Riot Women Cast: Who Stars in Sally Wainwright's BBC Drama?

Riot Women review – New drama from Happy Valley creator is absolutely glorious

A misfit group of middle-aged women, led by the superb Joanna Scanlan, set up a band and have a blast

Riot Women is rocket-fuelled by middle-aged female rage

Sally Wainwright’s return to terrestrial TV after the shattering end to Happy Valley in 2023 was always going to have to meet a high bar. With Riot Women, the tale of a west Yorkshire punk band made up entirely of angry women, it’s fair to say she’s left that bar several miles below her. We meet her all-female protagonists jammed firmly into midlife’s suffocating sandwich: adult children on one side and ageing parents on the other, all covered i…

Women ‘saturated by shame’ and many frightened of menopause, says Joanna Scanlan

The Bafta award-winning actress stars in Sally Wainwright’s new series, Riot Women.

Riot Women cast: Who stars in Sally Wainwright's BBC drama?

When life gets a bit too much, it’s good to have an outlet – and with a combination of work, life and menopause building up some rage, the women leading the charge in Sally Wainwright's new drama, Riot Women, are about to unleash their frustrations in the most punk-rock way possible: by starting an all-female rock group.Tasked with performing at a local talent show, these “women of a certain age” are about to prove their mettle by commanding the…

'If the menopause happened to blokes, we’d be getting HRT from Tesco' - Sally Wainwright's inspiration for Riot Women is so relatable

Midlife, menopause and women who 'do whatever the hell they like' - inside the perfect inspiration behind Riot Women

'I hope it's a worthy successor to Happy Valley': Sally Wainwright on menopause and new show Riot Women

Riot Women is an excoriating howl of defiance written by Sally Wainwright for and on behalf of women in their middle years.