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Season 2 – Happy Valley

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Catherine Cawood's personal life may be a tragic mess, but that does not stop her from being the best police sergeant her small West Yorkshire town could ask for.
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Happy Valley — Season 2

Happy Valley — Season 2

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Critics Consensus

Happy Valley continues to grow in season two with noteworthy uses of character development, locale, and exceptional performances across the board, admirably led by Sarah Lancashire.

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Allison Keene Collider Happy Valley's emotionally charged second season completely avoided a sophomore slump, and remained compelling. Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Maureen Ryan Variety "Happy Valley" does a fine job of conveying what it's like to be a small-town police officer whose daily rounds allow her to confront the dumb, silly and awful things people do to each other, and to wrestle with what she herself is capable of. Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Deborah Ross Daily Mail (UK) The second season of Happy Valley is now over... it's been so excellent. Rated: 5/5 Aug 31, 2017 Full Review Neela Debnath Daily Express (UK) All in all, it was just brilliant telly. Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Jasper Rees The Arts Desk At the heart of it all is the splendid Lancashire, incarnating Wainwright's unarguable position that the world is an altogether disappointing place but we struggle on. Rated: 4/5 Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Louisa Mellor Den of Geek Sally Wainwright's writing in Happy Valley continues to leap nimbly from comic to grave. Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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ev p A crime drama with fabulous characters. One of my favorite TV series, and crime dramas are not usually in my sweet spot. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/11/25 Full Review Michael T Follows on seamlessly from season 1, a don't miss show Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/12/24 Full Review Nigel F A continuation of an excellent series. All performances are outstanding, the writing is phenomenal Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/24 Full Review Rixie Pleasant watch, story that keeps you on the edge, characters that you cheer and bits of humour here and there. Delightful Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/12/23 Full Review Mark P Tackled the difficult follow up series well, Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/10/23 Full Review Christina K Loved it! Just as good as season one, but gets deeper into this family, and what they've had to go through in this small town outside of England. I think it's outside of England. It's a hard accent to understand sometimes so put on subtitles the other main character, that's in jail, is one of my favorite British actors as well, although I can't remember his name… Some thing, Norton and he played in Grantchester and wow what a change of rolls for this man and done very well! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Sarah Lancashire

Catherine Cawood

Siobhan Finneran

Clare Cartwright

Ivana Basic

Ilinka Blazevic

Margaret Jackman

Little Old Lady

James Norton

Tommy Lee Royce

Karl Davies

Daniel Cawood

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 9, 2016 Tommy finds a way of keeping a watchful eye over Ryan from behind bars. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 16, 2016 Catherine comes face to face with Tommy and John takes drastic action against Vicky's threats. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 21, 2016 Tommy urges Frances to go further with her attempts at making Catherine's life a misery. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 1, 2016 A gift for Ryan on his tenth birthday reminds Catherine that danger may be closer than she thinks. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 8, 2016 Daniel suspects somebody at school might be responsible for Ryan's new found interest in Tommy. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 15, 2016 Catherine confronts a delusional Frances while John's torment leads him to desperate measures. Details

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Season Info

Director
Euros Lyn, Sally Wainwright, Neasa Hardiman
Executive Producer
Nicola Shindler
Screenwriter
Sally Wainwright
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Feb 9, 2016