When Does "Derry Girls" Season Three (2022) Take Place?
"Derry Girls" season three is a comedy historical fiction television series showran by Lisa McGee that premiered April 12th, 2022. So when is "Derry Girls" season 3 set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because in season three episode one "The Night Before" when the girls are being interrogated at the local police station the bottom of Chief Inspector Byers's police report includes the handwritten words: "Aug 17th 1998".
It takes place in the year:
1998 AD
We know this because in season three episode one "The Night Before" when the girls are being interrogated at the local police station the bottom of Chief Inspector Byers's police report includes the handwritten words: "Aug 17th 1998".
Furthermore, in the very same shot in the very same scene of season three episode one "The Night Before" includes Chief Inspector Byers receives screenshots from video surveillance footage with the a timecode in the upper righthand corner that all read "AUG17 22 : 59 : 25" presumably representing August 17th at 10:59 PM. So it is August of 1998 AD at the start of the season.
Additionally, season three episode five "The Reunion" includes flashbacks to 1977 AD .
This BBC.com article by Mike McBride examines its exact setting.
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