# Presents: Co-writer/Directors John-Paul Davidson & Stephen Warbeck on 'The Three Urns' Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-co-writer-directors-john-paul-davidson-stephen-warbeck-on-the-three-urns Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-co-writer-directors-john-paul-davidson-stephen-warbeck-on-the-three-urns.md Podcast: [Film Ireland Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003) Published: 2026-04-17T14:08:01+00:00 Episode link: https://www.filmireland.net/podcast-co-writer-directors-john-paul-davidson-stephen-warbeck-on-the-three-urns Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6955465577f9435bdcc8cb82/e/69e23ec1c8a506316d8dd813/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-ireland-podcast-896003/episodes/presents-co-writer-directors-john-paul-davidson-stephen-warbeck-on-the-three-urns Duration seconds: 3141 ## Resource In this episode, we sit down with co-writer/directors John-Paul Davidson and Stephen Warbeck to discuss their latest film  The Three Urns , in cinemas from April 17th. They chat about their creative partnership, their fascinating (and very different) career paths, and what they learned from making their first feature that they brought onto this one. Listen now on SoundCloud, Apple, Spotify, Acast and Amazon, or subscribe to Film Ireland wherever you get your podcasts . The Three Urns Equal parts picturesque and picaresque, Mr. O’Connor's journey across Ireland is filled with playful misadventures and serendipitous encounters. Along the way, he stumbles upon a cohort of colourful characters: a Lithuanian painter, an itinerant priest, horse traders and whisperers, and a Choctaw native travelling to commemorate the Great Famine. He is also given refuge by a group of mystic women, whom he finds worshipping at the ancient Beltany Stone Circle. He visits his brother, who still runs the family dairy farm, and uncovers the truth about his wife’s favourite cousin. Yet misfortune dogs his path. From the outset, Mr. O’Connor is followed by a mysterious Woman in Black, who trails him in a diminutive electric car plagued by persistent charging issues. Will Penn goes on a musical pilgrimage in his review of ‘The Three Urns.’ John-Paul Davidson and Stephen Warbeck Stephen Warwick is one of Britain’s most successful composers, soundtracking films such as Shakespeare in Love (for which he won an Oscar), Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, and Billy Elliott. John-Paul Davidson is best known for his documentary travelogue series with Michael Palin and Stephen Fry In America John-Paul Davidson and Stephen Warbeck go back a long way. They have known each other since t… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-ireland-podcast-896003/episodes/presents-co-writer-directors-john-paul-davidson-stephen-warbeck-on-the-three-urns/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-co-writer-directors-john-paul-davidson-stephen-warbeck-on-the-three-urns.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.