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Programme makers Mint Productions say Bertie is an attempt to reveal what drove Mr Ahern, once famously described by former mentor Charles Haughey as the 'most devious and the most cunning of them all', during his three decades in the public eye.
While it features contributions from over 70 people, including family members and politicians from across the spectrum, central to the programme is a lengthy interview with Mr Ahern, conducted just weeks after he resigned last May as taoiseach and leader of Fianna F il.
The opening episode, to be broadcast on Monday week, traces Mr Ahern's life up to the election of 1989, detailing his years as an accounts clerk in the Mater Hospital and his fledgling political career, during which he won a D il seat in 1977 at the first attempt.
In the programme, insiders - including members of the so-called 'Drumcondra Mafia' - outline how he built a formidable constituency machine during this period and forged a close bond with Haughey while serving as Fianna Fail chief whip.
Bertie reveals how, while his political career was soaring, Mr Ahern's personal life was unravelling. By the time he was appointed Minister of Labour in 1987 - his first Cabinet position - his marriage had broken down.
His wife Miriam, in a candid interview, describes this period as a 'very difficult time.'
The documentary shows how Mr Ahern's St Luke's constituency office doubled as his home following his separation from his wife.
Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan explains how Mr Ahern sacrificed his private life for his career. 'He is a man who is utterly consumed by politics, and by the exercise of power and he has devoted much of his life to that exercise,' he says.
Bertie features insights from former Cabinet colleagues Charlie McCreevy, Mary Harney and Mary O'Rourke and a number of journalists, including Irish Times public affairs correspondent Colm Keena
'We've got all the cabinet members strategizing what we can do.'
Asked whether she has talked to auto company officials about a possible merger, Granholm said they are mum on the issue.
'They're in lockdown,' she said.
The governor said she's uncertain there will be a merger, or if Renault-Nissan will buy up a portion of Chrysler.
'But something is going to happen,' she said
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