Derry Girls (Channel 4)

Mr E

Not sure that this will be laugh-out-loud funny, but I liked the trailer enough to check it out. Starts January 4th on Channel 4.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derry-girls

Derry Girls follows Erin and her friends Orla, Clare, and Michelle, who are used to seeing their country on the nightly news in a time of armed police in armoured Land Rovers and British Army check points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFmFuXH0IRY

Skid X

Channel 4 are plugging it a lot, it seems to be advertised during every break I have seen recently.

In Between Days, by The Cure, features on that trailer which might be a nod to The Inbetweeners (which featured the same instrumental part of that song)

silverharp

trailer sells it well if they can keep the tempo up, seen from a distance there ought to be decent opportunities for Barracks humor.

LoughNeagh2017

It'll drop quicker than an IRA ceasefire, the same writer wrote London Irish in 2013, I thought it was good but it only got one series. It has much the same actors as that and 6Degrees, Louse Mitchells old nanny from EastEnders is in it, from 2002.

JP Liz V1

Tommy Tiernan is playing one of the main parents

darkdubh

LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »

It'll drop quicker than an IRA ceasefire, the same writer wrote London Irish in 2013, I thought it was good but it only got one series. It has much the same actors as that and 6Degrees, Louse Mitchells old nanny from EastEnders is in it, from 2002.

Never saw London Irish but it got really bad reviews from what I recall.

Basq

Bump!

Starting in 20 minutes.

4Ad

Thought I wouldn't but I actually enjoyed that !!

Rothmans

Thought it was pretty funny.
The very last scene was hilarious. It worked really well.

Harry Palmr

Abandoned ship after 20 mins, just too contrived for my tastes.

OldRio

Excellent first program. I agree the 'did you kill the wee nun?' scene was laugh out loud funny.

That was great.

WoollyRedHat

Really enjoyed that. 'The wee english fella' having to piss into the bucket in detention and your one Michelle quipping 'That's the English for ****ing savages' haha.

jca

Loved it.

theteal

So ye'r killing nuns nai, is it?



Yeah, it got a few laughs here, we'll keep an eye out for the next one

NIMAN

As a Derry native found it a little contrived but generally not too bad.

As funny as most of the comedies on TV these days.

Will tune in next week.

ThisRegard

It was pretty funny, worth a watch. The quip calling the girl who was fasting Bobby Sands almost went by unnoticed.

alchemist33

Got some proper laughs out of that and will look forward to the next one.

JP Liz V1

I think the casting is very good especially with the younger cast, good chemistry between them, enjoyable first episode some decent laughs

Atlantic Dawn

Watched it, thought it was ok, the detention scene was good.

The prefect reminded me of my secondary school days where I refused to recognise them in any way and considered them as an occupying force as they were assigned to people who I felt abused the position.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Really enjoyed that. Had heard nothing about it until I saw people going on about it on Twitter, so was pleasantly surprised. Reminded me a bit of both The Inbetweeners and Moone Boy mixed together.

LoughNeagh2017

I didn't think much off it, the talking was so quick and hard to keep up with but I suppose it is still better than Mrs Browns Boys. It is still worth watching for the couple of attractive ladies in it. I would like it to be a success though just for the novelty factor of seeing it on tv.

NIMAN

LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »

I didn't think much off it, the talking was so quick and hard to keep up with but I suppose it is still better than Mrs Browns Boys. It is still worth watching for the couple of attractive ladies in it. I would like it to be a success though just for the novelty factor of seeing it on tv.

That's how us Derry wans talk;)

NIMAN

Anyone know how many shows there's going to be?

IMDB has only 2 episodes listed.

Guy in work told me he series linked it and its showing 5.

James74

6 episodes, but after the reaction from last night I'd say it's already nailed on for a second series.

James74

NIMAN, I'm on the road from Derry to Buncrana, the standard unit of distance for Derry wans
Thought Claire was a bit contrived alright, Michelle however was bang on, I know several Michelle's. My good lady wife is a 90s Derry Girl and she says it a great documentary.

Dagenham Dave

Turned it off, thought it was trying far too hard.

DrPhilG

James74 wrote: »

NIMAN, I'm on the road from Derry to Buncrana, the standard unit of distance for Derry wans
Thought Claire was a bit contrived alright, Michelle however was bang on, I know several Michelle's. My good lady wife is a 90s Derry Girl and she says it a great documentary.

I'm in Burt, also married to a Derry Girl.

Spot on about Michelle. I thought she was the most recognisable of the bunch. Orla (I think that's her name, the one reading the diary) is just weird. I know that is the intention but she doesn't quite fit.

The others work pretty well. And the wee English fella...

PS did I hear correctly? Did Michelle call one of the other girls a "shyte-the-tights"?

Excellent insult, grossly underused.

siblers

Found it funny at times, other times it felt like it was trying too hard for laughs. It's very well shot and reminds me of Moone Boy in the way it is recreating the 1990s. The cast is very good and the use of the poor English fella is very well done

TCDStudent1

Enjoyed it a lot. Found the detention scene very funny. And many parts reminded me of my own secondary school days (also in the 90's). Kicking the young kids off the back seat, the young kid threatening the older kids with their crazy sister etc. were all things I can understand!

Mars Bar

I really enjoyed it. Short and funny!

AirBiscuit

Reminded me a lot of London Irish. Main character (Erin, Packie) accompanied by brash friend (Michelle, Bronagh) with weirdo family member also in the (Erin's cousin, Bronagh's brother) and quirky one (Clare, Niamh), with parents also featured.

I really enjoyed London Irish though so I like where this is going so far.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

AirBiscuit wrote: »

Reminded me a lot of London Irish. Main character (Erin, Packie) accompanied by brash friend (Michelle, Bronagh) with weirdo family member also in the (Erin's cousin, Bronagh's brother) and quirky one (Clare, Niamh), with parents also featured.

I really enjoyed London Irish though so I like where this is going so far.

It's the same writer, Lisa McGee, behind both Derry Girls and London Irish, so that's definitely a fair comparison.

I liked London Irish too - not the greatest, but definitely very enjoyable.

Mc Love

Thought I'd need subtitles at the start but ended up figuring out what they were saying after a while! Seems like a good start to the tv show!

Liam McPoyle

I thought it was absolutely awful.

Completely unnatural over acting from them All, particularly the gurning, spitting image like facial expressions from the blonde wan. The reason the Inbetweeners worked so well is because in the main it was believable but a boy being forced to go to an all girls, Catholic school and be forced to piss in a bucket?

Attempted humour at its basest level and it shows a distinct lack of faith in the writers skills, having to resort to piss jokes in order to get a laugh.

TCDStudent1

Business Cat wrote: »

I thought it was absolutely awful.

Completely unnatural over acting from them All, particularly the gurning, spitting image like facial expressions from the blonde wan. The reason the Inbetweeners worked so well is because in the main it was believable but a boy being forced to go to an all girls, Catholic school and be forced to piss in a bucket?

Attempted humour at its basest level and it shows a distinct lack of faith in the writers skills, having to resort to piss jokes in order to get a laugh.

That was the one thing I disliked about it.

Utopia Parkway

Thought it was only alright. Not downright bad but not good enough to make me contemplate watching another one. Most of the cast seemed to be overacting dramatically. And I just didn't find it all that funny unfortunately despite going to a male version of that school around the same time period.

Surprised by how much praise it's been getting on twitter to be honest.

fritzelly

Once again Channel 4 do Irish humour better than the Irish

AirBiscuit

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

It's the same writer, Lisa McGee, behind both Derry Girls and London Irish, so that's definitely a fair comparison.

I liked London Irish too - not the greatest, but definitely very enjoyable.

A few of the same cast will be in it to. I saw Peter Campion in the trailer, and Siobhan McSweeney was in the St Patrick's day episode of London Irish and is the nun in this

LoughNeagh2017

NIMAN wrote: »

That's how us Derry wans talk;)

I am only an hour down the road and it can be hard to keep up with it, I dont know how the English understand it.

I would like to see the Frostbit fellow get a cameo on the show, he went to school in the city.

LoughNeagh2017

My old school used to be an all girls Catholic school then they introduced a few boys in the late 70s, there were a few English fellows when I was there too.
Those old Ulster buses that were shown in the show were used up until the late 2000s.

DrPhilG

Just watching Celebrity Big Brother, (don't judge me) and Shane Lynch just said he went to an all girls school.

Liamalone

LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »

I would like to see the Frostbit fellow get a cameo on the show, he went to school in the city.

Jeez, I can barely understand thon lad and I know him lol*


*touched his hand

NIMAN

Apparently it had viewing figures of 1.6 million.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

NIMAN wrote: »

Apparently it had viewing figures of 1.6 million.

Is that good for Channel 4 comedies these days?

siblers

Business Cat wrote: »

I thought it was absolutely awful.

Completely unnatural over acting from them All, particularly the gurning, spitting image like facial expressions from the blonde wan. The reason the Inbetweeners worked so well is because in the main it was believable but a boy being forced to go to an all girls, Catholic school and be forced to piss in a bucket?

Attempted humour at its basest level and it shows a distinct lack of faith in the writers skills, having to resort to piss jokes in order to get a laugh.

My sister repeated her leaving in an all boys school

statesaver

Enjoyed this.

Laughed out loud a number of times.

Thought it was going to be sh1te but boy did I laugh.

What kind of reaction did it get on Twitter from the British ?

NIMAN

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Is that good for Channel 4 comedies these days?

I'd say its decent figures for a new comedy with no faces or celebs known to the UK audience.

And one about NI too, which I'm sure wouldn't attract British people immediately.

decky1

Thought it would be funnier, but let's give it a chance and see episode 2.

LoughNeagh2017

Liamalone wrote: »

Jeez, I can barely understand thon lad and I know him lol*


*touched his hand

It would be silly not to give him a cameo, a lot of people would recognise him in England. If I was the writer I'd have him come into that shop and have him ask the person behind the counter if he sells shoe polish as "the mother says I need to get these new shoes cleaned because of that wild wee bit of snow we had last week"

weldoninhio

Friends were gushing about it on Facebook. Watched it last night. Thought it was awful shyte. Won’t be watching again.