- Network: BBC America , Netflix , Acorn TV , BBC One , AMC+
- Series Premiere Date: Apr 29, 2014
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There’s a grandeur to Sally Wainwright’s conception matched by Lancashire’s role-of-a-lifetime performance which puts Happy Valley way up there in the pantheon of British TV drama achievements.
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Although Happy Valley is the kind of gripping drama that shouldn’t typically warrant laughter, Sally Wainwright brilliantly manages to weave in comedic lines – yet again – into scenes. ... Lancashire's multi-pronged performance – as a doting grandmother, a sister, a policewoman, a manager, and even a confidante for coercive controlling relationships – never ceases to amaze.
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It's a mark of a drama's class that so many years can pass and yet when it picks up it is seamless, as if it has never been away. This is the best misery TV money can buy.
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The warp and weft of lives, of life, is as expertly woven as ever and you couldn’t wish for a better group of actors to bring it to you. Happy new year.
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Magnificent stuff from a writer and actors operating at their peak.
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This final spin over the moors is a worthy way to round out one of British television’s greatest sagas.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 17
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Mixed: 0 out of 17
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Negative: 2 out of 17
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Jan 4, 2023Our Catherine, she's been through it. One of the best shows of the last 20 years, maybe ever.
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