Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen

Michelle Gallen’s uproarious, raw story of teenager Maeve Murray, who finds an eye-opening summer job and dreams of escaping a divided Northern Irish town in the 1990s.

Radio 4,10 episodes

Episodes

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Episode 1
Maeve takes a fateful summer job, but has teenage dreams of escaping.
11 Aug 2022,15 mins,
Episode 2
It's Maeve’s first day at the deeply divided Strawbridge and Associates
11 Aug 2022,15 mins,
Episode 3
Maeve's thrown herself into a new job and flat for the summer - but can't escape the past.
11 Aug 2022,15 mins,
Episode 4
Maeve's doing her best to ignore the sectarianism around her. Andy's attentions don't help
11 Aug 2022,15 mins,
Episode 5
Controversially, the workers are enjoying a night out at Catholic bar courtesy of Andy
11 Aug 2022,15 mins,
Episode 6
Maeve tries not to get distracted by small minded men in her small minded town.
11 Aug 2022,15 mins,
Episode 7
Both Maeve’s love life and hopes of peace in Northern Ireland are in tatters
11 Aug 2022,15 mins,
Episode 8
It's results day for Maeve, Caroline and Aoife
11 Aug 2022,15 mins,
Episode 9
Following their exam results, a rift forms between Maeve and Aoife
11 Aug 2022,15 mins,
Episode 10
In this final episode will Maeve escape her small town to London?
11 Aug 2022,15 mins,