Sarah Lancashire as Catherine in Happy Valley (Ben Blackall/BBC/PA)
(Picture: PA Media)After 7.5million people tuned in to watch the series finale of the BBC’s Happy Valley, there are calls for the show, and its cast, to win Baftas this year.
Social media has been awash with praise for the show, which appears to have given its fans a satisfactory conclusion.
It follows almost a decade of high-stake plots, dramatic cliff-hangers and intense scenes since the series began in 2014.
The Evening Standard’s Lizzie Edmonds discusses why fans of Happy Valley have stuck with the show over nine years.
And the Evening Standard’s Deputy Culture Editor Nick Clark examines Sarah Lancashire’s performance as the show’s protagonist.
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