BBC1, Sunday 12 October, 9pm
Any new drama project from writer Sally Wainwright, of Happy Valley, Last Tango In Halifax and Gentleman Jack fame, is a major TV event. But this six-parter is a particularly exciting prospect because the idea for it has been percolating in Wainwright’s brain for years. Partly inspired by classic 1970s show Rock Follies, Riot Women follows the escapades of five fascinating, funny, menopausal women in Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, who decide to form a punk-rock band, as you do. And things soon get wildly, thrillingly, rivetingly complicated…
THE GANG
The first character we meet is schoolteacher Beth (Joanna Scanlan, No Offence), who is so fed up with life, she’s about to take desperate measures. Then, just in time, she gets a phone call from her…