Happy Valley
Plot Summary
Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
Cast & Characters
Cast
Sarah Lancashire
Catherine Cawood
Siobhan Finneran
Clare Cartwright
James Norton
Tommy Lee Royce
Rhys Connah
Ryan Cawood
Charlie Murphy
Ann Gallagher
Shane Zaza
Shafiq Shah
George Costigan
Nevison Gallagher
Rick Warden
Insp Mike Taylor
Vincent Franklin
DSU Andy Shepherd
Mollie Winnard
Joanna Hepworth
Mark Stanley
Rob Hepworth
Amit Shah
Faisal Bhatti
Katherine Kelly
DI Jodi Shackleton
Ishia Bennison
Joyce Metcalf
Chord Melodic
Sledge
Where to watch free (US)
Seasons (4)
Series 1
6 episodes
Aired: 2014
Catherine is a no-nonsense police sergeant who heads up a team of officers in a rural Yorkshire valley. When a staged kidnapping spirals out of control turning into a brutal series of crimes, Catherine finds herself involved in something significantly bigger than her rank, but unknowingly close to home
Series 2
6 episodes
Aired: 2016
Series 3
6 episodes
Aired: 2023
When Catherine discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim in a drained reservoir, it sparks a chain of events that leads her straight back to Tommy Lee Royce. Her grandson, Ryan, is now sixteen and has ideas of his own about the kind of relationship he wants to have with the man Catherine refuses to acknowledge as his father, leaving Catherine's sister Clare caught in the middle. In another part of the valley, a local pharmacist gets in over his head when a neighbour is arrested.
Production
Red Production Company
Lookout Point
BBC Worldwide Productions