The talent was recently nominated for a BAFTA TV Craft Award for her work on the final season of Happy Valley<\/a>, but was pipped to the post in the Writer: Drama category by Charlie Brooker and Bisha K Ali of Black Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wainwright also recently launched whimsical fantasy drama Renegade Nell<\/a> on Disney Plus<\/a>, but she isn\u2019t pausing for breath before diving into another eight-month project for the BBC.<\/p>\n She spoke to Yorkshire Post<\/a> about the much-anticipated Riot Women, which is the latest project from the Huddersfield-born writer to be set in the northern region, following earlier hits like Gentleman Jack and Last Tango in Halifax.<\/p> Of the new show\u2019s key characters, she explained: \u201cThey\u2019re angry, and they\u2019re going to sing about being angry and being of a certain age and all the stuff that goes with being of a certain age and having to go through the menopause at the same time.<\/p>\n \u201cThey form a punk rock band to sing about what they\u2019re angry about. It\u2019s just me letting rip, really! We\u2019ve got a song about HRT called Seeing Red. I\u2019ve had a lot of fun writing it.\u201d<\/p>\n Wainwright has been the creative force behind numerous iconic shows, but claimed that her favourite character to date is \u201cone of the Riot Women\u201d who has proven \u201creally exciting to write for\u201d.<\/p>\n Casting is yet to be announced, but no doubt A-listers are queueing up for a chance to work with the screenwriter, whose past collaborators include Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, Suranne Jones, Lesley Sharp, Gemma Whelan and Nicola Walker.<\/p>\n Formerly known as Hot Flush, Wainwright said when Riot Women was first announced: \u201cI\u2019ve been wanting to write a series like this for a long time.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a celebration of women of a certain age, and all the life stuff they suddenly find themselves negotiating\/dealing with.<\/p>\n \u201cThe show is also my own personal homage to [1970s ITV musical drama] Rock Follies of \u201977, and the feisty Little Ladies who woke me up to what I wanted to do with my life when I was 13.\u201d<\/p>\n We\u2019ll bring you more details on Riot Women as they come in. 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