Documentary
Climate change is real. It’s happening now. Big policy, implemented properly and urgently, is needed to change our world … but some people are quietly doing amazing things to make our island a better place. Heated tells their stories. Heated is a new 6-part series on RTÉ One and…

Peatlands are enormously important to the health of the planet as they store more than twice the amount of carbon stored in all the world’s forests. The Dublin Mountains, while beautiful, are alas prone to fly tipping on an almost industrial scale. Here, meitheals are organised where volunteers clear our scenic areas of everything from domestic refuse to cookers, TVss and mattresses. Dodgy decisions, club rivalries and excessive transfer fees – the world of soccer and soccer supporters is not one you would associate with sustainability. However in Dublin City one club is changing that perception.
Michelle meets local residents trying to stabilise sand dunes, Hannah spends the day with volunteers from Foodcloud and Rónán reveals the ingenuity of engineers.
On episode 3 meet a Wexford man who has developed an environmentally friendly wetsuit; The Nature Trust who have plans to reforest all over the country; and Change Clothes Crumlin.
Hannah Quinn Mulligan, Michelle McKeown and Rónán Ó Dálaigh examine implications of climate change for individuals, families, communities and industry in Ireland
Hannah Quinn Mulligan, Michelle McKeown and Rónán Ó Dálaigh examine implications of climate change for individuals, families, communities and industry in Ireland

Michelle visits a school and café who have both jumped into the world of Anaerobic Digestion; Hannah Quinn Mulligan investigates “best before - out of date” Supermarket food.
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In the series, "Wallace will take a light hearted and humorous look at the real-life inventors, contraptions, gadgets and inventions, with the silent help of Gromit. The series aims to inspire a whole new generation of innovative minds by showing them real, but mind-boggling, machines and inventions from around the world that have influenced his illustrious inventing career" (the BBC press statement). Peter Sallis reprised his role as the voice of Wallace. The filmed inserts are mostly narrated by Ashley Jensen, with one in each episode presented in-vision by Jem Stansfield. John Sparkes also voices a portion in the unseen character of archivist Goronwy.

Every time we switch on a light or boil a kettle we rely on power - but most people don't stop to think about the inventions and discoveries that allow us to live the way we do. In an exciting new four-part series for BBC Two, The Genius of Invention reveals the fascinating chain of events behind inventions that make everyday life possible.