03/08/2023

Derry Girls Most Watched TV Programme In NI In 2022 - Ofcom

Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls was the most watched TV programme in Northern Ireland last year, according to an Ofcom report.

The sitcom created by Lisa McGee follows a group of teenagers growing up in NI in the 1990s.

It averaged over three million viewers in its third season and also scooped a number of Baftas.

Northern Ireland was also the only region where King Charles III's Christmas Day message featured in the top 10 list, with an average audience of 292,000.


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