Review TV Mini-Series (6 Episodes) ; HAPPY VALLEY (2014) AA

Terrific TV Series sponsored by Netflix and Produced by the 
BBC. Available by streaming from Netflix. SUBTITLES ARE 
A MUST.

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  Dark, edgy and suspenseful.
  Catherine Cawood is a no-nonsense police sergeant who heads up a team of officers in a rural Yorkshire valley in England. Yorkshire, is a sprawling county in Northern England where people say “nowt” when they mean to say “nothing.” 
  Unlike the high-heeled stick figures who pass for female cops on American dramas, Sergeant Cawood huffs and puffs while chasing down a drug-peddling ice cream truck, she bruises and bleeds when kicked in the face by a perp, and she weeps, loudly and unapologetically, when the tragedies begin to fall around her like rain.
  When a staged kidnapping spirals out of control turning into a brutal series of crimes, Catherine finds herself involved in something significantly bigger than her rank, but unknowingly close to home.
  This series is an impressive combination good writing, better acting, and, above all, created in a unique setting.