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Sally Wainwright’s Riot Women Debuts October 12 With Full BBC iPlayer Release

The Hebden Bridge–set drama follows five women who form a punk band as actors perform original ARXX songs on screen.

Overview

  • All six episodes will stream on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Sunday, October 12, with episode one airing on BBC One at 9pm that evening.
  • The principal cast features Lorraine Ashbourne, Joanna Scanlan, Tamsin Greig, Rosalie Craig and Amelia Bullmore.
  • Wainwright frames the story as a wider portrait of midlife pressures, saying it is not solely about the menopause.
  • To ensure musical authenticity, the cast learned their instruments for on-camera performances, with Wainwright herself taking up the drums and ARXX providing original songs.
  • Filmed largely in Hebden Bridge and across West Yorkshire, the series drew enthusiastic local interest at a town premiere ahead of launch.