The run-up is interspersed with the story of how she got there, from her childhood in Ballincollig (“My mom was supercreative my dad told stories.

“Tanks… Oh, Jesus, the ‘th’ with the Irish accent,” she says, laughing, as she rehearses her speech. The documentary follows Barry as she prepares for the glitzy Glamour Women of the Year Awards in November 2019, honouring achievers from Greta Thunberg to Margaret Atwood to Charlize Theron. Samantha Barry was a controversial appointment to Glamour magazine, coming from neither the world of magazines nor that of fashion. Her life sounds a bit Hollywood, but Fearless: Samantha Barry (RTÉ One, Monday, 9.35pm) is a tale of a charming and disarming, smart and sussed young Irish journalist made good in a prestigious woman-focused international media brand. The anecdote is reminiscent of an amusing out-of-depth-but-winging-it movie scene but also an indicator of a topic Barry has championed as editor, money literacy and financial independence, among a range of subjects affecting young women’s daily lives. But I did what every good Irish girl did, when they brought out the racks of clothes: I said, ‘How much is that?’” There was a “Wait, are we supposed to know that?” moment the fashion team now know the prices in run-throughs. “It was not a situation I had ever been in before it was what I had seen on TV. It turns out it was to decide on the cover look, a process depicted, Barry reminds us, in a Devil Wears Prada scene comparing belt colours.

“And I had that moment: what’s a run-through?” Samantha Barry describes an early incident as editor-in-chief of Glamour – where she was a controversial appointment, coming from neither the world of magazines nor that of fashion – when her assistant told her she needed to come up to the 38th floor of the One World Trade Center tower in New York for a run-through.

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