{"id":104517,"date":"2025-08-19T17:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=104517"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:06:05","slug":"britbox-releases-trailer-for-new-sally-wainwright-drama-riot-women-and-announces-october-22nd-premiere-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/19\/britbox-releases-trailer-for-new-sally-wainwright-drama-riot-women-and-announces-october-22nd-premiere-video\/","title":{"rendered":"BritBox Releases Trailer for New Sally Wainwright Drama &#8220;Riot Women&#8221; and Announces October 22nd Premiere [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104518\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819a.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819a.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819a-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/> Today, BritBox debuted the official trailer for <em><strong>Riot Women<\/strong><\/em>, the brand-new drama from the multi-BAFTA award-winning writer Sally Wainwright (<em>Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, Gentleman Jack<\/em>). The BritBox Original will premiere October 22nd with two episodes, with subsequent episodes released weekly. Set and filmed in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, the six-part series is made by Drama Republic, a Mediawan Company, (<em>One Day, Doctor Foster, The English<\/em>) for the BBC in a co-commission with BritBox.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nATiVDb8nAQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A teacher, a police officer, a pub landlady, a midwife, and a shoplifting freeloader: five menopausal women form a punk rock band 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.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3481164054\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104519\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819b.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819b.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819b-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Riot Women stars Joanna Scanlan (<em>After Love, The Thick of It<\/em>) as Beth, Rosalie Craig (<em>Moonflower Murders, Serpent Queen<\/em>) as Kitty, Tamsin Greig (<em>Sexy Beast, The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin<\/em>) as Holly, Lorraine Ashbourne (<em>Sherwood, Alma&#8217;s Not Normal<\/em>) as Jess, and Amelia Bullmore (<em>The Buccaneers, Vienna Blood<\/em>) as Yvonne, with Taj Atwal (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>), Chandeep Uppal (<em>Holby City<\/em>), and Macy Jacob-Seelochan (<em>Shadow and Bone<\/em>) as Nisha, Kam and Miranda, the band&#8217;s riotous backing singers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104521\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819e.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819e.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819e-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Riot Women will also star Anne Reid (<em>The Sixth Commandment<\/em>), Sue Johnston (<em>The Royle Family<\/em>), Peter Davison (<em>Doctor Who<\/em>), Claire Skinner (<em>Outnumbered<\/em>), Angel Coulby (<em>Merlin<\/em>), Jonny Green (<em>White Lines<\/em>), Ellise Chappell (<em>Yesterda<\/em>y), Tony Hirst (<em>Hollyoaks<\/em>), Shannon Lavelle (<em>The Hardacres<\/em>), Mark Bazeley (<em>Broadchurch<\/em>), Amit Shah (<em>Happy Valley<\/em>), Rick Warden (<em>Red Eye<\/em>), Ben Batt (<em>Domina<\/em>), Natalia Tena (<em>Harry Potter<\/em>), Melanie La Barrie (<em>&amp; Juliet<\/em>), Oliver Huntingdon (<em>Sherwood<\/em>), Richard Fleeshman (<em>The Sandman<\/em>), Olwen May (<em>A Very British Scandal<\/em>), Kevin Doyle (<em>Downton Abbey<\/em>), Nicholas Gleaves (<em>Bodyguard<\/em>) and Thomas Flynn (<em>Masters of the Air<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104520\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819d.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819d.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/britbox20250819d-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><em>Riot Women<\/em> will feature original songs from the band ARXX.<\/p>\n<p><em>Riot Wome<\/em>n (6&#215;60) is created, written, and executive produced by Sally Wainwright, who is also the series&#8217;s lead director. 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