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Lisa McGee. Credit: Channel 4 Television Corporation
Lisa McGee

Lisa McGee

  • Northern Irish
  • Writer and executive producer

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RTS award nominations revealed

Shortlists for the 2023 RTS Programme Awards have been announced, with Am I Being Unreasonable? picking up four nominations.

British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2023

Big Boys, Derry Girls, Man Vs Bee and Motherland up for BPG Awards

Big Boys, Derry Girls, Man Vs Bee and Motherland are amongst the nominees for the 49th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd February 2023

Broadcast Awards 2023 winners

Derry Girls has won the Best Comedy Programme in the Broadcast Awards 2023. Meanwhile This Is Going To Hurt triumphed in the Drama category.

British Comedy Guide, 9th February 2023

The top 50 TV shows of 2022: No 9 - Derry Girls

Tonally perfect, exquisitely funny and hugely moving, the final series of Lisa McGee's comedy about growing up in 90s Northern Ireland was a masterpiece.

Chitra Ramaswamy, The Guardian, 9th December 2022

Big Boys, Dead Canny and Derry Girls creators up Writers' Guild awards

Jack Rooke (Big Boys), Anna Costello (Dead Canny) and Lisa McGee (Derry Girls) are amongst the nominees for the Writers' Guild of Great Britain awards 2023

British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2022

Freedom of City to be conferred on Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee

Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee is to be given the freedom of her home city next Monday.

Seamus McKinney, The Irish News, 30th November 2022

Derry Girls creator reacts as Martin Scorsese reveals he's watched show

Dara O Briain and David Nicholls were among the other stars to react to the clip of the filmmaker talking about the comedy's nuns.

Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 28th November 2022

Lisa McGee: Derry Girls writer to be awarded freedom of city

Derry City and Strabane District Council has voted unanimously to award Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee the freedom of the city.

BBC, 1st July 2022

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee proposed for freedom of city

The creator of Derry Girls has been proposed for the freedom of the city.

Rebecca Black, The Irish News, 24th June 2022

The Derry Girls finale review

Sublime television - poignant, political and properly funny.

Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 18th May 2022

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