Derry Girls wins big at the BAFTAs

Derry Girls has gone out on a high with three Bafta wins for its third and final series.

The Channel 4 sitcom, following the lives of five teenagers in 1990s Derry, was named Best Scripted Comedy at the Bafta TV Awards, while actress Siobhan McSweeney – who plays Sister Michael – won the award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme.

Creator Lisa McGee was also named Best Comedy Writer at the Television Craft awards, a Bafta event celebrating the finest talent in the TV industry.

Picking up the Best Scripted Comedy Bafta with cast and crew from the show, McGee paid tribute to “our first home, Derry, with its unbreakable spirit and hilarious characters”.

She added: “What a muse you have been.” Meanwhile, the Bafta for Best Single Documentary was awarded to The Real Mo Farah. The BBC documentary, about the Somali-born British Olympic star, was co-produced by Red Bull Studios under the helm of Derry-born Bernadette McDaid