Happy Valley fans spot ‘mad’ issue with latest episode’s final scene

Viewers of hit BBC drama Happy Valley took to social media as they spotted an issue in the final scene of the latest episode, which aired on Sunday evening (January 22nd).

Fans tuned in to watch the suspenseful episode, the fourth in the new series, which saw Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton) escape from court.

The show ended on yet another cliff-hanger and left viewers speculating whether Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) and evil psychopath Tommy would meet again in the final episode of series three.

Tommy was in court to stand trial for the murder of Gary Gackowski, whose remains were washed up in a reservoir and discovered by Sergeant Cawood in episode one.

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In the final moments, Tommy absconded from custody with the help of his gangland associates while a fight broke out in the Leeds courtroom halls – with the scene actually filmed in Bolton – as he made his escape by distracting security staff.

He cunningly shouted ‘I’m police’ while making a run for the doors and straight into a newsagents where he managed to disguise himself as a cyclist before heading back out into…central Leeds.

Fans are now wondering if there is yet to be a stand-off between him and Sergeant Cawood towards the end of the series.

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Spotting the blunder, one viewer wrote on Twitter: “Mad how Tommy escapes from Bolton but ends up in Leeds”.

A second wrote: “Tommy Lee Royce entering a newsagent in Bolton and exiting in Leeds. I’m never going to that newsagents.”

While a third joked: “The newsagents in Bolton has a portal to another town. Need to take a trip, will save me on train fare.”

Though it’s not the first time a continuity error like this has happened, as fans have been flocking to a cafe in Bolton where a dramatic scene took place between Sergeant Cawood and her sister, Clare Cartwright (Siobhan Finneran), despite the scene supposedly set in Sheffield.