# How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (2026) — Celluloid TV fact sheet

Source: https://celluloidscore.com/shows/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast/
Last reviewed: 2026-07-23

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Celluloid Score | 85% |
| Critic Score | 95% |
| Audience Score | 86% |
| Metascore | 79/100 |
| IMDb | 7.9/10 |
| Fan Score | 85% |
| Creator | Lisa McGee |
| Platform | Netflix |
| Genres | Comedy, Thriller |
| Seasons | 1 (8 episodes) |
| Language | English |
| Country | United Kingdom |

## Quick answer

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (2026) is a Comedy, Thriller series created by Lisa McGee, streaming on Netflix. It holds a 85% Celluloid Score — Recommended — averaged from critic reviews (95%), audience ratings (86%), Metascore (79/100), IMDb (7.9/10), and fan ratings (85%) across 1 season.

## Critics consensus

Lisa McGee's post-Derry Girls thriller-comedy landed at 95% critics with Netflix's strongest UK launch of 2026 — Empire and IMDb midyear TV lists both treat it as the year's essential Belfast story.

## Synopsis

Three lifelong friends in Belfast reunite for a funeral that spirals into murder, blackmail, and the kind of chaos only Lisa McGee could make feel like home. After Derry Girls, McGee trades nostalgia for noir-adjacent stakes — same wit, sharper knives, and a city that refuses to stay in the past.

## Cast

Roisin Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

## Critic reviews on Celluloid: 1

## Common questions

**Is How to Get to Heaven from Belfast worth watching?**
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast holds a 85% Celluloid Score. It comes recommended overall. Lisa McGee's post-Derry Girls thriller-comedy landed at 95% critics with Netflix's strongest UK launch of 2026 — Empire and IMDb midyear TV lists both treat it as the year's essential Belfast story.

**Where can I stream How to Get to Heaven from Belfast?**
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast streams on Netflix. It ran for 1 season (2026).

**Who created How to Get to Heaven from Belfast?**
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast was created by Lisa McGee.

**What is the Celluloid Score of How to Get to Heaven from Belfast?**
85% — the average of five public sources: critics 95%, audience 86%, Metascore 79/100, IMDb 7.9/10, and fan score 85%.

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