Colm Toibin: His Mother's Son
Alan Yentob talks to acclaimed and curiously divided Irish writer Colm Toibin. Loud and affable in person, Toibin writes sombre stories of grief and quiet heartbreak.
In this thoughtful, lyrical film, Imagine talks to the acclaimed and curiously divided Irish writer Colm Toibin. Loud and affable in person, Toibin writes sombre stories of grief and quiet heartbreak, repeatedly returning to the dark narrative of his own childhood and the complicated relationships between mothers and sons.
In the year that his bestselling novel Brooklyn is being adapted for the cinema and The Testament of Mary continues to provoke controversy, Toibin publishes his most poignant and personal novel yet.
With Fiona Shaw, Anne Enright and Nick Hornby.
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Clips
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Colm Toibin : My first connection to beauty
Duration: 01:56
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Stiffen your resolve with Colm Toibin
Duration: 01:01
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Nick Hornby on adapting Toibin's novel Brooklyn for the screen.
Duration: 02:09
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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MArk Russell
Fresh Air
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JOHAN GREGER LEWEN
AUGUSTI
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Bob Bradley
FRESH AND BRIGHT
Performer: BOB BRADLEY / MATT SANCHEZ / STEVE DYMOND. Composer: Matt Sanchez. Composer: Steve Dymond. -
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Calexico
SPRAWL
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Daniel Pemberton
MAN WITH A DREAM
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BAXTER POE / STAN HOPE
EMERALD MORNING
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Daniel Pemberton
WATCHING THE SKYLARKS
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BRAHMS
A GERMAN REQUIM
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Daniel Pemberton
RIGHT AND PROPER
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Calexico
UNTITLED III
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
PRELUDE NO 28 IN D FLAT MAJOR
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
AVE VERUM
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Johann Sebastian Bach
CONCERTO EN RE MINEUR ALLEGRO
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Daniel Pemberton
DIGGING IN
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Heitor VillaβLobos
PRELUDE NO 1 IN E MINOR
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StΓ©phane Wrembel
BIG BROTHER
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Calexico
UNTITLED II
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Alberto Iglesias
LA DISCUSION VIAJA DE NOCHE
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DINO SALUZZI, M JOHNSON, J SALUZZI
CORAL PARA MI PEQUENO
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This Will Destroy You
KILLED THE LORD, LEFT FOR THE NEW WORLD
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Alan Yentob |
| Interviewed Guest | Colm Toibin |
| Interviewed Guest | Fiona Shaw |
| Interviewed Guest | Anne Enright |
| Interviewed Guest | Nick Hornby |
| Producer | Colette Camden |
| Director | Colette Camden |
| Series Editor | Alan Yentob |
Broadcasts
- Tue 2 Dec 2014 22:35ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
- Tue 2 Dec 2014 23:35ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only