Derry Girls final season wins International Emmy Comedy Award - BBC News
The Channel 4 comedy picked up the top prize in New York alongside Netflix special Vir Das: Landing.
Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee and executive producer Liz Lewin pose with the Best Comedy award

The third and final series of Derry Girls has won a coveted International Emmy award for comedy.

Winners were announced at a gala ceremony in New York City on Monday night.

The Channel 4 comedy series won the International Emmy for Comedy alongside Netflix special Vir Das: Landing, which first aired in 2022.

It follows success at the Royal Television Society Awards, Irish Film and Television Awards and the Baftas.

Derry Girls was first broadcast in 2018 and ran for three seasons before finishing in 2022.

Derry Girls centres on teenager Erin Quinn (centre) and her friends growing up in the city

Following the win and referencing the show's previous awards, Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee posted to X saying: "Collection complete".

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Based around Derry Girls Erin, Michelle, Clare and Orla, plus "the wee English fella" James, the show is about the everyday life of a group of teenagers set against the backdrop of the Troubles.

It ran for 19 episodes across three seasons. Its final episode aired on 18 May and focused on Northern Ireland preparing to vote on the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

The third season saw an average of three million UK viewers tuning in for its seven-episode run.

Lisa McGee was awarded the freedom of Derry City and Strabane at a ceremony in December last year for showcasing the city and district in the series.

She was the first ever female recipient of the council's highest honour.

Mayor of Derry Sandra Duffy said the Derry Girls writer has 'boosted civic pride'

Following the success of the series for Channel 4, the broadcaster has commissioned a new eight-part TV series from McGee set in Belfast.

The comedy-thriller How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, according to Channel 4 publicity, will follow three women from Belfast who meet up at the wake of an old friend.