Riot Women BBC1

MollyNew

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.

So not menopausal.

I think it's absolutely excellent and binge watched all episodes. Thoroughly enjoyed it and really good acting especially from Kitty/Rosalie Craig who is a really good singer. Also loved the dramatic ending.

Quite enjoyed it, but did feel the opening suicide scene was unnecessary and very difficult to watch for many.

I loved it, I’ve watched 2 eps and can’t wait to see the rest.

Loved it! Finally something not police based. Brilliant cast and writing. Sally Wainwright is so talented.

I loved it.

People are making far too much of the menopause aspect of the drama. It isn’t all about that by any means. How many episodes have the people being critical bothered to watch?

Even if some of the women are through menopause and out the other side, they may well have experienced some debilitating symptoms along the way.

The women write a song about the pain and mess of childbirth too but four of them are past childbearing age.

However old they are meant to be playing in the drama, they are all working women: teacher, publican, police officers, midwife and singer/barworker, juggling work alongside all the pressures that life brings with messy relationships, family members young and old.

One of the most poignant moments was when Kitty was noodling on Beth's piano with Joni Mitchell’s A Case of You. Anybody who knows the lyrics will understand the relevance of that in the context of the drama ... and shows that Kitty can sing more than Alanis Morissette-angry (although I'd love to hear her sing You Oughta Know).

I binged and loved it! I’d recommend giving it time for the characters to develop before writing it off.
I’ve known characters like this in my life and this is a depiction of a lot of them.

PaynesGrey, I heard Sally W interviewed on women’s hour. She said the Joni bit was the actor doodling between takes. They liked it so much, they left it in
I’m a big Joni fan, off to a celebration of her music in Manc tonight

It’s started slowly and complex putting all the characters together. However we will stick with it for the moment.

Loved it. Watched two episodes then binge watched the rest of the series. You don't need to be actually menopausal to appreciate it or to be a menopausal actress to perform. For many it will bring back memories of how it was. It's not a documentary! Can't wait for the next series.

PaynesGrey Spot on!

I’m a fan. Looking forward to the next episode. These days I actively seek out series that make me laugh, or at least smile, and don’t contain nauseous or claustrophobic scenes that I absolutely do not want to look at.

A bit slow to start. I cannot help comparing to Rock Follies which was a similar story

Iam64

PaynesGrey, I heard Sally W interviewed on women’s hour. She said the Joni bit was the actor doodling between takes. They liked it so much, they left it in
I’m a big Joni fan, off to a celebration of her music in Manc tonight

Thank you Iam64. I hadn't heard that and have just listened to the interview, not once but twice as the bit about A Case of You is cut from the Weekend Woman's Hour edit.

The full interview is here with the bit about Joni at 18.00 minutes:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002kgrd

Have a good evening.

P.S. A little bit of Joni (at 80) with Annie Lennox and Brandi Carlile celebrating Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxqFJLm6Hp4

I was gripped. I identified with the Beth character, not the suicide thank goodness, but being HoD in a school and having a flaky colleague wished on us who couldn't keep order or keep up with the curriculum.
But I thought all the women were brilliant and I'll definitely go on watching.

I really enjoyed it. Sally Wainwright writes strong, if flawed, women so well.
Is the daughter of pub owner, who is obviously trans, put there for future story lines in a second series, or just Beeb being ‘right-on’?

I really enjoyed the first episode and look forward to the next one.

It blew me away, it was brilliant. Am going to break my house rule and binge watch the whole series!

Allira

petra

Allira

petra

The clips that have been shown were enough for me 👎

Wonderful women struggling against the odds , all stereotypes petra

The men were useless, feckless, patronising stereotypes.

I didn’t miss much then 😂

As other posters thought it was very good, perhaps you should try it for yourself instead of taking my word for it!

A matter of personal taste.
Personally, I thought it was OTT with extremes of character.

So did we, we thought they were all as mad as hatters. LOL

Just on episode 4 absolutely brilliant totally hooked.
As for the actresses not being menopausal because of their ages well I am just about over the menopausal stage at 66 didn’t start until I was 59

petra

The clips that have been shown were enough for me 👎

Same here, after seeing the clips there’s no way I want to watch the series.

Did Sally Wainwright write Happy Valley? That was brilliant.

Allira

MollyNew

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.

So not menopausal.

So maybe Post-menopausal, which can still adversely affect some women.

I think Riot Women addresses issues which affect women in their mid 50's and over, with their various challenges - health, family, jobs, the ageing process. If they were all happy and/or on HRT with no problems, it wouldn't be much of a Riot

If they were all happy and/or on HRT with no problems, it wouldn't be much of a Riot

Lots of women went through that stage of life, I remember it well but it Judy seems so OTT.

If they all went off to their GPs for some HRT therd wouldn't be a drama about them 😁