| Prisoners' Wives | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Julie Gearey |
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| Starring | |
| Composer | Daniel Pemberton |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Producer | Anna Ferguson |
| Production locations | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Tiger Aspect Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 31 January 2012 (2012-01-31) – 4 April 2013 (2013-04-04) |
Prisoners' Wives is aBBC drama series, created and written by Julie Gearey and starringPolly Walker,Pippa Haywood,Emma Rigby,Natalie Gavin,Sally Carman andKarla Crome, with supporting cast includingIain Glen,Adam Gillen,Jonas Armstrong,Reuben Johnson,Enzo Cilenti andOwen 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 inSheffield,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 onBBC One.[4][5]
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions)[6] |
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| 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 |
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions)[6] |
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| 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 |
Prisoners’ Wives is executive produced forTiger 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.
The first series attracted an average consolidated audience of 5.26 million. The average consolidated audience for the second series was 4.86 million.
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