Returning to her West Yorkshire homeland, Sally Wainwright’s latest BBC drama promises all the secrets, rumours and provincial gloom of her previous hit series, Happy Valley. Hebden Bridge, a town Ted Hughes once described as shut in by a ‘sodden dreariness’, is a fitting setting for Riot Women. Its five female leads are ‘middle-aged, menopausal and invisible’, trapped between loveless marriages, dependent parents and wayward children in an otherwise quaint valley of disillusionment.

Emboldened by a cocktail of midlife strife and teenage nostalgia, they form a punk band: think Bikini Kill if they settled in northern England. Rosalie Craig plays Kitty, the band’s unruly frontwoman. With a penchant for drama, she brings a hearty dose of female rage that inflames band tensions as much as it strengthens their bond. As they prepare for their debut at the local talent show, the women navigate the weight of their watershed years in the spirit of punk angst, finding friendship and purpose in their anger.

The show’s more sombre moments are sure to be balanced by witty performances from Tamsin Greig (Friday Night Dinner), Joanna Scanlan (The Thick Of It) and Amelia Bullmore (I’m Alan Partridge), who play a police officer/bassist, teacher/pianist and midwife/guitarist, respectively. Lorraine Ashbourne (Alma’s Not Normal) plays the band’s drummer and founder, while an original soundtrack by Brighton-based duo ARXX promises power-pop music to boot. Embrace your inner riot grrrl and dive into this six-part series.

Riot Women starts on BBC One on Sunday 12 October, with all episodes available on iPlayer.