health like at the moment? Im fine. Ive had regular blood tests and the reading from the PSA is at a negligible level so I feel very, very lucky. How cathartic was writing the book? The attack from the cancer is like throwing a rock into a river and finding that a lot of mud comes up. The biggest hurt for me was my brother dying of cancer and a large part of the book involves me coming to terms with that. You might be the worlds only newsreader-cum-psychoanalyst. Does it ever feel odd dealing with 14 metrolife Tuesday, September 29, 2009 index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html