Happy Valley 2014
Created by Sally Wainwright
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 59 min episodes
- 3 seasons
- 18 episodes
- Ended
- TV-MA
Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
- Sexual violence
- Harm to children
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and overwhelming.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Sarah LancashireCatherine Cawood
- Siobhan FinneranClare Cartwright
- James NortonTommy Lee Royce
- Rhys ConnahRyan Cawood
- Charlie MurphyAnn Gallagher
- Shane ZazaShafiq Shah
- George CostiganNevison Gallagher
- Rick WardenInsp Mike Taylor
- Vincent FranklinDSU Andy Shepherd
- Mollie WinnardJoanna Hepworth
Crew
- Sally WainwrightCreator
- Sally WainwrightWriter
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Seasons
- Series 16 eps · 2014
- Series 26 eps · 2016
- Series 36 eps · 2023
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