Rhys Connah has ruled out Happy Valley ever returning, after fans inclluding soap star Lisa Riley called for it to come back and be centered around his character Ryan Cawood.
Nine years after it made its explosive debut on BBC and after three absolutely thrilling series, Happy Valley's finale aired on BBC One on Sunday night and Ryan was right at the heart of the action. Grandson of Sarah Lancashire's lead character Catherine Cawood and son of her arch nemesis Tommy Lee Royce, Ryan was a main character in Happy Valley from the get-go as Catherine was determined to keep the youngster apart from his villainous dad, the man who raped her daughter and drove her to suicide.
After Tommy ended up behind bars, a woman obsessed with the criminal contacted him in prison, before taking her infatuation further by faking her identity to get a job at Ryan's school in a bid to bring him closer to Tommy and turn him against his family at home.
The final episodes of Happy Valley's third series saw Ryan betray Catherine by going to see Tommy in prison, before his convict father then broke free from court and asked the now teenager to run away with him to Marbella.
After finding out from another of Tommy's victims, Ann Gallagher, just what an evil and horrible man his dad was, Ryan told Catherine there was 'no way he'd go away with him, before a final showdown between Catherine and Tommy, saw Tommy set fire to himself, with his death confirmed in the very last scene of the finale.
As the nation reacted to Happy Valley ending, Rhys have his first ever TV interview on Monday's Loose Women and was put on the spot about the possibility of the show ever coming back, after a line in the finale when someone mistook Ryan for one of Catherine's police colleagues, sparked a theory that he could follow in her footsteps and Happy Valley could be built around him.
Shutting that down, Rhys told Loose Women host Ruth Langsford: "There are no plans for a season four...I'm really sorry everyone.," as Ruth relayed the moment from the finale when Ryan was mistaken for a new recruit," and panellist Linda Ronson chimed in: "We'll wait another eight years for it!"
Emmerdale star Lisa Riley was one of the many Happy Valley fans to get on board with a suggestion of it returning with Ryan as the central character, with her tweeting: "LISTEN UP EVERYONE who’s with me??Why why why can we NOT have another series of “HAPPY VALLEY” where lovely RYAN is now a copper in training ??
She added: "it would totally make sense-and see where that could go...phone Sally Wainright please"
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