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
Press clippings Page 24
Derry Girls, episode three review
Derry Girls (Channel 4) feels like an indie antidote to the full-on populism of Mrs Brown's Boys.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 19th January 2018Apart from a slightly improbable precocity about the performances of the schoolgirls of its title, Lisa McGee's sitcom, set in Ireland in the mid-90s at the tail end of the Troubles, is highly engaging, bristlingly funny stuff. This week, they are particularly on edge having been up all night studying for an exam. However, a dubious case of an "apparition" affords them the chance to get out of the exam and spend quality theological time with the dishy Father Peter.
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 18th January 2018TV preview: Derry Girls, Episode 3, C4
It's not the most original plot in the history of comedy but the cast pulls it off due in main to the sheer energy they exude.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th January 2018Derry Girls: Fans in meltdown, Nicola Coughlan is 31
Fans in meltdown after discovering one of the main stars is 31-YEARS-OLD.
The Daily Express, 18th January 2018Derry Girls: A realistic comedy about being young in NI
Derry Girls: finally, a realistic comedy about being a young woman in Northern Ireland.
Caroline Magennis, The Conversation, 17th January 2018Funny Girls - Derry Girls (C4); Witless (BBC 3/iPlayer)
Women are funny. No, that's not a misogynist comment, comedians who happen to be female are as funny, often more funny, than their male colleagues. That statement may sound as misogynist as the first line, but the subject of women in comedy has been the subject of books, TV documentaries and University dissertations. Comedy is still a male dominated industry, but the balance is shifting.
Shouting At The Telly, 12th January 2018Derry Girls review
Can you joke about anything? Does it take a fixed number of years before you can laugh at the past?
Matt Baylis, The Daily Express, 12th January 201810 reasons the writing in Derry Girls is amazing
If you're an aspiring comedy writer you NEED to see Derry Girls. Here's 10 reasons why...
Why Did The Chicken?, 12th January 2018Why you should watch clever comedy Derry Girls
Channel 4's new series set in 1990s Derry, follows 16-year-old Erin and friends, as they navigate the trouble with being teenage girls - and the Troubles with a capital T.
Anna Leszkiewicz, The New Statesman, 12th January 2018Second series for Derry Girls
Channel 4 has recommissioned new sitcom Derry Girls after airing just one episode of its first series.
British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2018