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Siobhán McSweeney: 'I just want to dance in the street and lick people's faces'
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Siobhán McSweeney: 'I just want to dance in the street and lick people's faces'

She was a sarcastic nun on Derry Girls, and mopped up Keith Brymer Jones’s tears on The Great Pottery Throw Down. Now Siobhán McSweeney takes to the London stage as a ‘white-faced, frantic dervish’. As you do
Siobhán McSweeney: 'I think The Great Pottery Throw Down saved my life'
Siobhan McSweeney
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Siobhán McSweeney: 'I think The Great Pottery Throw Down saved my life'

The Big Issue's 38 best TV shows of 2022
Some of the best TV shows in 2023
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The Big Issue's 38 best TV shows of 2022

Channel 4 at 40: 21 shows that changed the political and cultural landscape
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Channel 4 at 40: 21 shows that changed the political and cultural landscape

The Derry Girls finale: sublime television – poignant, political and properly funny
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The Derry Girls finale: sublime television – poignant, political and properly funny

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Derry Girls: ‘What Lisa McGee has done is change the path for all Derry girls going forward’
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Derry Girls: ‘What Lisa McGee has done is change the path for all Derry girls going forward’

Derry Girls: 'We did the last series for the fans. Our major ambition is to say goodbye to these characters in the way that they deserved'
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Derry Girls: 'We did the last series for the fans. Our major ambition is to say goodbye to these characters in the way that they deserved'

Lisa McGee: 'Writing Derry Girls, I've realised I really like teenagers'
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Lisa McGee: 'Writing Derry Girls, I've realised I really like teenagers'