Episode 103 - The Blue Lights are Flashing.

Talking Derry Girls

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.