"Bad Girls" (1999) TV series 1999-2006

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Creators:

Maureen Chadwick
Eileen Gallagher
Ann McManus

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

1 June 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Behind bars, anything can happen!

Plot:

Drama about the staff and inmates of a women's prison.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Women's Prison | Inmate | Escape Attempt | Pedophile

Awards:

9 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Victoria Alcock	...	Julie Saunders (96 episodes, 1999-2006)
Kika Mirylees	...	Julie Johnston / ... (96 episodes, 1999-2006)
Helen Fraser	...	Sylvia Hollamby / ... (92 episodes, 1999-2006)
Jack Ellis	...	Jim Fenner (88 episodes, 1999-2005)
Tracey Wilkinson	...	Di Barker / ... (76 episodes, 2000-2005)
Victoria Bush	...	Tina O'Kane / ... (73 episodes, 2001-2006)
Alicia Eyo	...	Denny Blood (59 episodes, 1999-2003)
Linda Henry	...	Yvonne Atkins (58 episodes, 1999-2003)
Claire King	...	Karen Betts (56 episodes, 2000-2004)
Isabelle Amyes	...	Barbara Hunt (52 episodes, 2000-2003)
James Gaddas	...	Neil Grayling (52 episodes, 2002-2006)
Sharon Duncan-Brewster	...	Crystal Gordon (44 episodes, 1999-2002)
Pauline Campbell	...	Al Mackenzie (42 episodes, 2001-2004)
Amanda Barrie	...	Beverley Tull (41 episodes, 2003-2006)
Jeanie Gold	...	Prisoner (41 episodes, 2003-2006)
Stephanie Beacham	...	Phyllida Oswyn (40 episodes, 2003-2006)

Also Known As:

Jail Birds (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min (including commercials; eight episodes) | 75 min (including commercials; one episode) | UK:60 min (including commercials; ninety eight episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M | UK:15 | UK:18 (two episodes)

Filming Locations:

Oxford Prison, New Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Shed Productions

Trivia:

"The Victim" (Series 1, Episode 4) is the only episode to-date where the theme music is replaced in the closing credits. The episode ends with Crystal singing Amazing Grace out of a cell window in tribute to an inmate who has died and the song continues over the closing credits. The closing credits for Series 5, Episode 16 do not feature the theme music, but instead run silently after the shock murder of an inmate.

Quotes:

Yvonne Atkins: I'd rather trust a nonce in a playground than you, Fenner.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Drama Connections: Tenko (#1.3)" (2005)

One of the greatest drama's ever

Bad Girls has always been brilliant. I have loved it from the first series, but then the fantastic Phyl and Bev (Stephanie Beacham and Amanda Barrie) known as The Costa Cons arrived and it got even better! These two are my absolute favourite characters ever, and i really hope they are both back for the next series. Their scenes with Officer Hollamby (Helen Fraser) had me in stitches.