Episode 101: Record Breaking - Rock the Boat

Are you sitting comfortably? Then we probably shouldn't invite you to Derry on Saturday 4th May where you can sit on a very steep street with, hopefully, several thousand others in a bid to win a Guinness World Record.

The Talking Derry Girls will be there supporting the Mayor of Derry's official charities - The Ryan McBride Foundation and Foyle Hospice.

Details of how you can register and take part in Rock the Boat are in the notes (it’s an inclusive event so arrangements are in place for everyone to take part - you have no excuse!)

Sitting on your backside on a city street rocking with several thousand strangers sounds like a winner to us.

No, this is not a late April Fool, though the girls have a few words on that subject too. 

Spring is in the air so no better time to put your feet up with a box set . Louisa Harland is currently blowing our minds in Disney's “Renegade Nell” while Nicola Coughlan is extraordinary as the lead in Channel 4’s new comedy “Big Mood” They’re both a long way from Derry Girls. Superstars both.

Altogether now “Rock the Boat, don’t Rock the Boat Baby …” See you there!

NOTES 

Whistle through the Shamrocks - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/whistle-through-the-shamrocks/id1590115609

Foyle hospice website - https://foylehospice.com/rock-the-boat/

Big Mood - Nicola Coughlan https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26765082/

Big Mood interview - https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/nicola-coughlan-camilla-whitehill-big-mood-big-rt-interview/

Whistle through the Shamrocks - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/whistle-through-the-shamrocks/id1590115609

Renegade Nell - Louisa Harland https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5308665/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/highwaywoman-susan-higges/

Sally Wainwright - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906550/

Beyond Paradise - Dylan Llewellyn https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21161156/

Big Boys - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13683866/

Craig Parkinson - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971135/

Foyle hospice website - https://foylehospice.com/rock-the-boat/

Mayor Patricia Logue - https://www.derrystrabane.com/about-council/mayor/mayor-s-biography

Mayor’s charities and learning to swim - https://www.derrystrabane.com/news/mayor-takes-the-plunge-in-aid-of-local-charities

Jazz Festival weekend - https://cityofderryjazzfestival.com/ 

Record breaking number of Santa’s in Derry (2007) but it has since been broken by India (2014)

https://www.derrydaily.net/2014/12/28/indian-town-smashes-derrys-world-record-santas-gathering/

Brides on the Peace Bridge - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315959/Race-aisle-750-brides-cross-Derry-bridge-beat-world-record.html