Talking Derry Girls The Big Light

WARNING DOES CONTAIN SOME MILD SPOILERS FOR EP 3 BLUE LIGHTS. 


The Derry Girls - Blue Lights connections are well and truly there if you dig deep. The TDGs are joined by Derry Girl Louise Gallagher who had the original idea for Blue Lights. She also has a feature film under her belt: 


‘A Bump along the Way’ and an award winning short film ‘Rough’. As well as having her own production company, Louise works for Hat Trick (who made Derry Girls) developing new NI drama and comedy writing talent. Without giving away any major spoilers we talk about Blue Lights, Derry Girls, kissing slurping noises in films and whether you go up, down or over the town! 


Notes: 


Louise Gallagher - 


https://www.gallagherfilms.co.uk/about


A Bump Along the Way - 


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9198724/


Tess McGowan - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10235159/


Bronagh Gallagher - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302345/


The Commitment in Derry Girls - 


https://www.bronaghgallagher.com/


TIFF - https://www.tiff.net/


Rough (award winning short film IFTA) - 


https://www.roughfilm.com/


KIN - 


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13444408/


Derek Thompson aka Robin Graham - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860054/


Summary of Blue Lights Ep 3 - Love Knows 


https://www.whattowatch.com/features/blue-lights-season-2-episode-3-recap-love-knows


Black Mountain - 


https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/divis-and-the-black-mountain


Bronagh Taggart (writer of Ep 3 Blue Lights and also in Derry Girls) - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846499/


Jonathan Harden aka Jonty - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325042/


Madam last discovery - 


https://www.facebook.com/p/Madams-Last-Discovery-100086459482698/?paipv=0&eav=AfZN6xJuZzpC3oeyQEQPjjUWs96uLkUYJX3zkgcegN73fCPsDWjbxfO6hlR6uX42f-4&_rdr






Dea Matrona Band (who feature in Blue Lights Ep6) https://deamatrona.co.uk/


WAVE (Trauma Counselling) - 


https://wavetraumacentre.org.uk/


Colin Davidson NI artist Silent Testimony - 


https://irishartscenter.org/event/colin-davidson-silent-testimony


https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp134355/colin-davidson


Dearbháile McKinney aka Aisling and wee Aunt Sarah in Reunion Episode - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9130037/


Hannah McClean aka Jen Robinson - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6007345/


The Land of Saints and Sinners - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15782690/


(Starring Liam Neeson and few actors from Blue Lights and Derry Girls) 


Hat Trick - https://www.hattrick.co.uk/


Roma Downey - 


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


A Bump Along the Way - 


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bump-Along-Way-Bronagh-Gallagher/dp/B083ZR497K


Rough - 


https://www.roughfilm.com/film


Jazz Festival -https://cityofderryjazzfestival.com/


ROCK THE BOAT CHALLENGE - for Mayor Patrica Logue’s charities (Foyle Hospice and Ryan McBride Foundation). 


https://foylehospice.com/rock-the-boat/


EP 3 - Jeanie’s dog Duke and the army 


EP 81 and 82 Shirt Tales part 1&2 Factory Girls mouthwashers 

The Blue Lights obsession continues.


WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR EP 2 BLUE LIGHTS. 


Never record a podcast on an empty stomach! The Talking Derry Girls sausage roll fondness returns, what even is a capsicum and chilli jam? It's a long way from avocado on toast we were reared.


Maybe the girls need to re-evaluate their breakfast menu options as they discuss the possibility of running their own B & B in Derry City centre.


Maybe they'd be better buying the Blue Lights pub -The Loyal - currently for sale in Belfast. POA (Price on Application)...what is it with POA? Do you want us to buy the place or not…? Coach parties


welcome. Breakfast not included - POA!


NOTES: 


Blue Lights - Ep2 Iceberg 


https://www.whattowatch.com/features/blue-lights-season-2-episode-2-recap-iceberg


Lundy - 


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


Ferry Clever - https://ferryclever.co.uk/


https://www.instagram.com/ferryclever/reel/C5-2icuI3cs/


UV Arts (creators of the Derry Girls mural) - 


https://www.facebook.com/uvartscic/?locale=en_GB


IFTA - https://www.ifta.ie/


Richard Dormer aka Gerry Cliff - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233807/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UODdDnCihQ4


Curran (half way between Belfast and Derry) - 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curran,_County_Londonderry


Ponderosa (the highest pub in Ireland) - 


https://theponderosabar.com/


The Loyal Pub for sale - 


https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/blue-lights-bar-featured-in-hit-bbc-series-up-for-sale/a1505450129.html


Frank Blake aka Shane Bradley - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8984706/


Kenneth Brannagh - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000110/


1987 Public Enemy - 


https://variety.com/1994/legit/reviews/public-enemy-1200439459/


Late 80s Look Back in Anger - 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Back_in_Anger_(1989_film)


Hope Street - 


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14354984/


Tara Lynne O’Neil joining BBC’s Hope Street as an inspector - 


https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/hope-street-series-four-filming-starts


Claire Allan writer - The Affair - 


https://www.claireallan.com/


Desmond Eastwood aka Murray Canning - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5708540/


Martin McCann aka Stevie Neil - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564901/


Lambeg Drum - 


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


Battle of the Somme (Thiepval) - 


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


Hamilton Flute Band - 


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-36671190


Rock the Boat (The world attempt 4th May 1130) Mayor’s charities - Foyle Hospice and Ryan McBride Foundation get registered - 


https://foylehospice.com/rock-the-boat/


 or email 


noelmcmonagle@foylehospice.com 


for more details.


Mayor Patricia Logue’s charities - 


https://www.derrystrabane.com/about-council/mayor/mayor-s-charity


Stephen Lawrence Inquiry - 


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68877983 The Met Police has agreed, dormant inquiry to be reopened.


Latest news on Bloody Sunday - 


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68854561


EP 57 - Porn star Martinis featured in this TDGs episode about the Legenderry Food Festival and the Derry Girls foodie tour 


EP 101 - Episode featuring Rock the Boat 

Declan Lawn talks Series 2 of everyone's favourite cop show.


Spoiler alert, you may want to watch Episode 1 of the new series before listening as the girls do discuss it . All other eps are safe as co writer/ co creator Declan has promised to return once the whole series has aired…there are so many questions yet to ask.


Series 2 launches in Australia on Thursday 18th April, American audiences will have to wait another 6 weeks, date as yet tbc.


With lots of questions the Girls couldn't ask - spoilers - they still managed to put the thumbscrews on Declan to discuss how much URST will be in series 2 and if any of it becomes RST (that's unresolved sexual tension for anyone who hasn't heard Episode 67 where the girls talk to him about Series 1)


Not sure if the topics are connected but there is also a lively discussion about the contents of Stevie’s lunchbox. All the big questions are answered here …


Notes:


IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO WATCH EP 1 OF BLUE LIGHTS BEFORE LISTENING. 


Blue Lights - Ep1 Series 3; This too shall pass 


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14466018/


Blue Lights series two promises 'absolute chaos'


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68770877


https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/apr/15/blue-lights-series-two-review-last-years-breakout-police-hit-is-as-beautifully-tense-as-ever


URST - unresolved sexual tension 


https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urst


RST - resolved sexual tension! 


Seamus O’Hara aka Lee Thompson - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5339108/


Frank Blake aka Constable Shane Bradley - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8984706/


President Bill Clinton’s speech in Derry 


https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/pres2.htm


Rev Ian Paisley - 


https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/12/the-rev-ian-paisley


Historic cases in Northern Ireland - 


https://www.qub.ac.uk/Research/case-studies/northern-irelands-past.html


Culture Cafe (Marie-Louise’s programme) BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle/Sounds - guest this week was Eoin O’Callaghan who created the music for Blue Lights - 


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001y9yb


Catherine Grimes - music supervisor 


https://www.what-song.com/music-supervisor/catherine-grimes


Louise Gallagher - 


https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5644255/


Soak - Derry song writer - 


https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/02/soak-bridie-monds-watson


Ferry Clever - 


https://ferryclever.co.uk/


Stephen Walker - 


https://www.stephenwalker.uk/


Historic cases in Northern Ireland - 


https://www.qub.ac.uk/Research/case-studies/northern-irelands-past.html


WAVE - 


https://wavetraumacentre.org.uk/


We discussed Series 1 Blue Lights in Eps 66 and 67 of TDGs. Declan Lawn was our guest in Ep 67. 

The Talking Derry Girls are in a book! And not just any old book but an academic one about teaching history in America. Of course it’s not just us - Derry Girls and The Cranberries are in there too, in the same chapter. Pauline and Jeanie muse on this fact, and wonder if academic stalking is OK in the name of research. And if they could now, like Lisa McGee get an honorary degree! Maybe a lecture tour across the states. Pauline talks to Dr Starlynn Nance - Professor of Education at the university of Central Missouri. Starlynn became an instant fan of Derry Girls and could see the potential in using the TV programme to teach hard history! 






NOTES: 


Dr Starlynn Nance’s book - Hollywood or History - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hollywood-History-Starlynn-R-Nance-ebook/dp/B0B21T6T3W


An inquiry-based strategy for using television shows to teach issue-centred curriculum. It was published in 2022.


https://www.ucmo.edu/academics/programs/majors/coe/educational-foundations-and-literacy/educational-foundations/secondary-education-bse-social-studies/index.php






University of Central Missouri https://www.ucmo.edu/






Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe 


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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Nothing_(book)


An inquiry-based strategy for using television shows to teach issue-centred curriculum. It was published in 2022.






Zombie by The Cranberries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts






Lyra McKee - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra_McKee






Easter Rising 1916 - https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/what-was-the-easter-rising






Episodes of Talking Derry Girls about Blue Lights 


Ep66 and Ep67 

Are you sitting comfortably? Then we probably shouldn't invite you to Derry on Saturday 4th May where you can sit on a very steep street with, hopefully, several thousand others in a bid to win a Guinness World Record.






The Talking Derry Girls will be there supporting the Mayor of Derry's official charities - The Ryan McBride Foundation and Foyle Hospice.






Details of how you can register and take part in Rock the Boat are in the notes (it’s an inclusive event so arrangements are in place for everyone to take part - you have no excuse!)






Sitting on your backside on a city street rocking with several thousand strangers sounds like a winner to us.


No, this is not a late April Fool, though the girls have a few words on that subject too. 






Spring is in the air so no better time to put your feet up with a box set . Louisa Harland is currently blowing our minds in Disney's “Renegade Nell” while Nicola Coughlan is extraordinary as the lead in Channel 4’s new comedy “Big Mood” They’re both a long way from Derry Girls. Superstars both.






Altogether now “Rock the Boat, don’t Rock the Boat Baby …” See you there!










NOTES 






Whistle through the Shamrocks - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/whistle-through-the-shamrocks/id1590115609






Foyle hospice website - https://foylehospice.com/rock-the-boat/






Big Mood - Nicola Coughlan https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26765082/






Big Mood interview - https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/nicola-coughlan-camilla-whitehill-big-mood-big-rt-interview/






Whistle through the Shamrocks - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/whistle-through-the-shamrocks/id1590115609






Renegade Nell - Louisa Harland https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5308665/






https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/highwaywoman-susan-higges/






Sally Wainwright - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906550/






Beyond Paradise - Dylan Llewellyn https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21161156/


Big Boys - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13683866/






Craig Parkinson - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971135/






Foyle hospice website - https://foylehospice.com/rock-the-boat/






Mayor Patricia Logue - https://www.derrystrabane.com/about-council/mayor/mayor-s-biography






Mayor’s charities and learning to swim - https://www.derrystrabane.com/news/mayor-takes-the-plunge-in-aid-of-local-charities






Jazz Festival weekend - https://cityofderryjazzfestival.com/ 






Record breaking number of Santa’s in Derry (2007) but it has since been broken by India (2014)


https://www.derrydaily.net/2014/12/28/indian-town-smashes-derrys-world-record-santas-gathering/






Brides on the Peace Bridge - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315959/Race-aisle-750-brides-cross-Derry-bridge-beat-world-record.html

The Talking Derry Girls are amazed to have reached their milestone episode and there's only one person to blame. Here to defend herself is Derry Girls creator and writer Lisa McGee.


They talk about that multiple award winning finale episode and there are many, many questions and answers. 


Just how funny is Liam Neeson? Who put in the call to Chelsea Clinton and did David Ireland really channel Kevin McAleer in his Uncle Colm audition tape?


Lisa has tales of location filming in her beloved Derry, burning a car under Craigavon bridge and how Orla, and her dance routine, was the perfect opening for the grand finale.


Who knows what the future holds for the TDGs? but Lisa needs extras for her new show and maybe there is a Literary Monkeys party that needs planning. Congratulations and Celebrations all round.


NOTES: 


How to get to Heaven from Belfast - 


https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/derry-girls-lisa-mcgee-how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast-channel-4-1235700966/


Derry Girls Experience - 


https://www.visitderry.com/things-to-do/the-derry-girls-experience-p844151 


https://www.facebook.com/towermuseum/?locale=en_GB


Derry Girls series 3 wins an Emmy - 


https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-67483358#


Previous episodes mentioned in this episode 


Ep 42 - Season 3: Finale: The Agreement


Ep 80 - How to get to heaven from Belfast (chat with Lisa about her new TV programme)


Ep 13 - Talking Derry Girls with Lisa McGee


Ep 14 - It’s Lisa McGee (Oh yes it is) 


Ep 97 - David Ireland episode 


Ep 36 - Series 3: Episode 1 - The Night Before… (the one with Uncle Colm and Liam Neeson