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Derry Girls
"Catch yourself on."
Overview
Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five secondary school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager.
Status
Ended
Created By
Lisa McGee
Network
Channel 4
Seasons & Episodes
Series 1
Episodes
Episode 1
It's the early 90s, the first day of school and a terrible start for 16-year-old Erin as she wakes up to find her cousin Orla reading her diary. And Granda Joe announces there's a bomb on the bridge.
Episode 2
Everyone is really excited when Sister Michael announces the school trip to Paris. Back at the Quinn house Uncle Colm is visiting and the whole family are losing the will to live.
Episode 3
The girls are tense about a big exam and naturally jump at a dubious opportunity to get out of it, especially as it involves spending time with the beautiful Father Peter.
Episode 4
Erin is so excited that teenage Katya 'a child of Chernobyl' is coming to stay, but Katya is not exactly grateful to be in Derry. And there's developments in Granda Joe's love life.
Episode 5
It's the 12th July and the Quinn family are rushing to get out of Derry before the Orange Parades start. Aunt Sarah's tarot cards predict a disaster for this trip and, for once, she might be right.
Episode 6
Erin is over the moon when she becomes editor of the school magazine, Orla's obsessed by step aerobics, and Da Gerry is in trouble with Ma Mary. And there's romance for Aunt Sarah.
Top Cast
Saoirse-Monica Jackson
Erin Quinn
Louisa Harland
Orla McCool
Nicola Coughlan
Clare Devlin
Jamie Lee O'Donnell
Michelle Mallon
Dylan Llewellyn
James Maguire
Tara Lynne O'Neill
Ma Mary Quinn
Tommy Tiernan
Da Gerry Quinn
Kathy Kiera Clarke
Aunt Sarah
Ian McElhinney
Granda Joe
Siobhán McSweeney
Sister Michael
Leah O'Rourke
Jenny Joyce
