Is Riot Women coming back?

Riot Women is currently airing on BBC iPlayer; the next episode airs in 2026.

Riot Women is a drama series that premiered on October 12, 2025. It follows the lives of five women of a certain age who form a makeshift punk-rock band to enter a talent contest. As they rehearse together, they discover they have more to say than they initially realized, and the band becomes a catalyst for personal change. The series explores their struggles with demanding jobs, grown-up children, dependent parents, and the menopause, highlighting how music helps them confront these challenges. Over time, a long-buried secret linking two of the women threatens to upend their newfound camaraderie.

The show features Joanna Scanlan as Beth Thornton, Rosalie Craig as Kitty Eckersley, and Tamsin Greig as Holly Gaskell, among others. It has a rating of 6.8 on TVMaze and each episode runs approximately 59 minutes. The first season consisted of six episodes, and a second season with the same number of episodes is in development.