Prisoners' Wives

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)
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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]

  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.