Happy Valley (TV series)

Happy Valley
Happy Valley title card
Genre
Created bySally Wainwright
Written bySally Wainwright
Directed by
Starring
Opening theme"Trouble Town" by Jake Bugg
Ending theme"Trouble Town"
ComposerBen Foster
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Nicola Shindler
  • Sally Wainwright
  • Matthew Read
  • Will Johnston
  • Faith Penhale
  • Rayan Salvi
  • Sarah Lancashire
Producers
  • Karen Lewis (series 1)
  • Juliet Charlesworth (series 2)
  • Jessica Taylor (series 3)
Production locationsCalder Valley
(Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Heptonstall, Todmorden, Halifax)
Running time60–70 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release29 April 2014 (2014-04-29) –
5 February 2023 (2023-02-05)
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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.[1] It won the 2015 BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series, and won another BAFTA for Best Drama for the second series.[2]

  1. ^ "The release date for Happy Valley season 3 has finally been confirmed". 2 December 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Bafta TV awards 2015: Winners in full". BBC. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2017.