Derry Girls: The Reunion (10 May on Channel 4)

The Reunion: Determined to put on a good show, no stone is left unturned as Ma Mary (Tara Lynne O’Neill) and Aunt Sarah (Kathy Kiera Clarke) prepare for the highly anticipated Class of ’77 School Reunion. It seems like only yesterday that their own Wee Gang were beyond excited about the leavers’ party. But will the truth come out about what really happened on that fateful night 20 years ago?

Creator/Writer: Lisa McGee; Dir: Michael Lennox; Prod: Brian J. Falconer; Exec Prods: Caroline Leddy, Liz Lewin, Lisa McGee, Jimmy Mulville; Prod Co: Hat Trick Productions

Airdate: Tues May 10, 2022 at 21:00 on Channel 4

Season 3 Episode 5

16-year-old Erin Quinn lives with her uncompromising mother, her long-suffering father and the fearsome ‘Granda Joe’, a man whose love for his daughters and granddaughters is surpassed only by his contempt for his son-in-law.

It’s the early 90s, and Erin is used to seeing her country on the nightly news and speaking in acronyms (The IRA, The UDA, The RUC). This is a time of armed police in armoured Land Rovers and British Army check points. But it’s also the time of Murder She Wrote, The Cranberries, MJ and Lisa Marie, Doc Martens, bomber jackets, The X Files, Nirvana and Wayne’s World. And while The Troubles may hang over her home town, Erin has troubles of her own