M ich ael Smurfit: Succession (RTÉ1 and RTÉ Player, Monday, October 8) is the second profile of an Irish businessman we’ve seen in a week to feature a clumsy reference to the HBO series. Aside from the title, just like last week’s documentary about Ben Dunne, it co-opts fragments of Nicholas Britell’s Succession theme music (let’s hope the appropriate rights were acquired)..
