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Directed by: Sinéad O'Shea
Runtime: 1h 39min
Certificate: 12A
Topics:
Arts & Culture
Last Screened:
Thu 1st Jan 2026
Irish writer Edna O'Brien became a literary sensation after releasing her sexually frank 1960 debut novel, The Country Girls.
Her success enraged many in her home country, including her husband, but she continued a lifetime of writing, making a home in London and living a famously colourful life.
Blue Road is an archive-rich portrait that captures the life and spirit of Edna O’Brien. She provides a final testimony, aged 93, along with perspectives from writers like Gabriel Byrne, Walter Mosley and Andrew O’Hagan, and extracts from her personal journals read by Jessie Buckley.
