Who is in the cast of Riot Women? BBC actors and where it was filmed
Riot Women will be striking up a chord again this weekend 🎸📺
- Riot Women is tuning up for another episode.
- Sally Wainwright’s drama is back for more.
- But who are the members in its punk band?
Riot Women is in sound check and preparing to rock out on a Sunday night once again. The drama about middle-aged women forming a punk band is back.
From the pen of Sally Wainwright, creator of Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax, it will be airing weekly on BBC One. It will have six episodes in total.
But where do you know the cast from? Here’s all you need to know:
What is Riot Women about?
Sally Wainwright’s new show follows a teacher, a police officer, a pub landlady, a midwife, and a shoplifting freeloader: five menopausal women who form a punk rock band.
They come together to take part in a local talent contest, and suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined. As they become closer, the teacher, Beth, and freeloader, Kitty, discover a surprising, heartbreaking connection.
What time is Riot Women on TV today?
Riot Women is set to continue tonight (October 19), with episodes broadcast weekly on Sunday nights. It is the second of six episodes in total.
It is due to begin at 9pm once again. It will also be available to watch on iPlayer with the full boxset available now.
Who is in the cast of Riot Women?
The actors who will be playing the titular punk rockers in the upcoming show have been confirmed as:
- Joanna Scanlan (After Love, The Thick of It) - Beth
- Rosalie Craig (Moonflower Murders, Serpent Queen) - Kitty
- Tamsin Greig (Sexy Beast, The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin) - Holly
- Lorraine Ashbourne (Sherwood, Alma's Not Normal) - Jess
- Amelia Bullmore (The Buccaneers, Vienna Blood) - Yvonne
Taj Atwal (Line of Duty), Chandeep Uppal (Holby City), and Macy Seelochan (Shadow and Bone) will play Nisha, Kam and Miranda: the band’s riotous backing singers.
The show will also star the following actors as well:
- Anne Reid (The Sixth Commandment)
- Sue Johnston (The Royle Family)
- Peter Davison (Doctor Who)
- Claire Skinner (Outnumbered)
- Angel Coulby (Merlin)
- Jonny Green (White Lines)
- Ellise Chappell (Yesterday)
- Tony Hirst (Hollyoaks)
- Shannon Lavelle (The Hardacres)
- Mark Bazeley (Broadchurch)
- Amit Shah (Happy Valley)
- Rick Warden (Red Eye)
- Ben Batt (Domina)
- Natalia Tena (Harry Potter)
- Melanie La Barrie (& Juliet)
- Oliver Huntingdon (Sherwood)
- Richard Fleeshman (The Sandman)
- Olwen May (A Very British Scandal)
- Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey)
- Nicholas Gleaves (Bodyguard)
- Thomas Flynn (Masters of the Air)
Who does the music in Riot Women?
What would a show about a punk rock band be without any actual music to go along with it. Riot Women will feature original songs from the band ARXX.
The real world duo describe their music as “power pop” and have more than 20,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. ARXX’s most popular songs on the platform include Ride or Die, Crying in the Carwash and Good Boy.
Where was Riot Women filmed?
It has been announced that the show has been filmed in and around Hebden Bridge. It is a location previously used by Sally Wainwright in shows like Happy Valley.
Make sure you keep your eyes peeled to see if you can spot any familiar locations when the show starts this autumn.
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