Riot Women BBC1

I enjoyed it and will carry on watching it . I love Hebden Bridge and brilliant to see the town . I also love Sally Wainright and all the actresses BUT I did find parts of it a bit woke .Every film or drama at the moment seems to be over loaded with these themes of mixed race families , transgender children , gay relationships etc etc .Yes I know there are lots of families like this and this is their normal but for one drama and first episode it was just too much for me . It was however a good introduction to all the characters .
As for depicting men as feckless , patronising types , well I hate that type of stereotyping as much as I hate women as being depicted as weak , dumb and ditsy .
I have a brilliant husband who is none of these things and three wonderful sons who have learned through his example to respect and look up to women and treat them as equals .

eddiecat78

I agree the women are more post-menopausal than menopausal but I loved it - especially the scene in the pub.
Allira there was an extensive warning at the begining about the opening scene

Thanks, eddiecat78, I missed that.
Definitely necessary.

I’ve just caught up with last nights episode and agree the trailer did it no favours. I just loved the programme! Maybe the menopause theme is stretching credulity a bit but who cares? Brilliant writing and brilliant cast and definitely recommending it to anyone who’ll listen!

I binge watched three episodes last night - love it!

I enjoyed, no more far fetched than some of the series , where the neighbours are killing each other, I thought the characters were strong and their problems typical of that inbetween age group ,the feeling of being looked upon as a carer/ mother/babysitter and at everyone's beck and call but being disregarded and unappreciated by your family/work colleagues.

I watched episode one and loved it

I’ve binge watched it, I’m on episode 5 and I’m loving it. I can relate to Beth being invisible and her son Tom who doesn’t read her text messages, says sorry mum I must have missed that, I’m not going to spoil it by saying more but the group of actresses are a wonderful mix and in my opinion Sally Wainwright has got another winner, great writer and understands life.

I was looking forward to watching it on iPlayer this afternoon but Vodafone has been down and still is.
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I loved it - will definitely be watching it again 😊

I read that one of them was a man ie a transwoman. More BBC shoe horning in diversity?

I never had a menopause, wasn't mentioned when I worked as periods weren't, mine were excessive and caused misery but I never even told my mom, so all the attention it gets now seems extreme. Will watch it, however the one person I find believable and could identify with, is Beth and her relationship with son Tom, the others not so but no doubt many like them.. I became a bit invisible when I turned 70 but that has its advantages. So most appear too old for the menopause but too young to be invisible.

Aveline

I read that one of them was a man ie a transwoman. More BBC shoe horning in diversity?

Some years ago, having a female pilot, senior manager, chief constable etc could have led to the bbc shoe horning in diversity.

In any event, Sally Wainwright wrote it, not the bbc

Allsorts
You state that you had periods. If your periods stopped you had a menopause.
You might not have had the awful symptoms but you definitely had a menopause.

I binge watched it and the last scene more than hints there will be a second series, can't wait. Great acting, great storyline exactly what I enjoy, thank you Sally Wainwright.

Sally Wainwright only wrote it - BBC funded it and cast it.

Thank you Petra at 39. I had a total hysterectomy but allergic to hrt, was told my skin would change etc, go grey, nothing happened, I just felt free from pain, didn't put on weight and carried on teaching. Best thing I had done.

“ only wrote it “. 🌞

Aveline

I read that one of them was a man ie a transwoman. More BBC shoe horning in diversity?

I don't think so.
It would make rather a mockery of the menopause if so.

Aveline

Sally Wainwright only wrote it - BBC funded it and cast it.

Are you a writer yourself?

Allsorts

I never had a menopause, wasn't mentioned when I worked as periods weren't, mine were excessive and caused misery but I never even told my mom, so all the attention it gets now seems extreme. Will watch it, however the one person I find believable and could identify with, is Beth and her relationship with son Tom, the others not so but no doubt many like them.. I became a bit invisible when I turned 70 but that has its advantages. So most appear too old for the menopause but too young to be invisible.

Good for you. Spare a thought for those of us who weren't so fortunate. Personally, I think it's a good thing that menopause is now receiving more attention and is talked about more freely. Many people seem to think its just a case of no more periods and maybe hot flushes, but for some of us, it's so much more. It almost drove me to the brink of suicide - and I'm not being melodramatic.

I agree with ViceVersa. I get frustrated with some women who have very few problems with periods and menopause but think those of us who do are making a fuss over nothing.

I'm glad we live in more enlightened times where these issues can be openly discussed rather than women feeling they have to soldier on in silence.

What put me off is that the actresses are nearly all too old for the parts.

Allira

What put me off is that the actresses are nearly all too old for the parts.

Do you think so? They're mainly in their late 50's or early 60's. I think Joanna Scanlan looks pretty good for 63.

I lasted 45 minutes and that was a struggle.

Living in the area where it was filmed it’s a relief to me to watch something by Sally Wainwright which is less consciously about Calderdale although she couldn’t resist a line where Kitty is urged to get the bus to Hebden Bridge and then into Halifax. Although I recognise places where it was filmed I haven’t yet been irritated by the misnaming and misrepresenting of places with which I’m familiar as I was in Last Tango and Happy Valley where I found the unrelenting focus on place a real barrier to enjoying the story. People like the Riot Woman characters do live here but I don’t believe they aren’t to be found elsewhere and that the themes aren’t universal in nature. And yes it wasn’t fun to live here whilst it was being filmed. Huge areas of car parks taken up by filming crews many of whom were quite rude and inconsiderate, If you really want to see where it was filmed come by public transport as there’s very little parking at the best of times.