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Happy Valley Crime Drama | Sarah Lancashire, Sally Wainwright



What's your review of the Happy Valley British crime drama? It's written by Sally Wainwright, and stars the amazing Sarah Lancashire as the West Yorkshire police sergeant Catherine Cawood.


#HappyValley #SarahLancashire #SallyWainwright Do you want to watch Happy Valley episodes? Does Tommy Lee Royce give you nightmares?


ABOUT THE HAPPY VALLEY CRIME DRAMA TV SERIES


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Genre: Crime drama

Created by Sally Wainwright

Written by Sally Wainwright

Directed by Sally Wainwright, Euros Lyn, Tim Fywell, Neasa Hardiman

Opening theme: Trouble Town

Ending theme: Trouble Town

Composer: Ben Foster

Executive producers: Nicola Shindler, Sally Wainwright, Matthew Read, Rayan Salvi

Producers: Karen Lewis (series 1), Juliet Charlesworth (series 2)

Production locations: Calder Valley (Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Heptonstall, Todmorden)

Running time: 60 minutes

Production company: Red Production Company

Original network: BBC One


Happy Valley Cast and Characters:

(Information from Wikipedia: )


Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood, a Halifax Police Sergeant.

Siobhan Finneran as Clare Cartwright, Catherine's siste

James Norton as Tommy Lee Royce

Charlie Murphy as Ann Gallagher, PCSO

George Costigan as Nevison Gallagher


Series 1

Steve Pemberton as Kevin Weatherill

Joe Armstrong as Ashley Cowgill

Adam Long as Lewis Whippey


Series 2

Shirley Henderson as Frances Drummond

Kevin Doyle as John Wadsworth

Karl Davies as Daniel Cawood

Rick Warden as Mike Taylor

Katherine Kelly as Jodie Shackleton

Vincent Franklin as Andy Shepherd

Con O'Neill as Neil Ackroyd

Robert Emms as Daryl Garrs

Susan Lynch as Alison Garrs

Matthew Lewis as Sean Balmforth

Julie Hesmondhalgh as Amanda Wadsworth;

Amelia Bullmore as Vicky Fleming


Recurring cast and characters:


Rhys Connah as Ryan Cawood: Tommy's son and Catherine's grandson

Shane Zaza as Shafiq Shah

Ishia Bennison as Joyce

Jill Baker as Helen Gallagher

Ramon Tikaram as Praveen Badal

Olwen May as Mrs Beresford

Series 1

Sophie Rundle as Kirsten McAskill

Derek Riddell as Richard Cawood

Julia Ford as Jenny Weatherill

Adam Nagaitis as Brett McKendrick

Kelly Harrison as Ros Cawood

Hannah John-Kamen as Justine

Mina Anwar as Mrs Mukherjee

Amer Nazir as Twiggy

Rachel Leskovac as Julie

Alan McKenna as Phil Crabtree

Caroline O'Neill as Lynn Dewhurst, Tommy Lee Royce's mother

Amelia Young as Lucy Cawood


Series 2

Madison Brown as Amber Wadsworth

Felix Johnson as Jack Wadsworth

Mete Dursun as Gorkem Tekeli

Chris Michael-Hall as 'Sledge'

Angela Pleasence as Winnie Babic

Ivana Basic as Ilinka Blasevic

Hebe Beardsall as Leonie

Keeley Forsyth as Annette

Steve Edge as Graham Tattersall

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