Sally Wainwright Explains Why She Wanted to Make ‘Riot Women’ — Watch Sneak Peek (Video)

It’s smashing! Five British women of a certain age — played by a standout cast — form a punk-rock band to enter a local talent contest in this riotous six-parter from Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley). Check out TV Insider’s exclusive clip of the Riot Women series premiere above to see the compelling main character, classical pianist/underappreciated schoolteacher Beth tell a young music store employee, “We sing songs about being middle-aged, menopausal, and more or less invisible. And you thought The Clash were angry.” Wainwright’s fifty-somethings exist in a mosh pit of work stress, aging parents, adult kids, and shifting hormones. But it’s a hell of a lot…