Derry Girls S3 Press Pack

Category: Press Pack

8 April 2022

Contents:

Programme information
Interview with Writer, Creator and The Original Derry Girl, Lisa McGee
Interview with The Derry Girls – Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Erin), Louisa Harland (Orla), Nicola Coughlan (Clare), Jamie-LeeO’ Donnell (Michelle) and Dylan Llewellyn (James aka The Wee English Fell)
Interview with Siobhan McSweeney (Sister Michael)
Link to trailer

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8 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

Programme Information

The critically acclaimed, award-winning Derry Girls is back, as Lisa McGee's candid, family-centred comedy returns for the third and final series. While Northern Ireland is growing up, this gang of eejits certainly aren't any time soon - there's hope in the air that The Troubles may finally be over

8 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

Interview with Writer, Creator and The Original Derry Girl, Lisa McGee

Where do we find the girls in this third series? What we’ve tried to do this season is to have a theme and a genre in every episode, like a little movie. Episode one takes its tonal inspiration from Goodfellas. We meet the gang on the eve of them getting their GCSE results, the episode is called The Night Before, and it’s all set over one evening. The girls are worried they’re going to have to run away from home because they’re going to be so bad, and wind up getting arrested. Meanwhile, Grandpa Joe’s taken in a stray cat. He’s really fond of it, but it’s killing all the animals in the neighbourhood, and him and Gerry have to dispose of the body of a pet rabbit. So, it’s a bit like a very silly thriller, very moody and sort of noir.

8 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

Interview with The Derry Girls – Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Erin), Louisa Harland (Orla), Nicola Coughlan (Clare), Jamie-Lee O’Donnell (Michelle) and Dylan Llewellyn (James, aka The Wee English Fella)

Where are the Derry Girls – and I include James in that, obviously – when we catch up with them this season?

8 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

Interview with Siobhán McSweeney (Sister Michael)

Where do we find Sister Michael this season?

10 May 22 Press Pack Article

Interview with Ian McElhinney (Granda Joe) and Kathy Kiera Clarke (Aunt Sarah)

How does it feel to have finished filming Derry Girls? Kathy: We really had such a ball doing this, but on the final day, and that last scene with myself, Ian, Tara Lynne and Tommy in the kitchen, we definitely shed a tear. Ian: We had a few tears, yes – but we also had a lot of fun. We did a lot of stuff together, the “adults” on the show. We had a lot of fun doing it. It’s a shame it’s over, because we really have enjoyed it. Hopefully we’ll all get to work together in the coming years. Who knows?

10 May 22 News Release

Interview with Tara Lynne O’Neill (Mary Quinn)

What’s the reaction been like to the third series so far? Tara-Lynne: It's been amazing. I think people have waited a long time for it so I'm glad that it's living up to their expectations. Lisa’s writing has got better and better, and we’ve all got more and more into our characters.

8 Apr 22 Press Pack Article

Link to Trailer

Link to Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddA0Vh5v0LM