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.

Watched episode 1 today- thought it was very good

Looking forward to watching this. Thanks for the heads up

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

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

Yeah, it's a great series.

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.

I'll check it out.

Sounds interesting; will check it out.

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

On the 3rd episode, I like it

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

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.

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

The second season was added to Netflix today.

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

Looking forward to series 2.

Thanks for the update! Enjoyed S1

Can't wait. I enjoyed S1

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