Happy Valley (2014)

Genre

drama television series, crime television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 18 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 398 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police sergeant in a small Yorkshire town deals with a kidnapping case while managing her own troubled family life. The story follows her determined investigation and the criminals she pursues.

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What happens

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. It won the 2015 BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series, and won another BAFTA for Best Drama for the second series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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