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How the Irish sitcom took over telly
The Emerald Isle has been making the world laugh for forever, but a recent wave of comedies have found a new level of success. Ellie Harrison meets the stars behind them, including Sharon Horgan and Domhnall Gleeson, to find out why Ireland does dark humour best.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 12th April 2021Mae Martin and Joe Lycett amongst RTS winners
Mae Martin, The Ranganation, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Youssef Kerkour, The Young Offenders and Joe Lycett's Got Your Back were amongst the winners at the Royal Television Society Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 17th March 2021Royal Television Society Awards 2021 nominations
Brassic, Sex Education, The Young Offenders, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Sophie Willan, Ruth Jones, Youssef Kerkour, O-T Fagbenle and Paul Chahidi are amongst the nominees for the RTS Programme Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd March 2021Why Young Offenders is the perfect lockdown watch
It's silly, with moments of human goodness - and exactly what I need right now.
Pippa Bailey, The New Statesman, 20th January 2021Comedies in the running for Broadcast Digital Awards 2020
Brassic, Breeders, Enterprice, Man Like Mobeen, The Young Offenders and This Country are amongst the nominees for the Broadcast Digital Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2020How Young Offenders put Cork on the map
South-west Ireland is in the spotlight thanks to Conor and Jock, the hapless teenagers of BBC Three's hit sitcom.
Rory Carroll, The Guardian, 9th August 2020The Young Offenders viewers beg for subtitles
Viewers of The Young Offenders have begged for subtitles as they struggle to understand the stars' heavy Irish accents.
Eve Wagstaff, The Sun, 7th August 2020The Young Offenders viewers fume 'where's the comedy?!'
The Young Offenders viewers are fuming 'where's the comedy?!' as they're left sobbing by 'heart-breaking' scenes.
Jill Robinson, The Sun, 31st July 2020Review: The Young Offenders, Episode 3.2
If nothing else good comes out of the pandemic at least there is a chance that more people will see The Young Offenders.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th July 2020TV review: The Young Offenders
The Young Offenders are certainly guilty - of being funny.
Stevie Gallacher, The Sunday Post, 28th July 2020