# Prisoners' Wives

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. 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.

## Main cast
### Series 1

* Emma Rigby as Gemma Roscoe
* Polly Walker as Francesca Miller
* Pippa Haywood as Harriet Allison
* Natalie Gavin as Lou Bell

### Series 2

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

## Supporting cast
### Series 1

* 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

* 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 Chaplain

## Episodes
### Series 1

| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Episode 1" | Damon Thomas | Julie Gearey | 31 January 2012 (2012-01-31) | 5.62 |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Damon Thomas | Julie Gearey | 7 February 2012 (2012-02-07) | 5.96 |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Damon Thomas | James Graham | 14 February 2012 (2012-02-14) | 5.18 |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Harry Bradbeer | Chloe Moss | 21 February 2012 (2012-02-21) | 4.69 |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Harry Bradbeer | Julie Gearey | 28 February 2012 (2012-02-28) | 4.98 |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Harry Bradbeer | Julie Gearey | 6 March 2012 (2012-03-06) | 5.16 |

### Series 2

| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 7 | "Episode 1" | Harry Bradbeer | Julie Gearey | 14 March 2013 (2013-03-14) | 4.94 |
| 8 | "Episode 2" | Harry Bradbeer | Julie Gearey | 21 March 2013 (2013-03-21) | 4.96 |
| 9 | "Episode 3" | Harry Bradbeer | Julie Gearey | 28 March 2013 (2013-03-28) | 4.74 |
| 10 | "Episode 4" | Harry Bradbeer | Julie Gearey | 4 April 2013 (2013-04-04) | 4.79 |

## 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.

## Ratings

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