The Green And The Black By Kit De Waal

Also Described As

A brand new original fiction serial by the best-selling author Kit de Waal about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through multiple generations of one family.

Kit de Waal, born to an Irish mother and Caribbean father, was brought up among the Irish community of Birmingham in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Her debut novel My Name Is Leon was an international bestseller, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for 2017. In 2022 it was adapted as a BBC Two film. Her second novel The Trick to Time was longlisted for the Women's Prize and her young adult novel Becoming Dinah was shortlisted for the Carnegie CLIP Award 2020. Her memoir Without Warning and Only Sometimes was published in August 2022. She is a patron of Prisoners Abroad, the Bridport Prize and Writing West Midlands, ambassador of Well-being in the Arts and a trustee of The Reading Agency. Kit is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor and Jean Humphreys Writer in Residence at Leicester University.

Writer: Kit de Waal

Producer: Michael Shannon

A BBC Audio Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4.

New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.

Duration

15 minutes

Genre

Drama
Relationships And Romance
Historical

Station

Radio 4

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Fiona's Secret	20241125	Reader: Derbhle Crotty Fiona must tell her daughter Molly the truth about her namesake. Fiona confides in her daughter about her early life in London. As read by Derbhle Crotty. [LISTEN NOW]
02	Molly's Garden	20241126	Reader: Eimear Keating Molly is offered a surprising new job. Molly receives an unexpected job offer from a mysterious woman named Delphine. As read by Eimear Keating. [LISTEN NOW]
03	Constantin's Judge	20241127	Reader: Emmanuel Okoye Constantin seeks advice from a judge. Whilst working in a retirement home, Molly's husband asks a resident for help with their son Caleb. As read by Emmanuel Okoye. [LISTEN NOW]
04	Caleb's Job	20241128	Reader: Daniel Mick Ryan Caleb is offered a job in a local barbers. A local barber offers Caleb a job in the hope it will be a lifeline for the teenager. As read by Daniel Mick Ryan. [LISTEN NOW]

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Fiona's Secret	20241125	Reader: Derbhle Crotty Fiona must tell her daughter Molly the truth about her namesake. Fiona confides in her daughter about her early life in London. As read by Derbhle Crotty. [LISTEN NOW]
02	Molly's Garden	20241126	Reader: Eimear Keating Molly is offered a surprising new job. Molly receives an unexpected job offer from a mysterious woman named Delphine. As read by Eimear Keating. [LISTEN NOW]
03	Constantin's Judge	20241127	Reader: Emmanuel Okoye Constantin seeks advice from a judge. Whilst working in a retirement home, Molly's husband asks a resident for help with their son Caleb. As read by Emmanuel Okoye. [LISTEN NOW]
04	Caleb's Job	20241128	Reader: Daniel Mick Ryan Caleb is offered a job in a local barbers. A local barber offers Caleb a job in the hope it will be a lifeline for the teenager. As read by Daniel Mick Ryan. [LISTEN NOW]