Roisin Gallagher: 'I was working in a bowling club on the Falls Road'

Roisin Gallagher hopes The Lovers - Sky's new comedy-drama set in Belfast - can repeat the success of Derry Girls, writes Esther McCarthy 
Roisin Gallagher: 'I was working in a bowling club on the Falls Road'

Johnny Flynn and Roisin Gallagher in The Lovers, on Sky. 

Following the success of hit series The Dry, Roisin Gallagher again blends comedy with angst in The Lovers. The edgy and sexy rom-com sees her play Janet, a foul-mouthed supermarket worker who takes no prisoners.

When she crosses paths with Seamus (Johnny Flynn), a smug political broadcaster with a celebrity girlfriend, you couldn’t find a couple who are less suited to each other. Or are they?

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