# Bronagh Gallagher

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044 - The Commitments ("Viking Dave") (w/ Christopher Brown)

The Commitments is is a 1991 musical comedy-drama based on the story of the same name by Irish novelist Roddy Doyle. In it a collection of working-class youths in Northern Dublin come together to form a soul band amidst crippling poverty and miserable living conditions, and quickly experience the t…

Episode 89 "Stolen" - Margo Harkin

Derry Born and based, the formidable documentary filmmaker tells the Talking Derry Girls about her latest film. Currently showing at selected cinemas across the UK and Ireland, "Stolen" captures the anguish, anger and the horrors surrounding Ireland’s Mother and Baby Institutions.  A true Derry G…

Regifting “Episode 95 - Talking Derry Girls” - the gift that just keeps on…

When 3 becomes 2: Pauline and Jeanie are left feeling a bit like Take That after “Robie” left. Marie-Louise is sick and the girls are left pondering on past glories, or should that be, stories? A three year old advent calendar provides inspiration as well as some timely festive advice. What is th…

Dance First: A Life of Samuel Beckett/ Director David Marsh

Academy-award winning director David Marsh (Man on Wire) takes viewers on cinematic journey through the life of literary genius Samuel Beckett. DANCE FIRST highlights his lived life of many parts: Parisian bon vivant, WWII Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband, re…

The Commitments

Text or Voicemail the Podcast Team The Imbibe Cinema crew discuss Alan Parker's The Commitments (1991), which features performances by Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Glen Hansard, Félim Gormley, Johnny Murphy, Dick Massey, Andrew…

Podcast: Thursday’s Nine Til Noon Show

The Nine Til Noon is broadcast live weekdays from 9am to 12noon. Here you can listen back to a Podcast of Thursday’s show: It’s a special Nine til Noon Show today, with Greg on Arranmore Island as part of this year’s Donegal Camino, while Donal holds the fort back at base. In the first hour Greg…

Episode 244 - The Commitments (1991)

A young Dubliner puts together a band of working class musicians to play American soul music in this shaggy film based on Roddy Doyle's novel. We talk about music, what it means to be a cover band, questions raised by white singers trying to sound "black", and whether we've lost touch with making …

Bronagh Gallagher - "I met Aretha and told her she was our queen"

Derry woman Bronagh Gallagher tells Dearbhail about growing up in the Troubles and her amazing acting life, including roles in The Commitments, Pulp Fiction, and Star Wars. She also discusses her soul-singing career and political activism through the prism of five songs, ranging from Aretha Frankli…

Irish Icon Bronagh Gallagher Talks Movies, Katie Taylor and Brand New Music

Alison is joined in studio by the iconic Bronagh Gallagher. She is one of the very few people to star in a Tarantino movie and Star Wars movie plus many more! Bronagh is still buzzing after Katie Taylor’s big win, and we ask who could might play her in a biopic and what female stars are really imp…