Happy Valley Series 2

Hi there.

Thought you would be interested in this:

www.mixcloud.com/reformradio/reform-meets-sally-wainwright-karen-lewis-for-iwd/

We were very pleased to have an hour long chat with without doubt two of the most inspirational & successful women working in media & broadcasting today; Bafta award winning writer Sally Wainwright and Bafta award winning producer Karen Lewis.

Sally is the writer of award winning & critically acclaimed TV Dramas such as Scott & Bailey, Last Tango in Halifax & Happy Valley, she has also recently moved successfully into directing. Karen has been producing Sally's work for over ten years, as well as making other shows for the production power house Red, based in Manchester and itself led by another inspirational woman.

They spoke to Rach and Jemma about making it big in such a male dominated industry and picked some tracks from some of their favourite female artists. They also spoke exclusively about their forthcoming BBC feature film based on the lives of the Bronte's, a lifelong project of passion for Sally and itself a story about women making it in a male dominated world.

I haven't read the link but i'm a huge fan of Sally Wainwright - Last Tango, Scott and Bailey and now Happy Valley. These drama's are all set and filmed in the area I live in - it's fantastic to see it celebrated in this way.

*Ian64 where are you roughly? I am approx 40 mins form Hebden Bridge, we are planning to hava a ride out there again soon on our scooters

Just Goggle "is there going to be a 3rd series of happy valley"?? and.........................it seems!!

Yes!!!! there is....just google and read for yourself, I thought I had heard that SL wasn't doing any more..but obviously you cant always believed what you read/hear! I really hope there is a third series.

biker, I'm a similar distance from Hebden, so pleased to read there is to be another series, it's far the best thing on telly currently.
I've pm'd you with more information about where I am.

OK I got it wrong!
I thought there might be more of a twist.

Leading nicely into the next series.

I'm glad the little boy wasn't put through more confusion.

Me too, I thought the mad woman was either going to come after the family with a petrol bomb or commit suicide with petrol. I hope there will be another series too I suppose Catherine will always be wondering if its in the genes!

Hmm...Tommy Lee Royce has received Ryan's letter now though, merlot. He's not going to give up!

Desperately sad ending though.

I did wonder what Nevison had ever done to you Jalima

No, he won't Ana. Next series guaranteed.

Great Stuff!!

It got a bit boring tonight. Sarah Lancashire's character is over emotional, and over dramatic. I don't think it's that fantastic. TBH.

Poor old Catherine , the look said it all. Could my grandson end up like a chip off the old block like his b-----d father.

Got the murderer correct but not the molotoff cocktail. The little pip squeak is still hanging around though ain't she Ooooooo.

I actually felt a little bit sad for. ' Downton Abbey ' in the end, if you are pushed too much it just takes a moment of madness and redmist and your life is ruined.

Brilliant acting.

I did enjoy it tonight but as usual I needed to have the sub titles on.
Do you think that there will be another series?

I enjoyed it. There is a bit of muttering going on that I find hard to hear. Not that anyone's interested but I went on holiday with my dear old dad(RIP) not far from Hebden bridge. It was fab. I have a lovely little watercolour and a very lovely black and white atmospheric photograph in my living room bought in the area.

She never did petrol bomb the house. Unless I nodded off and missed it.

I leave the sub-titles on permanently now. I quite like reading the words.

I think Frances realised in the end that she'd been used. She has to stay as she's on bail, but I doubt she'll hang around any longer than she has to.

I didn't feel at all sorry for Molesley. It's one thing to kill someone without actually going out with the intention of doing it, but to try to throw the blame by mutilating the body as he did was despicable. I was hoping he'd have to face justice.

Brilliant series with great acting. We really enjoyed it. The boy who plays Ryan is excellent.

Excellent acting and script.

I was reading an interview with Sally Wainwright, she said that she`ll be happy to write another series, but she hasn`t been asked to yet. I hope they do ask her, the story still has more to offer.

Catherine obviously knows Tommy Lee won't give up. Her expression in the last scene said it all.
Brilliant programme.

I actually felt sorry for the TA when she was told that Tommy Lee had a whole string of 'fiancees'. I thought SL was amazing in this last episode and the scene between her and John was so ironic and sad. So many loose ends for the next series.
Becky's grave is in the same cemetery as Sylvia Plath's.

I grew up at Ainley Top and DP says they only ever mention Ainley Top whenever there is a crash on the M62 (every day!). Last night they mentioned the Travel Inn ( actually a Premier Inn) at Ainley Top as somewhere John and Vicky were spotted . At last another claim to fame !

I was anticipating a massive twist and maybe a petrol bomb incident, but in the end I'm glad it was kind of understated. Did John die? If he did, and he certainly looked pretty dead to me, it means that none of the perpetrators will stand trial. I'm still not clear about Daryl's motive.

I'm still not convinced either about Ryan's being TLR's son. Have there been tests? The way SL looked at him in the last scene-what was she thinking, I wonder?