TV Series created by Sally Wainwright

Renegade NellRenegade Nell
Disney+, 2024 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Adventure, Fantasy | ► Trailer
Rating: 3.9/5

A swashbuckling adventure series set in the 18th century. When she's framed for murder, Nell Jackson is forced into a life of highway robbery, along with her two orphaned sisters Roxanne and George. Aided by a plucky little spirit called Billy Blind, Nell realises that fate has put her on the wrong side of the law for a reason, a reason much bigger than she could've ever imagined, a reason that goes right up to Queen Anne and beyond, to the struggle for power raging across the battlefields of Europe.


Gentleman JackGentleman Jack
HBO Max, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Romance, History, Biography | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.5/5

Gentleman Jack is a remarkable and unlikely love story set in the complex, changing world of 1832 Halifax - the cradle of the industrial revolution - just as it's all kicking off. The drama will explore Anne Lister's relationships at home with her family, her servants, her tenants and her industrial rivals, who will use any dirty tricks they can to bring her down. At its heart is her relationship with her would-be wife, the wealthy heiress Ann Walker. It has all the warmth, wit, humour and complexity that audiences have come to associate with Sally Wainwright's writing.


Happy ValleyHappy Valley
BBC One, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Family, Crime | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.4/5

When a kidnap spirals out of control, Yorkshire police sergeant Catherine Cawood comes face to face with the man who destroyed her family.Kevin Weatherill pays a visit to Catherine Cawood at a West Yorkshire police station to report a crime. It involves holding his boss' daughter for ransom and using the money to send his children to a private school.


The Last WitchThe Last Witch
Sky Living, 2013 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Rating: 5/5

Katharine Kelly and Anne Reid star in a modern supernatural tale.


Last Tango in HalifaxLast Tango in Halifax
BBC One, 2012 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Family, Soaps | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.2/5

Northern family story centering on the new-found love between grandparents of two different families.


Scott And BaileyScott And Bailey
ITV, 2011 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, Mystery | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.3/5

The series follows the two detectives, part of Manchester Metropolitan Police's Major Incident Team, as they live their lives and investigate murder cases.


UnforgivenUnforgiven
ITV, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Mini-Series

Unforgiven tells the story of Ruth Slater (Suranne Jones) who has spent the past 15 years imprisoned for the murder of two policemen, and now faces the daunting prospect of rebuilding her life whilst being irresistibly drawn to the place that haunts her, Upper Hanging Stones Farm. In spite of trying to focus on the future and her new boyfriend Brad (Will Mellor), Ruth is unable to forget her past and the sister, Katie, who she was forced to leave behind. Outraged to hear that the woman who killed their father has been released, Kieran (Jack Deam) and Steve Whelan (Matthew McNulty) are eager to seek revenge. Believing that life should mean life, the two brothers decide to take the law into their own hands. But just how far are they capable of going? Can they really do to her what she did to their father?


At Home with the BraithwaitesAt Home with the Braithwaites
ITV, 2000 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama
Rating: 2/5

Peter Davison and Amanda Redman are starring as David and Alison Braithwaite in this brilliant mixture of comedy and drama. The story begins with Alison being given a European lottery ticket by her youngest daughter Charlotte for her 40th birthday and guess what - she happens to be the winner of £38m. First Alison cannot believe it herself and then she is afraid of how such sudden wealth will affect her family, so she decides to keep a secret, and use the money to help others. She uses her middle name and her maiden name to create Jane Crowther and sets up a charity called the Jane Crowther Trust.