Podcasts by Talking Derry Girls

Episode 31: Derry Ghost Stories from 2021-12-29T00:01:05

It’s that week between Christmas and New Year and the TDGs have a bit of a treat for you. During the @DerryHalloween event they chatted to two great Derry writers and storytellers - Ken...

Episode 30: Amelia Earhart in Derry from 2021-12-22T00:01:09

Amelia Earhart - One of the world’s most famous aviators, American heroine and icon - is actually a Derry Girl! When she broke the world record as the first woman to fly solo across the...

Episode 29: Get Out! Dennis and his wee shop in actor Paul Mallon's own words…not all of them sweary.) from 2021-12-01T00:09:40

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and one Derry Girls favourite is busy stocking up on presents for Protestants. The iconic Derry Man talks all things Dennis, putting the fizz...

Episode 28: Ask No Questions - An Interview with Claire Allan from 2021-11-17T00:06:25

The TDG's are now back in their separate homelands after an extended Hallowe'en visit to Derry. Any rumours that their stay had anything at all to do with Derry Girls filming in the Cit...

Episode 27 - Hallowe’en PART 2 from 2021-11-01T09:15:23

Be Afraid : A Very Scary Talking Derry Girls Extra Special! 

Spared to roam the streets of Derry for another day the girls are back - haunting the bookshelves and walls ...

Episode 26: A VERY SCARY TALKING DERRY GIRLS SPECIAL - DERRY HALLOWE’EN from 2021-10-31T00:42:53

The Talking Derry Girls are back home for Hallowe’en. They have taken over the Jenni Doherty’s Little Acorns Bookstore and broken into the very fabric and hollows of The Walls to bring ...

Episode 25: The Fountain with Jeanette Warke from 2021-10-26T23:01:07

Derry City Centre isn’t that big but there are parts of it Jeanie has never been to. The TDGs visit The Fountain which is right up next to THE WALLS and is historic for many reasons inc...

Episode 24: The Main Event from 2021-10-12T23:01:10

Series 3 of Derry Girls is in production and TDG's are building up our potential. We have already performed an audition piece for Lisa McGee - who could forget our stage presence as par...

Episode 23: Rough Girls. Ma Mary Gets Tough. from 2021-09-14T23:32:24

As promised in episode 18 the TDG's made it to the opening night of Tara Lynne O’Neill's Rough Girls at Belfast's Lyric Theatre. 

We met up the morning after the big nig...

Episode 22: Did Ye hear Mammy died? - with Séamas O’Reilly from 2021-08-03T23:01:24

An Irish Times number 1 best seller in it's first week of publication Séamas O’Reilly's memoir is a true Derry story. Did ye hear Mammy died? may not be the cheeriest title ever ...

Episode 21: Derry Boy - Damian McGinty! from 2021-04-28T00:01:13

Whether you call it the Derry Air, The Londonderry Air or most likely Danny Boy the TDG's theme song is very dear to our hearts - so when Derry singer/songwriter actor and all round cre...

Episode 20: The Forces Are With Us from 2021-04-21T14:27:19

The sun is shining on Derry's "spectacular" Walls and the TDG's are on the loose with their microphone soaking up the atmosphere and making new pals. Derry folk are always up for a chat...

Episode 19: The Little Shop of Wonders - with Jenni Doherty from 2021-04-14T09:33:06

The TDGs are now well and truly waterlogged as their visit to Derry continues. Where better to shelter from the downpour than their favourite Derry Bookshop? What wonders await them? In...

Episode 18: Ask yer Ma - with Tara Lynne O'Neill (aka Ma Mary Quinn) from 2021-04-06T23:00

The TDGs all love their Ma's - as well they should. But they all have a favourite surrogate Ma, the ultimate Derry Ma - none other than Ma Mary Quinn - actor Tara Lynne O'Neill. She's t...

Episode 17: Walking the Talk from 2021-03-30T23:01

Continuing their visit to Derry, Pauline, Jeanie and Marie Louise embrace the true spirit of the tourist and book themselves onto a Derry Girls walking tour of the city. They were let l...

Episode 16 - Richard Moore from 2021-03-24T00:01

The latest addition to Derry's wall art is a mural of the Dalai Lama pictured with the man he calls the Derry Lama - local man Richard Moore. Richard's story is so incredible that as th...

Episode 15 - STAYCATION 2020 from 2021-03-17T00:01

In August 2020 the TDG's packed up their suncream, umbrellas, bikinis and windcheaters and headed home to Derry. It was during those heady days when it looked like the world was getting...

Episode 14 - It’s Lisa McGee (oh yes it is!) from 2020-12-16T00:01:24

The one about Erin’s Diary! Guess what everyone we know is getting for Christmas this year? Once upon a time a young writer from Derry was in a foreign land, it was a strange time for a...

Episode 13: Talking Derry Girls with LISA McGEE from 2020-10-13T23:01

Derry Girls writer and creator Lisa McGee joins the Girls and tells them why she is "obsessed" with the podcast. She describes it as "hilarious", "THE best thing" and explains why she "...

Episode 12: We're All Derry Girls Now, Hi! from 2020-10-06T23:01

We're discussing: Derry Girls / Series 2 / Ep6 / 'The President'

We are at the end of the beginning and President Bill Clinton is on his way to Derry. One of our three D...

Episode 11: Ballgowns and Letdowns from 2020-09-29T23:01

We're discussing: Derry Girls / Series 2 / Ep5 / 'The Prom'

Our own 3 Derry Girls delve into the murky, messy, fragile world of teenage friendship. Derry's Doctor Who co...

Episode 10: One Wedding and a Derry Funeral from 2020-09-22T23:54:21

We're discussing: Derry Girls / Series 2 / Ep4 / 'The Curse'

A bit like life itself, there are more questions than answers in this week's episode. How hilarious are your...

Episode 9: This 'n' That from 2020-09-15T23:01

We're discussing: Derry Girls / Series 2 / Ep3 / 'The Concert'

Whatever we said whatever we did we probably meant it. Pauline, Jeanie and Marie-Louise come clean about t...

Episode 8: Don’t Lose the Head from 2020-09-08T23:01

We're discussing: Derry Girls / Series 2 / Ep2 / 'Ms De Bruin and the Child of Prague'

Pauline, Jeanie and Marie Louise wonder if one of them could be the "Craic Killer....

Episode 7: THE Big Bowl and THE Blackboard from 2020-09-01T23:01

We're discussing: Derry Girls / Series 2 / Episode 1 / 'Across the Barricade'

The gang are off on a cross community peace trip...but when it comes down to it are we real...

Episode 6: Life's Laundry from 2020-07-28T23:34:34

Winner of the Radio Times Award for TV Moment of the Year - the final episode of series 1 brings a fairground ride of emotions. Pauline, Jeanie and Marie Louise examine those things tha...

Episode 5: Holidays and Stowaways from 2020-07-21T23:01

It's the 12th of July and the Derry Girls are leaving town. Pauline Jeanie and Marie Louise talk about the history of the 12th, being waved at by the big man off the telly and why a for...

Episode 4: It's All A Load Of Walls from 2020-07-14T23:00

Even if some of the hosts have eight bedrooms and a chocolate fountain, one wean from Chernobyl is not impressed and Granda Joe's new ‘friend’ has started a Cold War. Pauline, Jeanie an...

Episode 3: Weeping Statues and Wee Dead Dogs  from 2020-07-08T08:45:10

Exam time leads to some new found religious devotions. Even the statues are moved. Or is it all a tall tale? Pauline, Jeanie and Marie Louise examine the phenomena of the "sexy priest",...

Episode 2: What's Yours? from 2020-06-30T23:01

What’s yours? Or maybe that should be ‘Do you want chips with that?’ Everyone gets enthusiastic about a school trip to Paris - sure their newly discovered trust funds will cover the cos...

Episode 1: Dear Diary... from 2020-06-23T23:01

Pauline, Jeanie and Marie-Louise go back to where it all began in Episode 1: Erin wakes to find her cousin Orla reading her diary. Clare wants to be an individual. Michelle has made the...

Episode 0: It's a State of Mind from 2020-06-17T14:28:57

Meet Pauline, Marie-Louise and Jeanie! They are devoted fans of the 90s-based hit comedy, Derry Girls, set in their home city. Sharp, warm and a wee bit sweary, Derry Girls has a langua...

COMING SOON: Talking Derry Girls from 2020-06-10T16:07:27

Fancy a bit of craic? Jeanie, Marie-Louise and Pauline love the Channel 4 sit-com Derry Girls. A brand new podcast - COMING SOON. Brought to you by The Big Light network.

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