Figures show BBC can still outdo streaming services, but search is now on for its next mega-hit
Happy Valley’s finale was the most-watched television programme of the year so far, as 7.5 million viewers tuned in to watch the conclusion of the BBC drama on Sunday night.
The Guardian’s five-star review described the show as “one of the greatest trilogies in modern television”, as viewers learned the fates of the police officer Catherine Cawood and criminal Tommy Lee Royce.
