60 minSeason 8 • Episode 11
LatestChristmas is not Sylvia Hollamby’s favourite time of year and this year isn’t going to be any different. With all the drains on G Wing overflowing, everyone’s wondering what’s causing it and when a decomposed hand rises to the surface could Natalie have been found? Hollamby gets a surprise visit from a face from the past ...
Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and many more throughout the eight-year run. The series was broadcast in 17 countries and was produced by Shed Productions, the company which later produced Footballers' Wives and Waterloo Road. It is set in the fictional women's prison of Larkhall, and features a mixture of serious and light storylines focusing on the prisoners and staff of G Wing. From 2010, the UK broadcast rights were bought by CBS Drama, and is repeated regularly – as of September 2012, the channel is re-running the series again in a late-night time slot.
Acting
Linda Henry's Shell Dockley — iconic, terrifying, weirdly magnetic
Writing
Maureen Chadwick's soapy-social realism blend before Footballers' Wives
Production
G Wing's claustrophobic sets that aged like prison wine
Creators
Ann McManus, Maureen Chadwick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bad Girls predated Orange Is the New Black by 15 years and pioneered the 'women's prison as found family' template.
The Julie-Julie 'two Julies' friendship was so beloved that actors Alcock and Mirylees toured a stage version after the series ended.
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