Emilia Golightly

Who is Emilia Golightly?

Emilia Golightly was the presenter of a three minute parody of RTÉ's A Prayer at Bedtime, on the late night 2FM radio show, Moloney After Midnight, which ran in the late 1990s.

The format of the show invariably followed the exploits of protagonist Emilia Golightly, who used events in her daily life as parables to preach virtues such as tolerance and charity. The events which Golightly relayed were usually relating to sex, alcohol or other vices and the segment drew much of its humour from the contrast between the saccharine message being broadcast and the circumstances under which Golightly discovered this message.

Each slot followed the same format:

⁕Golightly would talk about some event that had happened during her daily routine which would inevitably result in a thought suddenly striking her. This thought usually struck her when she was writhing around naked in some public place.

⁕She would then draw a comparison between this event and life.

⁕The bulk of the segment would then consist of Emilia discussing how the event made her think about her life and how she was ultimately better for this event.