Joanna Scanlan Leading Sally Wainwright’s ‘Riot Women’ For BBC & BritBox International
deadline.comBAFTA-winner Joanna Scanlan is leading Riot Women, Sally Wainwright‘s BBC series about a group of middle-aged women who form a punk rock band, while BritBox International has boarded as co-producer.
Scanlan, who won a BAFTA for After Love, will play Beth opposite Rosalie Craig (Moonflower Murders, Serpent Queen) as Kitty, Tamsin Greig (Sexy Beast, The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin) as Holly, Lorraine Ashbourne (Sherwood, Alma’s Not Normal) as Jess, and Amelia Bullmore (The Buccaneers, Vienna Blood) as Yvonne.
Anne Reid (The Sixth Commandment) will play Nancy, Holly and Yvonne’s mother, with Sue Johnston (The Royle Family) as Jess’s Aunt Mary.
Peter Davison (Doctor Who), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) and Angel Coulby (Merlin) also join the cast. The series sees the women, along with two backing singers, come together to create a makeshift band in order to enter a local talent contest, but in writing their first original song, they soon discover that they have lots to say, and this is their way to say it.
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