08 February 2024, The Tablet

Smut and nonsense – excruciating Derry Girls knock-off


 Smut and nonsense – excruciating Derry Girls knock-off
 

G’Wed, ITVx’s new comedy drama series, is the Liverpudlian answer to the wildly popular Derry Girls on Channel 4. It has even lifted the latter’s plot device of introducing a know-nothing southern stranger to be the useful butt of some regional playground banter. I didn’t much like Derry Girls (and reviewed it in these pages) but it had its moments: at its best there was a warmth to it.

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