Pauline McLynn
- Actor
Press clippings Page 4
TV review: Dave Allen At Peace, BBC2
An open goal missed by a mile. Watch the documentary instead.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2018Dave Allen at Peace review
Unlike the comedian's monologues, this biopic lacked a punchline or point.
Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 2nd April 2018The complete A to Z of Father Ted
Today marks 20 years since the sad death of Dermot Morgan - beloved to millions of comedy fans as Father Ted
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 28th February 2018GameFace is the funniest sitcom of the year - review
So how about that bold claim that GameFace is 2017's best new homegrown sitcom? Well, its only serious rivals have been Mitchell and Webb's Back, parenting satire Motherland and rural mockumentary This Country. GameFace arguably out-laughed and out-charmed them all. It even ended on a sweetly optimistic note. Let's hope the second series doesn't take another three years.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 9th November 2017Mrs. Doyle road sign stolen in County Mayo
A road safety campaign involving the beloved Mrs. Doyle from Father Ted has gone awry in Co. Mayo, after life-size cardboard cut-outs to alert drivers and GAA fans to take a break over the bank holiday weekend were stolen.
Dermot and Dave, Today FM, 4th August 2017Filming starts on GameFace series
Filming is underway on GameFace, Roisin Conaty's E4 sitcom about an aspiring actress.
British Comedy Guide, 20th February 2017Pauline McLynn: 'There's a Mrs Doyle everywhere'
EastEnders, Shameless, Shakespeare: she's done the lot. But it's her tea-foisting role in Father Ted she'll always be remembered for - and it almost didn't happen.
Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 7th December 2015Pauline McLynn interview
Father Ted's Mrs Doyle on fear, families and fruit tea.
Oscar Quinn, The Independent, 22nd August 2015Pauline McLynn: They auditioned everyone before me
"They saw everyone in the country for Mrs Doyle before me. When they did eventually get round to me I was grey to the gills because I'd had a bad chicken sandwich the night before and I was afraid I'd hurl over someone at my audition. But maybe that's what got me the part."
Nick Smurthwaite, The Stage, 22nd June 2015Pauline McLynn hopes for reunion with Ardal O'Hanlon
It's been nearly two decades since they starred together in Father Ted, but Pauline McLynn has revealed that she would love to work with co-star Ardal O'Hanlon again.
Sharon McGowan, Irish Herald, 15th April 2015