Happy Valley superfan won lottery after buying lucky ticket at one of hit show's filming spots

Rachel Nolan, 47, purchased her numbers at a newsagents while on a tour of Hebden Bridge. The shop features in a number of key scenes on the hit BBC drama - and is instantly recognisable to fans. Rachel, a PR and marketing expert, matched four numbers and won £199.

She said: "I couldn't believe it. Sarah Lancashire is amazing, and she's won three awards - but I've won the lottery because of her. I wouldn't have been in Hebden Bridge, in that shop, if it wasn't for the show.

"I spent some on my family and I'm going to take the man who organised the tour out for dinner. I'll also donate some to a hospice shop that's opposite the house where Catherine Cawood lived in the show."

Mother-of-three Rachel travelled to Hebden Bridge on April 8 for a 30-stop guided tour of Happy Valley filming locations. She is a huge fan of the show, and has watched it through three times. One of the stops was at a town centre newsagents were character Neil works. It's also where villain Tommy Lee Royce first makes contact with his son after getting out of prison.

Rachel, from Aldgate, central London, bought her ticket on a whim.

She said: "It was an amazing day and we had so much fun. "Frank [the organiser] had done a lot of research and we visited filming locations I don't think many people know about.

"I was amazed at how close to each other the locations are - they're within about an eight-mile radius. It's such a stunning area, I was in awe of it.”

Rachel is a big fan of Sally Wainwright, who has won awards for writing the show, and she also loves Sarah Lancashire, who played Catherine.

Lancashire cleaned up at the National Television Awards on Tuesday night (Sep 5), taking home the Drama Performance award for Happy Valley, which also picked up Returning Drama, as well as a Special Recognition award presented by Sir Ian McKellen.