Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
- Won 6 BAFTA Awards
- 35 wins & 40 nominations total
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- TriviaThe show was written specifically for Sarah Lancashire, who had previously had a starring role in Sally Wainwright's Last Tango in Halifax (2012). Wainwright was so impressed by Lancashire's performance, she devised "Happy Valley" as a solo vehicle for Lancashire.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #19.99 (2014)
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Happy Valley......not for most of the residents! The BBC tend to (every now and then) come up with a block busting drama series. This one had (and has) me gripped to my seat from the start. Clever interaction between all the cast and 'Superb' acting on the part of every actor/actress including Corrie's Sarah Lancashire and Benidorm's Steve Pemberton. Great Yorkshire setting, the atmosphere oozes out of every brick & stone. Edge of the seat stuff, every episode ending in a cliff hanger.. Please let there be more BBC, you do have an awful habit of killing of great drama series just when everyone is hooked (e.g. Garrow's Law). Bring on season two please (writer) Sally Wainwright
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