The Meaning of Life

Season 10

2015 · 6 episodes · 2h 53m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Cecelia Ahern

   25 Jan 2015 · 26 min

   Cecelia Ahern talks to Gay Byrne about growing up with Bertie.

2. 

   2. Stephen Fry

   1 Feb 2015 · 39 min

   Comedian, actor, writer, presenter and all round renaissance man Stephen Fry discusses his views on faith.

3. 

   3. Barry McGuigan

   8 Feb 2015 · 27 min

   Former boxer Barry McGuigan talks to Gay about his strong Catholic faith.

4. 

   4. Mary Black

   15 Feb 2015 · 27 min

   Mary Black talks about her disillusion with the Church, her struggles with depression, and her mystical experiences.

5. 

   5. Earl Charles Spencer

   22 Mar 2015 · 27 min

   Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer and brother of Princess Diana, talks with remarkable openness and candour about his sister’s tragic death, his controversial oration at her funeral, their difficult childhood together and the challenge of guarding his own privacy, as the brother of the world’s most famous woman.

6. 

   6. Archbishop Rowan Williams

   1 Mar 2015 · 27 min

   The former Archbishop of Canterbury and now Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, Dr Rowan Williams joins Gay to discuss faith.