Tamsin Greig joins huge cast including Joanna Scanlan in new punk rock drama - The Mirror

Actresses Tamsin Greig, Rosalie Craig and Amelia Bullmore morphe into punk rockers in the first look at Sally Wainwright's new drama, Riot Women

Actresses Tamsin Greig, Rosalie Craig and Amelia Bullmore are seen transformed into punk rockers in the first look at Sally Wainwright's new drama.

Riot Women will see Friday Night Dinner star Greig and musical theatre actress Craig unite with After Love actress Joanna Scanlan, Sherwood's Lorraine Ashbourne and Scott & Bailey actress Bullmore to play middle-aged women who form a new punk rock band.

Riot Women creator, writer, director and executive producer Sally Wainwright said: "I'm having a whole new buzz of excitement about the show as we bring it together in the edit, and I can't wait to share it with everyone!"

In six part series Riot Women viewers will dive headfirst into the world of five women who come together to create a makeshift punk-rock band in order to enter a local talent contest but, in writing their first original song, soon discover that they have a lot to say - and this is their way of saying it.

As they juggle the demands of life, the band becomes a catalyst for change in their lives and makes them question everything.

Greig, Craig and Bullmore - who play Holly, Kitty and Yvonne - can be seen dressed in denim jackets, tartan suits and tasselled tops as they rock out on stage in a newly released photo from the drama. Craig can also be seen causing chaos as she stands wielding a hammer on top of a sports car which has been spray-painted.

Another picture shows Ashbourne, who plays Jess, sporting a spiked hair-do and dressed in a sparkly jacket with white stars as she plays the drums on stage. Kitty and Beth (Scanlan), who play the band's creative masterminds, will also be caught up in a long-buried secret during the show, set in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.

Line Of Duty actress star Taj Atwal, Holby City's Chandeep Uppal and Shadow And Bone actress Macy Jacob-Seelochan also feature in the drama as Nisha, Kam and Miranda, the band's riotous backing singers.

Also among the cast is Anne Reid, who worked with Wainwright on Last Tango In Halifax, as Holly and Yvonne's mother; and The Royle Family actress Sue Johnston as Jess's aunt. Doctor Who actor Peter Davison; Outnumbered actress Claire Skinner; Merlin star Angel Coulby; Happy Valley actor Amit Shah and Hollyoaks actor Tony Hirst have also joined the show.

The drama features original songs from the band ARXX who entered the UK charts with the 2023 single Ride Or Die.

Riot Women will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK later this year.