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Radio Ulster,22 Mar 2026,114 mins
John O'Neill - Maradona, the one that got away!
Sunday with Anna CurranAvailable for 26 days
John O'Neill, the former international footballer and BBC Radio Ulster pundit chats about playing against a few GOATs in two World Cups for Northern Ireland and, in a wide ranging interview with Anna, he talks about his passion for the game, the injury which ended his career and life after football and how his only regret is that he never got to play against Maradona. Globally renowned children's writer and illustrator Oliver Jeffers booked actress Jessie Buckley to narrate his new audio book "I'm Very Busy" long before she won the Oscar. He chats about what she brings to his book, how he has moved back to Belfast after years in Brooklyn and why it's vital for him to juggle illustration with exhibiting art. And MáirtÃn MacGabhann joins Anna ahead of his appearance at the Imagine Festival in Belfast to talk about his son Daithi, Daithi's law and how ordinary people can effect extraordinary legal change through storytelling and persistence. And as always, the Sunday Songbook is packed full of classic tracks.
Programme WebsiteTracklist
- TrackArtist
- 1.Take It EasyTake It EasyThe Eagles
- 2.My LifeMy LifeBilly Joel
- 3.Easy Like Sunday MorningEasy Like Sunday MorningThe Commodores