Episode 11: Ballgowns and Letdowns - a podcast by The Big Light

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 connections are explored - could the Doctor be a Derry Girl? Pauline, Jeanie and Marie Louise reminisce about their own Prom dates and how nuns armed with rulers measured out a decent distance during the slow dances. As ever - many questions are asked. Are Derry people too pasty for Baywatch? Could nude sunbathing ever have taken off in Donegal and just how tight is too tight? 

Jame’s Dr Who: https://www.tombakerofficial.com/

Pauline’s Dr Who: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001172/

Willie Doherty’s project with Christopher Eccleston: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/willie-doherty-and-the-persistence-of-underlying-antagonisms-1.4265801

Willie Doherty and the Turner Prize: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/turner-prize-2003/turner-prize-2003-artists-willie-doherty

Jeanie’s Dr Who - David Tennant and his Derry/Londonderry connections: http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/david-tennant.shtml

Pope John Paul’s visit to Ireland 1979: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45103181

Dr Ian Paisley: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16910949

London’s Burning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%27s_Burning_(TV_series)

Coronation Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_Street

Home and Away: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_and_Away

The Bill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill

Peter Cunnah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cunnah

Carrie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074285/

The Ceasefire 1994 chronology of events: https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch94.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_3605000/3605348.stm

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