Production is now underway. Netflix have revealed the lead cast of the upcoming new series from the creator of Derry Girls. Originally going ahead with Channel 4, Lisa McGee‘s comedy-thriller titled How to Get to Heaven From Belfast moved to the international streamer recently and filming is now underway in Belfast. Roísín Gallagher (The Dry), […]
1 year ago
“A show about friendship, memory and what happens when life doesn’t turn out quite like you’d expected” A new series from the hilarious mind of Derry Girls creator, Lisa McGee, is in the works. The new project, How to Get to Heaven From Belfast, has changed direction by homing the upcoming series on Netflix. Originally, […]
1 year ago
Derry Girls creator, Lisa McGee, has a new comedy thriller set in Northern Ireland landing on Channel 4. The new eight-part series is called How To Get To Heaven From Belfast and sees a group of school friends leading very different lives now that they’re in their late thirties. The show sees mother-of-three Robyn and […]
2 years ago
What an achievement. Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has made history as becoming the first woman ever to be awarded the Freedom of Derry. The screenwriter has received international acclaim for her hit show based on the lives of teenagers during the end of the Troubles in Derry in the 90s. Lisa attended the short […]
3 years ago
“There’s so many I could write a book!” Fans were left devastated last night when the emotional season finale of Derry Girls aired. But one things for sure, the ending of the show had nothing to do with a lack of ideas. Creator Lisa McGee has been sharing some of the storylines that didn’t make the […]
3 years ago
Oh, Derry Girls. What an era it’s been. When Derry Girls first aired back in 2018, it was nothing we’d ever seen before on television. Showing something normal amidst times of immense struggle in Ireland on a British broadcaster was unheard of. It was the second last episode of the series that included the famous […]
3 years ago