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Derry Girls is no trouble for Tommy Tiernan
Starring in Channel 4's new comedy drama Derry Girls was a "no-brainer" for the comedian Tommy Tiernan, who returns to sitcom after a 20-year hiatus.
Jennifer O'Brien, The Times, 5th January 2018TV review: Derry Girls, C4
In fact forget I ever mentioned trying to avoid mentioning Mrs Brown's Boys. Apart from the domestic inter-generational family banter there is little similarity here. It isn't even set in the same place. And there's another difference. Derry Girls is funny.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th January 2018Derry Girls, episode 1 review
As much a black comedy about the Troubles as a teenage nostalgia fest.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 4th January 2018Tiernan's new C4 comedy has an Inbetweeners feel to it
It's the role Tommy Tiernan was born to play.
Michael Lanigan, JOE, 15th December 2017Glasgow International Comedy Festival gets new sponsor
Whyte & Mackay Blended Whisky will headline sponsorship of the 2018 event.
Glasgow Evening Times, 14th November 2017Review: Vodafone Comedy Carnival Day 2
It's a sign of a good festival when you're get to see comics of the calibre of Kevin Bridges in a pub gig... and he's not even headlining.
Chortle, 29th October 2017Fringe 2017: Top acts choose their comedy picks
Comedy stars pick their favourites.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 2nd August 2017Tommy Tiernan: Under the Influence preview
Returning to sitcom for the first time in 16 years with Channel 4's forthcoming Derry Girls, and hosting a brilliantly innovative Irish chat show, where he doesn't know who his guests are before they appear on set, Tommy Tiernan remains one of the most gifted comedians of his generation.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 1st August 2017Event meets the funniest new stars of the Fringe
One's got a psycho in the family, another dreamed of being the youngest pope...
Mark Wareham, Daily Mail, 29th July 2017Edinburgh 10x10: 5. Get in the sea!
10 comedians who have been photographed in a body of water
Chortle, 21st July 2017