Happy Valley and Last Tango… writer sally wainwright reveals what's behind some of TV’s biggest shows
Sally Wainwright’s dramas Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley have won numerous awards including several BAFTAs, and kept millions of us glued to our screens.
In this week’s South Bank Show on Sky Arts, Melvyn Bragg talks to Sally, 54, about her life and career, which included script writing for Coronation Street, before going on to create the popular ITV comedy-drama At Home with the Braithwaites in 2000.
She went on to make Unforgiven and Scott & Bailey for ITV before writing Last Tango… and Happy Valley for the BBC.
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