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There are still a lot of questions that need answering in the final of BBC drama, Happy Valley

Sarah Lancashire’s portrayal in the hit series is 10 times tougher than her TV predecessors

Sally Wainwright’s astounding drama might be a propulsive, plot-driven beast, but it’s TV perfection for another reason – the warm, spectacularly written details

Susan Lynch, who plays Alison Garrs in Happy Valley, lives a quiet life away from the BBC series, but the Irish actress has a famous ex-husband and once filmed a steamy sex scene with a major Hollywood actor

Locations covered include Hebden Bridge, which is the setting for main character Catherine Cawood’s home town

The theories have been spiraling out of control – here we break down the big ones

Happy Valley’s viewing figures have swelled throughout the series, which reaches its conclusion on Sunday

Like many LGBT+ folk who came of age in the Eighties, I worked out a tough lesson young — that any sort of future happiness would probably be lived partially outside of the establishment. Religion called us sinners, schools behaved as if we didn’t exist, the police treated us as…

Happy Valley fans are sure they've worked out how Sarah Lancashire will survive her final showdown with Tommy Lee Royce on Sunday - with one of the copper's prized possessions possibly saving her life