Episode 68 : BAFTA Glory - Extra

By The Big Light

Talking Derry Girls

17/05/23·42m 54s

Full disclosure needed. The TDGs weren't planning to be here this week. Work and family commitments had taken over. However we hadn't allowed for the enormity of this year's BAFTAS.

From the moment Siobhan McSweeney swept onto the stage to collect her award for Female Performance in a Comedy Programme they knew discussions had to be had - and that was before the Internet exploded with news that her hilarious and on point acceptance speech had been "edited" (for timing reasons say the BBC… political reasons say pretty much all of the rest of us).

Links to both versions of the speech are in the notes you may want to take a look before listening.

Lisa Mc Gee added to her BAFTA stash with the award for Best Scripted Comedy bringing the Derry Girls BAFTA tally for the final series to 3.

Maybe a good time to remind you that Jeanie, Pauline and Marie-Louise were extras in series 3… Fading to black after half a second of screen time in the funeral scene in episode 6. BAFTA winning performance x 3…!

Join Pauline and Jeanie as they discuss shoes, dresses and censorship….and to anyone who believes that silencing the force behind Sister Michael was justified "you might want to think about wising up".

NOTES:

BAFTAS - https://www.bafta.org/television/awards/bafta-television-2023-nominations-winners

the two interviews side-by-side!

https://twitter.com/OhHeyJacob/status/1657951174761357314?s=20

Alistair Campbell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Campbell

Rory Stewart - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Stewart

The Rest is Politics - https://podfollow.com/1611374685

(The Rest is Politics) Leading - https://podfollow.com/1665265193

Tony Blair - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair

Gerry Adams - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Adams

Lynette Fay show BBC Radio Ulster - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lymk

(We were on the last 15 mins or so)