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The Latest Breaking News from Sally Wainwright

Disney Plus just canceled new adventure series Renegade Nell with 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, despite a super-cool season 2 tease from the director

Superb performances, big laughs and a starry cast weren't enough to save Renegade Nell from her fate.

TechRadar

Suranne Jones on Gentleman Jack, witch trials and politics: “I think as a country, we've lost faith”

The acclaimed actor’s surprising new role is as host of a documentary on witch trials, a subject with fascinating links to the present day

Evening Standard

3 best new shows to binge on Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ this weekend

Here's three great debut series to cram in over the bank holiday.

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Riot Women: cast, plot, trailer, first looks and everything you need to know about Sally Wainwright’s punk drama

Riot Women is a BBC1 drama by Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright that follows five middle-aged women who form a punk band.

WhatToWatch

The week in TV: Big Mood; Renegade Nell; A Gentleman in Moscow; Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods – review

Nicola Coughlan goes deep in a bleak millennials comedy of mental illness; fellow ex-Derry Girl Louisa Harland cuts a dash in Sally Wainwright’s bold Disney adventure; and Ewan McGregor makes for a rousing Russian aristo

The Guardian - UK

Renegade Nell on Disney+ review: Sally Wainwright's historical romp sags under the weight of its own whimsy

Stand and deliver: this show’s here to steal your money and your time

Evening Standard

Renegade Nell review – Derry Girls’ Louisa Harland is beyond brilliant in Sally Wainwright’s new drama

This fun, action-packed romp about super-powered highway robbery is like Gentleman Jack with added swagger. And its star could not be more magnificent

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From Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire to Renegade Nell – a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

The new generation of ghoul-getters meet the New York originals, and Sally Wainwright stands and delivers with her drama about an 18th-century highwaywoman

The Guardian - UK

Renegade Nell to A Gentleman in Moscow: the seven best shows to stream this week

Sally Wainwright’s wildly enjoyable new period drama sees an ex-Derry Girl turn highway robber, while Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of a Russian aristocrat beautifully evokes the start of the 20th century

The Guardian - UK

The biggest spring TV shows: our must-see picks, from Ripley to Queenie

From big-budget romps to high-octane thrillers, and with star performances from Colin Farrell, Gillian Anderson and Ncuti Gatwa, Vicky Jessop rounds up the shows everyone (except Prince Andrew) is looking forward to

Evening Standard

‘I never dreamed I’d get this role!’: Derry Girl Louisa Harland on Sally Wainwright’s thrilling new heroine

She’s gone from playing a schoolgirl to starring as a highway robber with superpowers in new swashbuckling period romp, Renegade Nell. The actor talks pie and mash, stunt training – and why there are no nipples in her new series

The Guardian - UK

Disney drops epic trailer for Sally Wainwright's new fantasy adventure Renegade Nell

Derry Girls’ Louisa Harland will star as the heroic highwaywoman Nell Jackson

Evening Standard

Happy Valley creator's next show is a Disney+ fantasy adventure

Renegade Nell looks like another hit for Disney+

Renegade Nell: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview, first looks and all about the swashbuckling adventure series

Renegade Nell is a Disney Plus fantasy series with Derry Girls star Louisa Harland playing a notorious highwaywoman in a series by Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Guaranteed to be a banger’: the 50 must-see TV shows for 2024

A terrifying Kate Winslet! A new Sally Wainwright epic! Benedict Cumberbatch with a 7ft puppet! Want to know what TV to devour in 2024? Here’s your guide

The Guardian - UK

‘Oh my God, was Happy Valley slow and wrong?’ The demons of writer Sally Wainwright

She finally said goodbye to her Calder Valley classic this year. But why did her star beg for the ending to be changed? And why is she so excited about menopausal punks?

The Conversation

The seven best TV shows of 2023 reviewed by our experts

This year has been a memorable one for television. From the scintillating Succession finale to animated AI dramas, these are the seven shows that had our academic experts glued to the small screen in 2023.

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The 50 best TV shows of 2023: No 3 – Happy Valley

Funny, blunt and totally gripping, the third and final series of Sally Wainwright’s crime show is that rarest of things: a drama so thrilling it more than lives up to the hype

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The 20 best TV shows of 2023, from Succession and Happy Valley to The Last of Us

With so many shows airing their final series this year, 2023 felt like the end of a televisual chapter, writes Nick Hilton. But there were also some superb new arrivals. Here are the top 20 releases from the past 12 months

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Sarah Lancashire scoops major international award for Happy Valley

Sarah Lancashire has snapped up a huge international award for her turn as Catherine Cawood in the BBC police drama, Happy Valley.

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BBC announces new drama from Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright

Happy Valley creator and writer Sally Wainwright will return to the BBC with Hot Flush, a new drama about 'women of a certain age' forming a punk-rock band.

Evening Standard

BBC announces that six new TV shows are in the works, including a new season of Black Ops

The BBC’s roster of upcoming projects brings together celebrated names and new talent

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the excellent Nicola Walker stars in a new series of Annika

Emotions come to the fore in the Scottish cop drama. Plus, a sobering documentary about a 1970s yachting tragedy. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The best TV of 2023 so far

A tantalising new cop drama, a thrilling trip down the rage super highway and wicked fun on the labour ward – here are the year’s telly highlights up to now

The Guardian - UK

Halifax thrilled to be new mecca for movie makers after Happy Valley success

Happy Valley’s success cemented a film and TV boom in the West Yorkshire town – and now the cameras can’t stay away

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