The Lovers: Roisin Gallagher on new Belfast-set Sky series

Lust, love and laughter combine in new Belfast-set romantic comedy The Lovers. Jenny Lee caught up with the two leads at Belfast's Merchant Hotel and chatted on-screen chemistry, religion and customer relations

Jenny Lee

08 September, 2023 13:50

Roisin Gallagher and Johnny Flynn pictured at the Belfast premiere of The Lovers at The Strand Cinema, Belfast. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

FROM tales of death by dildo to a shotgun in the wrong hands and the temptation of a love affair, The Lovers – Northern Ireland’s newest comedy TV series – has hit our screens.

Set in Belfast, alongside a visit to the seaside village of Whitehead, Sky Atlantic’s new infidelity sitcom tells the story of self-absorbed political broadcaster Seamus O’Hannigan (Johnny Flynn) and Belfast supermarket worker Janet (Roisin Gallagher).

When Londoner Seamus is given his own Sunday politics show, he is sent to film it in Belfast. We get to see him shoot a trailer for his programme outside Parliament Buildings at Stormont; in an irony that won't be lost on Northern Ireland viewers, there of course hasn't been a functioning government there since February 2022

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