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4th May 2022
10:05am BST

"We 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. I'm so embarrassed at how we behaved now!"
She added that she had always wanted to write a tribute for those women, as it was typically the women of Derry who had done most of the workforce at the time.
Explaining it as "mammy culture", Lisa says there were few jobs for men at the time and women needed to earn a wage, and this episode will be her tribute to that.
As this is the final series, this was Lisa's last chance to pay tribute like this and it was the first episode of the new series to be pitched to Channel 4.
Not only will this air, but Lisa confirmed that the final episode will surround a very important part of history - the Good Friday Agreement.Explore more on these topics:
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