DERRY GIRLS returns April 12

Channel 4 has confirmed that DERRY GIRLS season 3 will return April 12th, reuniting us with the whole gang for the third and final time. Erin, Clare, Orla, Michelle and the ‘wee English fella’ James will all return in the 1990s-set Northern Irish comedy, following a DERRY GIRLS season 3 trailer showing the girls and James all enjoying their final school days.

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Coughlan lands big screen role

DERRY GIRLS star Nicola Coughlan is going to the big screen. The BRIDGERTON actress, who first captured Irish hearts as Clare Devlin in DERRY GIRLS, will star alongside SEX EDUCATION‘s Aimee Lou Wood and Shrill’s Lolly Adefope in a new historical comedy. According to Variety, SEIZE THEM!, is set in dark ages Britain and follows a Queen (Wood) who is toppled by a revolution led by Coughlan’s character.

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DERRY GIRLS Season 3 trailer

The DERRY GIRLS Season 3 trailer has been released! Created and written by Lisa McGee, the show follows a group of Northern Irish teens and their families in 1990s Derry, who always find ways to amuse themselves and get on with their lives despite a divided political atmosphere. In series three, there’s hope in the air that The Troubles may finally be over, but the group’s troubles are only just getting started as they get ever closer to adulthood.

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Siobhán McSweeney’s culture tips

The DERRY GIRLS star shares on her passion for mime, getting fashion inspiration from Debbie Harry, and the podcast that helped her embrace her love of Anne Rice. The Irish actor and presenter Siobhán McSweeney, 42, earned a science degree from the University College Cork before moving to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She performed at the National Theatre, then landed her breakthrough TV role as Sister Michael in the hit Channel 4 sitcom DERRY GIRLS.

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More DERRY GIRLS on the way

Irish actress Jamie Lee O’Donnell has shared an adorable snap with her DERRY GIRLS co-star Saoirse-Monica Jackson as she said they will be back on screens “very soon”. It was revealed earlier this year that there would be another season of the hit Channel 4 show and it would also be the final.

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DERRY GIRLS to end with Season 3

The stars of beloved comedy DERRY GIRLS are preparing to bid farewell to the show after it was confirmed to be coming to an end after the next series. Series creator Lisa McGee, herself a Derry native, broke hearts across Ireland and beyond yesterday when she confirmed that the brilliant show would end next year after “one last adventure”.

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