'Derry Girls' Lisa McGee's Next Series Tells Us 'How to Get to Heaven From Belfast'
Derry Girls is, hands down, one of the absolute best comedies released in recent years. A story of friendship, feminism, and growing up set against the background of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, it's both hilarious and heartfelt and the worst thing about it is that it only ran for three seasons, generally perfect though they may have been. (Translation: if you haven't seen it yet, please fix your life immediately.)
The series' third and final season aired last year, but creator Lisa McGee is already working on her next project, a comedy-thriller for Channel 4 called How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.
Per the Channel 4 press release announcing the series, the comedy will follow the stories of Saoirse, Robyn, and Dara, three women who have been friends since childhood. But now that they're all in their thirties they lead very different and largely separate lives. Saoirse is a successful writer with a penchant for self-destruction; Robin is a stressed-out mom of three young boys, and Dara is forced to care for an elderly parent full-time.
