The Talking Derry Girls are settling into their new normal. If you can call an early morning interview with Derry's local radio station normal.

A trip to Radio Foyle brings back memories and has the girls revisiting past chats.

Jeanie wonders if she really did talk herself into returning to Derry and Marie Louise has some romantic plans involving an axe.

Maybe Pauline can bring some out of town sanity to the conversation. Who are we kidding, the girls are talking… buckle up!

NOTES:

BBC Radio Foyle interview with Elaine McGee - North West Today (around 39.40 mins into programme). - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002k3cn

Episodes referred to:

Ep 99 - Ninety Nine Red Balloons from U.S. to Us (Motherchuckers) - https://pod.co/talking-derry-girls/episode-99-ninety-nine-lead-balloons-from-u-s-to-us

Ep 87 - And hope and history rhyme. (The Big Sing) - https://pod.co/talking-derry-girls/episode-87-and-hope-and-history-rhyme

Where are the Talking Derry Girls when you need them?

Welcome back! The girls, Jeanie Messenger, Pauline Moore and Marie-Louise Kerr, have missed you. But where have they been in the past year or so?

Lisa McGee could have some answers. If only she could engage the services of three aging super-sleuths to search out the truth. Lisa, the TDGs are ready when you need them!

The girls caught up with Lisa at the Belfast Comedy Festival way back in May and got the lowdown on where she's at with her new eagerly anticipated Netflix comedy Drama “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast”.

The mystery of the missing Talking Derry Girls is discussed. No sleuthing needed, Pauline likes work too much to retire, Jeanie likes Derry too much to live anywhere else and Marie-Louise has found her Granda Joe.

If the guitarist is back… we'll cue the music…

NOTES:

How to get to Heaven from Belfast (what did Lisa McGee did next) -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31709373/

https://about.netflix.com/en/news/lead-cast-announced-for-lisa-mcgee-how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast

The Traitors - Ireland hosted by Siobhan McSweeney (only available to watch on RTE at the moment) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34060796/

The Traitors UK - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23743442/

Hope Street with Tara Lynne O’Neill (Ma Mary) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011yc0 - britbox.com

Ep 80 - Talking Derry Girls where Lisa McGee first talked to us about ‘How to get to Heaven from Belfast’.

Episode 106 - Derry Rocks the Boat

We are a world record breaking City !

And we did it with style - courtesy of Micky Doherty, diplomacy - courtesy of the Nobel Institute and a total lack of grace - courtesy of the Talking Derry Girls.

The Mayor and her chosen charities were in attendance, bravo to Foyle Hospice and The Ryan McBride Foundation for all their important and valued work.

The representatives of the Norwegian Nobel Institute were in town and were able to witness the Legacy of John Hume’s Peace Prize first hand…Did former SDLP leader Mark Durkan really sit them amongst a crowd of Derry Wans on Shipquay Street? What did they make of Rock the Boat and could Micky Doherty be in line for a Nobel Prize?

Pauline celebrates her big Birthday, Marie-louise introduces her eldest daughter to the perils of Rock the Boat and Jeanie discovers that she and Mark Durkan introduced same sex marriage to Derry by both marrying the same person…this is Derry …all together “…Rock the Boat, Don’t Rock the Boat…’’!!

NOTES:

Rock the Boat (Derry world record) -

https://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/we-did-it-derry-smashes-guinness-world-record-for-rock-the-boat-4616653

Mayor’s Charities - ROCK THE BOAT CHALLENGE - for Mayor Patrica Logue’s charities (Foyle Hospice and Ryan McBride Foundation).

https://foylehospice.com/rock-the-boat/

Foyle Hospice -

https://foylehospice.com/

Ryan McBride Foundation -

https://mcbride5foundation.com/

Mayor Patricia Logue swimming challenge -

https://www.derrystrabane.com/news/mayor-takes-the-plunge-in-aid-of-local-charities

Mark Durkan -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Durkan

Norwegian Nobel Institute

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Nobel_Institute

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olav_Nj%C3%B8lstad

John Hume’s medals -

https://www.visitderry.com/blog/read/2022/12/john-humes-peace-prizes-bequeathed-to-derry-on-public-display-in-guildhall-b327

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-63900189

Derry Girls Exhibition -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66088882

Referendums and Good Friday Agreement -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-61968177

TDGs Ep 42 Finale - Good Friday Agreement

TDGs Ep 100 chat with Lisa McGee about that Finale Episode.