Derry Girls
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2018 - 2022
- 19 episodes (3 series)
A warm, funny and honest look at the lives of ordinary people living under the spectre of the Troubles, all seen through the eyes of a local teenager. Stars Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Nicola Coughlan, Louisa Harland, Dylan Llewellyn and more.
Streaming rank this week: 357
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Could Derry Girls become a film?
Derry Girls' writer Lisa McGee has confirmed she is in "discussions" about a movie for the hit Channel 4 comedy.
Belfast Telegraph, 15th January 2020Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019 shortlist
60 TV and radio programmes have been shortlisted across 10 categories for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2020Best and worst of TV: 2019
Hits include Fleabag, Derry Girls and Sex Education, while misses include Channel 4's Alternative Election Night and Warren.
Adam Sweeting, The Arts Desk, 30th December 2019I Talk Telly Awards 2019 winners announced
After 220,000 votes, Ricky Gervais leads this year's winners with three wins for After Life, whilst Graham Norton and Declan Donnelly pick up two awards each and this year's Special Recognition Award goes to a Corrie favourite and soap legend.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 8th December 2019Writers' Guild Awards 2020 shortlist
Danny Brocklehurst, Lisa McGee, Rufus Jones, Tom Neenan, Brenda Gilhooly, Caroline Moran and James J Moran are amongst the comedy writers nominated for the Writers' Guild Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 4th December 2019Comedies shortlisted for Broadcast Awards 2020
Derry Girls, Fleabag, Inside No. 9, Mum, Stath Lets Flats, This Time With Alan Partridge, Taskmaster, Horrible Histories and There She Goes are nominated in the Broadcast Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2019Derry Girls set to enter Bake Off tent for New Year
Leading cast members of the Channel 4 comedy hit will try their hand in special show for New Year's Day.
The Herald, 7th November 2019British comedies nominated for 2019 Rose d'Or Awards
Famalam, This Time With Alan Partridge, After Life, Derry Girls, Plebs, Sex Education, The Bisexual, Michael McIntyre's Big Show and The Last Leg are amongst the 2019 Rose d'Or Awards nominees.
British Comedy Guide, 6th November 2019Fleabag & Derry Girls: women are killing it at comedy
Director Todd Phillips recently told Vanity Fair he moved from raucous comedies like The Hangover to something as dark as Joker because he couldn't be funny within current 'woke' culture. Social media was unimpressed, not least because this year's Emmy's demonstrated the extent of female comedians' domination of the genre.
Paul Salmond, The New Daily, 6th October 2019The sitcom renaissance has arrived
Shows like Channel 4's Stath Lets Flats show audiences can care about the half-hour format - it just needs specificity.
Lauren O'Neill, Vice.com, 5th September 2019