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‘Derry Girls’ Creator Unpacks Her Netflix Mystery Series ‘How to Get to Heaven From Belfast’ and Why Her Heroines Are ‘The Worst People to Solve This Thing’

February 18, 2026 at 11:30 PM
By Kennedy French
‘Derry Girls’ Creator Unpacks Her Netflix Mystery Series ‘How to Get to Heaven From Belfast’ and Why Her Heroines Are ‘The Worst People to Solve This Thing’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast,” now streaming on Netflix. It starts, as so many things in Irish life do, with a wake. Lisa McGee had wanted to take on the murder mystery genre for years. She just knew she couldn’t do it straight. “I was such a […]

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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast,” now streaming on Netflix. It starts, as so many things in Irish life do, with a wake. Lisa McGee had wanted to take on the murder mystery genre for years. She just knew she couldn’t do it straight. “I was such a […] This article provides comprehensive coverage and analysis of current events.
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast,” now streaming on Netflix. It starts, as so many things in Irish life do, with a wake. Lisa McGee had wanted to take on the murder mystery genre for years. She just knew she couldn’t do it straight. “I was such a […] Home TV News Feb 18, 2026 3:30pm PT ‘Derry Girls’ Creator Unpacks Her Netflix Mystery Series ‘How to Get to Heaven From Belfast’ and Why Her Heroines Are ‘The Worst People to Solve This Thing’ By Kennedy French Plus Icon Kennedy French Latest Academy Sci-Tech Awards Announce 27 Recipients From DreamWorks to Sony Pictures Innovators 5 hours ago Hulu’s ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Stirs up Drama in Season 4 Trailer (TV News Roundup) 6 hours ago ‘The Eyes of Ghana’ and ‘My Father’s Shadow’ Among New African Film Festival Lineup – Film News in Brief 6 hours ago See All Netflix/Christopher Barr SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast,” now streaming on Netflix. It starts, as so many things in Irish life do, with a wake. Lisa McGee had wanted to take on the murder mystery genre for years. She just knew she couldn’t do it straight. “I was such a big ‘Murder, She Wrote’ fan,” says the creator of “Derry Girls,” whose semi-autobiographical Troubles-era sitcom became a global phenomenon by refusing to sand down its Northern Irish idiosyncrasies. Related Stories Devon Sawa Joins Disney Series 'Coven Academy'

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