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Asking tourists at the Derry Girls Mural, who their favourite character and what their favourite episode is?

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00:00Right, could you just introduce yourself please?

00:02Uh, I'm Kaelin and I'm from Glasgow.

00:05Nice to meet you.

00:06Do you have a favourite character from the show I guess?

00:09Um, not sure.

00:11Is there anyone that maybe you think needs to be funniest out of the lot?

00:15Orla.

00:17Orla. Why do you think Orla is? Is she a bit weird?

00:19Yeah.

00:20Have you got a favourite episode at all or anyone that comes to mind?

00:23I've only saw the first two.

00:25Oh, which ones have you heard of of the two?

00:28Uh, the first one.

00:30And do you think you'd watch more?

00:32Yeah.

00:33Right, could you just introduce yourself please?

00:35My name's Karen. I'm from Dublin, just here on a visit.

00:38And can you tell me who's your favourite character from the show I guess?

00:41Um, probably the mum.

00:46Why is that? Do you relate to her maybe a little bit?

00:49Yeah, she's just, I think, quite funny and had some good one-liners and stuff.

00:55I thought she was very funny.

00:57Have you got a favourite episode?

00:59Uh, the one where, I think it's the first one of the second season,

01:03where they meet up with the other boys at school

01:07and they have the Catholics versus the Protestants all on the board.

01:10That's probably the best one of them.

01:13And the students, have you ever seen them ring the bell or anything like that?

01:18Yeah, even if they did a one-off kind of TV movie or something,

01:22to see where they are now, I think it'd be quite good. It'd be funny, yeah.

01:26Could you introduce yourself first, please? Where is she?

01:28Hi, my name's Jennifer. I'm from Newry.

01:31Nice to meet you, Jennifer. And what's your favourite character from the show I guess?

01:35Grandpa Joe.

01:37And why is he your favourite? Do you relate to him in any way? Is it his lines or...?

01:40Yeah, just like grumpy, sarcastic, hilarious.

01:45Do you think he kind of captures that grumpy old normal man?

01:49Yeah, just awkward. Awkward. Won't be told.

01:53Can you tell me what your favourite episode is?

01:57Or maybe one that resonates with you.

01:59Probably the one, I can't remember her name, where the new English teacher comes in

02:03and they're all just in love with her.

02:06Yeah, that's a really good one.

02:09Also, I can't remember what episode it was, but I can't remember the nun's name,

02:13but when the priests get on like a total prat and she's just rolling her eyes going,

02:20I live in England, so it's just funny to see all the vernacular playing out in your own language.

02:26The show only went for three seasons. Do you think that was a perfect amount,

02:30or do you think it should have went on for longer?

02:32Yeah, you don't want to tear the arse out of it.

02:34Yeah, I'm Becky Hopkins. I'm from the Liverpool area, just visiting for the day.

02:40And who's your favourite character from the show I guess?

02:43I love... I've forgotten her name now.

02:47Why is she your favourite? Do you think she's like the funnest?

02:50Or do you think she resonates with her character the most?

02:53She's just a bit out there, a bit different, and I just love how random she is.

03:01But they're all great though.

03:03Do you have a favourite episode from the series?

03:06They've got so many.

03:09Or maybe one that resonated with you.

03:11I'll go with the Liam Neeson one, just because that's the first one that jumps to mind.

03:15But there's so many.

03:18Yeah, because it's just a lot of fun, really.

03:22The show ended on three seasons. Do you think that was enough, or do you think it could do more?

03:26I think it ended really well, actually.

03:28I think sometimes the series can go on for too long.

03:32So I thought it was just enough, to be honest.

03:35Yeah, it was great.

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