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‘I’m in my early 20s most of the time… totally up for it!’: Tamsin Greig on ageing, caring and learning bass guitar

The stage and screen actor on her two, vastly different new roles – with Celia Imrie in a radical play about a woman caring for her mother after a stroke, and in a Sally Wainwright TV drama about five women who form a punk band

The Guardian - UK

Tamsin Greig and Rosalie Craig become punk rockers in first look at new drama

The upcoming six-part series will follow five women coping with work, grown-up children, dependent parents, husbands and the menopause.

Evening Standard

Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire describes CBE as ‘unexpected delight’

She has been recognised in the New Year Honours for her services to drama.

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5 of my favorite British TV shows to stream on Netflix with over 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

There's plenty of great British TV to watch on Netflix including dramas, comedies, and competition series.

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On my radar: Peter Biskind’s cultural highlights

The film historian and cultural critic on his love of Gentleman Jack, why blueberries from Maine are superior, and how Tana French’s crime novels transcend genre

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Kevin McCloud looks back on 25 years of dream homebuilding

Celebrating the grandest and greenest of house designs. Plus: who will get the gongs at The National Television Awards? Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Disney Plus fantasy series featuring Derry Girls star canceled after just one season

Renegade Nell has not been renewed for season 2

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Disney Plus just canceled new adventure series Renegade Nell with 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, despite a super-cool season 2 tease from the director

Superb performances, big laughs and a starry cast weren't enough to save Renegade Nell from her fate.

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Suranne Jones on Gentleman Jack, witch trials and politics: “I think as a country, we've lost faith”

The acclaimed actor’s surprising new role is as host of a documentary on witch trials, a subject with fascinating links to the present day

Evening Standard

3 best new shows to binge on Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ this weekend

Here's three great debut series to cram in over the bank holiday.

Riot Women: cast, plot, first looks and everything we know about Sally Wainwright’s punk drama

Riot Women is a BBC1 drama by Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright that follows five middle-aged women who form a punk band.

WhatToWatch

The week in TV: Big Mood; Renegade Nell; A Gentleman in Moscow; Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods – review

Nicola Coughlan goes deep in a bleak millennials comedy of mental illness; fellow ex-Derry Girl Louisa Harland cuts a dash in Sally Wainwright’s bold Disney adventure; and Ewan McGregor makes for a rousing Russian aristo

The Guardian - UK

Renegade Nell on Disney+ review: Sally Wainwright's historical romp sags under the weight of its own whimsy

Stand and deliver: this show’s here to steal your money and your time

Evening Standard

Renegade Nell review – Derry Girls’ Louisa Harland is beyond brilliant in Sally Wainwright’s new drama

This fun, action-packed romp about super-powered highway robbery is like Gentleman Jack with added swagger. And its star could not be more magnificent

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From Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire to Renegade Nell – a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

The new generation of ghoul-getters meet the New York originals, and Sally Wainwright stands and delivers with her drama about an 18th-century highwaywoman

The Guardian - UK

Renegade Nell to A Gentleman in Moscow: the seven best shows to stream this week

Sally Wainwright’s wildly enjoyable new period drama sees an ex-Derry Girl turn highway robber, while Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of a Russian aristocrat beautifully evokes the start of the 20th century

Evening Standard

The biggest spring TV shows: our must-see picks, from Ripley to Queenie

From big-budget romps to high-octane thrillers, and with star performances from Colin Farrell, Gillian Anderson and Ncuti Gatwa, Vicky Jessop rounds up the shows everyone (except Prince Andrew) is looking forward to

The Guardian - UK

‘I never dreamed I’d get this role!’: Derry Girl Louisa Harland on Sally Wainwright’s thrilling new heroine

She’s gone from playing a schoolgirl to starring as a highway robber with superpowers in new swashbuckling period romp, Renegade Nell. The actor talks pie and mash, stunt training – and why there are no nipples in her new series

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Disney drops epic trailer for Sally Wainwright's new fantasy adventure Renegade Nell

Derry Girls’ Louisa Harland will star as the heroic highwaywoman Nell Jackson

Happy Valley creator's next show is a Disney+ fantasy adventure

Renegade Nell looks like another hit for Disney+

WhatToWatch

Renegade Nell: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview, first looks and all about the swashbuckling adventure series

Renegade Nell is a Disney Plus fantasy series with Derry Girls star Louisa Harland playing a notorious highwaywoman in a series by Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright.

The Guardian - UK

‘Guaranteed to be a banger’: the 50 must-see TV shows for 2024

A terrifying Kate Winslet! A new Sally Wainwright epic! Benedict Cumberbatch with a 7ft puppet! Want to know what TV to devour in 2024? Here’s your guide

The Guardian - UK

‘Oh my God, was Happy Valley slow and wrong?’ The demons of writer Sally Wainwright

She finally said goodbye to her Calder Valley classic this year. But why did her star beg for the ending to be changed? And why is she so excited about menopausal punks?

The Conversation

The seven best TV shows of 2023 reviewed by our experts

This year has been a memorable one for television. From the scintillating Succession finale to animated AI dramas, these are the seven shows that had our academic experts glued to the small screen in 2023.

The Guardian - UK

The 50 best TV shows of 2023: No 3 – Happy Valley

Funny, blunt and totally gripping, the third and final series of Sally Wainwright’s crime show is that rarest of things: a drama so thrilling it more than lives up to the hype

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