Picture:BBC Television What To Watch By George: The life and times of Custer examined Todays highlights With Adam Hyland Pick Of The Day Cowboys TG4, 9.50pm When Custer and his 7th Cavalry were decimated by Sitting Bulls Cheyenne braves in 1876, 30 Irish-born soldiers perished. The most distinguished of them all was Custers right-hand man, Myles Keogh, who was born and raised in Carlow. By many Indian accounts, Keogh was in fact the last man standing. Dith S travels to the Little Big Horn Battlefield in Montana to find out more about the Irish who died at this most iconic of battles and meets descendents of those who fought there. He also discovers that Custer might not have been the foolhardy hero history has portrayed. Deal Or No Deal TV3, 9pm TV3 bring us a homegrown version of the late afternoon show that brought Noel Edmonds back into our lives. Entertainer Keith Barry is the host in this Irish version that sees one lucky contestant take on a battle of nerves, courage, risk and reward against the mysterious Banker. Faced with 22 identical boxes ranging from 1c to 250,000, the player carefully picks their way through the rounds, in case you didnt know. RT1 RT2 TV3 7.05 The Afternoon Show (R,T) 8.45 Casualty (R) 9.45 Judge Joe Brown 10.05 The Doctors (T) 10.55 Dr Phil 11.45 Shortland Street (T) 12.15 Doctors (T) 12.45 Telly Bingo 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 Fair City (R,T) 4.00 The Afternoon Show (T) Entertainment and lifestyle features. 5.45 Nuacht RT 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 News And Weather (T) 7.00 Nationwide (T) News stories from around the country. 7.30 Come West Along The Road Traditional dance and music. 8.00 EastEnders (T) Libbys return from university gives Denise a welcome distraction. 8.30 The Way We Worked The countrys sugar beet industry. See highlights. 9.00 News And Weather (T) 9.35 The Late Late Show (T) Ryan Tubridy presents the light entertainment show, featuring chat with celebrities, live music, and Irish stories and people, plus big debates on the talking points of the day. 11.45 RT News And Marine Outlook 11.55 FILM: Guarding Tess (1994) Comedy, starring Nicolas Cage. 1.40 Telly Bingo (R) 1.50 Shortland Street (R,T) 8.50 The Adventures Of Bottle Top Bill And His Best Friend Corky. Animated adventures. 9.05 Den Tots 2.35 The Den: Chuggington 2.45 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back To The Sewer 3.05 Dennis And Gnasher 3.15 Kazoo 3.30 Tracey McBean 3.45 Neds Declassified School Survival Guide 4.15 Roman Mysteries 4.40 Ice 5.00 News 5.10 Sabrina The Teenage Witch (T) 5.35 Neighbours (R,T) 6.00 The Simpsons (T) Cartoon capers with the unmistakable family. 6.30 Home And Away (R,T) Charlie and Angelo air their grievances. 7.00 The Caf Entertainment show, with music, interviews and location reports. 7.30 RT Sport On Two: Autumn Rugby Internationals France v South Africa (Kick-off 7.45pm). All the action from the autumn international at the Toulouse Stadium, as Les Bleus host the world champions. This will be the teams first meeting in more than three years; the French have won their last two contests and are unbeaten on home soil against the Springboks since 1997. 10.00 Ashes To Ashes Animal rights activists injure a girl in a petrol bomb attack. 10.55 Private Practice (T) Medical drama, starring Kate Walsh. 11.50 Sarah & Steve (R) Comedy, starring Emmet Kirwan and Charlene Gleeson. 12.00 The Republic Of Telly (R) 12.30 Colin And Grahams Excellent Adventures (R) 7.00 Ireland AM 10.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R) 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) 3.30 Emmerdale (R,T) Sally traps Laurel inside the burning church. 4.00 Coronation Street (R,T) 4.30 Judge Judy. Double bill. Real-life court cases, presided over by Judge Sheindlin. 5.30 News@5.30 6.00 Xpos Daily entertainment news, with Karen Koster. 6.30 Friends (R) Phoebe fails to impress her boyfriends parents. 7.00 Emmerdale (T) Leyla learns David is going on a date with Priya. 7.30 Coronation Street (T) Hayley decides it is time Roy spoke to the police. 8.00 Deal Or No Deal New series. Game show, hosted by Keith Barry. 8.30 Coronation Street (T) Roy and Hayley make plans to flee Weatherfield. 9.00 Deal Or No Deal Irish version of the popular gameshow, hosted by Keith Barry. See highlights. 9.30 Americas Got Talent Twelve more acts perform in the third quarter-final of the competition, hoping to claim one of the five available semi-final places and stay in with a chance of winning $1million and a headline show. 11.00 Americas Got Talent The results of the third quarter-final are announced. 11.45 Trust Me Im A Beauty Therapist (R) 12.30 to 3.30 Play TV 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm :60second interview David Attenborough David Attenborough, 83, has been the voice of natural history programmes for more than 50 years, with series including Life, Planet Earth and The Blue Planet. He recently retired from on-location broadcasting. His new book, Life Stories, is out now Interview by Graeme Green The big danger is that coral reefs will disappear if the ocean continues to acidify. Their influence is huge Now youve retired, your shoes are going to be pretty hard to fill. No, no. My shoes are very unfashionable shoes. Im the last in a particular style that was established 30 years ago. People make different kinds of programmes now. I dont think anyones trying to fill my shoes. Were you hooked on wildlife from a young age? Yes. Ive always found fossils very interesting. I also had newts and grass snakes and frogs which I kept in various aquaria when I was a boy. I spent a lot of time in the garden exploring. You say in the book that when people ask you what animal youd like to be, in polite company you say a sloth, but in racier company youd say an animal known for its extravagant reproductive techniques. Which animals did you have in mind? (Laughs) I wouldnt dare tell you. Metros a pretty racy paper. I know you are. But you have a very wide readership all kinds of children could pick your paper up. So well stick with the sloth? Yes, wed better do that. Have there been any animals youve studied or had relationships with over many years, rather than just filming once and moving on? I brought back an orphaned orang-utan from Indonesia in 1956, a baby male called Charlie. He was the first orang-utan in London Zoo to breed. I used to see him fairly regularly up until he died. Is the human animal really that special in the animal kingdom? Oh, of course were special, because were the dominant animal. Were very special indeed. Do you ever see human behaviour that looks animalistic mating rituals, men fighting in town centres over female mates? Were not in the least like a slow-worm or a sparrow. But with animals were very that because thats what they believe is the incontrovertible truth. Do you have any favourite examples of evolution in action? Lets say the hummingbird, because of its extraordinary ability to hover in the air, to live on nectar and develop into all kinds of different species. Extraordinary. Youve also been very vocal about conservation and climate change. Are we in danger of losing any wildlife species or habitats? The big danger at the moment is that coral reefs will disappear if the ocean continues to acidify. Their influence is huge. Do you have faith that well turn things around? We dont seem to be acting very quickly. Im sure things are going to get worse before they get better, if they get better. They wont get better in my lifetime. I dont think theyll get better for 50 to 100 years. I hope they wont get too much worse, but I fear they certainly will. closely related to, such as chimps, there are lots of resemblances. Did you and brother Richard used to fight for dominance in the Attenborough pack? No, we had very different packs. He was interested in theatre and I was interested in fossils, and the two didnt overlap. Youve spent a lifetime studying fossils, amber stones and evolution. Does it frustrate you when people deny evolution as a fact? People believe what they wish to believe. There are some people who think the written word is more likely to be an avenue to the truth than the material world that we can examine. I might not share that belief. People tell me that they believe God created the world in seven days, and I say: On what evidence? They say: Well, because it says so in the Book of Genesis. Theres nothing I can do to disprove 20 metrolife Friday, November 13, 2009 index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html28.html29.html30.html31.html