Riot Women: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Riot Women centres on the lives of five women of a certain age who come together to create a makeshift, butt-of-the-joke punk-rock band in order to enter a talent contest, but when they rehearse together they suddenly discover that they have a lot more to say than they ever imagined, and this is the way to say it.

The drama follows the women as they deal with demanding jobs, grown-up children who still eat up their energy, dependent parents, husbands who've let them down and the menopause. The band becomes a catalyst for change in the women's lives, and it's going to make them question everything.

As the story progresses, it's more than music that binds them; a deeply potent, long-buried secret connects Kitty and Beth, the two unlikely creative masterminds behind the band, and it's a secret that could tear everything apart.

Series details

• Title: Riot Women
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2025-10-12
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 59 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 70859
• IMDb ID: tt32315888
• TVDB ID: 438709

Cast and credited roles

• Joanna Scanlan — Beth Thornton
• Rosalie Craig — Kitty Eckersley
• Tamsin Greig — Holly Gaskell
• Lorraine Ashbourne — Jess Burchill
• Amelia Bullmore — Yvonne Vaux
• Taj Atwal — Nisha Lal
• Jonny Green — Tom Thornton
• Sue Johnston — Auntie Mary
• Ellise Chappell — Fearne
• Chandeep Uppal — Kam Lal
• Ben Batt — Alec "Rudy" Rudenko
• Anne Reid — Nancy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-10-12; final listed air date 2025-10-12; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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