Comedian Frank Skinner talks poetry, Anna chats to Julie Davis - the only female head of performance in men’s GAA, and Derry singer Reevah is in session.
On Sunday with Anna Curran, The Three Lions sang it’s coming home and comedian Frank Skinner is coming to homeplace , the Seamus Heaney Homeplace in Bellaghy. He s Anna for a wide-ranging chat about his love of poetry, what jokes he wouldn’t tell these days and the embarrassing moment his phone rang during mass and the ring tone was his own song!
Thunderbirds are go! Anna talks to the daughter of ‘Thunderbirds’ creators Gerry and Sylvia Anderson about growing up in an empire… albeit 18 inches tall. It’s the 60th anniversary of the iconic TV show and Dee gives an Anna an insight into sharing her parents with puppets!
This week’s ‘Top woman’ podcast features Julie Davis, the only female head of performance in men’s GAA. She’s been part of the Armagh backroom staff for almost 20 decades helping lead the team to All Ireland Glory… not bad considering she had never watched a game before taking up the role. Julie tells Anna about aiming for victory and managing defeat, changing direction after a devastating injury derailed her own sporting career and what happens when sports and sibling rivalry meet!
And the winner is… we’re talking Eurovision winners and losers with some major fans. Speaking of music, acclaimed Derry singer Reevah, s Anna for a ‘Sunday session’ in our live room for some unplugged songs from her new album and a chat about her exciting tour plans
We’ll also have the essential guide to the Sunday papers and more music from the Sunday Songbook.
