Happy Valley (TV series)

Happy Valley
Genre	Crime drama Police procedural
Created by	Sally Wainwright
Written by	Sally Wainwright
Directed by	Sally Wainwright Euros Lyn Tim Fywell Neasa Hardiman Patrick Harkins Fergus O'Brien
Starring	Sarah Lancashire Siobhan Finneran James Norton Charlie Murphy George Costigan Rhys Connah
Opening theme	"Trouble Town" by Jake Bugg
Ending theme	"Trouble Town"
Composer	Ben Foster
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Nicola Shindler Sally Wainwright Matthew Read Will Johnston Faith Penhale Rayan Salvi Sarah Lancashire
Producers	Karen Lewis (series 1) Juliet Charlesworth (series 2) Jessica Taylor (series 3)
Production locations	Calder Valley (Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Heptonstall, Todmorden, Halifax)
Running time	60–70 minutes
Production companies	Red Production Company (series 1–2) Lookout Point TV (series 3)
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	29 April 2014 (2014-04-29) – 5 February 2023 (2023-02-05)
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Happy Valley is a British crime drama television series, set and filmed in the Calder Valley, West Yorkshire. Starring Sarah Lancashire, James Norton and Siobhan Finneran, it was written and created by Sally Wainwright and directed by Wainwright, Euros Lyn and Tim Fywell. The first series began on BBC One on 29 April 2014, the second on 9 February 2016, and the third and final series on 1 January 2023.^[1] It won the 2015 BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series, and won another BAFTA for Best Drama for the second series.^[2]