{"id":414607,"date":"2026-04-24T04:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/414607\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:24:10","slug":"the-dry-on-rte-is-a-terrific-show-but-the-birth-scene-in-the-third-series-felt-like-an-air-brushed-charade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/414607\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Dry\u2019 on RT\u00c9 is a terrific show but the birth scene in the third series felt like an air-brushed charade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">\nRT\u00c9 drama returns with more great writing and an acting masterclass from one young star\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Reality check: Caroline gives birth and then struggles with breastfeeding while at all times having clean hair that has just been blow-dried. Photo: RT\u00c9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ine THE DRY_SD41_64.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Reality check: Caroline gives birth and then struggles with breastfeeding while at all times having clean hair that has just been blow-dried. Photo: RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">I have always liked The Dry. It\u2019s a deceptively modest series with a sharp eye that gives everyone their due.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Except people who are either a) richer than the Sheridan family or b) in a position of authority over a member of the Sheridan family. In which case they are either a) idiots or b) scumbags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 drama returns with more great writing and an acting masterclass from one young star Reality check: Caroline&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[36044,42,43,279,6085,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-414607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-ann-marie-hourihane","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-review-magazine","12":"tag-rte","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}