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 Sisters (RTÉ One, Thursday) is unfortunate because it's hot on the heels of The Dry: women in their thirties plus booze. I mean a lot of alcohol. Almost everyone in Sisters is either an alcoholic or in basic training to become one. I mean drink during the day (never have so many women on television drunk so much whiskey) and drink at any opportunity. Also, stealing alcohol. But unlike The Dry, Sisters isn't really about booze and alcoholism. It is about the sisters Sare and Suze, who meet as adults in Dublin. The protagonist of the first episode was, without a doubt, Sheryl (Sophie Thompson), Suze's Dublin mother. Sheryl isn't exactly the glittering hospitality hub that Irish mamas on TV tend to be. Sheryl says that she hasn't slept since Princess Diana died. She says that Suze once had a partner: "Isn't that what you call them when they don't marry you?" Stars: Susan Stanley, Sarah Goldberg, Sophie Thompson Sophie Thompson is actually a terrific ...