Prisoners' Wives
| Prisoners' Wives | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Julie Gearey |
| Written by | Julie Gearey James Graham Chloe Moss |
| Starring | Emma Rigby Polly Walker Pippa Haywood Natalie Gavin |
| Composer | Daniel Pemberton |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (as of 6 March 2012) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Roanna Benn Rebecca de Souza Greg Brenman |
| Producer | Anna Ferguson |
| Production locations | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Running time | 59 minutes |
| Production company | Tiger Aspect Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One BBC HD |
| Release | 31 January 2012 – present |
Prisoners' Wives is a BBC drama series, created and written by Julie Gearey and starring Emma Rigby, Polly Walker, Pippa Haywood and Natalie Gavin, with supporting cast including Jonas Armstrong and Iain Glen. The series centres around four very different women, each struggling to cope with a significant man in her life serving time in prison.[1][2][3] The series is set in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
There will be a second series but without Emma Rigby or Jonas Armstrong.[4] [unreliable source?] Series two will be a slightly shorter run of four episodes, which will air in 2013.[5]
Main cast
Series 1
- Emma Rigby as Gemma, Her life comes crashing around her when armed police storm her house and arrest her husband on suspicion of murder
- Polly Walker as Francesca, a colourful and glamorous career criminal’s wife
- Pippa Haywood as Harriet, a respectable middle-aged upstanding member of the local community whose son is in jail
- Natalie Gavin as Lou, her boyfriend Sean is serving time on her behalf
Series 2
- Polly Walker as Francesca
- Pippa Haywood as Harriet
- Sally Carman as Kim, the wife of a man falsely accused of a terrible crime
- Karla Crome as Aisling, the teenage daughter of a repeat offender
Supporting cast
Series 1
- Jonas Armstrong as Steve
- David Bradley as Frank
- Adam Gillen as Gavin
- Iain Glen as Paul
- Reuben Johnson as Sean
- Andrew Tiernan as DS David Hunter
- Phoebe Dynevor as Lauren
Series 2
- David Bradley as Frank
- Iain Glen as Paul
- Anne Reid
Production
Prisoners’ Wives is executive produced for Tiger Aspect by Roanna Benn, Rebecca de Souza and Greg Brenman (Tiger’s Head of Drama) and for the BBC by Christopher Aird. Damon Thomas and Harry Bradbeer direct with Anna Ferguson as producer and Abi Bach as co-producer. The series was commissioned for BBC One by Ben Stephenson and Danny Cohen for airing in early 2012.
Written by Julie Gearey, this relationship-based ensemble drama is set and filmed in Sheffield and stars Emma Rigby, Polly Walker, Pippa Haywood and Natalie Gavin, supported by actors including Jonas Armstrong and Iain Glen. The series music is composed by Daniel Pemberton.
Ratings
The series opened with 4.92m, according to overnight figures, which was a 20.1% audience share.[6]
| Episode | Airdate | Official BBC One rating (millions)[7][8] |
Rank | Audience share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 January 2012 | 5.62 | 1 | 20.1 |
| 2 | 7 February 2012 | 5.96 | 1 | 21.6 |
| 3 | 14 February 2012 | 5.18 | 2 | 17.3 |
| 4 | 21 February 2012 | 4.69 | 2 | 14.7 |
| 5 | 28 February 2012 | 4.98 | 2 | 16.9 |
| 6 | 6 March 2012 | 5.16 | TBA | TBA |
References
- ^ Nicola Methven (18 November 2011). "Move over Mistresses - it's time for new BBC1 drama Prisoners' Wives". Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Polly Walker to Star in BBC Drama Prisoners' Wives". BestBritishTv. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ CM4. "Prisoners' Wives". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
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- ^ "'Prisoners' Wives' second series confirmed". Digital Spy. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
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