"happy Valley" Episode #1.1(2014) May 2026

(Siobhan Finneran): Catherine’s sister and a recovering heroin addict. Essential Trivia

: Catherine Cawood learns that Tommy Lee Royce , the man she believes raped her daughter and drove her to suicide, has been released from prison and is back in the Calder Valley. "Happy Valley" Episode #1.1(2014)

: Disgruntled accountant Kevin Weatherill approaches local criminal Ashley Cowgill with a plan to kidnap his boss’s daughter, Ann Gallagher, after being denied a pay raise. (Charlie Murphy): The target of the kidnapping and

(Charlie Murphy): The target of the kidnapping and daughter of a wealthy businessman. after being denied a pay raise.

: The series is set and filmed in the Calder Valley, West Yorkshire . One scene in the first episode features Catherine and Ryan at the Heptonstall cemetery , where the real-life grave of American poet Sylvia Plath is visible.