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The Assassin: Keeley Hawes drama is a milestone for menopause on screen

Keeley Hawes’s new Channel 4 and Prime Video drama, The Assassin, introduces a premise that feels both bold and overdue. It follows Julie (Hawes), a menopausal woman, overlooked and emotionally stalled, who worked as a hitwoman in her youth and unexpectedly comes out of retirement to return to the profession.

The Conversation

Happy Valley role born out of fear, Sarah Lancashire says

Lancashire, 60, won two leading actress Baftas for playing grieving Sergeant Catherine Cawood in the BBC drama set in Hebden Bridge.

Evening Standard

Happy Valley’s Siobhan Finneran: ‘We’re all a bit of a mess, blundering our way through stuff’

INTERVIEW: After the whirlwind success of ‘Happy Valley’, Siobhan Finneran is stepping up to a long-overdue leading role in an ITV police thriller. She talks to Katie Rosseinsky about delving into the secretive world of witness protection, why Sally Wainwright’s work struck such a chord, and juggling hard-hitting drama with…

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Nine working-class creatives on class in the arts – and how they made it

As artists call for better access to the arts, Sally Wainwright, Steven Knight, Larry Achiampong and others speak out

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m in my early 20s most of the time… totally up for it!’: Tamsin Greig on ageing, caring and learning bass guitar

The stage and screen actor on her two, vastly different new roles – with Celia Imrie in a radical play about a woman caring for her mother after a stroke, and in a Sally Wainwright TV drama about five women who form a punk band

The Guardian - UK

Tamsin Greig and Rosalie Craig become punk rockers in first look at new drama

The upcoming six-part series will follow five women coping with work, grown-up children, dependent parents, husbands and the menopause.

Evening Standard

Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire describes CBE as ‘unexpected delight’

She has been recognised in the New Year Honours for her services to drama.

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5 of my favorite British TV shows to stream on Netflix with over 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

There's plenty of great British TV to watch on Netflix including dramas, comedies, and competition series.

TechRadar

On my radar: Peter Biskind’s cultural highlights

The film historian and cultural critic on his love of Gentleman Jack, why blueberries from Maine are superior, and how Tana French’s crime novels transcend genre

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Kevin McCloud looks back on 25 years of dream homebuilding

Celebrating the grandest and greenest of house designs. Plus: who will get the gongs at The National Television Awards? Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Disney Plus fantasy series featuring Derry Girls star canceled after just one season

Renegade Nell has not been renewed for season 2

Total Film

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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WhatToWatch

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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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The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Evening Standard

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

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

Renegade Nell looks like another hit for Disney+

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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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