8pm, 16th June 1904:
Bloom spies on Gerty, then rescues Stephen from a brawl outside a brothel. With Henry Goodman and Frances Barber.
Bloom cannot go home, for he knows that Molly has an adulterous appointment with Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan. So he stands on the beach at nightfall watching Gerty MacDowell enjoy the fireworks. Meanwhile, at the maternity hospital in Holles Street, Mina Purefoy is still struggling - after three days - to give birth.
Nearby, Stephen Dedalus joins a raucous group of medical students and Bloom also joins the party, which then moves off to Bella Cohen's brothel.
Narrator ...... Stephen Rea
Leopold Bloom ...... Henry Goodman
Stephen Dedalus ...... Andrew Scott
Molly Bloom ...... Niamh Cusack
Bella Cohen ...... Frances Barber
Gerty MacDowell ...... Denise Gough
Cissy Caffrey, Nurse Callan ...... Bronagh Taggart
Edy Boardman ...... Grainne Keenan
Tommy ...... Aidan Dunlop
Lenehan. ...... Lorcan Cranitch
Malachi Mulligan ...... Kevin Trainor
Private Compton ...... Peter Hamilton Dyer
Private Carr ...... Ronan Raftery
Rudolph Bloom ...... Pip Donaghy
Hugh 'Blazes' Boylan ...... Sean Campion
Zoe ...... Susie Riddell
With Christine Absalom, Aidan Dunlop, Jonathan Forbes, Stephen Hogan, John Rogan, Harry Livingstone, Gerard McDermott, Janet Moran
Dramatised by Robin Brooks
Producer: Jeremy Mortimer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012. Show less