Yay! I really hope this is right! If so Its not far away at all! :) x

sweet! will have to come back here to see if confirmed & where i can listen online.....you're now my Damo News Outlet. i wonder which accent he'll use. i hope his Irish brogue....i'm American and we have no accents around here so I swoon over that one. his English one is swoon worthy too, but hearing him talk naturally is to die for!

Laura : "So Damien really will be Mr Radio 4" YES!! haha!

Would it be safe to assume Damien will be performing in his native accent for this one? I did a little research on the writer, Gerald Murphy, he is an award winning Irish author and playwright. His field of work includes theatre, television and radio and his playwriting career was successfully launched by The Welcome when it was staged by the Druid Theatre Company in 2001. He received a PJ O’Connor award for His first radio play Stranger In The Night.

domino wrote:

Damien posted a very cure picture on twitter today that some talented young artist had drawn for him..are my eyes deceiving me or is that a microphone?

 

https://twitter.com/damienmolony/status/275573842712338432

 

 

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 those DO look like microphones.  a presentation at a school or interview?  is he the pretty one on the left?  lovely eyelashes! LOL

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It is looking that way as the evidence presents itself Lau! although it is onyl a small piece, and if it is 3 'student stories' then Damien may only be on one episode of the three, but oh.... 15 minutes of Damien voice acting? after our glimpse of that with Word Theatre I am very excited indeed!

One of the main reasons I am a fan of Damien's acting is his nuanced delivery, each Hal line he uttered in Being Human series 4 was so richly textured, it is not just the voice it is the talent and interpretation behind it, the shading... *has a fangirl moment*

Delightful picture! I wonder who Damien's fellow boy actor is? There is now a danger that I'm going to start calling him 'Damien Molony, Boy Actor'.

dang it, I need to get myself on Twitter. sounds like fun times.

here's a little more info from http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599553.The_Hill_Bachelors

 

 

The eponymous final story of the collection is the most heartrending. Simply put, the youngest son of a medium-sized family inherits the farm of an uncaring father, at first merely because he alone of the siblings has no other demands and can take care of their mother in the place she's lived for decades. But finally Paulie—like the monk Michael in the earlier story—chooses to follow a calling, the calling of the land. Like the monk, he is destined for a life of poverty and celibacy, and though he knows the fate that his choice has determined, he accepts it as his choice.

 

'When her own death came, he other children would return, again all at the same time. The coffin would be carried down the steep stairs, out into the van in the yard, and the funeral would go through the streets of Drunbeg, and the next day there’d be the Mass. They’d go away then, leaving Paulie in the farmhouse…Guilt was misplaced, goodness hardly came into it. Her widowing and the mood of a capricious time were not of consequence, no more than a flicker in the scheme of things that had always been there. Enduring, unchanging, the hills had waited for him, claiming one of their own.'  

 

-- Edited by whimsyfox on Wednesday 5th of December 2012 05:09:31 PM

-- Edited by whimsyfox on Wednesday 5th of December 2012 05:11:18 PM

Before I had children I used to listen to Radio 4 loads, but got out of the habit cos I couldn't concentrate on them and the radio at the same time (it's that multitasking thing again!) and got fed up with missing the end of things.

This has actually got me listening again. And I realise how much I've missed it!

It will be available on the Radio section of the BBCiplayer live and afterwards and may be available as a podcast afterwards, which I think I am right in saying (unlike the television iplayer programmes) ARE internationally available depending on the content and rights agreement. http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/outside_the_uk/radio_world

I have just emailed BBC Radio 4 to confirm Damien is cast as Brendan in Student Stories, everything points in that direction but until we have had official confirmation, it feels best to keep it low key and not broadcast on twitter further..yet!

must. find. out. where. to. listen. online. 

domino wrote:

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Damien will be on Radio 4 a week tomorrow! wowza!

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Can`t wait. Really looking forward to it.