PETER HITCHENS: Even I balk at Happy Valley's depiction of grim modern Britain (and I'm an Olympic-standard pessimist)

This is Peter Hitchens��� Mail on Sunday column

May I exaggerate, just a bit? Has everyone in the lavishly praised BBC TV police drama Happy Valley been a) a habitual drunk or drug abuser, b) raped, c) suffered from the suicide of a close family member, d) kidnapped, e) blackmailed, f) been taking ���antidepressants��� for years, or g) committed or suffered from violent spousal abuse?

I am myself an Olympic-standard pessimist but even I balk at this picture of modern Britain. Things are bad bu...