HBO cancels Lena Dunham series Girls after sixth and final season

HBO is cancelling its hit comedy Girls after a sixth and final series next year.

The show, about a group of twenty something women in Brooklyn, made creator and actress Lena Dunham a star.

The fifth series of Girls is set to launch on the US cable network next month and on Sky Atlantic after that.

Lena Dunham said that she wrote the first series of Girls when she was 23 and now she's nearly 30, it felt like the perfect time to wrap things up.

The show's cast also includes Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet, Jemima Kirke and Star Wars actor Adam Driver.

Adam Driver, Zosia Mamet, Jemima Kirke and Andrew Rannells play Adam, Shoshanna, Jessa and Elijah

The show premiered in 2012 and follows Hannah (Lena Dunham) and her mates in Brooklyn, New York, as her parents tell her they won't be supporting her financially after her graduation.

The first series won two Golden Globes in 2013 as well as an Emmy.

The show is produced by Judd Apatow, who's worked on Bridesmaids, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Pineapple Express.

He also wrote an episode of The Simpsons.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Allison Williams play Desi and Marnie, one of Hannah's best friends

Girls has been praised by critics for its realistic take on relationships and its portrayal of women.

But it's also been criticised by some for its lack of black, Hispanic and Asian women and its use of shocking incidents, like abortion, as everyday topics.

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