Derry Girls fans were left in tears after watching the final episode of the Channel 4 hit show.
29.04.2022 - 20:57 / nme.com
Derry Girls will return for an extended special following the third and final season.The 45-minute episode, titled ‘The Agreement’, will return to Derry one year later as the gang prepare for their final year of school against the backdrop of the Good Friday Agreement vote.A synopsis reads: “It’s the week of the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement and its timing couldn’t be any worse as the highlight of the year, Erin and Orla’s joint 18th birthday party, threatens to be overshadowed. While the family try to get their heads around the possible outcomes of the vote, the gang realise that they may not be ready for what the future holds.”The episode will premiere the same week as the Derry Girls season three finale, which is scheduled to air on Channel 4 on May 17.Speaking about the special, show creator Lisa McGee, said: “Like all the very best 90s bands, I couldn’t resist ending our farewell tour with an encore for our loyal fans.
I’m delighted to say we’ll be returning for one extended special – airing in the same week as our final episode.“The special deals with the historic and momentous Good Friday Agreement vote, which coincides with the gang’s coming of age, they enter adulthood as Northern Ireland embarks on a new future.“I’m so proud of this show and of our incredible cast and crew and everything we’ve achieved over the past 5 years. What a journey it’s been.
I’m so grateful Channel 4 gave me the space to end the stories of these characters that mean so much to me with this special. I really hope fans love it as much as I do.” She added: “Derry people aren’t great at saying goodbye so I will instead use one of our native expressions ‘That’s us away now’, Love Lisa McGee, always a Derry Girl.”In a five-star
.Derry Girls fans were left in tears after watching the final episode of the Channel 4 hit show.
Derry Girls.The Channel 4 sitcom concluded its third and final season on Wednesday (April 18) with a 45-minute special titled ‘The Agreement’.In the episode, the show returned to Derry one year later around the time of the Good Friday Agreement vote, where Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) and Orla (Louisa Harland) try to wrestle attention towards their joint 18th birthday party.After making a cameo as a police inspector in the first episode of season three, Liam Neeson’s character returned briefly in the finale – seen casting his vote on the agreement in silence.Incredible how Liam Neeson captured all those years on his face in this tiny scene, incredible no words, what a powerful finale #DerryGirls pic.twitter.com/fgrrki7Rrm— Callum (@c411xm) May 18, 2022The biggest surprise was saved for the credits, as Bill and Hillary Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea, received a delayed letter from the gang in present-day New York.In season two episode ‘The President’ which covered the Clintons’ visit to Northern Ireland in 1995, the gang wrote a letter to Chelsea asking if she’d like to hang out.Chelsea finally received the letter in the finale’s closing sequence after it was “intercepted while on its way to the White House in the 1990s”. The episode concluded as she read aloud the letter in her New York home.
The third season of Derry Girls has welcomed a few famous faces, including Liam Neeson and a Peaky Blinders star, but there was a surprising cameo in the last few minutes of Wednesday night's hour-long special. The end of the episode skipped ahead to the present day in New York as a mailman walked up to an apartment to deliver a lost letter from the 1990s that Orla (Louisa Harland) and Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) had sent. As the door opens, the letter is handed to activist and writer Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President of the United States Bill Clinton and Hilary Clinton.
Derry Girls fans have been left “floored” and “broken” by the emotional finale to the comedy series. After three series, Derry Girls aired on Channel 4 for the last time on Wednesday (18 May). The series pulled out all the stops for the final episode including impressive guests stars such as Liam Neeson and Peaky Blinders’ Emmet J Scanlan, but fans were “floored” by the appearance of Chelsea Clinton the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Hilary Clinton.
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Derry Girls is set to air a flashback episode focusing on Mary and Aunt Sarah.For the penultimate episode of season three, the characters, played by Tara Lynne O’Neill and Kathy Kiera Clarke ,will be given a backstory to their school days.Creator and writer Lisa McGee told Digital Spy that the fifth episode would follow the titular Derry Girls’ parents and look at the “horrific” times they endured in the ’70s.“Writing this show, honestly – and this might sound a bit sentimental – it’s been a real learning experience for me as a person, not just a writer,” McGee said. “I don’t talk about a lot of the terrible things.“In Northern Ireland, you handle it with humour and you just crack on.
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Derry Girls burst onto our screens in 2018 with an utterly hilarious first series. The show - created from the brilliant mind of Lisa McGee - is the dark comedy coming of age show (it's like The Inbetweeners for gals) we need in our lives, starring Saoirse-Monica Jackson as main character Erin.Over the series, we see Erin and her friends navigate Northern Ireland in the 90's during 'the troubles'.As the third and final series is currently all we can think and talk about, we thought we'd delved into the REAL life of main character Erin, played by Saoirse-Monica, and guess what, she's as amazing in real life as she is in the show.She's an Irish actress who is probably most famous for playing Erin Quinn in Derry Girls.The actress has been very open in how close the show is to her own upbringing.
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Derry Girls star Jamie-Lee O’Donnell refused to answer a question about her age on a recent talk show, calling it “misogynistic”.The actor, who plays Michelle in the beloved Channel 4 sitcom, appeared on Ireland’s The Late Late Show on Friday and refused to tell host Ryan Tubridy her age.Tubridy said it “might be a rude question” and “you don’t have to answer,” before adding: “Can I ask how old you are?”O’Donnell then replied jokingly that she was 17 years old, but was “very, very wise”.Tubridy then asked the question again, saying, “Would you consider telling me what age you are?” to which O’Donnell said: “This gets on my nerves a wee bit.“It’s always quite misogynistic even if it’s not intentionally misogynistic, because men don’t get the same scrutiny.”Tubridy said he “definitely” would ask a male actor the same question, adding that O’Donnell plays a teenager “so well” and there’s “a compliment in there”.Tubridy then said they could “move on to something else, because I can read a mood when I see it”, to which O’Donnell replied: “I was going to give you a hilarious anecdote, but go ahead.” In a five-star review of the first episode of Derry Girls season three, NME wrote: “Though Derry Girls will be greatly missed when it wraps up for good at the end of this season, the first episode at least proves that the funniest, sharpest sitcom on TV is also bowing out on a high.”Derry Girls now airs every Tuesday on Channel 4, with a catch-up option on All 4.
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Finding a name for your baby can be as tough as it is exciting meaning parents to be are always on the hunt for ideas. While some expectant couples stick to traditional names, others seek inspiration from the current trends of the time. Many baby names are inspired by what’s on the TV, and Derry Girls, set in Ireland, has proved a popular source of imaginative yet traditional monikers.The Irish comedy series following a group of young Northern Irish teens growing up in The Troubles has received high critical praise since its release, becoming Channel 4’s most successful comedy series since Father Ted.