Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee said it was "always planned" to wrap the show up after the third series.
Following four friends from Derry and their English tag along, Derry Girls will officially return to our screens after a three-year hiatus. Penned to be the final series, the show has received an incredible reception since it first aired back in 2018.
The new series will have a six-episode run, as did the first two. Staying with their usual format, the episodes are expected to come in at a half hour-long slot.
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Despite its popularity, their production team doesn't plan on continuing the storyline anytime soon. Creator, Lisa McGee, announced in September 2021 that the long-awaited third season will be the last.
She posted to Twitter, saying: "It was always the plan to say goodbye after three series. Derry Girls is a coming-of-age story; following five ridiculous teenagers as they slowly... very slowly... start to become adults, while around them the place they call home starts to change too and Northern Ireland enters a new more hopeful phrase - which was a small, magical window of time.
"Derry Girls is a love letter to the place I come from and the people who shaped me. It has been an honour to write it and I will forever be proud of everything it has achieved. I’d like to thank the people of Derry and Northern Ireland for getting behind us.
"Thanks also to the team behind the series, the incredible Hat Trick productions and a special thanks to Channel 4 - the channel I grew up watching, the channel that made me want to write comedy and the only channel that could have made our show."
The Channel 4 sitcom returns in all its glory tonight at 9:15 pm. You can also catch up on 4 On Demand.
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