Happy Valley is back soon!

[ILikeToClean]

Just saw the trailer for a new series of this - can't wait!

[ThatsNotMyRabbit]

Ah that might have been it! Thanks Hippo! 👍🏻

[TheHiphopopotamus]

thatsnot I don't think she was in Game of Thrones. There was a similar programme on BBC2 recently about the Saxons and she was in that. It was called The Last Kingdom.

She was also in The Village with John Simm.

[absolutelynotfabulous]

Much as I loved it, I don't know if I could take any more.

[pigeonpoo]

Gutting news - I hope this is just a ploy to keep everyone talking about it

[ThatsNotMyRabbit]

Oh I've got it!!

Game of Thrones!! Don't watch it but they showed a clip on Gogglebox a while back! That where I know her from! Phew!!

[whatevermaycome]

It was in the Daily Mail online. She said she wouldn't want to take it to another series

[ThatsNotMyRabbit]

Right help me out here because it's driving me crazy.

The girl who played Ann in series 1.

What else has she been in??

I've searched IMDb but can't find what I've seen her in.

But it would seem IMDb isn't comprehensive because I was sure I'd seen Derek Riddell in Dr Who and that isn't on IMDb but he WAS in it.

So what have I seen her in??

[FarrowandBallAche]

I hope that's not true!
Where did you read that?

[whatevermaycome]

Apparently SL has said she won't do a 3rd series

[GypsyFl0ss]

Macabre squoosh

[squoosh]

Maybe they hadn't been on the suicide prevention course either.

[mightyducks]

I absolutely love this series! A couple of small niggles though, about Ryan's letter getting through as has already been mentioned and then that all those police stood around watchmg that guy threatening to jump off that bridge and none of them thought to close the road!!

[squoosh]

I don't think BBC have the budget to make these shows 12 episodes rather than 6.

[TheHiphopopotamus]

Really enjoyed this although I agree 12 episodes would have been better (or even 8).

Sarah Lancashire is bloody brilliant. Absolutely outstanding actress. Also Kevin Doyle has been ace in this, completely different to his part in Downton and the WW1 drama he was in a couple of years ago.

I thought SL was looking at Ryan at the end thinking he was going turn out like his dad. Can't remember exactly what was said leading up to it, but I got the overall impression that you can't escape your 'bad blood'.

[southeastdweller]

That's what I thought too drspouse.

[drspouse]

I think they have to be a at length to fit in with much more rigid yearly schedules, set season breaks, sports etc.

[SoupDragon]

wish it'd been twelve episodes like they do in America

Don't American series have to be longer because of all the adverts?

[absolutelynotfabulous]

diddl I agree. She looks 45 imho; I'd say the Darryl actor looks younger than 30 in the prog.

[diddl]

I'm surprised that anyone thought that Alison & Darryl were anything other that mother and son.

Although the actors are only 15yrs apart in age.

She's 45, he's 30.

[Fiderer]

I don't think the dog breeds were anything more than than what a boy his age would mention, especially a bit teasing as he knew there'd be no way they'd agree.

[Clawdy]

Catherine was talking about Alison's story at the end of the episode as she was walking with her family, and she explained that Alison had told her the sad truth about her life and how Daryl was conceived.

[drspouse]

I watched it last night as I was out on Tues and DH was ironing with our super duper steam generating iron so the subtitles were a must.

I did wonder if Catherine was thinking "just like his father" when Ryan suggested all the dog breeds but I also wonder if Ryan feels the need to protect his family and/or he is trying to be like the hard lads at school because he feels that means he can be like his dad (his idea of how to do things rather than "blood must out"). Has anyone read The Casual Vacancy? In it Cubby who is adopted tries to take on a "hard", in his eyes "authentic" persona because he feels that his "real" personality from his birth family would be like that. Again, his adoptive parents have told him nothing about his origins (to be fair they sound even worse than Ryan's!).

I wasn't sure how we knew that Darryl was the result of incest? Was that introduced at the start? It would certainly explain how his mother wasn't that much older than him.

[southeastdweller]

I'd have liked to have known more about Frances and why she did what she did. This was a great series, but I wish it'd been twelve episodes like they do in America to give the characters and stories more time to develop.

[LoisWilkersonsLastNerve]

Creepy Frances was scaring the bejeesus out of me lem. So they likely will.

[lem73]

I thought Frances took the disappointment a bit too calmly. Will her revenge be a possible storyline for next series?