Derry Girls star Jamie-Lee O'Donnell has been picked to present a Channel 4 documentary aiming to showcase her native city of Derry.

The project will see her reflect on the location's history, how the city has evolved over time, and what's in store for its future.

The talent will take the lead in The Real Derry: Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, which will see her revisit the Catholic community where she grew up, as well as her former school.

O'Donnell will be chatting to students and reflect on how Derry has changed over the years, and what's in store for its current residents.

Ahead of its release, Channel 4's commissioning editor, Daniel Fromm, said: "I'm hugely excited to be working with Tyrone Productions on their first commission for Channel 4 - and with Jamie-Lee in a brand new role for her."

"Derry Girls has brought the city to national prominence; now this film gives a voice to a new generation of its young people, so they can tell us what it's like to grow up there in 2022," Framm added.

Derry Girls focused on a group of teenagers growing up on Foyleside in the 1990s, and ended last week with a special episode paying tribute to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. Many viewers in the UK claimed they learnt more about the Good Friday Agreement on the show than they did in school.

“The third series is like Series One and Two x 1,000,” Jamie-Lee told Hot Press recently. “We’ve completely outdone ourselves. Each episode is like a wee mini-movie, there’s just so much packed into each one. The girls find themselves in crazy situations they’ve never been in before.

“I think people love it because it’s so relatable. All over the world, if you change the accents, the relationships are still very similar.”

The Real Derry: Jamie-Lee O'Donnell has been commissioned by Tyrone Productions, and the company's co-executive producer Patricia Carroll commented on the collaboration, saying: "As a Northern Ireland company, we are delighted to be working with Channel 4 and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell on this very personal documentary at such an important time in the city’s story.

"Fiercely proud of her home city, Jamie-Lee is the perfect person to explore Derry’s past and share her hopes for its future, and we know that Channel 4 audiences will be both entertained and intrigued by what she discovers."

Revisit our recent chat with creator Lisa McGee here.

“The show’s about teenagers, which is quite a brief period in your life and goes like a flash, so I wanted the Derry Girls ending to feel quite final,” Lisa concluded at the time of our chat. “The Good Friday Agreement is kind of the day this place grew up, which parallels these kids growing up. It felt like the two things wrapped round each other quite well. It’s the favourite thing of mine I’ve ever written, and I hope people like it as much as I do when it comes out.”

Read our Derry Girls special edition below: