Reading Ulysses

Introduction to Ulysses | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Joseph O'Connor, Edna O'Brien and Gerry O'Flaherty recall the events and characters of this day and explore why James Joyce's fictionalised events of an ordinary day should become such a literary masterpiece.

Episode 1 Telemachus | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Stephen breakfasts at the Tower in Sandycove. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 2 Nestor | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Stephen teaches in Dalkey. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 3 Proteus | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Stephen walks along Sandymount Strand. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 4 Calypso | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Blooms has breakfast at 7 Eccles Street. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 5 Lotus Eaters | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Bloom goes to the Post Office on Westland Row and then buys some soap at Sweny's. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 6 Hades | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Bloom Attends the funeral of Paddy Dignam. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 7 Aeolus | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

At the offices of The Freeman's Journal, Bloom and Stephen cross paths. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 8 Lestrygonians | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Blooms eats lunch in Davy Byrnes. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 9 Scylla and Charybdis | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Discussions about Shakespeare at the National Library. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 10 Wandering Rocks | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Dublin's citizens go about their day. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 11 Sirens | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

There is music at the Ormond Hotel where Bloom stops for food. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 12 Cyclops | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

The Citizen holds fort in Barney Kiernan's Pub. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 13 Nausicaa | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Bloom watches Gerty MacDowell on Sandymount Strand. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 14 Oxen of the Sun | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Bloom goes to visit Mina Purefoy at Holles Street Hospital, and then joins the Medical Students. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 15 Circe | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Stephen and Bloom go to Nighttown. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 16 Eumaeus | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

A sober Bloom looks after a drunken Stephen at the Cabman's Shelter. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 17 Ithaca | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Bloom and Stephen go back to Eccles Street where they talk. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

Episode 18 Penelope | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

Molly Bloom recalls her day. (Episode guide with Gerry O'Flaherty, Dublin historian and Joyce expert, in conversation with Fritz Senn, Director of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. First broadcast in 2004.)

The Music of Ulysses | Reading Ulysses Jun 03, 2020

In the final programme of the series, Barry McGovern and Bernard Clarke discuss the music of Ulysses.

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