How to Get to Heaven from Belfast to Love Story: the seven best shows to stream this week

2026-02-06 - 07:15

Lisa McGee’s follow-up to Derry Girls is beautifully sweet and sharp, while Ryan Murphy looks at the glamorous whirlwind romance between 90s It Girl Carolyn Bessette and John F Kennedy Jr Lisa McGee follows Derry Girls with a comedy drama that is familiar in style but subtly different in form and content. This time, beautifully rendered notes of female friendship are blended with undertones of farce, horror and, in typical McGee style, enough emotional weight to keep the stakes high. It concerns three friends in their late 30s – Saoirse (Roisin Gallagher), Robyn (Sinéad Keenan) and Dara (Caoilfhionn Dunne) – who attend the wake of Greta, the fourth member of their tight but mildly traumatised teenage posse. The reasons for their sense of unresolved injury are eventually revealed as the fate of Greta becomes an itch the trio are forced to scratch. Sweet but sharp. Netflix, from Thursday 12 February Continue reading...