Happy Valley The Complete Series 1-3 [DVD]

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In the latter part of the first half of the 20th century, Britain was feeling anything but great. In the throes of abject austerity throughout the Great Depression of the thirties, only something catastrophic — becoming a leading protagonist in a six-year bout of global genocide, for example — could possibly have made it a bleaker place to be. Fate, with its characteristic perversity, obliged. Happy Valley – New drama for BBC One starring Sarah Lancashire and James Norton". BBC. 10 April 2014 . Retrieved 10 April 2014. Sigee, Rachel (5 February 2023). "Happy Valley finale, BBC One, review: A heart-stopping triumph". I . Retrieved 5 February 2023. Delves Broughton was brought to trial months after the death. The word ‘motive’ hung above his head in flaming italics — Hay having been one of his wife’s lovers — yet he was acquitted and returned home to England. A few days after his arrival, he too committed suicide, by injecting a lethal overdose of morphine in a bedroom at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool. This, naturally, got scurrilous tongues wagging even more fervently. Finally, new evidence — a tape recording, made by the son of friends of Hay, Diana and Delves Broughton, and giving an account of how the murder was carried out — was provided to Nicholls while she was researching her book in 2007, and seemed to prove unequivocally that Delves Broughton was, indeed, the killer. The mystery might have been solved, but the intrigue still burns: James Fox’s book White Mischief, on which the aforementioned movie was based, has never been out of print since its publication in 1982. In 2012, Sam made it to the final of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year competition, and went on to become a filmmaker himself, directing three features that have all played major festivals, and secured distribution – starring in two of them.

Weekly top 30 programmes". BARB. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016 . Retrieved 13 January 2017.On 20 August 2014, the series was further released on Netflix in Canada and the USA, marketed as a "Netflix Original". [36] However, it departed Netflix in March 2020. [37] Bremner, Jade (11 December 2013). "Last Tango in Halifax actress Sarah Lancashire begins shooting new crime drama in Yorkshire". Radio Times . Retrieved 19 January 2014. The name "Happy Valley" is what local police in the Calder Valley call the area because of its drug problem. [9] On 22 November 2012, Ben Stephenson announced the commissioning of Happy Valley for BBC One. The programme was written by Sally Wainwright, produced by Karen Lewis, and directed by Euros Lyn, Sally Wainwright and Tim Fywell. [4] [5]

Most recently airing on BBC One in 2016, Happy Valley is adored by viewers and critics alike, with series two attracting an average audience of 9.3 million. The first two series each won the BAFTA Television awards for both Drama Series and Writing: Drama for Sally Wainwright, with Sarah Lancashire winning the BAFTA Television award for Leading Actress for series two.Sarah Lancashire: 'Happy Valley is one of the hardest jobs I've had. It's brutal' ". What's On TV. 28 April 2014 . Retrieved 12 June 2014.

Creative England provides filming location and crew support to new BBC drama Happy Valley when filming in Yorkshire". Creative England. 29 April 2014 . Retrieved 12 June 2014.

Lord Erroll's murder was also dramatised in the feature film White Mischief, which was released seven months after the first transmission of The Happy Valley. [2] See also [ edit ] Happy Valley to premiere exclusively on Netflix in the U.S. and Canada". Netflix . Retrieved 22 September 2014.

The first episode aired on 29 April 2014 at 21:00, receiving 8.64million viewers, as the second most watched show of the week (commencing 28 April 2014) for BBC One. [12] The BBC reported that the show received an average consolidated audience of 8.21million viewers over six episodes and an additional 8.1million requests for the show on BBC iPlayer. [13] Radio Times called Happy Valley a "word-of-mouth hit" which "steadily became a success outside the normal audience for the slot and channel." [14] Eames, Tom (11 December 2013). "Sarah Lancashire, Steve Pemberton for BBC One thriller Happy Valley". Digital Spy . Retrieved 19 January 2014. However, some reviewers have criticised the show for its graphic content, especially in episodes three and four of season one, while others have noted the ubiquitous typecasting of male characters as either weak or criminals. [17] Former Sowerby Bridge Police Station and Park Wood Crematorium in Elland also served as filmsets. Both series one and two won the Baftas for drama series and writing, while Sarah Lancashire won the leading actress prize for the second series.

As TV writer Sally Wainwright was born in Huddersfield and brought up in Sowerby Bridge, it is perhaps unsurprising that Happy Valley is set in Yorkshire. The majority of the BBC show, which first aired in 2014, was filmed in Calder Valley which encompasses picturesque and charming towns such as Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Sowerby Bridge. The release date for Happy Valley season 3 has finally been confirmed". 2 December 2022 . Retrieved 20 July 2023. Hemley, Matthew (18 March 2015). "Sarah Lancashire and Tom Hollander win at Royal Television Society Programme Awards". The Stage . Retrieved 7 May 2015.