{"id":36525,"date":"2023-09-06T13:44:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T11:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1884762"},"modified":"2023-09-06T14:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T12:42:12","slug":"sarah-lancashire-says-shes-got-more-to-do-after-emotional-ntas-win","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/sarah-lancashire-says-shes-got-more-to-do-after-emotional-ntas-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Lancashire says she\u2019s got more to do after emotional NTAs win"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Happy Valley star isn’t headed for retirement just yet. <\/p>

By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 06 September 2023 at 11:44 AM<\/p>

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The National Television Awards<\/a> took place last night (Tuesday 5th September), where this year\u2019s winners were celebrated.<\/p>\n

Among them was Happy Valley<\/a> star Sarah Lancashire, who took home the Special Recognition award for her work on Sally Wainwright\u2019s hard-hitting drama.<\/p>\n

Lancashire, who reprised the role of Sergeant Catherine Cawood for the series\u2019 final season earlier this year, opened up about the win and what\u2019s next \u2013 and don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s not retirement.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m just thrilled,\u201d she told RadioTimes.com<\/a>. \u201cI just feel incredibly fortunate, because I do a job that I love, and there isn\u2019t a day I go to work when I don\u2019t love it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cSounds like I\u2019m retiring, I\u2019m not. I have had this amazing opportunity to work with extraordinary people, experts in their field, and the longer I\u2019m in the industry the more of them I\u2019m meeting, which is fantastic, and the younger they\u2019re getting too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sarah Lancashire as Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Speaking of bidding farewell to the gnarly Sergeant, Lancashire said that both she and writer Wainwright knew their limits.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was hard to say goodbye, but in truth it\u2019s a brutal role to play and you have to know when enough is enough, really,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven just for the sake of your health, you can\u2019t keep repeatedly playing that role and Sally knows that, and we knew how much mileage there was in her and probably how much mileage there was in me as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lancashire and Wainwright are long-term collaborators, having also worked together on Last Tango in Halifax. So, is there a chance they\u2019ll team up again in the future?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d be like, when do we start?\u201d Wainwright said.<\/p>