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Channel 4 Renews ‘Derry Girls’ For Season 3

by Dave Elliott
Channel 4 Renews 'Derry Girls' For Season 3

Channel 4 Renews ‘Derry Girls’ For Season 3

Channel 4 has renewed award-winning hit comedy Derry Girls for a 3rd Season the broadcaster announced today.

‘Derry Girls’ is the creation of acclaimed writer Lisa McGee who has mined her own experiences to create a candid, one-of-a-kind, family-centred comedy. While Season 1 saw the gang navigating their teens in 1990’s Derry against a backdrop of The Troubles, Season 2 saw them navigating their parents, parties, love interests and school against the backdrop of a precarious peace process. Northern Ireland is growing up – this gang of eejits certainly aren’t anytime soon.

“At a time of great uncertainty about the future of the country thank God we have one unequivocally good piece of news to look forward to: the Derry Girls will be back to make our lives a bit brighter and more fun,” commented Ian Katz, Director of Programmes at Channel 4.

Season 2 launched with a consolidated audience of 3.2m viewers for episode one, which makes it Channel 4’s biggest UK comedy launch episode for 15 years. In Northern Ireland, the Season 2 launch has been the most watched programme across all channels since series one. The 2nd Season has, so far, part-consolidated at 2.7m viewers (after 4 episodes), up on Season 1 which averaged at 2.5m viewers.

“It’s no surprise that Derry Girls continues to delight a growing legion of fans – a combination of magical writing and adorable characters make this show both timely and timeless,” adds Fiona McDermott, Head of Comedy at Channel 4. “We’re delighted to confirm a third series – don’t tell Ma Mary, but I’m breaking open the Christmas cupboard in celebration.”

The final episode of ‘Derry Girls‘ Season 2 aired last night (9th April 2019) on Channel 4. However, if you’d like to catch up, Seasons 1 & 2 are available on All4.

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