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Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless

imagine...2019

Alan Yentob meets Irish novelist Edna O’Brien to discuss sex, books and a lifetime of defiance.

Edna O’Brien is one of the greatest literary talents and rule breakers of her generation. In 1960, her revolutionary debut novel ‘The Country Girls’ broke down social and sexual barriers for women, and was subsequently banned in her native country of Ireland. The unstoppable O’Brien continues to produce some of the most urgent work of her unparalleled career. Her eighteenth novel, ‘Girl’, a searing story inspired by the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, will be published later this year. In this honest and engaging documentary, Alan Yentob meets Edna O’Brien to discuss sex, books and a lifetime of defiance.

1 hour, 5 minutes

Last on

Mon 29 Jul 202423:35
BBC Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only

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Credits

PresenterAlan Yentob
Interviewed GuestEdna O'Brien
ProducerKaty Homan
DirectorKaty Homan
Executive ProducerTanya Hudson
Series EditorAlan Yentob

Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 Jul 201922:30
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD
  • Sun 7 Jul 201923:30
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & Wales only
  • Thu 1 Aug 201901:15
    BBC Two
  • Sun 6 Mar 202222:30
    BBC Four
  • Mon 7 Mar 202202:40
    BBC Four
  • Mon 29 Jul 202423:05
    BBC Two England & HD only
  • Mon 29 Jul 202423:20
    BBC Two Wales HD & Wales only
  • Mon 29 Jul 202423:35
    BBC Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only

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