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McGee lands BAFTA comedy award

Derry Girls

DERRY GIRLS creator Lisa McGee has won a best writer gong for the hit Channel 4 programme at the Bafta Television Craft Awards. The show follows a group of teenagers as they grow up in her hometown of Derry during the Troubles. McGee affectionately calls them a group of ‘eejits’ with the show loosely based on her own experiences while studying at Thornhill College. DERRY GIRLS was also recently nominated for most memorable moment at the Bafta TV awards which will take place on May 14. The annual Bafta TV craft awards celebrates the very best behind-the-scenes television talent of 2022.

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LOL: LAST ONE LAUGHING IRELAND

Graham Norton

Graham Norton is set to work in Ireland for the first time in many years, while also returning to his stand-up comedy roots as the new presenter for Prime Video’s first Irish original series, LOL: LAST ONE LAUGHING IRELAND. The Bandon native and award-winning BBC chat show host is also the author of four novels, and regularly spends his summer months at his home in Ahakista, having married Scottish film-maker Jonothan McLeod at Bantry House last summer. The six-part comedy format will be filmed this spring in Dublin and will launch exclusively on Prime Video worldwide next year.

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DALGLIESH returns Apr 27

Dalgleish

The second series of detective drama DALGLIESH, filmed in Northern Ireland, is set to appear on our screens later this month. The show, based on P.D. James Inspector Dalgliesh Mysteries tales, is set in mid-1970’s England and follows Inspector Adam Dalgliesh, a detective and widower, as he strives to solve unusual murders. Season 2 returns to Channel 5 for a second series on April 27 at 9pm.

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D & D: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Filmed largely in Northern Ireland, the new Hollywood sci-fi movie showcases the destination’s superstar attractions. Blessed with enchanting forests and dramatic coastlines, Northern Ireland has provided a backdrop for countless glossy films and fantasy TV shows. The latest big-screen epic to make the most of the superb scenery is DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES, now in UK cinemas. Based on the cult role-playing game, first launched in 1974, it’s an action-packed story of a quest to retrieve a lost relic, encountering a host of terrifying creatures along the way.

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THE TOURIST starts Season 2 production

Jamie Dornan

Jamie Dornan starrer THE TOURIST has gone into production on Season 2 in Dublin, Ireland with Dornan reprising his role as an amnesia-afflicted car crash victim struggling to piece together his past. This time the story moves from the Australian Outback to Ireland where Elliot (Dornan) and Chambers are trying to rediscover Elliot’s roots. But they soon find themselves in the crosshairs of a rivalry between the McDonnell family and the Cassidys as they get dragged into Elliot’s dangerous past life.

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Charlie Murphy in OBSESSION

Netflix

Irish actress Charlie Murphy is set star in new Netflix drama OBSESSION. The four-part series is a contemporary adaptation of Josephine Hart’s 1991 novella, DAMAGE. The story centers around a dangerous love triangle that emerges when the enigmatic Anna Barton (played by Charlie) embarks on a passionate affair with her fiance’s father, William, a top surgeon. The tense, erotic thriller joins Netflix on April 13.

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BLUE LIGHTS now on BBC One

Belfast

As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement, you’ll find little on television that says as much about a changing Northern Ireland as BLUE LIGHTS. A new drama written by two local lads, ex-journalists Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn, this BBC One show focuses on a trio of new recruits to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), the peace-era force that in 2001 succeeded the militarized Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). BLUE LIGHTS is now available on BBC One via the link below.

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Niamh Algar in MALPRACTICE

Niamh Algar

RAISED BY WOLVES actress Niamh Algar leads the cast of MALPRACTICE as battle-hardened doctor Lucinda Edwards, who finds herself at the centre of an investigation after a nightmare shift ends with an opioid overdose for Edith Owusu. Niamh Algar said she was “thrilled” to be leading the ITV medical thriller. “I was blown away by Grace Ofori-Attah’s script and the team attached in creating MALPRACTICE,” said Algar. “I’m a huge fan of Phil Barantini’s work, his movie Boiling Point is an astonishing piece of work and I’m so excited to see how he approaches Malpractice. “I’m absolutely over the moon that we are working together on this special series.”

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