The Best Episodes of The Meaning of Life Season 4

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The Meaning of Life is an Irish television programme, the first series of which was broadcast on RTÉ One in 2009. It is presented by the veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne. Each episode involves Byrne interviewing

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    The Meaning of Life Season 4 Episode 1 - Michael Parkinson
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    #1 - Michael Parkinson

    S4:E1

    In the chair is Gay’s long-time friend and former colleague, Sir Michael Parkinson. The two of them worked together in the early days of Granada TV, including the night The Beatles made their television debut. Paul McCartney asked Parky for his autograph… for his Mum. The band also asked the young Gay Byrne to manage them. He said ‘No’!

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  2. The Meaning of Life Season 4 Episode 2 - Brendan O'Carroll
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    #2 - Brendan O'Carroll

    S4:E2

    Brendan O’Carroll tells Gay Byrne, the man who discovered him, how much his TV character Mrs Brown owes to his Mum, an ex-nun, pioneering Labour T.D. and widowed mother of eleven.

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  3. The Meaning of Life Season 4 Episode 3 - Abbot Mark Patrick Henderman
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    #3 - Abbot Mark Patrick Henderman

    S4:E3

    The Abbot of Glenstal is a paradox: a priest who never wanted to be a priest, who freely describes the Church to which he has given his life as "a dinosaur". Expect the unexpected, as Gay asks him life's big questions.

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  4. The Meaning of Life Season 4 Episode 4 - Brian Cody
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    #4 - Brian Cody

    S4:E4

    Kilkenny GAA legend, Brian Cody tells Gay Byrne why he's never been tempted to leave the faith - or for that matter, the county - of his upbringing.

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  5. The Meaning of Life Season 4 Episode 5 - Martin Sheen
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    #5 - Martin Sheen

    S4:E5

    On a day when his son, Charlie, appeared to be committing career suicide, Martin Sheen spoke to Gay Byrne with remarkable openness about his family, his faith and his film career - three strands which come together in his latest movie, The Way.

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  6. The Meaning of Life Season 4 Episode 6 - Ben Dunne
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    #6 - Ben Dunne

    S4:E6

    Even before the Moriarty tribunal had branded his behaviour "profoundly corrupt", Ben Dunne admitted to Gay Byrne he'd been "a complete eejit" in his past dealings with politicians. His colourful life has included several brushes with death, an IRA kidnapping and a chequered relationship with Charlie Haughey. He reveals how it was the infamous events in a Florida hotel room that put him on the road to redemption.

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Michael Parkinson" is the best rated episode of "The Meaning of Life" season 4. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/6/2011. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Brendan O'Carroll".