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Summary Five middle-aged women (Lorraine Ashbourne, Amelia Bullmore, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Greig, and Joanna Scanlan) form a punk rock band for a talent contest in the drama series created by Sally Wainwright. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 12 Oct 2025 and in the US on BritBox on 14 Jan 2026]
Riot Women
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 14, 2026
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Summary Five middle-aged women (Lorraine Ashbourne, Amelia Bullmore, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Greig, and Joanna Scanlan) form a punk rock band for a talent contest in the drama series created by Sally Wainwright. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 12 Oct 2025 and in the US on BritBox on 14 Jan 2026]
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
77
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Oct 13, 2025
Every member of the cast works in perfect unison, rounded out by the impressive talents of Sue Johnston and Anne Reid as Aunt Mary and Nancy, women in the next stage of life, one with probable dementia.
Oct 13, 2025
Like all Wainwright’s best work (and work by the likes of Debbie Horsfield and Kay Mellor before her), Riot Women covers a lot of ground without getting bogged down or leaving the viewer feeling shortchanged.
Oct 13, 2025
Like its characters, Riot Women takes its time to come into its own – but, when it does, it is full-throated and glorious.
Oct 13, 2025
Sally Wainwright’s Riot Women (BBC1) started with a dramatic punch to the face and kept up the raucously high energy of a pneumatic jackhammer until the end of the episode.
Oct 13, 2025
Wainwright is a skilled writer who knows how to weave plot strands together, but she’s so heavy-handed with the menopause stuff that before long I was cringing to my boots (and I am, as a woman of a certain age, this show’s target market).
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