Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | He Was A Friend Of Mine | 20241007 |  Andrew O'Hagan turns his clear eye on human relationships for Radio 4, with a week of essays examining friendship from every angle. He opens with childhood friendships against a background of endless summer days, moving to the tragic accident at the heart of a Bob Dylan cover. Andrew O'Hagan is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction whose novels have been adapted for stage and screen. His essays and reports have appeared in the London Review of Books, the New York Review of Books, Granta, The Guardian and The New Yorker. Read by the author Producer: Eilidh McCreadie Essays on friendship from one of the most incisive chroniclers of contemporary Britain. One of the most incisive chroniclers of modern Britain turns a clear eye on the theme that threads through his fiction. Written and read by Andrew O'Hagan Andrew O'Hagan is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction whose novels have been adapted for stage and screen. His essays and reports have appeared in London Review of Books, New York Review of Books, Granta, The Guardian and The New Yorker. |
| 02 | The Adult Friend | 20241008 | Andrew O'Hagan turns his clear eye on human relationships for Radio 4, with a week of essays examining friendship from every angle. The author raises a glass to adult friendship as he considers the importance of the pub, the strong bonds forged at work and the inevitable loss of old friends. Andrew O'Hagan is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction whose novels have been adapted for stage and screen. His essays and reports have appeared in London Review of Books, New York Review of Books, Granta, The Guardian and The New Yorker. Read by the author Producer: Eilidh McCreadie Andrew O'Hagan raises a glass to adult friendship. Essays on friendship from one of the most incisive chroniclers of contemporary Britain. Andrew O'Hagan raises a glass to adult friendship as he considers the strong bonds forged at work and the inevitable loss of old friends. |
| 03 | An Ode To Friendship | 20241009 | Andrew O'Hagan turns his clear eye on human relationships for Radio 4, with a week of essays examining friendship from every angle. Today he teases out the connections between poetry and friendship as he remembers old friends like Seamus Heaney - and a Scottish terrier called Lucky. Andrew O'Hagan is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction whose novels have been adapted for stage and screen. His essays and reports have appeared in London Review of Books, New York Review of Books, Granta, The Guardian and The New Yorker. Read by the author Producer: Eilidh McCreadie The recording of Seamus Heaney reading his poem 'Postscript' is from Seamus Heaney Collected Poems, courtesy of RTÉ. Andrew O'Hagan teases out the connections between poetry and friendship. Essays on friendship from one of the most incisive chroniclers of contemporary Britain. Andrew O'Hagan teases out the connections between poetry and friendship as he remembers old friends like Seamus Heaney - and a Scottish terrier called Lucky. |
| 04 | Losing Friends | 20241010 | Andrew O'Hagan turns his clear eye on human relationships for Radio 4, with a week of essays examining friendship from every angle. The author wrestles with endings - from the tragic loss of an old comrade to the disloyal rupture that ends a friendship forever. Andrew O'Hagan is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction whose novels have been adapted for stage and screen. His essays and reports have appeared in London Review of Books, New York Review of Books, Granta, The Guardian and The New Yorker. Read by the author Producer: Eilidh McCreadie Andrew O'Hagan wrestles with the end of friendships. Essays on friendship from one of the most incisive chroniclers of contemporary Britain. Andrew O'Hagan wrestles with endings - from the tragic loss of an old comrade to the disloyal rupture that ends a friendship forever. |
| 05 | Imaginary Friendships | 20241011 | Andrew O'Hagan turns his clear eye on human relationships for Radio 4, with a week of essays examining friendship from every angle. The author concludes with an examination of every writer's companions - the friends of the imagination. Andrew O'Hagan is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction whose novels have been adapted for stage and screen. His essays and reports have appeared in London Review of Books, New York Review of Books, Granta, The Guardian and The New Yorker. Read by the author Producer: Eilidh McCreadie Andrew O'Hagan turns to every writer's companions - the friends of the imagination. Essays on friendship from one of the most incisive chroniclers of contemporary Britain. Andrew O'Hagan's odyssey around friendship concludes with an examination of every writer's companions - the friends of the imagination. |