Six-time BAFTA-winner, Sally Wainwright’s drama is as absorbing and authentic as ever.
The new series reunites the multi-award-winning ensemble cast, which includes Anne Reid, Derek Jacobi, Nicola Walker, Sarah Lancashire and Timothy West.
Alan (Derek Jacobi) and Celia (Anne Reid) have now been married for seven years. The childhood sweethearts – who reunited and remarried in their seventies – have moved into a lovely new home. The views across the Calder Valley are beautiful and the couple are still very much in love.
But Alan and Celia are discovering that wedded bliss isn’t always blissful.
Clashing politics create tension between the happy couple. There’s also Alan’s new job and a wild local lad to contend with.
Meanwhile, Celia’s daughter Caroline (Sarah Lancashire) gets emotionally embroiled at work and Alan’s brother Ted jets in from New Zealand for a holiday with the family. Only it turns out Ted’s bought a one-way ticket, and he hasn’t come alone.