Originally Posted by
griff
I never watched it because I wasn’t all that keen on Sarah Lancashire (who, strangely, is from Oldham) as an actress. I was wrong, she’s brilliant, as is the whole show. There’s this evil sod, Tommy Lee Royce, who has affected her family and gets out of prison. She’s a copper in a broken family trying to cope then it all goes tits up. It’s dark and funny at the same time and each series has another case going on in the background which are equally riveting. Three series, 18 programmes in all. WATCH IT.