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Happy Valley (TV series)
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| {edih} | Happy Valley is a British crime drama television series, set and filmed in the Calder Valley, West Yorkshire. Starring Sarah Lancashire, James Norton and Siobhan Finneran, it was written and created by Sally Wainwright and directed by Wainwright, Euros Lyn and Tim Fywell. The first series began on BBC One on 29 April 2014, the second on 9 February 2016, and the third and final series on 1 January 2023.WEB,weblink The release date for Happy Valley season 3 has finally been confirmed, 2 December 2022, 20 July 2023, It won the 2015 BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series, and won another BAFTA for Best Drama for the second series.WEB,weblink Bafta TV awards 2015: Winners in full, 10 May 2015, BBC, 5 February 2017, PremiseSeries 1In Halifax, West Yorkshire, Catherine Cawood is a divorced police sergeant with two children. She is still trying to recover from the suicide of her daughter, which happened eight years ago. Catherine is raising her grandson, Ryan, who was born due to her daughter being raped by Tommy Lee Royce. Just when it seems like Catherine is gaining control over her life, she discovers that Tommy, whom she holds responsible for her daughter's suicide, has been released from prison after serving time for other offences. Catherine becomes consumed by the idea of confronting him, unaware that Tommy is involved in a criminal organisation with the intention of kidnapping Anne Gallagher, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, for ransom.Series 2Eighteen months after the events of the first series, Catherine is back at work and has been awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) for gallantry, for rescuing Gallagher from Royce, who is serving a life sentence in prison. When Royce's mother is killed, Catherine is implicated in several murders. While trying to prove her innocence, Catherine is tasked with investigating a human trafficking operation linked to the serial killings. Meanwhile, senior HMET officers Detective Superintendent Andy Shepard and Detective Inspector Jodie Shackleton begin to suspect that the supposed fourth victim of the serial killer, Victoria Fleming, was murdered by someone else. Gradually, their investigation leads them toward Victoria's actual killer: police detective John Wadsworth, whom Fleming had been blackmailing. Catherine's grandson, Ryan, develops a friendship with a new teaching assistant, Miss Wealand, secretly a prison groupie infatuated with Royce. Royce, whom the court has forbidden from having contact with Ryan, uses Wealand to try to build a relationship with Ryan and get revenge on Catherine. Ryan increasingly concerns his family by asking questions about his father and even suggests Royce should be forgiven.Series 3Taking place seven years after the events of the second series, Catherine is coming close to retirement age and has plans to go on a hiking expedition to the Himalayas. She is called to investigate the discovery of human remains found near a reservoir, where she comes to realise the murder suspects share a history with Royce, who has since been transferred to a jail in Sheffield and is awaiting trial for a string of unspecified offences. Meanwhile, Ryan, now 16 years old, has been keeping in touch with his father, having sent him a letter at the end of series two, and has been visiting him behind Catherine's back, with help from Catherine's sister Clare and Clare's new partner, Neil. When Catherine finds out, she temporarily blocks contact with the three of them and gives Ryan an ultimatum to stop visiting his father. Ryan is also having problems at school with his PE teacher, Rob Hepworth, who has kicked him off the football team following accusations of misconduct. At home, Hepworth is physically abusive towards his wife Joanna (Mollie Winnard), who has developed an addiction to prescription drugs and is receiving them illegally from her pharmacist, Faisal Bhatti, who in turn is being blackmailed by a gang of violent drug dealers, who are demanding money in exchange for not harming his family.Episodes{{:List of Happy Valley episodes}}Cast
Series 1
Series 2
Recurring
ProductionOn 22 November 2012, Ben Stephenson announced the commissioning of Happy Valley for BBC One. The programme was written by Sally Wainwright, produced by Karen Lewis, and directed by Euros Lyn, Sally Wainwright and Tim Fywell.NEWS,weblink Sarah Lancashire, Steve Pemberton for BBC One thriller Happy Valley, Digital Spy, 11 December 2013, 19 January 2014, Eames, Tom, NEWS,weblink Happy Valley – New drama for BBC One starring Sarah Lancashire and James Norton, BBC, 10 April 2014, 10 April 2014, Filming began in the Calder Valley in November 2013.NEWS,weblink Sally Wainwright: not the same old, The Guardian, 3 November 2013, 19 January 2014, Rees, Caroline, NEWS,weblink Last Tango in Halifax actress Sarah Lancashire begins shooting new crime drama in Yorkshire, Radio Times, 11 December 2013, 19 January 2014, Bremner, Jade, Locations in the area included Todmorden, Luddenden, Mytholmroyd, Bradford, Keighley, Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge, and Heptonstall. Huddersfield, Halifax, Leeds and other West Yorkshire cities are mentioned, though not main filming locations. A former police station (Station Road, Sowerby Bridge) was used for some scenes, and additional filming took place at North Light Film Studios at Brookes Mill, Huddersfield.NEWS,weblink Creative England provides filming location and crew support to new BBC drama Happy Valley when filming in Yorkshire, Creative England, 29 April 2014, 12 June 2014, The name "Happy Valley" is what local police in the Calder Valley call the area because of its drug problem.NEWS,weblink Sarah Lancashire: 'Happy Valley is one of the hardest jobs I've had. It's brutal', What's On TV, 28 April 2014, 12 June 2014, In the first episode of series one, Ryan points out to Catherine, visiting her daughter Becky's grave in the next row, that visitors have left pens at Sylvia Plath's grave.A second series was commissioned on 18 August 2014. Filming began in August 2015, and the first episode was broadcast on 9 February 2016.WEB,weblink Happy Valley series 2 casting, BBC Media Centre, 21 August 2015, 27 August 2015, The second series was written by Wainwright, produced by Lewis, and directed by Lyn and Wainwright.WEB,weblink Happy Valley Series 2, BBC Media Centre, 18 August 2014, 28 September 2014, Catherine's workplace is a former police station in Sowerby Bridge, and her home and local pub (two other main filming locations) are based in Hebden Bridge. The prison scenes were filmed at Oakham Enterprise Park in Rutland, which was HMP Ashwell until its closure.The main character, Sergeant Cawood, is mentioned in the third episode of the fifth series of Last Tango in Halifax, which aired on BBC One on 9 March 2020. Wainwright also created and wrote this series, set in Halifax, and stars Sarah Lancashire.In October 2020, Wainwright confirmed that there would be a third series and that she was in the "early stages" of writing it. Filming for the third series began in January 2022.After watching the first three episodes of the season, Wainwright didn´t like some directorial choices made by Patrick Harkins and decided to reshoot some scenes herself, hence her credit as a director, but not co-director, on those episodes.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}ReceptionThe first episode aired on 29 April 2014 at 21:00, receiving 8.64 million viewers, as the second most watched show of the week (commencing 28 April 2014) for BBC One.WEB,weblink BARB – Weekly Top 10 (28 Apr 2014), BARB, 4 May 2014, 29 May 2014, The BBC reported that the show received an average consolidated audience of 8.21 million viewers over six episodes and an additional 8.1 million requests for the show on BBC iPlayer.NEWS,weblink BBC One drama Happy Valley closes with 8.78m viewers, BBC, 12 June 2014, 12 June 2014, Radio Times called Happy Valley a "word-of-mouth hit" which "steadily became a success outside the normal audience for the slot and channel."WEB,weblink Why Happy Valley is the drama of the year so far, Immediate Media Company Limited, Radio Times, 3 June 2014, 4 June 2014, Seale, Jack, After episode one aired, Ofcom received four complaints under the category "violence and dangerous behaviour", but they did not pursue the matter.WEB,weblink Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin, Issue 254, Independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, Ofcom, 19 May 2014, 29 May 2014, 68, Reviews from the media have been overwhelmingly positive, and the show has received a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.WEB,weblink Happy Valley: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes, On Metacritic, seasons one, two and three of the show received ratings of 83, 84 and 93, respectively.However, some reviewers have criticised the show for its graphic content, especially in episodes three and four of season one, while others have noted the ubiquitous typecasting of male characters as either weak or criminals.NEWS, Kinchen, Rosie, You can be a psycho or a drip . . . Happy Valley's a miserable place for men,weblink en, In response to the criticism, Happy Valley{{'}}s creator-writer, Wainwright, defended the show as "a quality, well-written drama" and stated, "Judging by the amount of email, texts, tweets I've had, I don't think anyone is asking me to apologise."WEB,weblink Happy Valley writer: I don't have to apologise for show's violence, Guardian News, The Guardian/The Observer, 25 May 2014, 3 June 2014, Brown, Maggie, In an interview with the Radio Times, Wainwright said the level of violence had been carefully considered, and it was done responsibly, by showing the psychological and physical damage suffered by Catherine.NEWS,weblink Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright – I've got plans for a second series, Radio Times, 3 June 2014, 12 June 2014, Other critics have praised the show. Vicky Frost of The Guardian wrote: "To get hung up on the violence of this BBC1 kidnap drama misses the point. It is beautifully written by Sally Wainwright, draws an astonishing performance from Sarah Lancashire—and between them, they have created something truly unmissable."NEWS,weblink Have you been watching … Happy Valley, The Guardian, 27 May 2014, 12 June 2014, Frost, Vicky, Gerard O'Donovan of The Telegraph called Happy Valley "complex, thrilling and brilliantly written and acted", and "one of the best watches of 2014".WEB,weblink Happy Valley, episode 5, review: 'exceptionally well crafted', Telegraph Media Group Limited, The Telegraph, 27 May 2014, 4 June 2014, O'Donovan, Gerard, In September 2019, The Guardian ranked the show 11th on its list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century, calling it "a corrective to cliché-ridden and frequently blokey police procedurals", and one that "pulsated with poignant realness".NEWS, The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century,weblink The Guardian, 16 September 2019,weblink 1 November 2019, live, The final episode of series 3, the final series, garnered much praise from critics. Lucy Mangan, writing for The Guardian, called the episode as "[b]rutal, tender, funny, compelling and heartbreaking"; Anita Singh, reviewing for The Daily Telegraph, rated the episode 5/5 stars and claimed, "Happy Valley sounds so bleak on paper, with its storylines about drugs, rape and murder. But at its core is the love that Cawood has for her family. Wainwright gave us what we wanted: a happy ending for a character who truly deserves it"; Peter Stanford writing in the Telegraph highlighted the various religious themes, with Cawood taking on "the appearance of a living saint" amidst the evil and misery of Happy Valley.WEB,weblink How Happy Valley found God: redemption, forgiveness and the Devil, Telegraph Media Group Limited, The Telegraph, 7 February 2023, 14 February 2023, Stanford, Peter, Positive reviews were also published by The TimesWEB,weblink Happy Valley finale review: delightful turns and a shocking twist, The Times, Midgely, Carol, 6 February 2023, 6 February 2023, and I, who rated the episode 5/5 stars.WEB,weblink Happy Valley finale, BBC One, review: A heart-stopping triumph, I, Sigee, Rachel, 5 February 2023, 5 February 2023, After the final episode aired, Labour Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper promised to increase the number of community police officers by 13,000, citing Catherine Cawood as a positive influence for these officers.WEB, 16 February 2023, Labour promises more community cops like Happy Valley's Catherine Cawood,weblink 18 December 2023, The Independent, en,InternationalThe third series was a co-production between BBC One and AMC+.{| class="wikitable"! 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| Netflix (series 1–2), Acorn TV/AMC+/BBC America (series 3)BBC ONE’S HAPPY VALLEY TO RETURN FOR A THIRD AND FINAL SERIES | DATE=26 OCTOBER 2021 | DATE=23 MARCH 2023, AMC Networks, | ||||||||||
Awards and nominations
Series One
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"Series Two
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BBC Shop released Happy Valley series one on DVD, in regions two and four, on 16 June 2014. The DVD includes two discs, featuring 351 minutes' worth of footage, and has an age certificate of 15.WEB,weblink Happy Valley (DVD), British Broadcasting Company (BBC), BBC Worldwide, 3 June 2014, All six episodes of the series were released on iTunes, both in standard and high definition.WEB,weblink Happy Valley Series 1 – iTunes, 29 April 2014, Apple Inc. 2014, 28 September 2014, On 20 August 2014, the series was further released on Netflix in Canada and the USA, marketed as a "Netflix Original".WEB, Happy Valley to premiere exclusively on Netflix in the U.S. and Canada,weblink Netflix, 22 September 2014, However, it departed Netflix in March 2020.WEB, Every Netflix Original Removed from NetflixReferences
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