If there's one person who's completely changed since the last series of Sally Wainwright's Happy Valley it's young actor Rhys Connah who plays Catherine Cawood's (Sarah Lancashire) grandson, Ryan and the son of criminal Tommy Lee Royce. And now the actor has spoken out about the role and the seven-year wait since series two.
Creator, Wainwright, took so long to write a third series because they were waiting for Rhys, who was eight years old when he filmed the first series which came out in 2014. It was 2016 we saw the second series and then for the best part of a decade - nothing.
Rhys, who blew fans away with his acting as Ryan in the most recent episode, told the BBC recently: "I was told at some point, I honestly can't remember when, that she was waiting for us to grow up a bit. But I didn't know to what extent I'd be growing up. I didn't know if I'd be waiting until I was 14/15 or until I was 25 or something. Then I got a call: 'It's happening.'"
