The Meaning of Life (a Guest Stars & Air Dates Guide)

The Meaning of Life

(a Guest Stars & Air Dates Guide)

Last updated: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 -1:00

Show Details:

Start date: Apr 2009
End date: ___ ____
Status: current show
Network(s): RTÉ (IE)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: xx eps
Genre(s): Talk

Credits:

regulars:
Gay Byrne
Joe Duffy

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Printable Guide @TVmaze

Episode list & details from: TVmaze

Episode #		Original Air Date	Guests

Season 1

1.	1-1	19 Apr 09	Colin Farrell
2.	1-2	26 Apr 09	Gerry Adams
3.	1-3	03 May 09	Maeve Binchy
4.	1-4	10 May 09	Ronan Keating
5.	1-5	17 May 09	Sinéad O'Connor
6.	1-6	24 May 09	Neil Jordan

Season 2

7.	2-1	17 Jan 10	Gabriel Byrne
8.	2-2	24 Jan 10	Tommy Tiernan
9.	2-3	31 Jan 10	Brenda Fricker
10.	2-4	07 Feb 10	Bertie Ahern
11.	2-5	14 Feb 10	Mary Robinson
12.	2-6	21 Feb 10	Edna O'Brien

Season 3

13.	3-1	26 Sep 10	Terry Wogan
14.	3-2	03 Oct 10	Fionnula Flanagan
15.	3-3	10 Oct 10	Deepak Chopra
16.	3-4	17 Oct 10	Ian Paisley
17.	3-5	24 Oct 10	Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh
18.	3-6	07 Nov 10	Dana Rosemary Scallon

Season 4

19.	4-1	06 Mar 11	Michael Parkinson
20.	4-2	13 Mar 11	Brendan O'Carroll
21.	4-3	20 Mar 11	Mark Patrick Hederman
22.	4-4	27 Mar 11	Brian Cody
23.	4-5	03 Apr 11	Martin Sheen
24.	4-6	10 Apr 11	Ben Dunne

Season 5

25.	5-1	08 Jan 12	Andrea Corr
26.	5-2	15 Jan 12	Paddy Moloney
27.	5-3	22 Jan 12	Fr. Shay Cullen
28.	5-4	29 Jan 12	Richard Branson
29.	5-5	05 Feb 12	Bob Geldof
30.	5-6	12 Feb 12	Mary Byrne

Season 6

31.	6-1	07 Oct 12	Mary McAleese
32.	6-2	14 Oct 12	Noel Gallagher
33.	6-3	21 Oct 12	Sean Gallagher
34.	6-4	28 Oct 12	Niall Quinn
35.	6-5	04 Nov 12	Norah Casey

Season 7

36.	7-1	06 Jan 13	Colm Tóibín
37.	7-2	13 Jan 13	J. P. Donleavy
38.	7-3	20 Jan 13	John Lonergan
39.	7-4	27 Jan 13	Maureen Gaffney
40.	7-5	03 Feb 13	Maria Doyle Kennedy
41.	7-6	10 Feb 13	Christina Noble
42.	7-7	22 Jun 13	Bono

Season 8

43.	8-1	06 Oct 13	Colm Wilkinson
44.	8-2	13 Oct 13	Emily O'Reilly
45.	8-3	20 Oct 13	Fr Peter McVerry
46.	8-4	27 Oct 13	Celine Byrne
47.	8-5	03 Nov 13	Imelda May

Season 9

48.	9-1	04 May 14	Majella O'Donnell
49.	9-2	11 May 14	Rory O'Neill
50.	9-3	01 Jun 14	Sean O'Sullivan
51.	9-4	08 Jun 14	Eamon Dunphy
52.	9-5	15 Jun 14	David Puttnam
53.	9-6	22 Jun 13	Enda Kenny

Season 10

54.	10-1	25 Jan 15	Cecila Ahern
55.	10-2	01 Feb 15	Stephen Fry
56.	10-3	08 Feb 15	Barry McGuigan
57.	10-4	15 Feb 15	Mary Black
58.	10-5	22 Mar 15	Earl Spencer
59.	10-6	01 Mar 15	Dr Rowan Williams

Season 11

60.	11-1	27 Sep 15	Hozier
61.	11-2	04 Oct 15	Joan Burton
62.	11-3	11 Oct 15	Diarmuid Gavin
63.	11-4	18 Oct 15	Prof. Richard Dawkins
64.	11-5	25 Oct 15	Sr Stanislaus Kennedy
65.	11-6	01 Nov 15	Eckhart Tolle

Season 12

66.	12-1	10 Jan 16	Ruby Wax
67.	12-2	17 Jan 16	Anna May McHugh
68.	12-3	24 Jan 16	Dolores Keane
69.	12-4	14 Feb 16	Eoin Colfer
70.	12-5	07 Feb 16	Jonathan Sacks
71.	12-6	06 Mar 16	Peter Sutherland

Season 13

72.	13-1	16 Oct 16	John Sheahan
73.	13-2	23 Oct 16	Garry Hynes
74.	13-3	30 Oct 16	André Rieu
75.	13-4	06 Nov 16	Joanne O'Riordan
76.	13-5	13 Nov 16	Shaykq Al Quadri
77.	13-6	20 Nov 16	Archbishop Charles J. Brown

Season 14

78.	14-1	17 May 21	Blindboy Boatclub
79.	14-2	24 May 21	Vicky Phelan
80.	14-3	31 May 21	Mary Lou McDonald
81.	14-4	14 Jun 21	Harry Crosbie
82.	14-5	21 Jun 21	Nathan Carter
83.	14-6	28 Jun 21	Catherine Corlass

Season 15

84.	15-1	20 Jun 22	Jane Seymour
85.	15-2	27 Jun 22	Eamonn Holmes
86.	15-3	04 Jul 22	Mary Coughlan
87.	15-4	11 Jul 22	Rupert Everett
88.	15-5	18 Jul 22	Eamon McCann
89.	15-6	25 Jul 22	Michael Harding
90.	15-7	02 Aug 22	Sr Collette
91.	15-8	08 Aug 22	Mairead McGuinness

Season 16

92.	16-1	02 Mar 23	An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin
93.	16-2	09 Mar 23	Cait O Riordan
94.	16-3	16 Mar 23	Paul Mc Kenna
95.	16-4	23 Mar 23	Liz Nugent
96.	16-5	30 Mar 23	Alastair Campbell
97.	16-6	06 Apr 23	Joan Freeman
98.	16-7	13 Apr 23	Ardal O' Hanlon
99.	16-8	20 Apr 23	Valerie Mulcahy

Season 17

100.	17-1	03 Sep 23	Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
101.	17-2	10 Sep 23	Johnny Logan
102.	17-3	17 Sep 23	Alice Taylor
103.	17-4	24 Sep 23	Tolu Makay
104.	17-5	01 Oct 23	Jason Smyth
105.	17-6	08 Oct 23	Adi Roche
106.	17-7	15 Oct 23	Tony Holohan
107.	17-8	22 Oct 23	Naomi Long

Season 18

108.	18-1	20 Oct 24	Sinéad Burke
109.	18-2	27 Oct 24	Bryan Dobson
110.	18-3	03 Nov 24	Ricky Tomlinson
111.	18-4	10 Nov 24	Fintan O'Toole
112.	18-5	17 Nov 24	David Norris
113.	18-6	24 Nov 24	Catherine Joyce Collins
114.	18-7	05 Jan 25	Sonia O'Sullivan
115.	18-8	12 Jan 25	Mary McEvoy
116.	18-9	19 Jan 25	Ronan Tynan
117.	18-10	26 Jan 25	Olwen Fouéré

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