"Colm Toibin" (7 results)

The Essay | Reading Ulysses: Colm Toibin on Sirens

The Essay | Reading Ulysses: Colm Toibin on Sirens

Ulysses  | BBC Radio 3 | 2022 | 13'27''

Colm Toibin tells us how characters in Ulysses are connected by song. Colm selects a passage from the Sirens episode, wher...

Talking Books | Colm Tóibín

Talking Books | Colm Tóibín

BBC News | 2010 | 23'56''

Razia Iqbal talks to Colm Tóibín about his writing style and the influence of the great Irish writers of the past.

Lights Up | Pale Sister

Lights Up | Pale Sister

The Theban Plays | BBC Four | 2021 | 1'16'13''

Written by Colm Toibin, Pale Sister is a powerful retelling of the classic tale of Antigone. Lisa Dwan stars in a tour-de-force performance directed ...

A Good Read | Baroness Margaret Jay and Ekow Eshun

A Good Read | Baroness Margaret Jay and Ekow Eshun

Girlfriend in a Coma  | BBC Radio 4 Extra | 2000 | 27'39''

Louise Doughty and her guests Baroness Margaret Jay and journalist Ekow Eshun talk about favourite paperbacks by Douglas C...

Open Book | Open Book’s guide to Ulysses

Open Book | Open Book’s guide to Ulysses

Ulysses  | BBC Radio 4 | 2022 | 27'48''

Chris Power is joined by Colm Toibin and Merve Emre to explore the enduring legacy of James Joyce's Ulysses, as this ground-br...

Start the Week | James Joyce

Start the Week | James Joyce

Ulysses  | BBC Radio 4 | 2020 | 27'48''

Andrew Marr discusses Ulysses and the legacy of Joyce with writers Edna O'Brien, Colm Toibin and Mary Costello.

Brooklyn (2015)

Brooklyn (2015)

Brooklyn | BBC One | 2018 | 1'41'38''

Drama set in the 1950s about an Irish immigrant who lands in Brooklyn and finds romance, before her past catches up with her, and she must choose between two...
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