The best new TV comedies of January-March

The first three months of 2018 saw the return of shows including This Country, Mum and Damned, as well as the launch of several brand new sitcoms. Of the new sitcoms that aired in the UK between January and March, we’ve chosen the ones that are most worth catching up with… Derry Girls This Channel … >

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Derry Girls: Channel 4 has already ordered a second series

Following its very successful launch over the last week, Channel Four has moved quickly to snap up more episodes of the comedy series Derry Girls. It’s saying that the show is its biggest comedy launch in nearly five years, and a second series run of six half hour episodes has been greenlit. Episode two of … >

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Channel 4 orders Northern Ireland sitcom from ‘Being Human’ writer

London Irish writer Lisa McGee is returning to Channel 4 with a new comedy series based in Northern Ireland in the mid-1990s. Set in Derry in the run-up to the ceasefire, Derry Girls is described as “a warm, funny and honest look at the lives of ordinary people living under the spectre of the Troubles, all seen through … >

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