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

L-R: Sally Wainwright, Joanna Scanlan (Image: Misan Harriman), Rosalie Craig (Image: Sergei Sarakhanov), Lorraine Ashbourne (Image: Pip Bourdillon), Tamsin Greig (Image:Harry Livingstone), and Amelia Bullmore (Image: Ruth Crafer).

Tamsin Greig and Joanna Scanlan to play middle-aged punk rockers in new show - The six-part series follows five women coping with work, grown-up children, dependent parents, husbands and the menopause.

BritBox and the BBC announced the cast of Riot Women, the new drama series from the multi-BAFTA award-winning writer Sally Wainwright.

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.

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.