Sally Wainwright's drama 'Riot Women' begins production in West Yorkshire

Sally Wainwright's series 'Riot Women' has begun filming in West Yorkshire, UK.

Riot Women follows five women who, along with two riotous backing singers, come together to create a makeshift punk-rock band to enter a local talent contest in the town of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. In writing their first original song, they soon discover that they have a lot to say - and this is their way to say it.

Leading the cast are Joanna Scanlan as Beth, Rosalie Craig as Kitty, Tamsin Greig as Holly, Lorraine Ashbourne as Jess, and Amelia Bullmore as Yvonne.

Anne Reid will play Nancy, Holly and Yvonne’s mother, with Sue Johnston as Jess’s Aunt Mary. Further cast include Peter Davison, Claire Skinner, Angel Coulby, Taj Atwal, Chandeep Uppal, Jonny Green, Ellise Chappell, Macy Jacob Seelochan , Tony Hirst, Shannon Lavelle, Amit Shah, Rick Warden, Ben Batt, Natalia Tena, Melanie La Barrie, Oliver Huntingdon, Richard Fleeshman, Olwen May, Kevin Doyle and Nicholas Gleaves.

Wainwright will also serve as the series' lead director, with Amanda Brotchie directing block two. Jessica Taylor is the producer with Roanna Benn as executive producer for Drama Republic, alongside Tanya Qureshi for the BBC, and Robert Schildhouse and Jess O'Riordan for BritBox International.

Image credit: L-R: Sally Wainwright, Joanna Scanlan (Image: Misan Harriman), Rosalie Craig (Image: Sergei Sarakhanov), Lorraine Ashbourne (Image: Pip Bourdillon), Tamsin Greig (Image:Harry Livingstone), and Amelia Bullmore (Image: Ruth Crafer).

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