DERRY GIRLS may be coming to a conclusion, but writer Lisa McGee says she refuses to rule out a return to the comedy in the form of a film at some point in the future. McGee said her immediate thoughts about the show was that it had come to an end and the characters had been taken to “where we wanted to take them”.
Channel 4 has confirmed that DERRY GIRLS season 3 will return April 12th, reuniting us with the whole gang for the third and final time. Erin, Clare, Orla, Michelle and the ‘wee English fella’ James will all return in the 1990s-set Northern Irish comedy, following a DERRY GIRLS season 3 trailer showing the girls and James all enjoying their final school days.
The DERRY GIRLS Season 3 trailer has been released! Created and written by Lisa McGee, the show follows a group of Northern Irish teens and their families in 1990s Derry, who always find ways to amuse themselves and get on with their lives despite a divided political atmosphere. In series three, there’s hope in the air that The Troubles may finally be over, but the group’s troubles are only just getting started as they get ever closer to adulthood.
The DERRY GIRLS star shares on her passion for mime, getting fashion inspiration from Debbie Harry, and the podcast that helped her embrace her love of Anne Rice. The Irish actor and presenter Siobhán McSweeney, 42, earned a science degree from the University College Cork before moving to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She performed at the National Theatre, then landed her breakthrough TV role as Sister Michael in the hit Channel 4 sitcom DERRY GIRLS.
DERRY GIRLS star Nicola Coughlan has described the intensity of fame as akin to “being a dog on the Tube”. Coughlan received rave reviews for her role as Penelope Featherington in BRIDGERTON, a character who is later revealed to be mysterious gossip writer Lady Whistledown. The second series of the show, which will air on March 25, will move towards the romantic interests of Daphne’s brother Anthony Bridgerton, who is portrayed by Jonathan Bailey.
Filming has begun in South Belfast on a new BBC comedy series starring Dylan Moran. The series, titled STUCK, was written by Moran and stars the Irish actor alongside Morgana Robinson. It is coming to BBC Two and BBC iPlayer later this year. Made by Hat Trick Productions, the series is described as a “sometimes surreal sitcom about the relationship between Dan and Carla, who are played by the two main actors.
Released in Irish cinemas in October, this dark Irish comedy scored 91% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with writer/director Rachel Carey winning the Discovery Award at the Dublin International Film Festival. Starring Pauline McLynn (FATHER TED) and Victoria Smurfit (ONCE UPON A TIME), it tells the story of a group of stylists at a Dublin hair salon who inadvertently become community heroes when they take on the members of a local gang.
James Corbin welcomed Aisling Bea to his late show and she recalls her long days working as an elf and why we need to really show more love to the unsung hero of the holidays. Is she really champion of the elves?