Riot Women is the latest critically-acclaimed show from Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright

If reviews are to be believed, Sally Wainwright – the mind behind hugely popular shows including Last Tango In Halifax, Gentleman Jack and, perhaps most notably, Happy Valley – has another hit on her hands.

On Sunday night, the new six-part series Riot Women premiered, featuring Lorraine Ashbourne, Joanna Scanlan, Tamsin Greig, Rosalie Craig and Amelia Bullmore as a group of middle-aged women fed up with their lot in life who form a rock group as a way of channelling some of their negative energy.

In the last few days, the show has received near-unanimous praise, with a smattering of four- and five-star reviews praising its humour, as well as its depiction of female characters who are mid-life.

Here’s a selection of what’s being said about Riot Women…

The Times (4/5)

“Sally Wainwright’s Riot Women started with a dramatic punch to the face and kept up the raucously high energy of a pneumatic jackhammer until the end of the episode. It’s hard to think of anyone better to write about unapologetic, wall-kicking, midlife female rage. The rage that comes from spending your life looking after other people, then finding there’s nothing much left for you in the final furlong.”

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