Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
This tv show contains 52 potentially triggering events.
One character is suspected of either having an affair with a colleague or having some other kind of sexual secret. He holds some awkward lingering glares at a minor and is ultimately found to be blackmailing a teenager with explicit images
Allison takes a purposeful overdose in order to kill herself but doesn’t die. She’s found disoriented and in danger of dying, she pukes them up and received medical attention
Very bad jumpscares in S1E3 (in police station setting, visions seen by the main policewoman) and S1E4 (whilst policewoman is driving in car and looking in her rear view mirror). These are extremely scary and upsetting. Caution needed. All show graphic hanging.
S1 E3 is probably the first very bad incident, though there are instances before and after this. Minutes later in the same episode, a body is shown with physical evidence of suicide