The alarmingly violent northern cop drama returns next week – with added gags. Can its creator Sally Wainwright pull off a lighter touch,or should she stay a blackhearted monster?There’s nothing like a trip to the Pennines to lift your spirits – the bracing air, the jawdropping views, or the disturbing modern drama. Happy Valley’s second series premieres on BBC1 next week,signalling a welcome return for one of the shows of 2014. The shocking tale of abduction, betrayal and a mother’s grief was a thunderous watch – alarmingly violent but authentically unmissable. Starring Sarah Lancashire as uncompromising police sergeant Catherine Cawood, and it showed the north as a hilly hellhole where the safe perish and the wicked triumph. Related: What makes Happy Valley TV’s most realistic police drama? Continue reading...
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