{"id":247488,"date":"2026-01-16T07:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/247488\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T07:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:47:09","slug":"first-look-at-derry-girls-creators-new-netflix-comedy-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/247488\/","title":{"rendered":"First look at Derry Girls creator\u2019s new Netflix comedy series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We finally have our first look at  Derry Girls&#8217; creator Lisa McGee&#8217;s new comedy series \u2014 and it looks like a cracker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n             How to Get to Heaven from Belfast follows the story of three lifelong friends who reunite after the death of an old classmate: clever, chaotic TV writer Saoirse, glamorous, stressed-out mother of three Robyn, and dependable, inhibited carer Dara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The pair have been tight-knit since school, but now, in their 30s, they are about to embark on the most thrilling adventure of their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">According to Netflix&#8217;s show synopsis, &#8220;When an email arrives, telling them about the death of the estranged fourth member of their childhood gang, a series of eerie events at her wake set them on a dark, dangerous and hilarious odyssey through Ireland and beyond as each tries to piece together the truth of the past. A show about friendship, memory and what happens when life doesn\u2019t turn out quite like you\u2019d expected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4933334_4_articleinline_AAAAQTurJP06nik1cY-WAF3qg60haH1ITMLKRBiABr_r7SCvtm4L8XiUhtmQVEgVeXijSCQwk6Gu.jpeg\" alt=\"There will be eight episodes of the comedy thriller,\" title=\"There will be eight episodes of the comedy thriller,\" class=\"card-img\"\/>There will be eight episodes of the comedy thriller,<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ro\u00eds\u00edn Gallagher ( The Dry) will star as Saoirse, Sin\u00e9ad Keenan ( Unforgotten) as Robyn and Caoilfhionn Dunne ( Love\/Hate) as Dara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Eagle-eyed viewers might also catch a guest appearance from Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Erin in  Derry Girls, in the trailer&#8230; though she promises she is only there for &#8220;a flying visit&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There will be eight episodes of the comedy thriller, all released on Friday, February 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We finally have our first look at Derry Girls&#8217; creator Lisa McGee&#8217;s new comedy series \u2014 and it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,6405],"class_list":["post-247488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music-movies-reviews-munster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}