Series three of Derry Girls to be its last, confirms creator Lisa McGee

'Who knows if Erin, Clare, Orla, Michelle and James will return in some other guise someday'

(L-R) Dylan Llewellyn as James, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle, Saoirse Jackson as Erin, Louise Harland as Orla and Nicola Coughlan as Clare.

Writer and creator of Derry Girls has confirmed our worst fears. In a statement on social media, McGee said that series three would bring the programme to its conclusion.

"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 phase – which was a small, magical window of time.