Sally Wainwright, who created the BBC drama, has teased Happy Valley\u2019s upcoming third season, revealing that it picks up \u201cseven years on\u201d from season 2.<\/p>\n
Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/strong><\/a> in an exclusive interview, Wainwright confirmed that filming had wrapped on the new episodes.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be good. I think it\u2019s going to be exciting,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got some very good stories.\u201d<\/p>\n She added: \u201cEveryone\u2019s back \u2013 all the characters you\u2019d expect to see are back. We\u2019re seven years on. The plan was to wait for Ryan to be older so that he can make his own choices about whether he wants to have contact with his dad or not. So it really explores that.\u201d<\/p>\n Filming for season 3 began in January<\/a>, with Sarah Lancashire reprising her lead role alongside White House Farm\u2019s Mark Stanley and All Creatures Great and Small\u2019s Mollie Winnard, who play \u201cpivotal roles\u201d in the upcoming episodes.<\/p> The BAFTA-winning show stars Lancashire as Sergeant Catherine Cawood \u2013 a West Yorkshire-based police officer living with her sister Clare (Siobhan Finneran) and raising her grandson Ryan (Rhys Connah) after her daughter Becky was driven to suicide by Ryan\u2019s father Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton) eight years prior.<\/p>\n Season 2 ends with Royce, who is banned from communicating with Ryan, sending letters to his son via various women he has promised to marry, including Frances Drummond (Shirley Henderson), a woman pretending to be a teaching assistant in order to get to close to Ryan as a result of her infatuation with Royce.<\/p>\n Looking for something else to watch? Check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Monday, 18 July 2022 at 12:00 am Fans of BBC One\u2019s Happy Valley were thrilled last year when the crime drama was confirmed to return for a third and final season \u2013 and although it\u2019s been a while since we last checked in Catherine Cawood, the show\u2019s creator has revealed that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":18669,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/happy-valley-creator-reveals-season-3-picks-up-7-years-on.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/happy-valley-creator-reveals-season-3-picks-up-7-years-on-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/happy-valley-creator-reveals-season-3-picks-up-7-years-on-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/happy-valley-creator-reveals-season-3-picks-up-7-years-on.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/happy-valley-creator-reveals-season-3-picks-up-7-years-on.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/happy-valley-creator-reveals-season-3-picks-up-7-years-on.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/happy-valley-creator-reveals-season-3-picks-up-7-years-on.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Monday, 18 July 2022 at 12:00 am Fans of BBC One\u2019s Happy Valley were thrilled last year when the crime drama was confirmed to return for a third and final season \u2013 and although it\u2019s been a while since we last checked in Catherine Cawood, the show\u2019s creator has revealed that…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/18668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/image001-1c8146e.jpg?quality=90&resize=612%2C408"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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