Derry Girls S2 press pack

Category: Press Pack

28 February 2019

Derry Girls returns Tuesday 5th March at 9:15pm on Channel 4

SERIES OVERVIEW

The Girls are back. And while series one saw our gang navigating parents, parties, love interests and school against a back drop of The Troubles, series two sees them navigating … parents, parties, love interests and school against the backdrop of a precarious peace process. Northern Ireland is growing up - the gang certainly aren't. And peace throws up its own challenges – like how to persuade your parents to let you go to a reconciliation concert in the den of iniquity that is Belfast (“you might as well sell the wains into white slavery!”) or how to hunt down Bill Clinton’s “Base Camp” when he visits Derry. But it’s not just peace stressing our gang out – there’s protestant boys, an exciting new teacher, a wedding, a prom, an exotic new classmate and that's not even the half of it. Life is just one problem after another…

All the old faces are back - like Kevin McAleer as Uncle Colm, as well as a raft of brilliant new ones including Ardal o'Hanlon.

Welcome to Derry.

Episode One: Friends Across the Barricade

Erin and the rest of the gang are excited to attend an outdoor pursuits weekend which aims to bring Protestant and Catholic school kids together as part of a peace initiative. But peace is the last thing on Michelle’s mind once she finds out that there will be Protestant lads there!

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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

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

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

Louisa Harland interview (who plays Orla)

Explain a little about Derry Girls. It’s about teenagers growing up during the Troubles and … There are moments where the backdrop being the Troubles is where the humour comes from in the show. You play Orla. She’s a little bit different to say the least? Yeah! I would describe her as being very

28 Feb 19 Interview

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

Dylan Llewellyn interview (who plays James)

For those who haven’t seen Derry girls, explain a bit about the show. It’s a coming-of-age comedy about a group of teenagers, set against a backdrop of The Troubles in the 90s in Northern Ireland. It follows Erin and her family and friends and all the shenanigans and trouble they get into. It’s a