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MUP authors Kristyn Gorton and @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social examine how #SallyWainwright is reshaping the way women’s stories are told on #TV in their new blog, published as part of our #WomensHistoryMonth celebrations.

Read it here 👇
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#WHM2026

#RIOTWOMEN on #BRITBIX gets better every episode! I LOVE #SallyWainwright one of the best writers/directors of our time. Do your self a favor and watch everything she has touched: HAPPY VALLEY,
LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX, etc……

Thank you very much #SallyWainwright. I love the strength in your shows. I'm looking froward to Season 2 of #RiotWomen. (Could you please actually go with the bullettin board idea and add that exclamation mark to the title, please?! :D )

#RiotWomen! is by far the best TV show of recent years. #SallyWainwright is a badass Screenwriter and Director! Amazing cast and casting, outstanding direction. Thank you!

I’m LOVING the first few episodes of Riot Women.

Sally Wainwright has a remarkable ability to write women who are complex, flawed, funny, and entirely believable.

Only a few episodes in, but it’s absolutely worth watching. 📺

#RiotWomen #Women #BritDrama #SallyWainwright

Riot Women: Hebden Bridge set drama to return for second series Creator Sally Wainwright hopes viewers will

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#RiotWomen #BritBox #SallyWainwright

If you haven't experienced Riot Women, what's keeping you? This show alone makes a month's worth of BritBox a bargain.

Enjoy!

“I think with 'Happy Valley,' between them, Sally and Sarah drew a line in the sand and said this is how good British television can be.” - Nicola Walker (NTA, 2023)
#SarahLancashire #HappyValley
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#NicolaWalker #SallyWainwright

One of the best series I’ve seen in years.
RIOT WOMEN❗️
💃💃🏻💃💃🏻💃💃🏻💃💃🏻💃💃🏻💃

Fabulous acting & intriguing story line.
These women rock it.
#RiotWomen on #BritBox
#SallyWainwright

‘Riot Women’ Sets the Stage for a Game-Changing Season 1 Finale in New Sneak Peek [Exclusive] Tamsin Greig runs into a familiar face from the past that leaves her speechless in a fresh look at Riot Girls’ Season 1 finale. Watch it here.

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Exclusives #RiotWomen #Britbox #SallyWainwright ‘Riot Women’ Sets the Stage for a Game-Changing Season 1 Finale in New Sneak Peek [Exclusive]

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I just watched "To Walk Invisible" (Sally Wainwright, 2016) and rated it 5/10 #ToWalkInvisible #SallyWainwright

#riotwomen, 2025.
brilliant cast:
#joannascanlan
#rosaliecraig
#tamsingreig
#lorraineashbourne
#ameliabullmore

created, written, and directed by #sallywainwright

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#tvsky #britbox

#Riotwomen on #bbc #iplayer is absolutely superb. Bravo to the magnificent cast, beautiful Hebden Bridge and writer #SallyWainwright more please!

Screenshot from magazine The Spectator with the headline: 'Riot Women sums up everything wrong with the BBC' and a photo of the main cast.

Hahahahahaha #RiotWomen #SallyWainwright No, everything wrong with the BBC is its infantilisation of its audience. Riot Women is an exception.

I'm watching Sally Wainwright's 'Riot Women'. It's terrific but there's a school talent contest (for parents/adults) in episode 4 that is unbelievably well organised with an incredibly high standard of acts #SallyWainwright

youtu.be/7FrnMl3UGfw?... Riot Woman I cannot wait for season 2!! #punk #BBC #SallyWainwright #RosalieCraig #MusicSkt #television

Watch a Hilarious New Look at Sally Wainwright’s ‘Riot Women’ Before Rocks BritBox [Exclusive] Watch an exclusive sneak peek from Riot Women, a new punk rock comedy series from Sally Wainwright coming to BritBox in January.

Movie TV Tech Geeks #TVNews #Britbox #SallyWainwright #BBC Watch a Hilarious New Look at Sally Wainwright’s ‘Riot Women’ Before Rocks BritBox [Exclusive]

Riot Women. Series 2 ASAP, album now please. #SallyWainwright #QualityQUALITYtelly #RiotWomen

#RiotWomen Intense, funny, frightening, gripping. One of the best series I’ve watched since.. well, all the other #SallyWainwright masterpieces. Episode 6 cliff-hanger for Series 2 (I hope).

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Craig Charles wondering why Rod Liddle hated 'Riot Women' and it's because he's a women beating misogynist Craig, simple as that.

They've made him the TV critic of The Times btw, and he poorly reviewed a popular show because it focused on Women and not Men.

That's Patriarchy for you […]

When is the fabulous #SallyWainwright going to receive the freedom of #WestYorkshire ? #RiotWomen #HappyValley #GentlemanJack
#LastTangoInHalifax

@mhwhippet.bsky.social 'Riot Women' by 'TRACKSY feat. MIA'

#bbc #RiotWomen #sallywainwright #riotwomen #riot #women #girl #female #woman #lady #ladies #film #movie #music #punk #punkrock #band #group

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Always a treat to see Sarah & Sally together! ✨
Maggi Hambling, Sarah Lancashire, Sally Wainwright and Anneka Rice attend Maggi Hambling's 80th Birthday at Larry's, The National Portrait Gallery, on October 23, 2025 in London, England.
#sarahlancashire #sallywainwright
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#RiotWomen - #SallyWainwright at her best. Second series please.

My TV creator HERO #SallyWainwright does it again. #RiotWomen is SO entertaining! Was excited to see these legendary British actresses perform but I had no idea I would fall MADLY in love w/the lesser known & superstar of the show, #RosalieCraig. I couldn’t take my eyes off her! 😍 #WCW #BBCRiotWomen

Publicity poster for Riot Women (BBC, 2025)

Outstanding telly! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

#riotwomen #bbc #sallywainwright

@lucyantal.bsky.social - thanks for recommending #RiotWomen.

As if I didn't love #SallyWainwright enough!

"And you thought The Clash were Angry" 😂👊

The best review I've read of Sally Wainwright's brilliant, beautiful new drama (on BBC if you are in the UK) Thanks to @ctimmermann.bsky.social writing in theconversation.com
Unmissable!
#RiotWomen
#SallyWainwright

Riot Women - Series 1: Episode 1 Frazzled by demanding jobs, chaotic families and endless spinning plates, five women’s worlds smash together when they form a punk rock band to enter a local talent contest.

Just watched the first episode of #RiotWomen by #SallyWainwright. Such a powerful, funny, moving drama about the complexities of older women’s lives.
Some amazing actors, including Jonnna Scanlon, Tamsin Grieg, Lorraine Ashbourne, Anne Reid and many others.
Brilliant!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

As Riot Women hits screens this w/e, MUP authors Kristyn Gorton and @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social explore
how #SallyWainwright is reshaping women’s stories on TV

Now on the MUP blog
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

Check out their new book manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526142870/

Riot women! Inside Sally Wainwright’s joyous, raucous TV show about menopausal punks The Happy Valley creator has turned her darkest hour into a rebellious tale of midlife women uniting in musical anarchy. The team behind the highly awaited drama talk vodka, rock’n’roll and hot flushe...

Can't wait for this, super writer with another super cast and hell yes, the #menopause is hell!!!!!!!

#RiotWomen #SallyWainwright #BBCiplayer

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