BBC shows Happy Valley, The Missing and Marvellous have won multiple awards at the Monte Carlo television awards.
Happy Valley won best European drama series and Sarah Lancashire was awarded outstanding actress in a drama series. The Missing won best mini series and outstanding actress for Frances O’Connor.
Marvellous picked up three awards – best television film and outstanding actor and actress for Toby Jones and Gemma Jones. Crime drama Happy Valley was a ratings and critical hit when it was first screened in 2014. It followed police sergeant Catherine Cawood, (played by Lancashire) who stumbles on a kidnap plot as she pursues a man she holds responsible for her daughter’s suicide.
