Bright sparks

What’s the best way to deal with middle-aged menopausal rage? Form a punk band, says Sally Wainwright

Hot Wax always started the same way: Suzanne in the driver’s seat of a butter-yellow ’68 Ford Ranchero fondly known as Blondie. The car is a character in the book as much as anyone else – Suzanne’s on

Creator of Happy Valley Sally Wainwright worked on her script for Riot Women for a decade before she was fully satisfied. “Originally, it was called Hot Flush,” Sally says. “I wanted to find a way of

For Tamsin Greig , a Sally Wainwright drama was a pipe dream. Until, she tells Amy Raphael , she joined a punk band and learned to play bass

Lorraine Ashbourne , Rosalie Craig , Tamsin Greig , Joanna Scanlan and Amelia Bullmore rock this brand-new drama…

AMELIA BULLMORE, LORRAINE ASHBOURNE, ROSALIE CRAIG, JOANNA SCANLAN and TAMSIN GREIG on teaming up to form a punk-rock band