‘Happy Valley’ Creator Sally Wainwright Unveils New Series ‘Riot Women’
Menopause, according to Sally Wainwright, is the ultimate punk rock.
At a masterclass at the Series Mania TV festival in Lille on Tuesday, the BAFTA-winning British TV showrunner of Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax, unveiled her new series, Riot Women, a dramedy about a group of middle-aged women who come together to form a makeshift punk rock band.
“I got the idea about 10 years ago and started mentioning to people at work, the idea of 50-something women forming a punk band,” said Wainwright, speaking on the Series Mania main stage with producing partner Roanna Benn of Drama Republic. “It’s very personal, it’s about my life, about the menopause…but I wanted to talk about it in a different way [make it] propulsive and exciting.”
“It’s properly funny and properly gripping from beginning to end,” added Benn.
Riot Women stars Joanna Scanlan (After Love, The Thick of It...
At a masterclass at the Series Mania TV festival in Lille on Tuesday, the BAFTA-winning British TV showrunner of Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax, unveiled her new series, Riot Women, a dramedy about a group of middle-aged women who come together to form a makeshift punk rock band.
“I got the idea about 10 years ago and started mentioning to people at work, the idea of 50-something women forming a punk band,” said Wainwright, speaking on the Series Mania main stage with producing partner Roanna Benn of Drama Republic. “It’s very personal, it’s about my life, about the menopause…but I wanted to talk about it in a different way [make it] propulsive and exciting.”
“It’s properly funny and properly gripping from beginning to end,” added Benn.
Riot Women stars Joanna Scanlan (After Love, The Thick of It...
- 3/25/2025
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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