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I didn't write a review for the first episode of Girlfriends as I thought it was a bit slow and lack-lustre and thought similarly the same about the second. So when it came to the third instalment I was very much hoping that they would have ramped things up a bit - and boy did they! It felt like it was on much longer than an hour as they had crammed so much in. As chaotic as it was at times it was certainly needed following on from the first two episodes. At the start of the episode we found all three women at the police station after Linda was arrested for Mickey's death. With evidence mounting up against her it wasn't looking good for Linda even though we knew of her innocence, the police were less inclined to believe it after her husband had taken out extra life insurance and Mickey's supposed mistress Carole, (who turns out wasn't his mistress at all) claimed she'd heard him call out Linda's name before he went overboard. Whilst Linda was having

After watching 6Degrees and London Irish I’ve become a fan of Irish TV shows. Made all the better if they are set in my favourite decade, the 90’s. So I felt it a must that I watch Derry Girls, an Irish comedy set in the 90's. We meet the characters in 1994 in LondonDerry, Northern Ireland during The Troubles and see how life carries on in amongst all of that for one group of teenagers (Erin, Orla, Claire, Michelle and James). We see the gang getting on with normal life, from getting on the school bus and feeling as though you have the right to sit at the back purely because your older in age than the people currently sitting there, or having difficulty keeping your cool in front of a boy you really fancy, Derry Girls proved all teenagers deal with the same issues and dramas no matter what's going on around them. With some absolute cracking one liners such as "I’m not being an individual on me own” and "that's the English for ya, fucking savages!". A