Speaking to Digital Spy<\/a>, Lisa McGee said that next week\u2019s instalment would be dedicated to the Derry Girls\u2019 parents, with the episode focusing on the \u201chorrific\u201d times younger Mary (Shauna Higgins) and Sarah (Dearbhaile McKinney) grew up in back in the \u201970s.<\/p>\n \u201cWriting this show, honestly \u2013 and this might sound a bit sentimental \u2013 it\u2019s been a real learning experience for me as a person, not just a writer,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t talk about a lot of the terrible things.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Northern Ireland, you handle it with humour and you just crack on. I think for the parents\u2019 generation, it was a war zone. It was horrific what they went through, and we just didn\u2019t appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cWe just moaned and then complained when we were not allowed to do anything. By writing the show and looking back I realised why they were so strict, why the school was so strict, what they had seen, what they lived through, and I have such an appreciation and respect.<\/p> \u201cI\u2019m so embarrassed at how we behaved now! They were incredible what they got through, they\u2019re just the strongest people, that generation.\u201d<\/p>\n The episode will see Ma Mary and Aunt Sarah get ready for their Class of \u201977 School Reunion, with Channel 4 hinting that a long-held secret about that night 20 years prior could come to light.<\/p>\n While there are just three more episodes to go in the Channel 4 comedy\u2019s final season, Derry Girls thankfully announced last week that it would be ending with a special bonus episode<\/a> after the season 3 finale.<\/p>\n Derry Girls continues tonight at 9pm on Channel 4 and All 4<\/a>. Check out more of our Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 03 May 2022 at 12:00 am While it\u2019s usually Erin, Orla and the rest of the Derry Girls gang who are the focus of each episode, Mary (Tara Lynne O\u2019Neill) and Aunt Sarah (Kathy Kiera Clarke) are taking over for season 3\u2019s penultimate outing, with creator Lisa McGee confirming that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14760,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/derry-girls-to-air-mary-and-aunt-sarah-flashback-episode-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/derry-girls-to-air-mary-and-aunt-sarah-flashback-episode-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/derry-girls-to-air-mary-and-aunt-sarah-flashback-episode-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/derry-girls-to-air-mary-and-aunt-sarah-flashback-episode-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/derry-girls-to-air-mary-and-aunt-sarah-flashback-episode-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/derry-girls-to-air-mary-and-aunt-sarah-flashback-episode-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/derry-girls-to-air-mary-and-aunt-sarah-flashback-episode-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 03 May 2022 at 12:00 am While it\u2019s usually Erin, Orla and the rest of the Derry Girls gang who are the focus of each episode, Mary (Tara Lynne O\u2019Neill) and Aunt Sarah (Kathy Kiera Clarke) are taking over for season 3\u2019s penultimate outing, with creator Lisa McGee confirming that…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/14759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/682575S3Ep5Derry-Girls-S3-Ep5-6-5609de4.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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