{"id":27936,"date":"2022-12-30T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1762143"},"modified":"2022-12-30T21:39:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T20:39:39","slug":"happy-valley-releases-first-5-minutes-of-season-3","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/happy-valley-releases-first-5-minutes-of-season-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valley releases first 5 minutes of season 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 30 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The opening sequence from Happy Valley\u2019s long-awaited third season has been released early, ahead of a New Year\u2019s Day broadcast.<\/p>\n

The BBC has released the pre-titles scene for episode one online, featuring Sarah Lancashire in her iconic role of Sergeant Catherine Cawood.<\/p>\n

You can watch the five-minute sequence \u2013 which contains adult themes and language \u2013 below:<\/p>\n\nIn the teaser, Catherine \u2013 who is nearing retirement \u2013 discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim in a drained reservoir.<\/p>\nAs the new season continues, viewers will see this discovery spark a chain of events that leads Catherine straight back to her nemesis, the jailed murderer and rapist Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton).<\/p>\nThe new episodes will also see Lancashire\u2019s character have to contend with her now 16-year-old grandson Ryan, who has ideas of his own about what kind of relationship he wants to have with his biological father Royce.<\/p>\nNorton recently told Radio Times<\/strong> magazine that the final season would <a href=\""https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/happy-valley-season-3-finale-reeling-newsupdate\/"\">leave the audience \u201creeling\u201d<\/a>, while series creator Sally Wainwright has teased a \u201cbig face-to-face showdown\u201d for Catherine and Tommy.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re struggling to recall the specifics of where we left the show\u2019s character, you can get up to speed ahead of 1st January with our <a href=\""https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/happy-valley-season-2-recap\/"\">Happy Valley recap<\/a>.<\/p> Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/happy-valley-season-3-ending-james-norton-newsupdate\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">James Norton says Happy Valley season 3 ending \u2018won\u2019t disappoint\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/happy-valley-filming-location-guide\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Where is Happy Valley filmed?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/happy-valley-season-3-cast-newsupdate\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Happy Valley announces new cast as filming for season 3 begins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHappy Valley season 3 will premiere on New Year\u2019s Day at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The first two seasons are available to watch on\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b06zqjpj\/happy-valley"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>\u00a0now.<\/strong><\/p>\nIf you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<a href=\""https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/"\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\""https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/"\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>, or visit our\u00a0<a href=\""https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/"\">Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news and features.<\/strong><\/p>\nTry Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\""http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article"\" href=\""http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article"\">subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. 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