Sally Wainwright’s new BBC One series Riot Women is so much more than a making-the-band drama. Riot Women tells the story of a group of women forming a band for a daft laugh before finding unexpected

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Melanie Blake is being hailed as the new “queen of the bonkbuster” – and she couldn’t be more delighted at the accolade, particularly as it originally belonged to one of her idols, the late great Jill

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The stars of BBC drama a Riot Women talk friendship, rock bands and rebellion