Riot Women BBC Trailer

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From Sally Wainwright, the creator, writer and director of Happy Valley... 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.

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00:01Do you ever feel like you're living in an alternative universe?

00:06Where have women of a certain age become invisible?

00:12Just when you finally think, I've got it sorted.

00:16Midlife crisis husband.

00:18You lying, two-faced bastard!

00:20Difficult parents.

00:21You're in your night clothes.

00:22I've got her to be birthday suit next time.

00:24Your child's still doing your head in.

00:26You're having a stroke.

00:27It's always about you!

00:31Jess.

00:32Do you want to be in my rock band?

00:33You what?

00:34One, two, three, four.

00:36Hang on, hang on.

00:37I'm 790.

00:39Right, okay.

00:40Are we ready?

00:41Yep.

00:43One, two, three, four.

00:47What's your band going to be called, Granny?

00:49We're all women of a certain age, so...

00:51The old bags department.

00:55What are you doing?

00:56I've retired. This is my new hobby.

00:58You can't be serious.

01:01This is our time.

01:04We need to grasp it.

01:06Do you know what?

01:07Right now, I could shag anything that moves.

01:10Anything with a pulse.

01:12I thought I...

01:13It's not a pulse.

01:14It's not a pulse.

01:19Kitty's got some pipes on her, hasn't she?

01:21She's been inside twice.

01:23Drugs.

01:24Assault.

01:25You name it.

01:26Still, she has got some pipes on her.

01:29Let's start a riot.

01:30We won't be quiet.

01:32I'm probably not somebody you should put too much faith in.

01:35Let's start a riot.

01:37She's not your friend.

01:38I know that she thinks she is, but she's not.

01:40This banter has saved my life.

01:43She's chaotic.

01:46She's flaky.

01:47With her like that, I think we call it the day.

02:00Kitty!

02:02I'm gonna tell you something you're not gonna believe.

02:07What's your band called, miss?

02:09Riot Women.

02:10We sing songs about being middle-aged and menopausal and more or less invisible.

02:14Wow.

02:15Yeah.

02:16And you thought The Clash were angry.

02:18Let's start a riot!

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