Lisa McGee’s comedic thriller to end after one series
Lisa McGee’s How to Get to Heaven from Belfast will not be returning for a second series, Broadcast can reveal.
Netflix confirmed to Broadcast the show would not be returning.
The eight-part comedy thriller follows a trio of friends embarking on a quest to discover the mystery of their old friend’s suspicious death and was produced by Hat Trick Productions.
It launched in February to broad acclaim and swiftly landed in the Netflix UK top 10, where it remained for almost a month. However, the series didn’t break into the global top 10.
According to Barb data from overnights.tv, the opening episode racked up 1.8m viewers in its first seven days on the platform.
The series had an eventful journey to Netflix, having initially been greenlit by Channel 4 in 2023, but moved to the streamer in 2024, due to “changes in editorial direction as the development process progressed and rising costs”, coupled with a softening of the US-UK co-production market, according to Channel 4.
Although How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has come to an end, Netflix recently commissioned another Lisa McGee comedy series, the Irish dancing-focused mockumentary Jig, from Orchid Pictures.
Jig will be produced by McGee, her long-time creative collaborators Liz Lewin and Caroline Leddy, and Orchid chief executive Suzanne Mackie. Filming is due to begin in 2027.
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