It would have been easy for Lisa McGee to follow Derry Girls with something similar — perhaps a sequel set today. And in some ways, that's exactly what she's done. The eccentric trio in How To Get To ...
Lisa McGee said she had envisaged her new show, “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast,” as a sort of modern, funny “Murder, She Wrote.” Just don’t expect tired Irish stereotypes. By Ali Watkins Reporting ...
A charmer on social media called me an unrepeatable name after I expressed misgivings over the finale of Lisa McGee’s Derry Girls, which, at the very last moment, lost its footing and was swept away ...
From Lisa McGee—creator of the hit show Derry Girls—How to Get to Heaven from Belfast is the latest addition to the pantheon of Irish entertainment, right behind Hamnet’s award run and Maura Higgins’ ...
At first, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast looks like a grief story: three estranged friends reunite for the funeral of a fourth. But it quickly pivots into a disappearance mystery, and then ...
Sinead Keenan, Caoilfhionn Dunne and Roisin Gallagher play friends who begin to suspect something is suspicious about an old chum's death. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic It’s a good time ...
When old school friends reunite at a funeral, they suspect foul play. Cue this frenetic, witty caper from Derry Girls’ Lisa McGee – complete with a sensational performance from Saoirse-Monica Jackson ...
Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter For her next act, McGee has shifted her focus… 70 miles or so down the road. This time around, she’s still chronicling female ...
The critically-acclaimed series follows three women in their 30s, who reunite in the wake of the death of the estranged fourth member of their teenage friend group. After a sinister discovery, the ...
The creator of Derry Girls, Lisa McGee, has a new show to cure your February blues. Amid the never-ending rain in the UK, Netflix has released How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, a new comedy crime ...
Lisa McGee describes her new show, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, as "a murder mystery, but funny" (via BBC News). If that sounds a bit like oil and water, two things that ought not to mix, then ...
Warning - this article contains major spoilers for How to Get to Heaven From Belfast. Netflix's latest whodunit series tracks three women on a hazardous quest across Ireland, seeking answers about ...