Happy Valley season 3, BBC

Halifax police sergeant Catherine Cawood is seven months from retirement when this final season opens, with plans for travel. Six years after season 2, her grandson Ryan is now 16 and has some anger issues, but generally the family seems to be in a good place. Discovery of a body links a murder to Ryan’s father, Tommy Lee Royce, serving a life sentence for his crimes against Catherine and others. This leads to a shocking discovery of betrayal that threatens to rip apart the Cawoods. The murder is also linked to a local crime lord with political ambitions, a dodgy pharmacist and Ryan’s abusive PE teacher. Sarah Lancashire and James Norton are pure class as Catherine and Tommy, with a fantastic supporting cast and top notch writing. The underlying theme of men’s violence against women is depressingly real, but there are lighter moments and all six episodes are a celebration of Catherine’s strength and grace. It ends in many tears but justice is done and seen to be done, which is all anyone could hope for.