Everything to Know About the Final Season of Nicola Coughlan’s ‘Derry Girls’: Premiere Date and More

Stephen Dunn’s “re-imagining” of the groundbreaking British series “Queer as Folk” will premiere on Thursday, June 9, Peacock announced on Wednesday, along with a release of first-look photos and detailed descriptions of the cast and guest stars. The new series explores a diverse group of friends in New Orleans whose lives are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.Dunn, who serves as creator, executive producer, writer, and director, described how much the original British series from Russell T.

Derry Girls has made megastars of its cast, but fans were still shocked to see Hollywood royalty in the first episode of the new series.

Derry Girls fans have been left gobsmacked as Liam Neeson made a surprise cameo in the show.The Hollywood star, 69, made an appearance in the very first episode of season three as Chief Constable Byers. Erin, played by Saoirse-Monica Jackson, and Clare, who is played by Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan, alongside the rest of their squad were seen breaking into their school to find out their GCSE results in the premiere of the new season.Their escapade landed them in trouble as they inadvertently helped some men stage a burglary of computer equipment before being caught by police and being taken the station. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter While there, a local member of the police force questioned them and it turned out to be none other than Taken star Liam.

Derry Girls fans have eagerly been awaiting the comedy series' return and now the wait is almost over.

“Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” fans alike have been pondering if we’d ever see Bryan Cranston’s Walter White and Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman make an appearance on the prequel/spinoff series. Well, the creative team and network have finally given a concrete answer to that question.

Nicola Coughlan has revealed that she auditioned for another Netflix series, Stranger Things. The Bridgerton star admitted that she auditioned for the role of Robin Buckley in series 3, who works with Steve Harrington in Scoop’s Ahoy ice cream parlour. Despite, her staggering success in the regency drama, the 35 year old missed out on the part which went to Maya Hawke.

Nicola Coughlan is opening up about some of her past auditions and revealed she did go out for a role on Netflix’s Stranger Things!

Derry Girls season three has been revealed alongside its spring release date.In the clip, friends Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Clare (Nicola Coughlan), Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) and James (Dylan Llewellyn) are seen visiting a video rental shop when they discover that Dennis (Paul Mallon), their aggressive local corner shop proprietor, is also working at the store.Dennis is irked when Clare asks him for a film recommendation, to which he says “no”, and then takes issue with her saying that the gang will just keep “reading” around for ideas of what to rent.“Bit of a read? This isn’t a fucking library, girls,” Dennis responds before screaming to them all to “Get out!” when it’s put to him by James that the shop is actually a “video library”.The scene previews the new series of the Channel 4/All 4 comedy series, which will return to screens on April 12.A press release shared with the first trailer released earlier this month reads: “While series one observed the gang navigating their teens in 1990’s Derry against a backdrop of The Troubles, series two charted them navigating their parents, parties, love interests and school against the backdrop of a precarious peace process.“In series three, which is coming soon to Channel 4 and All 4, viewers will see that while Northern Ireland is growing up this gang of eejits certainly aren’t anytime soon – while there’s hope in the air that The Troubles may finally be over their troubles are only just getting started as they get ever closer to ‘adulthood’.” Meanwhile, Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has responded to a recent reference to the hit sitcom in The Simpsons.Earlier in March, a Twitter account called Wikisimpsons asked The Simpsons producer Matt Selman whether the

The ladies of “A Black Lady Sketch Show” will be back on the screens in April! On Tuesday, HBO dropped the full trailer for the show’s upcoming third season, which will premiere on April 8.

 will be back on the screens in April! On Tuesday, HBO dropped the full trailer for the show's upcoming third season, which will premiere on April 8.The trailer for the Emmy-winning sketch comedy series features the familiar faces of series regulars Robin Thede, Gabrielle Dennis, Ashley Nicole Black and Skye Townsend, in various sketches including «The Funeral Ball» and a disastrous bachelorette party. The video also shows the return of Black's invisible spy, Trinity, and Thede's Dr.

Bridgerton fans were thrilled when they tuned into the first episode of the Netflix regency drama and heard Nicola Coughlan use her real accent. Nicola, 35, is best known for her role in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls based in Ireland and in season two of Bridgerton, Nicola got to showcase her Irish accent. In the hit Netflix series, Nicola stars as Penelope Featherington who typically speaks with a posh London accent as she is the youngest daughter of a nouveau-riche family in the period drama.

Nicola Coughlan) may be full of secrets as the infamous gossip queen of England’s Regency Era, it’s really Adjoa Andoh’s Lady Danbury who holds all of the ’Ton’s skeletons.Andoh has earned much praise on the critically acclaimed Netflix series as the sharp-tongued yet perceptive Dowager Duchess and caretaker to the sizzling Simon Basset, played by Regé-Jean Page, who departed the show after the first season. Ahead of the Season 2 premiere on Friday, the 59-year-old British actress spilled the English breakfast tea — or Earl Grey, whichever beverage tickles your fancy — to The Post about the show’s seemingly overnight legacy, the sophomore season’s central star, Jonathan Bailey, and his quest to find love, as well as her character’s mission to stay on top of British high society.

Bridgerton actor wrote in a recent Instagram post. While her castmates from the popular Netflix and Shondaland series were dressed to the nines for the season two premiere red carpet, was home after testing positive for Covid earlier that day.Since didn’t get the red carpet treatment for the first season—which premiered in late 2020, during a high point of COVID-19 cases—Nicola shared her disappointment at having to miss this premiere because of the virus…again.

Nicola Coughlan is opening up about why she was absent from the season two premiere of Bridgerton, which took place tonight in London.

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has responded to a recent reference to the hit sitcom in The Simpsons.On Sunday night (March 20), a Twitter account called Wikisimpsons asked The Simpsons producer Matt Selman whether the appearance of Dairy Girls Ice Cream referenced Dairy Queen or Derry Girls, or both.Selman responded saying the ice cream parlour was intended to reference Derry Girls, to which McGee replied: “I. Am.

Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan and Sex Education‘s Aimee Lou Wood have been cast in a new historical comedy called Seize Them!.The film, which is set in Britain’s dark ages, has also signed-up Ghosts star Lolly Adefope, Hot Fuzz’s Nick Frost and W1A‘s Jessica Hynes, and comes from director Curtis Vowell.Described as a female-led comedy, Seize Them! sees Queen Dagan (played by Wood) toppled in a revolution led by Humble Joan (Coughlan). A bounty is subsequently put on Dagan’s head as she is forced to be a fugitive in her own land.She faces hardship and danger as she sets out to reclaim her throne, with help from former servant Shulmay (Adefope), who has a lot of secrets, and shit-shoveller Bobik (Frost), who wants more out of life.The film has been written by Ron’s Gone Wrong‘s Andy Riley, and has just begun filming in the UK.“The chance to shoot in Wales, the land of my fathers, with Aimee and Lolly saying the terrific words, out loud, that Andy Riley has written, was a sweet temptation I found hard to resist,” Frost admitted (via Variety).Producer Damian Jones said: “We are very excited to be working with the funniest young actresses around today in Aimee, Lolly and Nicola as well as the epic Nick Frost and Jess Hynes.

Aimee Lou Wood Leads UK Comedy Cast

Naman Ramachandran Principal photography commenced Monday at U.K. locations on historical comedy “Seize Them!,” directed by Curtis Vowell (“Baby Done”).The cast includes BAFTA winner, Aimee Lou Wood (“Sex Education”), Lolly Adefope (“Shrill”), Nicola Coughlan (“Bridgerton,” “Derry Girls”), Nick Frost (“Hot Fuzz”) and Jessica Hynes (“W1A”).Written by Andy Riley (“Ron’s Gone Wrong”), “Seize Them!” is a female led comedy set in dark ages Britain where Queen Dagan (Wood) is toppled by a revolution led by Humble Joan (Coughlan).

The first look at the third and final season of “Derry Girls” has arrived, promising more laughs, rowdiness and more of the long-suffering Sister Michael.