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) and Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) and Angel Coulby (Merlin) also join the cast.

Joanna Scanlan is leading the BBC Sally Wainwright drama along with Tamsin Greig, Lorraine Ashbourne, Amelia Bullmore

Sally Wainwright, creator of TV hits Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, and Gentleman Jack, is turning her attention to a new BBC project, Riot Women. The six-episode series, from Drama Republic, on Thursday unveiled its cast as filming continues in West Yorkshire,

The BBC's upcoming new drama from Sally Wainwright (boss of Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax) has finally confirmed its cast in an exciting update. Riot Women will follow the formation of a female punk-rock band, while also delving into their lives as they juggle the demands of work, children, partners, dating and relationships.

Joanna Scanlan and Tamsin Greig have been confirmed to star in Sally Wainwright’s new BBC drama “Riot Women.” “Riot Women” is the new drama from “Happy Valley” creator Wainwright, about a group of middle-aged women who decide to enter a talent contest by forming a punk-rock band.

The cast of Sally Wainwright's new BBC drama series is revealed - Riot Women stars a number of Cult TV favourites in the cast.

Thankfully, we won’t have to wait long: coming to BBC One next year is Riot Women, a Wainwright-penned drama that explores the complicated lives of five women who form a makeshift punk-rock band to win a local talent competition, but soon find that they have more in common than they realise.