Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Episode 1: Star | 20200727 | Booker-winning writer Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame, sex and a daughter's search for truth.
This is the story of the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend Katherine O'Dell, as told by her daughter Norah. From the glamour of postwar Hollywood to obscurity back in Dublin, it charts the highs and the lows of Katherine's life as an actor, and how her fame turned so suddenly to infamy.
Today: Norah looks back to her twenty-first birthday, the glorious day when her mother held court in their Dublin house, knowing that her star was already fading...
Actress was longlisted for the Women's Prize, 2020.
Writer: Anne Enright is an Irish author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The Gathering, as well as The Forgotten Waltz and The Green Road.
Booker-winning author Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame and the search for truth |
| 02 | Episode 2: Swinging the shillelagh | 20200728 | Booker-winning Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame, sex and a daughter's search for truth.
This is the story of the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend Katherine O'Dell, as told by her daughter Norah. From the glamour and fame of Hollywood and the Dublin stage to the inevitable fall and decent into madness when Katherine commits a reckless crime.
Today: Katherine O'Dell's glorious early days as a strolling player in the Irish theatre....
Written and read by: Anne Enright is an Irish author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The Gathering, as well as The Forgotten Waltz and The Green Road.
Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame, sex and the search for truth. Booker-winning author Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame and the search for truth |
| 03 | Episode 3: New York | 20200729 | Booker-winning Anne Enright continues her new novel about fame, sex and a daughter's search for truth.
This is the story of the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend Katherine O'Dell, as told by her daughter Norah. From the glamour and fame of Hollywood and the Dublin stage to the inevitable fall and decent into madness when Katherine commits a reckless crime.
Today: After hitting it big in postwar London, Katherine hits New York...
Written and read by: Anne Enright is an Irish author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The Gathering, as well as The Forgotten Waltz and The Green Road.
Anne Enright reads her new novel about the rise and fall of an Irish acting legend. Booker-winning author Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame and the search for truth |
| 04 | Episode 4: Hollywood wife | 20200730 | Booker-winning Anne Enright continues her new novel about fame, sex and a daughter's search for truth.
This is the story of the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend Katherine O'Dell, as told by her daughter Norah. From the glamour and fame of Hollywood and the Dublin stage to the inevitable fall and decent into madness.
Today: Katherine O'Dell joins a Hollywood studio, and finds herself with a house, a pool, several maids, and, unexpectedly a husband...
Written and read by: Anne Enright is an Irish author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The Gathering, as well as The Forgotten Waltz and The Green Road.
Anne Enright reads her new novel about the rise and terrible fall of an acting legend. Booker-winning author Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame and the search for truth |
| 05 | Episode 5: Daddy Issues | 20200731 | Booker-winning Anne Enright continues reading her new novel about the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend, Katherine O'Dell
Written and read by Anne Enright is an Irish author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The Gathering, as well as The Forgotten Waltz and The Green Road.
Anne Enright reads her novel about the rise and terrible fall of an Irish acting legend. Booker-winning author Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame and the search for truth |
| 06 | Episode 6: Troubles | 20200803 | Booker-winning Anne Enright continues reading her new novel about the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend, Katherine O'Dell.
Today: As politics and passion become disastrously entwined for Katherine, Norah finds herself negotiating her own disastrous decisions with men...
Written and read by Anne Enright
Booker-winning Anne Enright reads her novel about the rise and fall of an acting legend. Booker-winning author Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame and the search for truth |
| 07 | Episode 7: Shame | 20200804 | Booker-winning Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend, Katherine O'Dell.
Today: after a humiliating audition for a movie, Katherine's career goes into tailspin. Meanwhile, her daughter Norah continues her own self-destructive streak...
Writer: Anne Enright is an Irish author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The Gathering, as well as The Forgotten Waltz and The Green Road.
Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of an Irish acting legend. Booker-winning author Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame and the search for truth |
| 08 | Episode 8: Priest | 20200805 | Booker-winning Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend, Katherine O'Dell.
Writer: Anne Enright is an Irish author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The Gathering, as well as The Forgotten Waltz and The Green Road.
Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of an Irish acting legend. Booker-winning author Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame and the search for truth |
| 09 | Episode 9: Gun | 20200806 | Booker-winning Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend, Katherine O'Dell.
Writer: Anne Enright is an Irish author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The Gathering, as well as The Forgotten Waltz and The Green Road.
Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of an Irish acting legend. Booker-winning author Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame and the search for truth |
| 10 | Episode 10: Endings | 20200807 | Booker-winning Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend, Katherine O'Dell.
Writer: Anne Enright is an Irish author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The Gathering, as well as The Forgotten Waltz and The Green Road.
The final part of Anne Enright's new novel about fame, sex and dark truths. Booker-winning author Anne Enright reads her new novel about fame and the search for truth |