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Nicola Coughlan interview (who plays Clare)

For those who haven’t seen Derry girls, explain a bit about the show. I always think of it as The Babysitters’ Club gone really wrong, really badly behaved. That’s what I thought when I got the script. I feel it’s a very true reflection of what it’s like to be a teenage girl. I think a lot of shows

28 Feb 19 Interview

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell interview (who plays Michelle)

Explain a little about Derry Girls. Derry Girls is a coming of age story about a group of friends who are finding their way through life and their teenage years in the backdrop of the Troubles. It’s a fun-filled comedy. We have lots of laughs and a lot of important relationships. You play Michelle –

28 Feb 19 Interview

Saoirse-Monica Jackson interview (who plays Erin)

For those who haven’t seen Derry girls, explain a bit about the show. The show follows four girls and a boy as they’re making their way through school – they’re all completely different. It’s about growing up in Derry during The Troubles, but The Troubles are just a backdrop for that. The show doesn

28 Feb 19 Interview

Lisa McGee interview (creator of Derry Girls)

For those who haven’t seen Derry Girls, explain a bit about the show. It’s about five friends growing up in Derry in the mid-90s, and all the scrapes and messes they get into, while around them there’s an armed conflict going on. But they’re still obsessed with their own lives, it’s just against

27 Feb 19 Interview

John Lithgow interview

So, John: have you baked previously? Yes, I’ve never baked brownies before, I did it once just to warm up, but they are extremely simple. I’ve baked more difficult things than that. I’ve been working years to perfect pie crust for example. Who taught you initially? My wife, she’s a really good cook

27 Feb 19 Interview

Hannah Cockroft interview

So, Hannah: can you bake? Judging by earlier, not really, I can bake better than I can cook but I wouldn’t choose to bake. Who taught you to bake when you were growing up? My grandma and my mum, my grandma quite liked baking, so I got involved in little things like when they were making a birthday

27 Feb 19 Interview

Jon Richardson interview

So, Jon: can you bake? I think anyone can bake, but I don’t think I can bake well. I sort of feel like baking is just like chocolate and butter and sugar and that is always nice, so I think anyone can bake, you can put those things together and it will come out alright. The next level of that, I

27 Feb 19 Interview

Russell Brand interview

So, Russell: can you bake? No. not really. Well I did just bake something, contrary to my beliefs about myself, it’s possible for me to do baking. It was brownies and it went quite well, and I’m actually rather pleased with it. Who taught you? My wife Laura. My mum was always baking cakes - if only

25 Feb 19 Interview

Home: Interview with adviser Hassan Akkad

How did you get involved in this project? Rufus Jones got in touch three or four months before they started filming. Initially he asked me to do a bit of research for him and work with him on the scripts to check if everything that had to do with the asylum process and Sami’s process is as realistic