There are a few odd people in the world who believe you should cease watching teenage TV shows once you are no longer a teenager.

But this is very much incorrect information because while these TV shows may chronicle the lives of teenagers, the stories within them are often universal, well-told and just downright hilarious.

The latest teen show to hit a nerve and build a legion of devoted fans isDerry Girls on Netflix.

DerryGirlsis a raucous teen series newly airing on Netflix in Australia and centres on four cheeky Northern Irish teenage girls who are growing up under English oppression in the 1990s.

The show follows the lives of Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), her cousin Orla (Louisa Harland) and their friends Clare (Nicola Coughlan) and Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell). Also rounding out the teen cast is Michelle’s English cousin James (Dylan Llewellyn), who she brings to school with her on the first day of the new school year.

This, of course, makes him the only male pupil the school has ever had, because he would be severely victimised in a boys’ school due to his English accent. While his presence does lead to some entertaining storylines in the series, the show is still very much centered on the storylines of the teenage girls.

Derry Girlshas been heavily likened to the British teen classicThe Inbetweeners, but it’s also safe to say that this six-episode sitcom has a flavour that is all its own.

For one, it’s happily very heavy on the 90’s nostalgia, thanks in part to the very impressive soundtrack, which includes the Cranberries and a whole lot of other hits. There are also ’90s hairstyles and beauty looks aplenty that will be triggering for some of us, and a heavy reliance on the moviePulp Fiction(the source behind the characters crushing on the term “motherfucker”).

Derry Girlsalso manages to paint a very accurate portrait of exactly what it’s like to be a student in an all-girls Catholic high school…meaning things get a little brutal and a whole lot savage.

One of the best elements of this show is that it allows its teen female characters to be gloriously foul-mouthed and at times even damn unlikable, all while ensuring they remain the heroines of their own stories. The fact that the series is set during the Troubles, a time when low-level guerrilla war was taking place in Northern Ireland between Irish nationalists and British loyalists, gives it an extra layer of depth and interest.

There are many moments withinDerry Girlswhere the show truly cements its status as a ‘dark comedy’. There’s a scene where the gang land themselves in detention, and the nun who is supervising them dies while sitting in her chair, and many of the jokes are hooked off religion, sex and the suspected death of a beloved family pet.

The girls are also cruelly and hilariously intent on trolling James, giggly about the fact that his mother went to England to get an abortion and never came back.

“Never got the abortion either,” Michelle laughs, in the exact same moment she his introducing him to her friends. “I didn’t actually know that,” he replies sadly.

Ah, to be young again.

Derry Girlsis also very much a Netflix show that is growing in popularity thanks to its avid fan-base, who cannot get enough of these foul-mouthed teen girls and it’s their love of the series that’s making it such a must-watch.

Please watch #DerryGirls immediately pic.twitter.com/qX9LBK5ZZo

— jenna (@jennajoy13) January 13, 2019

#DerryGirls is my new favorite thing! I can’t even decide who I love more bc they are all equally hilarious and dumb lol pic.twitter.com/4A9ABLPX22

— Abriana (@dreamformetoo) January 13, 2019

#DerryGirls is the best fucking thing I have ever seen. ????????????????

— Katie Heck (@kt_heck) January 15, 2019

The amount of people in NY that have watched Derry Girls is truly insane, also New Yorkers send you shots when they like your show so we have been drunk for 3 days

— Nicola Coughlan (@nicolacoughlan) January 12, 2019

#DerryGirls is hilarious in so many ways, but I would watch it for Sister Michael alone.

Ma Mary: Is he all right? Sister Michael: I wouldn’t say so, no. He’s a priest, like. pic.twitter.com/ZrIVTHD9uM

— K.K. O’Brien (@_kkobrien) January 14, 2019

Everyone needs to watch Derry Girls on @netflix immediately this is not a drill. This show gives me life. pic.twitter.com/f3wmceb2pR

— Julia Gallagher (@juliagalllagher) January 22, 2019

Finished watching DERRY GIRLS.

In its first season, it’s one of the most perfect shows I’ve ever seen. The brilliance is subtle, and it is funny AF. pic.twitter.com/Urj19SvdeK

— J.L. FORREST (@wordforrest) January 12, 2019

The first season of Derry Girls is available to watch now on Netflix. It is rated MA15+.