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Radio dramatisations of Roddy Doyle's novels The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van

A family struggles raucously, emotionally and obscenely through the trials and rewards of life, in dramatisations of Roddy Doyle's Barrytown novels The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van

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David Wilmot

Dawn Bradfield

Gerry O'Brien

Conleth Hill

Liam Carney

Patrick Fitzsymons

Stuart Graham

Ali White

Lloyd Cooney

Gavin Drea

Kelly Thornton

Scott Graham

Roddy Doyle

Peter Sheridan

Eoin O'Callaghan

Gemma McMullan

Roddy Doyle on Radio 4: The Guts

The Guts

26/04/2014

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Twenty-six years on, and Roddy Doyle's iconic Jimmy Rabbitte is back.

Jimmy Rabbitte is now 47 and life is about to get tough. He is ill. A story about friendship and family, about facing death and opting for life and maybe even living the dream.

Twenty six years on and we are back in Dublin with Jimmy Rabbitte, the ex-manager of The Commitments. Jimmy is now 47, married to Aoife and has 4 kids. Life has been rather good since we last met him, keeping a foot in the music industry and doing well during the boom. However, life is about to change for them all as Jimmy has just discovered he is ill. This is a story about friendship and family, about facing death and opting for life and maybe, just maybe, realising you can still live the dream.

Going To Hell was performed by More Than Conquerors.
Adapted by Peter Sheridan
Producer: Gemma McMullan
Directed by: Eoin O'Callaghan.

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