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Synopsis

Happy Valley

Catherine Cawood is a strong-willed police sergeant in West Yorkshire still coming to terms with her daughter's suicide. Just as she seems to be getting back on top of her life she spots Tommy Lee Royce , the man she believes is responsible for brutally raping her daughter. She soon becomes obsessed with finding Royce, unaware that he is involved in a kidnapping instigated by Kevin Weatherill, an accountant in way over his head.

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Broadcaster

BBC One

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Awards

Best New Drama
TV Choice Awards 2014

Best Actress - Sarah Lancashire
TV Choice Awards 2014

TV Dagger Drama Award
Crime Thriller Awards 2014

Best Supporting Actor - James Norton
Crime Thriller Awards 2014

Best Actress - Sarah Lancashire
RTS North West Awards 2014

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Awards

Best Actress - Sarah Lancashire
C21 Drama Awards 2014

Best Long Form TV Drama
Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards 2015

Best Drama
Fipa Awards 2015

Best Drama
Broadcast Awards 2015

Best Actress - Sarah Lancashire
RTS Awards 2015

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Achievements

Awards

Best Drama Series
BAFTA Television Awards 2015

Best European Drama Series - Happy Valley
Golden Nymph Awards 2015

Outstanding Actress - Sarah Lancashire
Golden Nymph Awards 2015

Best Drama - Happy Valley
RTS Yorkshire Awards 2015

Best Writer - Sally Wainwright
RTS Yorkshire Awards 2015

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Awards

Best On Screen Performance - Sarah Lancashire
RTS Yorkshire Awards 2015

Filmed in Yorkshire - Happy Valley
RTS Yorkshire Awards 2015

Best New Programme - Happy Valley
Edinburgh TV Awards 2015

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Awards

Entertainment Award
Peabody Awards 2017

Best Drama Series
BAFTA TV Awards 2017

Leading Actress - Sarah Lancashire
BAFTA TV Awards 2017

Writer: Drama - Sally Wainwright
BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2017

Writer: Drama - Sally Wainwright
RTS Programme Awards 2017

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Cast & Crew

Actors

Sarah Lancashire

Steve Pemberton

Siobhan Finneran

George Costigan

Joe Armstrong

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James Norton

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Adam Long

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Charlie Murphy

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Amelia Bullmore

Karl Davies

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Kevin Doyle

Shirley Henderson

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Robert Emms

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Vincent Franklin

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Katherine Kelly

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Matthew Lewis

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Susan Lynch

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Con O'Neill

Rick Warden

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Writer

Sally Wainwright

Directors

Euros Lyn

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    Cucumber

Sally Wainwright

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Tim Fywell

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Neasa Hardiman

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Producers

Karen Lewis

Juliet Charlesworth

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