Riot Women season 2 doesn't start filming for another six months, but one BBC iPlayer star seems secretly pleased…
I'm not sure if Sally Wainwright fans have a name, but if they don't, it should be 'Wainwrighters'. I've been once since I was 17 and watching Last Tango in Halifax for the first time, and I've been in love with her writing, which includes Happy Valley and Gentleman Jack, ever since.
As of 2025, that took the form of Riot Women, which you can stream on BBC iPlayer. Set against a classic Wainwright Yorkshire backdrop, the show follows five menopausal women from Hebden Bridge who form a makeshift punk-rock band to enter a local talent contest.
However, it's not all fun and games like singing about menstrual cycles might seem. Though they're all from a different walk of life, each of our five women comes armed with their own drama and trauma, which soon starts to affect the others.
After ending on the tense cliffhanger of...
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