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Derry Girls
2018–2022
· TV Show
· 30 min episodes
· 3 seasons
A
MEANRANK
86/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #37
- IMDb #101
- Rotten Tomatoes #4
- RatingGraph #141
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #5
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #19
Every rating
68–99
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 99. Critics average 99, everyone else 83.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →The personal exploits of a 16-year-old girl and her family and friends during the Troubles in the early 1990s in Northern Ireland.
Details
- Created by
- Lisa McGee
- Studio
- Hat Trick Productions
- Released
- 4 January 2018
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 19 across 3 seasons
- Awards
- 12 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →1 major award won · 12 wins from 25 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| International Emmy Awards 2023 | Best Comedy Series | Derry Girls | Winner |
| British Academy Television Awards 2023 | Best Female Comedy Performance | Siobhán McSweeney | Winner |
| British Academy Television Awards 2023 | Best Scripted Comedy | Derry Girls | Winner |
| GLAAD Media Awards 2023 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Derry Girls | Nominee |
| Irish Film & Television Awards 2023 | Script – Television Drama | Lisa McGee | Winner |
| Irish Film & Television Awards 2023 | Television Drama | Derry Girls | Nominee |
| National Television Awards 2022 | Comedy | Derry Girls | Nominee |
| Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards 2022 | Production Design – Drama | Nicola Moroney | Nominee |
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International Emmy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Comedy Series | Derry Girls | Winner |
British Academy Television Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Female Comedy Performance | Siobhán McSweeney | Winner |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Derry Girls | Winner |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Derry Girls | Nominee |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Derry Girls | Nominee |
IFTA Gala Television Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Comedy | Derry Girls | Winner |
| Best Writer in a Comedy or Soap | Lisa McGee | Winner |
| Best Female Performance | Saoirse-Monica Jackson | Nominee |
| Best Male Performance | Tommy Tiernan | Nominee |
Royal Television Society Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Comedy Performance (Female) | Saoirse-Monica Jackson | Winner |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Derry Girls | Winner |
| Best Scripted Comedy | Derry Girls | Nominee |
| Best Writer (Comedy) | Lisa McGee | Nominee |
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Director - Comedy Drama/Situation Comedy | Michael Lennox | Winner |
| Editing - Entertainment and Comedy | Lucien Clayton | Nominee |
| Editing – Drama | Lucien Clayton | Nominee |
| Production Design – Drama | Nicola Moroney | Nominee |
Irish Film & Television Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Script – Television Drama | Lisa McGee | Winner |
| Television Drama | Derry Girls | Nominee |
British Comedy Guide Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best New TV Sitcom | Derry Girls | Winner |
British Screenwriters' Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Comedy Writing on Television | Lisa McGee | Winner |
Radio Times Comedy Champion Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Radio Times Comedy Champion Award | Derry Girls | Winner |
GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Derry Girls | Nominee |
National Television Awards
1 nomination
| Comedy | Derry Girls | Nominee |
TV Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Comedy Performance | Siobhán McSweeney | Nominee |