Happy Valley: trailer

An intense trailer has now dropped for the third season of Happy Valley to screen on January 2 in Australia.

Sarah Lancashire, James Norton & Siobhan Finneran return for Sally Wainwright’s final season of the acclaimed police drama.

When Sergeant Catherine discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim it sparks a chain of events that unwittingly leads her straight back to murderer and rapist Tommy Lee Royce. Meanwhile, Catherine’s grandson Ryan is now sixteen and has ideas of his own about what kind of relationship he wants to have with Tommy, the man Catherine refuses to acknowledge as his father.

The first two series of this critically acclaimed drama each won BAFTAs for Drama Series and Writing: Drama for Sally Wainwright, with Sarah Lancashire winning Leading Actress for series two.

Episodes will premiere on Mondays at 11:00am with repeats at 9.30pm from January 2 on BBC First.

Violence.