Bafta wins 'an amazing end to Derry Girls journey'
Lisa McGee and Siobhán McSweeney both thanked the people of Londonderry in their speeches
During her acceptance speech at the ceremony on Sunday, Ms McGee joked that she was struggling to access her list of thank yous because she had forgotten her phone passcode. "We'd tell people we were making a comedy about teenagers navigating the Troubles and the standard response was 'that's not funny'," she told the audience.The cast celebrated on stage after winning the award for scripted comedy
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