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Meg Daly uncovers her family’s hidden history of slavery in Jamaica. In this programme, we hear from local Jamaicans who helped Meg in her search for her ancestry and their family connections with slavery. Meg and her family also speak of the profound shame they now feel over the ... Show More

Stories from an Irish entertainment family which travelled the roads of the country over several decades. Stories like the man who died on stage; the man who refused to die on stage and the lack of virgins in Glenties! (2025)Narrated by Kevin SullivanProduced by Ronan KellyAgnes’ ... Show More

In 1986, a Limerick man called Terry Madigan came up with a plan to raise money for his local GAA club and community that everyone thought was crazy. Terry wanted to create a world record for the longest game of GAA football ever to be played. It would be 60 hours of football - n ... Show More

We remember British actor Terence Stamp, who died last week at age 87. He starred in the film The Limey, as an ex-con out for revenge, and in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as a transgender performer on the road with a lip-synch club act. Stamp got his start in ... Show More

The last time acclaimed writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Civil War, Annihilation) appeared on Script Apart, he told Al about his desire to quit directing temporarily and focus on writing – you know, like in the early days of his career. Well, it doesn’t get much more lik ... Show More

<p>Unlike most episodes there are no film spoilers ahead!<br /> <br /> For full detailed show notes please click the episode on <a href= 'https://www.everyscififilm.com/watch'>this page</a> and scroll down.<br /> <br /> This episode we take a huge jump back to the end of the 19th ... Show More

Dystopias are a longstanding staple of film and literature, particularly science fiction, but what can we learn from them? Do they simply entrench despair or act as a prompt to improve the world? And what do The Two Ronnies have to do with all this? As a stage adaptation of Kay D ... Show More

In front of an audience at Chapman University, the British A-lister reflects on how his background in theater has helped him in film, his 15-year run as James Bond and playing, in Luca Guadagnino's new adaptation of William S. Burroughs' semi-autobiographical novella, a gay Ameri ... Show More

Authors Edel Coffey and John Connolly with books to look forward to this year, Ronan Conway on First Fortnight, The Commitments musical is at the Olympia Theatre and James Killeen stars as Jimmy Rabbitte and a lifelong love for a tradition that brings us back to fond memories of ... Show More

Paul and Skip welcome the award-winning actor to discuss his remarkable journey that saw him go from the inaugural host of E!'s TV clip round-up Talk Soup to acting alongside Harrison Ford in Sydney Pollack's remake of Sabrina just a few short years later. He also discusses going ... Show More

The wonderful actor Guy Pearce joins us this week to talk acting and his new feature film The Brutalist. Already nominated for a BAFTA and an OSCAR for Best Supporting Actor, Giles Alderson sat down with the aforementioned nominated Guy Pearce to chat working with inspirational ... Show More

The Bikeriders is another triumph for Little Rock-born filmmaker Jeff Nichols. Inspired by and named after a 1968 photographic study of Chicago bikers by Danny Lyon, the film charts the rise and fall of not just a motorcycle gang but also an era in American history. It stars Aust ... Show More

Ken Loach is one of the greatest film directors of all time and a true British icon. He is known for his powerful, socially engaged films including ‘I Daniel Blake’, which won him a BAFTA for outstanding British film. At 87 years old, Ken’s career spans nearly six decades and his ... Show More