Ten years after Lisa McGee's "London Irish" premiered on Channel 4 the Talking Derry Girls decided to take a closer look. Their binge watch raised some interesting questions - like when did you first video call and should Louis Walsh have been decommissioned as part of the Good Friday Agreement?

We recommend watching the series yourself - mainly because it's class but also it might just help you understand some of the many trajectories this weeks episode goes off in.

Not least, another recent binge watch, David Ireland's "The Lovers". Throw in a bit of "Riverdance", ask whether "Derry Girls" was really a Channel 4 pity project, pitch for "Derry Girls The Musical" and you may just need a little lie down after… or have a drink! 

London Irish - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Irish_(TV_series)

Available on Channel 4 and Amazon Prime (both UK and USA) 

Art (Peter) Campion aka Fr Peter talking about London Irish 

https://www.channel4.com/press/news/peter-campion-interview#:~:text=Packy%20is%20short%20for%20Patrick,it's%20a%20nickname%20for%20Patrick

Sinaed Keenan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_Keenan

Aidan Turner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_Turner

What’s Funny about Derry Girls BBC Sounds (BBC Radio 4) 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qtms?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Louis Walsh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Walsh

Angela Scanlon (BBC Strictly come dancing) https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/angela-scanlon-strictly-come-dancing-2023-contestant/

Les Dennis (BBC Strictly Come Dancing) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12589211/Strictlys-Les-Dennis-clashed-Nancy-Xu-scenes-pair-faled-gel-eliminated.html

David Ireland actor and playwright - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ireland_(playwright)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409854/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23358175.david-ireland-shocking-new-play-cyprus-avenue-tron-theatre/

Roisin Gallagher https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3481069/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roisin_Gallagher

Johnny Flynn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Flynn

Conleth Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conleth_Hill

The Lovers - https://www.sky.com/watch/the-lovers

https://g.co/kgs/47MUju

Marie-Louise’s BBC Radio Ulster programme Culture Cafe - Riverdance https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qt3v

(Watch out for chat with Roisin Gallagher on Culture Cafe on Sunday 8th October. 

Bill Whelan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Whelan

https://www.lilliputpress.ie/product/the-road-to-riverdance-bill-whelan

https://seamusheaneyhome.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873637564 (Bill Whelan at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace, Bellaghy 14th October)

Paul Mallon - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2546951/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016gpt (Paul Mallon is in this brilliant series and is recording second series now)

The first time Riverdance was ever performed on RTE in 1994. (Nearly 30 not 25 years ago!!) 

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=River+dance&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:6366c0a5,vid:w0v_pu6miJ8,st:0

Terry Wogan talking about Riverdance https://riverdance.com/blog/2016/02/01/riverdance-on-terry-wogans-ireland/

Damian McGinty - singer and actor from Derry who was in Glee TDGs talked to him in Ep21 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_McGinty