Young Orson

Episode

First
Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

20160104

20160105 (R4)

Episode 1:

A star is born - in Kenosha.

20160105

20160106 (R4)

Episode 2:

Orson gets his first professional acting job at the Gate Theatre, Dublin.

20160106

20160107 (R4)

Episode 3:

A 20 year old white actor from the Midwest is the surprise appointment to direct Macbeth for the Negro Unit.

At 20, and white, Orson is the surprise appointment to direct the Negro Unit's Macbeth.

20160107

20160108 (R4)

Episode 4:

Until Orson, no one wanted to produce Marc Bernstein's pro-labour opera The Cradle Will Rock, with its clear left-wing union sympathies. Enthralled with Bernstein, Orson with his partner John Houseman, commit to a Broadway run. But as the hot subject of unionisation rages across the nation, the Federal Theatre Project is made to take drastic action.

Welles finds himself at the centre of a political storm. Will the show go on?

05 LAST

20160108

20160109 (R4)

Episode 5:

Welles and Houseman agree on a Halloween Eve adaptation of The War Of The Worlds. What could possibly go wrong?

Welles and Houseman agree on an adaptation of The War of the Worlds. What could go wrong?

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	20160104	20160105 (R4)	Episode 1: A star is born - in Kenosha.
02	20160105	20160106 (R4)	Episode 2: Orson gets his first professional acting job at the Gate Theatre, Dublin.
03	20160106	20160107 (R4)	Episode 3: A 20 year old white actor from the Midwest is the surprise appointment to direct Macbeth for the Negro Unit. At 20, and white, Orson is the surprise appointment to direct the Negro Unit's Macbeth.
04	20160107	20160108 (R4)	Episode 4: Until Orson, no one wanted to produce Marc Bernstein's pro-labour opera The Cradle Will Rock, with its clear left-wing union sympathies. Enthralled with Bernstein, Orson with his partner John Houseman, commit to a Broadway run. But as the hot subject of unionisation rages across the nation, the Federal Theatre Project is made to take drastic action. Welles finds himself at the centre of a political storm. Will the show go on?
05 LAST	20160108	20160109 (R4)	Episode 5: Welles and Houseman agree on a Halloween Eve adaptation of The War Of The Worlds. What could possibly go wrong? Welles and Houseman agree on an adaptation of The War of the Worlds. What could go wrong?