About this episode
John Fardy discusses the return of 'The Young Offenders' with its stars and explores adaptations in Irish literature.
This week on Screentime John Fardy is joined in studio by Alex Murphy and Chris Walley to chat about the return of the dynamic duo Conor and Jock in the latest series of 'The Young Offenders'. John also chats to tv and film writer Richie Conroy about helping to adapt the brilliant 'Leonard and Hungry Paul' as well as failing Irish and then writing books in it. Plus, Andy McCarroll reviews 'Lee Cronin's The Mummy'.
People in this episode
Host: John Fardy
Guests: Alex Murphy, Chris Walley, Richie Conroy
Topics covered
- The Young Offenders
- TV adaptation
- Irish literature
- Film review
- Comedy
Keywords
- The Young Offenders
- Leonard and Hungry Paul
- Irish literature
- film review
- comedy
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Young Offenders, Leonard and Hungry Paul, Lee Cronin's The Mummy
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