Happy Valley - Acclaimed BBC crime drama
 

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Series 1 - 6 episodes

Storyline:

Catherine (Sarah Lancashire) is a no-nonsense police sergeant who heads up a team of officers in a rural Yorkshire valley know for it's rampant drug problems. When a staged kidnapping spirals out of control turning into a brutal series of crimes, Catherine finds herself involved in something significantly bigger than her rank, but unknowingly close to home.

Another female cop show, but this has gotten excellent reviews:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3428912/

Available on Netflix (US and Can) today.

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Watched episode 1 today- thought it was very good

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

Looking forward to watching this. Thanks for the heads up :up:

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

I'm halfway through it already. Has a bit of a Fargo vibe but not as quirky. Acting is excellent. Love it so far.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

Good series.. but a couple of pretty brutal scenes later on. You were warned.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

Yeah, it's a great series.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

I noticed this showed up last night when I was perusing the lists. Never heard of it before, but I love BBC shows, so I'll check it out sometime. I still have a lot of others to catch up on, including the underrated Wallander.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

I'll check it out.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

Sounds interesting; will check it out.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

You mean the brits aren't doing a TV show about Penn State?

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

On the 3rd episode, I like it

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

Yep- We are now 3 episodes in and it just keeps getting better- this is a fantastic show- highly recommended...

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

Finished it. Excellent show, great writing, characters, acting, no unnecessary red herrings, twists or side stories. The female lead, Sarah Lancashire, is awesome. Can't wait for series 2.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

Binged watched it last Sunday; slow to start but really intense by the 4th episode. Hopefully, they have another season.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (20/08/14)
 

Yep- we are on episode 5 and it just keeps getting better and better...

I will look for a link, but I swear I read that it was getting a 2nd season...

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (08/20/14)
 

"'Happy Valley' Renewed for Season Two by BBC Ahead of U.S. Netflix Premiere" (Aug 18)

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (08/20/14)
 

This was great, she totally reminded me a bit of Dirty Harry.

Liked it a lot and eps 4, 5, 6 were excellent.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (08/20/14)
 

We just finished this as well- that was one of the best seasons (even at only 6 episodes) of any show we have seen in a long time.

Absolutely fantastic- thrilled that there is going to be another season, but man, do they have a tough act to follow- going to be hard to ever top that story.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (08/20/14)
 

I liked the unpredictability of it but in the end I found this to be very good, not great.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (08/20/14)
 

Liked it but the last two episodes were a little disappointing compared to the stellar four that preceded them. I was glued to the television and then you reach episode 5 and it's just...eh.

The ending was a bit boring as well.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (08/20/14)
 

The second season was added to Netflix today.

re: Happy Valley - Acclaimed BBC crime drama
 

I binged watched the first series yesterday. Very good series. Started strong, ended slow, but still strong.

Looking forward to series 2.

Re: "Happy Valley" - Acclaimed BBC crime drama hits Netflix (08/20/14)
 

Thanks for the update! Enjoyed S1

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Can't wait. I enjoyed S1

re: Happy Valley - Acclaimed BBC crime drama
 

Ah Netflix, where good shows go to, uh, well, get renewed for additional seasons.

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Pumped for the new season but expect we will be using CC while viewing because between accents and fast talkers it was tough at times to make out all the dialog.
Plus I was reading in the Daily Mail site a while back that viewers in the UK were complaining about low volume in the speaking sound track of these new episodes.

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Just finished the first episode of the second series and there were no problems with the audio.

That being said, this episode was great and introduced quite a few storylines... it's good to see Mr. Moseley and Neville Longbottom get work. ;)

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oh man, I gotta finish bosch first, then Daredevil comes out then I got to get back to my DVR stuff..

ack

re: Happy Valley - Acclaimed BBC crime drama
 

Finished it tonight. Brilliant writing and acting (again). Misery worth wallowing in with delicious moments of black comedy. Even better than the first season imho.

re: Happy Valley - Acclaimed BBC crime drama
 

Great second season, finished very strong! Love sarah lancashire.. She's terrific in this.

re: Happy Valley - Acclaimed BBC crime drama
 

Just burned through season 2. One of my favorite and best acted shows on the air. Glad to see they announced their will be a season 3.

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Happy Valley Series 3 will launch at 9 pm on Sunday January 1, 2023 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. No date yet for the US release date but it will be on AMC+. It it supposed to be the final series.

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Nice. That's almost a 7 year gap between seasons. Definitely need a major recap before watching S3.

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About time, I had completely forgotten about that series. :up:

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Sweet.

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Re: Happy Valley - Acclaimed BBC crime drama
 

Realizing I saw season 1 but never returned to this series. I gotta catch up. Sarah Lancashire was great playing Julia Child on HBO for anyone who didn't see her.

https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news...-kitchen-icon/

Re: Happy Valley - Acclaimed BBC crime drama
 

Yeah, enjoyed Season 1 but never got around to 2. Looks like it's on AMC+...hmm, maybe it's time to sign up, at least for the free trial and knock out Season 2 before 3 airs.

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Season 3 so far is GREAT! This show is up there with the very best of all British crime dramas. "Prime Suspect" and "The Fall", to name a few. And Sarah Lancashire is just brilliant. She deserves every award.

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Finally got around to watching S3. Excellent season and finale to the series. Very satisfying ending.
As usual, Lancashire hits it out of the park.