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: 229
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Writers' 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 2019Derry Girls most watched show in Northern Ireland 2018
The second episode of Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls was the most watched TV programme in Northern Ireland last year, according to Ofcom figures.
BBC, 7th August 2019Broadcast Digital Awards 2019 winners
Fleabag and Hounslow Diaries picked up prizes at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2019, with Comedy Central and Dave also winning.
British Comedy Guide, 4th July 2019Derry Girls and Would I Lie To You? win Televisual Awards
Derry Girls and Would I Lie To You? were amongst the winners in the Televisual Bulldog Awards 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 14th June 2019Comedies in the running for Edinburgh TV Awards 2019
Fleabag, Famalam, Derry Girls, Catastrophe, Stath Lets Flats and After Life are in the running for the Edinburgh TV Awards 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 12th June 2019