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Prisoners' Wives

January 01, 1970

Prisoners' Wives is a BBC drama series, created and written by Julie Gearey and starring Polly Walker, Pippa Haywood, Emma Rigby, Natalie Gavin, Sally Carman and Karla Crome, with supporting cast including Iain Glen, Adam Gillen, Jonas Armstrong, Reuben Johnson, Enzo Cilenti and Owen Roe. The series centres on 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. Series one was six episodes long, and premiered on Tuesday 31 January 2012. Series two was a shorter run of four episodes, and began on Thursday 14 March 2013 on BBC One.[4][5]

Prisoners' Wives
GenreDrama
Created byJulie Gearey
Written by
  • Julie Gearey
  • James Graham
  • Chloe Moss
Starring
ComposerDaniel Pemberton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Roanna Benn
  • Rebecca de Souza
  • Julie Gearey
ProducerAnna Ferguson
Production locationsSheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Running time60 minutes
Production companyTiger Aspect Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release31 January 2012 (2012-01-31) –
4 April 2013 (2013-04-04)

Main cast edit

Series 1 edit

Series 2 edit

  • Polly Walker as Francesca Miller
  • Pippa Haywood as Harriet Allison
  • Sally Carman as Kim Haines
  • Karla Crome as Aisling O'Connor

Supporting cast edit

Series 1 edit

Series 2 edit

Episodes edit

Series 1 edit

# Title Directed by Written by Original air date UK viewers
(millions)[6]
1"Episode 1"Damon ThomasJulie Gearey31 January 2012 (2012-01-31)5.62
2"Episode 2"Damon ThomasJulie Gearey7 February 2012 (2012-02-07)5.96
3"Episode 3"Damon ThomasJames Graham14 February 2012 (2012-02-14)5.18
4"Episode 4"Harry BradbeerChloe Moss21 February 2012 (2012-02-21)4.69
5"Episode 5"Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey28 February 2012 (2012-02-28)4.98
6"Episode 6"Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey6 March 2012 (2012-03-06)5.16

Series 2 edit

# Title Directed by Written by Original air date UK viewers
(millions)[6]
7"Episode 1"Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey14 March 2013 (2013-03-14)4.94
8"Episode 2"Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey21 March 2013 (2013-03-21)4.96
9"Episode 3"Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey28 March 2013 (2013-03-28)4.74
10"Episode 4"Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey4 April 2013 (2013-04-04)4.79

Production edit

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.

Ratings edit

The first series attracted an average consolidated audience of 5.26 million. The average consolidated audience for the second series was 4.86 million.

References edit

  1. ^ Nicola Methven (18 November 2011). "Move over Mistresses – it's time for new BBC1 drama Prisoners' Wives". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Polly Walker to Star in BBC Drama Prisoners' Wives". BestBritishTv. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. ^ CM4. "Prisoners' Wives". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 15 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Prisoners' Wives – Series 2 – Episode 1 | Prisoners' Wives". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  5. ^ "'Prisoners' Wives' second series confirmed". Digital Spy. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  6. ^ a b "BARB Top 30s". Barb.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

External links edit

January 01, 1970
prisoners, wives, drama, series, created, written, julie, gearey, starring, polly, walker, pippa, haywood, emma, rigby, natalie, gavin, sally, carman, karla, crome, with, supporting, cast, including, iain, glen, adam, gillen, jonas, armstrong, reuben, johnson,. Prisoners Wives is a BBC drama series created and written by Julie Gearey and starring Polly Walker Pippa Haywood Emma Rigby Natalie Gavin Sally Carman and Karla Crome with supporting cast including Iain Glen Adam Gillen Jonas Armstrong Reuben Johnson Enzo Cilenti and Owen Roe The series centres on 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 Series one was six episodes long and premiered on Tuesday 31 January 2012 Series two was a shorter run of four episodes and began on Thursday 14 March 2013 on BBC One 4 5 Prisoners WivesGenreDramaCreated byJulie GeareyWritten byJulie Gearey James Graham Chloe MossStarringPolly Walker Pippa Haywood Sally Carman Karla Crome Emma Rigby Natalie GavinComposerDaniel PembertonCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of series2No of episodes10ProductionExecutive producersRoanna Benn Rebecca de Souza Julie GeareyProducerAnna FergusonProduction locationsSheffield South Yorkshire EnglandRunning time60 minutesProduction companyTiger Aspect ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkBBC OneRelease31 January 2012 2012 01 31 4 April 2013 2013 04 04 Contents 1 Main cast 1 1 Series 1 1 2 Series 2 2 Supporting cast 2 1 Series 1 2 2 Series 2 3 Episodes 3 1 Series 1 3 2 Series 2 4 Production 5 Ratings 6 References 7 External linksMain cast editSeries 1 edit Emma Rigby as Gemma Roscoe Polly Walker as Francesca Miller Pippa Haywood as Harriet Allison Natalie Gavin as Lou Bell Series 2 edit Polly Walker as Francesca Miller Pippa Haywood as Harriet Allison Sally Carman as Kim Haines Karla Crome as Aisling O ConnorSupporting cast editSeries 1 edit Jonas Armstrong as Steve Roscoe Iain Glen as Paul Miller Adam Gillen as Gavin Allison Reuben Johnson as Sean Lowe Andrew Tiernan as DS David Hunter David Bradley as Frank Harry McEntire as Matt Miller Phoebe Dynevor as Lauren Miller Adrian Rawlins as Ian the Prison Chaplain Series 2 edit Iain Glen as Paul Miller Adam Gillen as Gavin Allison Enzo Cilenti as Mick Haines Owen Roe as Brendan O Connor Nicola Walker as DCI Jo Fontaine David Bradley as Frank Harry McEntire as Matt Miller Phoebe Dynevor as Lauren Miller Anne Reid as Margaret Adrian Rawlins as Ian the Prison ChaplainEpisodes editSeries 1 edit Title Directed by Written by Original air date UK viewers millions 6 1 Episode 1 Damon ThomasJulie Gearey31 January 2012 2012 01 31 5 62 2 Episode 2 Damon ThomasJulie Gearey7 February 2012 2012 02 07 5 96 3 Episode 3 Damon ThomasJames Graham14 February 2012 2012 02 14 5 18 4 Episode 4 Harry BradbeerChloe Moss21 February 2012 2012 02 21 4 69 5 Episode 5 Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey28 February 2012 2012 02 28 4 98 6 Episode 6 Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey6 March 2012 2012 03 06 5 16 Series 2 edit Title Directed by Written by Original air date UK viewers millions 6 7 Episode 1 Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey14 March 2013 2013 03 14 4 94 8 Episode 2 Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey21 March 2013 2013 03 21 4 96 9 Episode 3 Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey28 March 2013 2013 03 28 4 74 10 Episode 4 Harry BradbeerJulie Gearey4 April 2013 2013 04 04 4 79Production editPrisoners 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 Ratings editThe first series attracted an average consolidated audience of 5 26 million The average consolidated audience for the second series was 4 86 million References edit Nicola Methven 18 November 2011 Move over Mistresses it s time for new BBC1 drama Prisoners Wives Daily Mirror 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 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Prisoners Wives Series 2 Episode 1 Prisoners Wives Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 Retrieved 7 March 2013 Prisoners Wives second series confirmed Digital Spy 26 April 2012 Retrieved 24 August 2012 a b BARB Top 30s Barb co uk Retrieved 13 October 2017 External links editPrisoners Wives at BBC Online nbsp Prisoners Wives at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prisoners 27 Wives amp oldid 1203912996, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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