The Meaning of Life(2009)
First Air Date: 2009-04-19
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 13
Episodes: 77
The Meaning of Life is an Irish television programme, the first series of which was broadcast on RTÉ One in 2009. It is presented by the veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne. Each episode involves Byrne interviewing a well-known public figure. The series is broadcast each Sunday night at 22:20. In 2010 The Meaning of Life returned for both a second and, later, a third series. Interviews with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and actors Gabriel Byrne and Brenda Fricker during the second series attracted media attention when they spoke of their religious habits and child sexual abuse respectively. Gay Byrne appeared on The Late Late Show on 18 December 2009 to discuss the programme. A fourth series soon followed. Then a fifth series from January 2012. And a sixth in October 2012. And a seventh in January 2013.
Keywords
interviewreligiongay byrne
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Colin Farrell
Air Date: 2009-04-19
Gay talks to action film hero Colin Farrell about what has shaped his beliefs about faith, spirituality and the bigge...
E02
Gerry Adams
Air Date: 2009-04-26
In a remarkably revealing interview, Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein President talks to Gay Byrne about issues of personal fai...
E03
Maeve Binchy
Air Date: 2009-05-03
Gay Byrne talks to Maeve Binchy about the big questions of life and death and gets some unexpected answers.
E04
Ronan Keating
Air Date: 2009-05-10
Singer-songwriter and charity campaigner Ronan Keating talks with Gay Byrne about the events which have shaped his li...
E05
Sinéad O'Connor
Air Date: 2009-05-17
Singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor talks about the impact that her religious upbringing had on her life and the evolut...
E06
Neil Jordan
Air Date: 2009-05-24
Oscar-winning writer and director, Neil Jordan, tells Gay Byrne that he doesn’t see himself as religious… and yet he ...
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