With two seasons available on Netflix, and a new one in production supposed to be unveiled on our screens this year. Derry Girls is the series that we advise you to discover or rediscover to spend a good evening laughing to tears.
A sitcom dubbed by a black comedy
Derry Girls tells the adventures of a group of 5 Irish and English friends. They live in the city of Derry in Northern Ireland. Against a backdrop of political conflict, we follow Erin, Orla, Claire, Michelle and James. Four crazy characters whose adventures are often undermined. Against the backdrop of a sitcom, Lisa McGee, the creator of the series, manages to bring the viewer into a certain adolescent innocence confronted with the reality of life in Northern Ireland. We find several events scattered throughout their adventures in a subtle and totally meaningful way. The relationships between the main characters are deep without really being so. We get to know them through this slight ambiguity. Lisa McGee plays with situation comedy to perfection. And the black comedy is excessively put to its advantage. 
A series that knows how to be realistic despite everything
If you're afraid of not hanging on to the fact that you can mix serious politics and black comedy, don't leave. Derry Girls has established itself as the series capable of finding a happy medium between life in Derry during the outcome of a still significant conflict and the misadventures of teenagers a little lost in the middle. The events witnessed by the people of Derry are an integral part of the plot. These sometimes act as a stick in the wheels for our heroes. Especially in the first episode where the bombing of a local bridge jeopardizes the start of the school year. Erin's mother then complains that she may have to put up with the teenagers one more day. The way of linking these two types of adventures also serves as a testimony. McGee wants to show his audience how teenagers are conditioned in the face of conflict. This one is so deep that even the school bus searched by the British army makes them yawn in trouble. All this is intended to be the testimony of the Irish youth during these dark years. 
Two critically acclaimed seasons and a bright future
Nominated 11 times in three years (from 2018 to 2020, including the series itself and its actors), Derry Girls won IFTA's Best Comedy award in 2018. And the award for Best Short Story Television Sitcom at the Royal Television Society Awards the same year. Among the nominations, we highlight the BAFTA TV Awards in 2019 for Best Scripted Comedy. The first season of Derry Girls has a score of 100%, and the second of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. The latest news, the filming of season three was scheduled for this month of May. But with the latest events nothing is certain, and we are hoping for news from Michael Lennox, the director of the series. During an interview during the BAFTAS last May, the cast had confided in a journalist about a film project and told her that they would participate with pleasure. We just have to hope for a quick resumption of filming. Short video of an interview given by the cast for BAFTAS in 2019 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e2DqYhkAwo In two words: watch it! This series, if you haven't figured it out yet, will take you back in wacky time worthy of the best sitcoms. Derry Girls is really great for having a good time. You will be touched by the gradual construction of a great friendship, within the small troupe a little wobbly whose adventures you will follow.
