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Happy Valley

  • TV Series
  • 2014–20232014–2023
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 58m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
47K
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POPULARITY
13
7
Happy Valley (2014)
Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
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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.
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
47K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
13
7
    • Sally Wainwright
  • Stars
    • Sarah Lancashire
    • Siobhan Finneran
    • James Norton
    • Sally Wainwright
  • Stars
    • Sarah Lancashire
    • Siobhan Finneran
    • James Norton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 195User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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  • Top rated TV #230
    • Won 4 BAFTA Awards

    Episodes18

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    Sarah Lancashire
    Sarah Lancashire
    • Catherine Cawood
    Siobhan Finneran
    Siobhan Finneran
    • Clare Cartwright
    James Norton
    James Norton
    • Tommy Lee Royce
    Rhys Connah
    Rhys Connah
    • Ryan Cawood
    Charlie Murphy
    Charlie Murphy
    • Ann Gallagher
    Shane Zaza
    Shane Zaza
    • Shafiq Shah
    Ishia Bennison
    • Joyce
    Rick Warden
    Rick Warden
    • Mike Taylor
    George Costigan
    George Costigan
    • Nevison Gallagher
    Karl Davies
    Karl Davies
    • Daniel Cawood
    Derek Riddell
    Derek Riddell
    • Richard Cawood
    Con O'Neill
    Con O'Neill
    • Neil Ackroyd
    Mete Dursun
    • Gorkem Tekeli
    Vincent Franklin
    Vincent Franklin
    • Andy Shepherd
    Chord Melodic
    Chord Melodic
    • Sledge
    Susan Lynch
    Susan Lynch
    • Alison Garrs
    Jill Baker
    Jill Baker
    • Helen Gallagher
    Mark Stanley
    Mark Stanley
    • Rob Hepworth
      • Sally Wainwright
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    • Trivia
      The 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #19.99 (2014)

    User reviews195

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    10/10
    Intense
    The most intense, well written, well acted crime series I've ever seen on television. For six weeks I've been hooked on a story that uses a police drama as a framework for the human emotions that are at the core of this fantastic series. Steve Pemberton (The League of Gentlemen, Inside No 9) as the self-interested accountant out of his depth when a kidnapping plot goes horribly wrong was brilliant and James Norton was easily one of the best psychopaths I've ever seen in a television drama. There was real depth to his character and I expect he was hated by viewers as much as Joffre in Game of Thrones nonsense police officer. But it was Sarah Lancashire's show all the way as the tough, no-nonsense, but damaged police officer. At first I thought this was going to go the way of the film Fargo, with it's kidnapping-gone-wrong scenario, but by the start of the second episode it was clear that it was going to take a different path. Be warned though, it's dark and unsettling with moments of sudden shocking violence, especially at the end of the fourth episode, where I was left shaking at the sheer intensity of it all. Better than anything American crime dramas have had to offer us over the past year, it was brilliant. Absolutely bloody brilliant!
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    • jarcheese2012
    • Jun 4, 2014

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    • Release date
      • April 29, 2014 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Calder Valley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Red Production Company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • 58 minutes
      • Color
      • Stereo

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