Riot Women is a BBC1 drama about five menopausal women who form a punk rock band, and at its heart is a secret that could tear their lives apart. It's a six-part drama from Doctor Foster producers Drama Republic and created by Happy Valley and Gentleman Jack writer Sally Wainwright.
Formerly called Hot Flush, this drama is set in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire (where Happy Valley was filmed) and follows the lives of a group of women who jokingly create a makeshift butt-of-the-joke punk-rock band to enter a talent contest. However, set against the backdrop of coping with demanding jobs, children, dependent parents, husbands who have let them down and the menopause, the band becomes an outlet, giving them a voice and forcing them to question everything in their lives. But a long-buried secret could ruin them all. The cast for the exciting drama has yet to be announced but we’ll update this page in due course.
