<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Production website </Td> </Tr> <P> Happy Valley is a British crime drama television series filmed and set in the Calder Valley, West Yorkshire in Northern England . The series, starring Sarah Lancashire and Siobhan Finneran, is written and created by Sally Wainwright, and directed by Wainwright, Euros Lyn, and Tim Fywell . The first series debuted on BBC One on 29 April 2014, and the second series debuted on 9 February 2016 . In May 2015, Happy Valley won the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series . </P> <P> Sarah Lancashire initially said that she would not return for a third series, but later confirmed to the news media that she will return . However, no date has been set because Sally Wainwright has previous commitments to work on other projects . "Sally has told us she wants to write another series, which will be the final one . We don't know when it will happen," Sarah Lancashire said in September 2016 . Producer Nicola Shindler has confirmed that the series would not be broadcast until 2018 at the earliest . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Series </Th> <Th> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> <Th> Ave . UK viewers (in millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First aired </Th> <Th> Last aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 29 April 2014 </Td> <Td> 3 June 2014 </Td> <Td> 8.21 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 9 February 2016 </Td> <Td> 15 March 2016 </Td> <Td> 9.37 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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