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Happy Valley

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Season 3 |
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Happy Valley is not your run-of-the-mill British crime drama. This BBC series follows Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) through her not-so-everyday life as a police sergeant dealing with the fall-out of personal tragedy and her problematic family. Happy Valley, created by Sally Wainwright, is a fascinating, engaging and at times heart wrenching story of womanhood and humanity – dark, but with a surprising undercurrent of hope.

Seasons one and two were reviewed by Billie Doux, Heather, and Thomas Ijon Tichy. Season three is apparently arriving sometime in 2023.

Season One

Episode #1.1
Episode #1.2
Episode #1.3
Episode #1.4
Episode #1.5
Episode #1.6

Season Two

Episode #2.1
Episode #2.2
Episode #2.3
Episode #2.4
Episode #2.5
Episode #2.6

Season Three

The third season is airing in the UK in 2023.

Articles

Britannia Rules the Airwaves (2016 article by Mark Greig that includes a segment on Happy Valley)

Cast

Sarah Lancashire (Catherine Cawood)
Siobhan Finneran (Clare Cawood)
James Norton (Tommy Lee Royce)
Rhys Connah (Ryan Cawood)
Shane Zara (Shafiq Shah)
Charlie Murphy (Ann Gallagher)