J.P. Donleavy

"From brown bogs and purple brighter moorlands its streams and lakes shine silver.
Upon the land that long knows how to tolerate suffering."

- J.P. Donleavy from the film JP Donleavy's Ireland

"Joyce and Donleavy" Camera Three (TV program) - aired July 20, 1958

Not known if JPD was actually on the show or if it was a cast-only discussion.

Described as a show of art, music, and literature. Documentary and dramatizations. Producers: Robert Herridge Directors: Francis Moriarty, John McGiffert, John Desmond, Clair Roskam, Nick Havinga, Max Miller and Anthony Farrar. Show writers: Clair Roskam, Joseph Hurley and Sig Moglen.

"Fairy Tales of New York" ITV Play of the Week - aired Tuesday, June 6, 1961 9:35 pm - 90 min. Season 6, Episode 40. Granada Productions. Series directed by Peter Graham Scott. Production directed by Graham Evans - designed by William Brodie.

Starring: Robert Stephens as Cornelius Christian, with: Alan Gifford, Lionel Murton, Harry Towb, James Caincross, Milo O'Shea, Judith Conrow.

"Fairy Tales of New York" Granada Television, Great Britain - air date & time?
Director: Graham Evans - Script: J.P. Donleavy - Designer: William Brodie.

CAST:

Cornelius Christian

First Stevedore

Second Stevedore

Third Stevedore

Customs Man

Robert Stephens

Ted Carson

Irvin Allen

Michael Forrest

Francis Napier

And others...

"The Ginger Man" BBC Television, Great Britain - 1962. Air date?
Producer: Peter Drew - Director Peter Drew - Author of Original Work: J.P. Donleavy - Designer: Margaret Peacock.

CAST:

Sebastian Balfe Dangerfield

Kenneth O'Keefe

Marion Dangerfield

Miss Frost

Ian Hendry

Ronald Fraser

Ann Bell

Margaret Tyzack

"The Book Programme: J.P. Donleavy "

BBC, Great Britain, 1978 - air date - Nov. 3. Produced by Philip Speight - Directed by John Archer - Introduced by Robert Robinson.

Promo blurb:

Filmed in Dublin and his estate in County Westmeath, comic novelist and playwright J.P. Donleavy talks about his influences and obsessions.

Writers Talk: Ideas of Our Times - JP Donleavy with Frank Delaney. The Roland Collection of Films and Videos on Art. 45 minutes. Color. Available in a variety of international formats including VHS-NTSC and PAL. Now available for downloading.

J.P. Donleavy appears in a segment of a series of "Guardian Interviews" in candid conversation with Frank Delaney, with additional questions asked later by members of the audience. 1987. A very interesting and entertaining interview. Highly recommended.

The Luck of the Irish?

After Dark, Series 4, produced by Open Media, London - BBC broadcast March 16, 1991

With Trevor Hyett, J.P. Donleavy, Father Patrick Buckley, Patrick John Cosgrave, Senator David Norris, Emily O’Reilly, Paul Hill, Ethel Smith, Francis Stuart.

J. P. Donleavy's Ireland in All Her Sins and Graces
- 1992 - Written, narrated by and featuring JPD; produced and directed by Katherine R.R. Carpenter for The Discovery Channel and RTÉ-Ireland. 50 minutes. Color. VHS-NTSC format. ISBN 156812242X

Winner of the Worldfest Houston Gold Award 1992 and a Cine Golden Eagle Award in 1993, J.P. Donleavy's Ireland features the author reading passages from his book of the same title as well as from A Singular Country and The History of the Ginger Man while taking the viewer on a personal tour of "...the land that long knows how to tolerate suffering." A lot on Ireland and on the author. One highlight is a peek into Donleavy's study at Levington Park where he demonstrates how he revises his manuscripts - a manner quite unique. Highly recommended. Recently discontinued from the Discovery catalogue. Still available online through various outlets.

"In All Her Sins and Graces: J.P. Donleavy's Ireland"

JPD's Ireland film (with modified title) aired on The Learning Channel 9 p.m. November 18, 1992.

"J.P. Donleavy and The History of The Ginger Man"

Television broadcast approximately 1994.

Details being researched.

"The Irish In America: Long journey Home"

Diaspora Studies - produced in association with Walt Disney Studios, WGBH/Boston, and Lennon Documentary Group/PBS. This episode: The Irish in America: Darby and Fievel Do Not Go Home. Series Producer: Thomas Lennon. Narrator: Michael Murphy.
Air dates and year: January 26-28, 1998.

Includes JPD.

"Maailm ja monda. JP Donleavy lirimaa"

Telekavad - tele visioon, aired Feb. 26, 2000

JPD interview conducted on Finnish television. Coincides with the publication of the Finnish translation of The Ginger Man.

"Undercover Portraits"

Radio Telefís Éireann, Orpheus Productions, Dublin, 2000 | video cassette VHS

Details being researched.

"Iso Brown "

Emission nº 10: January, 2001

Aired on French TV, montages cascading into one another. One brief segment involves JPD's La dame qui aimait les toilettes propres (The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms).

"Questions and Answers"

RTÉ TV News, October 4, 2004. The question was asked,. "Which change in Ireland has surprised JP Donleavy most since he wrote The Ginger Man." JPD responds in a video clip, viewable with RealPlayer. http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/1004/qanda.html

The Story of Fairytale of New York

BBC Documentary on the creation of The Pogues' song "Fairytale of New York." Released, December 19, 2005 (UK).

Segment features interview with JPD regarding the song being inspired by his book, A Fairy Tale of New York.

"The Big Read"

BBC, April, 2007

Books were nominated for the "Big Read." The Ginger Man came as the 4th. most- nominated book.

J. P. Donleavy's Ireland in All Her Sins and Graces

2011 - Written, narrated by and featuring JPD; produced and directed by Katherine R.R. Carpenter for The Discovery Channel and RTÉ-Ireland. 50 minutes. Color. DVD (region 2, Europe). Same content as 1992 VHS tape.

"Ireland - the people and events that shaped the emerald isle"

6-DVD boxed set. Included, is J.P. Donleavy's Ireland. Being sold on eBay in region 2 format (Europe) only. 2008.