'I hope we’ll see you again for a second series' - Riot Women creator Sally Wainwright shares hopes that series will return
Creator, writer and director Sally Wainwright has shared her hopes for a second series as latest BBC drama Riot Women concludes.
The series followed the lives of five menopausal women as they form a punk rock band and was set and filmed in and around Hebden Bridge.
The BBC drama from Sally Wainwright, the creator of Happy Valley, Gentleman Jack and Last Tango in Halifax, has been well received by viewers.
A second series is yet to be announced and Sally has shared hopes that the story will continue.
Sharing before the final episode aired, she said: “As the first series of Riot Women bows out this evening on terrestrial telly (it’s always there on iPlayer!) I’d like to say a huge thank you to our outstanding cast and crew.
"What a team, what an amazing team of kind, clever, hard-working people. What a delight everyone has been to work with. Thank you.
“I’d also like to thank the fabulous team at Drama Republic for making Riot Women happen in quite the amazing way it did, and especially our exec, Roanna Benn, who has been so thoughtful and meticulous and inspiring to work with. I’ve know Roanna for thirty years.
"She was my script editor on my first crack at writing proper grown-up 9pm drama in the 1990s, Playing The Field. I learned so much from her then and we’ve been friends ever since and making Riot Women together now after all these years has been so special.
"And of course I’d like to thank YOU our viewers, our fabulous audience for watching, and for all the uplifting, supportive, empathetic, humbling and sharing messages so many of us have received.
"I hope you can imagine just how much it means to us all.
"I hope we’ll see you again for a second series!”