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Sally Wainwright. Writer: Happy Valley. Sally Wainwright was born in 1964 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is a writer and producer, known for Happy Valley (2014), Last Tango in Halifax (2012) and Gentleman Jack (2019).
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Sally Anne Wainwright OBE (born 1963) is an English television writer, producer, and director. [1] [2] She is known for her dramas, which are often set in her native West Yorkshire, and feature "strong female characters". [3] [4] Wainwright has been praised for the quality of her dialogue. [3]
- Last Tango in Halifax. Last Tango feels like watching Happy Valley in a different, less drug-addled part of town – and without the psychopathic presence of Tommy Lee Royce lurking in the shadows.
- At Home with the Braithwaites. Who could forget this absolute classic from 2000? The story follows a mother of three who wins £38 million in the lottery – but unfortunately it doesn't do much to help fix her and her family's increasingly wayward lives.
- To Walk Invisible. This enticing period drama based on the Bronte sisters and their brother, Branwell, truly brings the fascinating trio of authors to life as it delves into their struggle with their wayward sibling, their determination to publish their own work, and their love for one another.
- Unforgiven. Starring Suranne Jones, another regular collaborator with Sally, the three-part drama follows a woman who has been released from prison for the murder of two police officers – and goes to desperate measures to find out what happened to her younger sister.
Wainwright began her career as a scriptwriter on the long-running radio serial drama The Archers, and worked on the television soap operas Emmerdale and Coronation Street in the 1990s. Her first original drama, At Home with the Braithwaites, aired between 2000 and 2003.
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TV Series The story follows Mrs Ros Pritchard, a successful manager of a supermarket. When a couple of politicians make a spectacle of themselves outside her shop, Ros decides to stand for election herself.
