Episode 4
Liam is relieved that the priest has taken charge of his father. Maggie O鈥橣arrell鈥檚 new novel is read by Brian Gleeson.
Liam is relieved that Father Joseph has taken charge of his disordered father.
Inspired by Maggie O鈥橣arrell鈥檚 own family history, this spellbinding story follows a family鈥檚 struggle for survival in the aftermath of the Famine.
On a windswept peninsula in the west of Ireland in 1865, Tom谩s and his son Liam are working for the Ordnance Survey to map the whole country. The landscape is scarred by deserted villages, entire populations lost to famine. An unsettling encounter changes the family鈥檚 fortunes.
The bestselling author of Hamnet returns with her tenth novel, a soaring history set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger.
Land is read by Brian Gleeson, best known for his roles in Bad Sisters, Love/Hate, Peaky Blinders and Under Salt Marsh.
Music: Veil of Mist by Caroline Dale
Reader: Brian Gleeson.
Abridger: Sara Davies
Production Co-ordinator: Alison Crawford
Mix by Caitlin Gazeley
Producers: Fay Lomas and Mary Ward-Lowery
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Broadcast
- Thu 18 Jun 2026 22:45麻豆社 Radio 4