Happy Valley

Sarah Lancashire will reprise her role as Sergeant Catherine Cawood in the BBC One crime drama.

Happy Valley's Sarah Lancashire, James Norton and Siobhan Finneran are confirmed to reprise their roles for the third series.

The streamer has commissioned three new scripted originals – a swashbuckling thriller, a dark comedy and a superhero series.

From returning big hitters like Killing Eve and Gentleman Jack, to brand new shows - here are the best female-written shows set to air this year

The long-awaited third series has been delayed because writer Sally Wainwright wanted to wait until child actor Rhys Connah was a little older

The two channels will add hundreds of hours of content to the upcoming British streaming service

From the cast to filming locations, here's everything you need to know about the BBC's BAFTA-winning crime drama.

Expect British favourites from Gavin and Stacey to Gentleman Jack and Happy Valley as well as brand new content

It has been more than three years since the last series of BBC drama Happy Valley

“There’s something about the mafia that is quite compelling… with money and fast cars and yachts and beautiful women”

Executive producer Nicola Shindler dashes the hopes of fans…but she does confirm that Sarah Lancashire WILL return as Sergeant Catherine Cawood for the new run

Danish actress Grabol will be playing royalty in the new period drama from Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright

A study from the Writers Guild of Great Britain reveals that just 14% of prime time British TV is written by women

The BBC's dramatisation of the search for a missing schoolgirl is a raw and evocative study of kindness

Sarah Lancashire and James Norton are joined by Katherine Kelly, Shirley Henderson, Kevin Doyle, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Matthew Lewis for a chilling second season

His novels have been adapted into a four-part drama for BBC1 – here the author reveals why his thrillers are the real deal

Alison Graham on Sally Wainwright's compelling dark thriller and its place among the best shows on TV

Never mind Sherlock and John, there's just something about Catherine and Clare, says Sarah Doran

“Men are trusted more, it’s just assumed they’ll be good at something. Whereas women have to prove they’re going to be good at it”

The Doctor Foster star will lead the drama from writer Sally Wainwright, about a 19th century Yorkshire landowner who embarks on a passionate courtship with another woman

Male writers of tough dramas like In The Dark are too scared of lightening their female characters, says Alison Graham

The Happy Valley and War and Peace actor looks back on a stellar 2016 – and addresses those James Bond rumours

Everything you need to know about the biggest night of the TV year

Instead of focusing on creating sequels, we should let good shows end with dignity says Radio Times TV editor Alison Graham

The screenwriter adds yet another award to her trophy cabinet

The 75 year-old star of The Real Marigold Hotel and new BBC4 comedy Bucket has her sights set on India and Norway - and fancies a role in a TV detective series

Fleabag, Happy Valley and Damilola, Our Loved Boy also scoop three nominations each

It was a big night for the broadcaster with wins for Phoebe Waller Bridge's Fleabag, People Just Do Nothing and Murdered By My Father

BBC and HBO formally commissions the new eight-part series from the Happy Valley creator

Sound problems or actors mumbling? Dodgy technology or poor quality audio recording? We investigate the returning problem of 'Mumblegate'

Casualty, Cold Feet, Game Of Thrones, Happy Valley and The Night Manager were all up for a gong in a strong year for drama

And he’s not the only Happy Valley star to pop up in Sally Wainwright’s new project

The votes have been counted and the results are in: here's our critics' countdown of the year's best telly. And the winner is...

Wainwright wants to work on the story of Yorkshire diarist Anne Lister before bringing Catherine Cawood back to our screens

First he got Black Mirror, then he wanted Bake Off… now the boss of Netflix is using the British royal family to launch the company's next big push

And you’ll never guess who he hangs out with…

The Happy Valley star may be back in the nick, but this time she's escaping through song

Perfect jaw line, husky voice AND a great sense of humour

But in the meantime, she's working on an idea for a TV musical

The Grantchester, War and Peace and Happy Valley star will play the son of Russian exiles with a mafia past

Main BBC channels get a largely clean bill of health but programme makers are told that the public wants more shows that are “fresh and new”

He'll be following in the footsteps of Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon and Kiefer Sutherland

Scenes which never made it into series two also show Catherine agonising over Miss Wealand and Jodie Shackleton having a heart-to-heart with Ann Gallagher

The superstar writer talks about Happy Valley series 3, the need for Northern voices and her non-stop work ethic

Producer Nicola Shindler says she could see the series expanding the series to eight episodes, but only when creator Sally Wainwright was "ready to write it"

You don't have to be like Bob the Binge...

Catherine's future with Ryan looks uncertain – but no one is in any doubt that Sally Wainwright's drama is one of the best shows of the year

Writer Sally Wainwright has teased Catherine Cawood's return on BBC Breakfast

As series two comes to a close we look back on the best characters and most memorable moments the Calder Valley had to offer

Was Catherine's moment with Ryan on the hills full of tragedy or hope? After that series two finale, it's time to have your say...

Catherine Cawood may be queen of the Calder Valley but it was John Wadsworth who had us on the edge of our seats, says Sarah Doran

Sally Wainwright's BBC1 drama ended tonight, but has the series run its course?

The picturesque market town in the Yorkshire Pennines is home to Bohemian cafés and festivals as well as the gritty police drama

Well, we all need a lie down after that...

Contains spoilers for tonight’s episode

SPOILERS for fans who haven't seen episode five of series two!!!

The Doctor Who showrunner had something important to say about Happy Valley – and who better to send it to but RT's letters page?

Someone's committing murder most foul in the Calder Valley - but who?

What on earth is going on in the Calder Valley?

A brew isn't just a prop in Sally Wainwright's BBC1 series — it actually means something, says Kasia Delgado

Things in the Calder Valley just got a LOT more interesting

The actor, who plays the murderous Tommy Lee Royce, talks series two, obsessive fans and posh actors on TV

The Valley may not be happy but fans of Sally Wainwright's superb drama most certainly will be, says Sarah Doran

The Bafta-winning scriptwriter addresses the “rubbish” idea in TV circles that a second series is inherently "risky"

Prince Andrei was pretending to read Tolstoy's Russian epic way before he actually became Prince Andrei...

The Grantchester and War and Peace star says preconceptions about actors from certain backgrounds often means they "aren’t allowed the opportunity to transform"

The BBC1 drama returns this month with Sarah Lancashire's Catherine Cawood still obsessed with killer Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton)

It doesn't give much away — but Sarah Lancashire's haunted stare has us longing for the next instalment...

The outgoing Director of Television cites Poldark, Happy Valley, Peaky Blinders and Wolf Hall among other shows in his tribute to the Corporation

Did you miss The Missing? Is Happy Valley that show you keep meaning to watch? Is Sherlock still on your must-see list? Here's where to find this year's Bafta-nominated series on-demand

Olivia Colman is nominated for a fourth consecutive year while Benedict Cumberbatch receives his third Bafta nomination, one of two this year for Sherlock

Bake Off, Fargo and Murdered By My Boyfriend are also contenders, while Claudia Winkleman is in the running for her Strictly Come Dancing debut

James Nesbitt, Toby Jones and David Threlfall are all nominated for the best actor award

The votes have been counted. And our critics' favourite programme of the year is...

“It would be crazy to damage, undermine or deflate what we have” says BBC director of television Danny Cohen in an impassioned speech to journalists

Sally Wainwright and Sarah Lancashire have made a thriller to rival anything from the other side of the Atlantic, says Jack Seale

I’ll catalogue the failings of the BBC all day long but only on the basis that it’s still better than any alternative, says David Butcher

"I do love those shifts of gear you get as an actor, weaving a haunting dark drama with a bit of daft sunbed acting"