The second series of Bad Girls

Bad Girls (TV series)

Bad Girls is an award-winning British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1999 to 2006. It is produced by Shed Productions, the company which later produced Footballers' Wives and Waterloo Road...

began on ITV1

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 on 4 April 2000. The first episode, "Tug of Love", opened with 9.44 million viewers. The ninth episode of series two, "The Leaving", was the highest rated episode of the entire run of the series between 1999 and 2006, with 9.49 million viewers. The second series ended on 4 July 2000; it consists of 13 episodes.

The second series picks up several weeks after the last. Helen Stewart is long overdue to return to work after taking leave and Fenner is acting wing governor until her return. Shell and Fenner's affair reaches a head when he discovers Shell has been writing and phoning his wife and told her of their affair. Helen discovers Nikki is innocent of contacting Fenner wife, as Shell originally had Fenner believing it was Nikki. Fenner attacks Shell for deceiving him, which causes conflict between Helen and Mr. Stubberfield as Helen believers that Fenner did attack Shell, the conflict causes Helen to resign and brings her closer to Nikki, but she later returns to run the lifer's unit. New officer Karen Betts accepts the role of G-Wing governor. Zandra gives birth to a baby boy but her happiness is short lived as her ex fiance, Robin applies for custody and things get worse for her as she receives devastating news. Yvonne begins to do deals with Fenner, Denny gets in contact with her estranged mother, Jessie, and Julie Johnston discovers her kids are back in England

England

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 and gets in touch.

Main cast

Cast	Character
Simone Lahbib Simone Lahbib Simone Lahbib , born 6 February 1965 in Stirling, Scotland is a Scottish actor who has received widespread recognition for her portrayal of strong, emotionally charged characters....	Helen Stewart
Mandana Jones Mandana Jones Mandana Jones is a British actress best known for her role as prisoner Nikki Wade on the British television series Bad Girls.-Biography:Mandana Jones was born on 26 February 1967 to a Welsh father and an Iranian mother. She is the youngest of three, having two older brothers...	Nikki Wade
Debra Stephenson Debra Stephenson Debra Stephenson is an English actress, comedian, impressionist and singer.-Career:At the age of fourteen Stephenson appeared on BBC TV's Opportunity Knocks, winning her way through to the All-Winners' Final, broadcast live from the London Palladium...	Shell Dockley Shell Dockley Michelle "Shell" Dockley is a fictional character in the television drama series Bad Girls. She is portrayed by British actress Debra Stephenson. Shell Dockley was a lead character on the series, she was top dog on G-Wing in Larkhall prison...
Claire King Claire King Claire King is a popular English actress, best known for playing the roles of Kim Tate in the ITV Soap Opera Emmerdale from 1989 to 1999 and Karen Betts in Bad Girls from 2000 to 2004.-Biography:...	Karen Betts
Jack Ellis	Jim Fenner Jim Fenner James Graham "Jim" Fenner is a fictional character in the British television series Bad Girls, portrayed by Jack Ellis.Fenner is the Principal Prison Officer, working on 'G wing' at HMP Larkhall Women's Prison, and is a regular major character during seven out of eight series of Bad Girls...
Lara Cazalet Lara Cazalet Lara Imogen Leonora Cazalet is an English actress, known for portraying Zandra Plackett in Bad Girls and Annie Quick in New Street Law.-Background:...	Zandra Plackett Zandra Plackett Zandra Plackett is a fictional character on the television series Bad Girls. She is portrayed by actress Lara Cazalet. Zandra made her first appearance on the second episode of series one, until her departure the ninth episode of series two. Zandra is a drug addict, serving ten months in prison...
Alicya Eyo Alicya Eyo Alicya Eyo is a British theatre, film and television actress. She is best known for portraying Denny Blood in the award winning and critically acclaimed prison drama series Bad Girls.-Early life:...	Denny Blood
Joe Shaw Joe Shaw (actor) Joe Shaw is an English actor.He is probably most well known for his role as officer Dominic McAllister in the ITV drama series Bad Girls and his minor role in the film Junk. He is the son of actor Martin Shaw....	Dominic McAllister
Helen Fraser Helen Fraser Helen Fraser is an English actress, a familiar face in many television comedies and dramas from the early 1960s to the present. She is now living in Halesworth, Suffolk.-Career:...	Sylvia Hollamby
Sharon Duncan-Brewster	Crystal Gordon
Linda Henry Linda Henry Linda Henry is an English actress, best known for her roles as Yvonne Atkins in the ITV television drama Bad Girls and Shirley Carter in the BBC's soap opera EastEnders.- Early life :...	Yvonne Atkins
Victoria Alcock Victoria Alcock Victoria Alcock is a British actress who played the prisoner Julie Saunders on the television drama series, Bad Girls and Agnes Clarke in The House of Eliott. She currently resides in Bromley, Kent.-Filmography:-External links:...	Julie Saunders
Kika Mirylees Kika Mirylees Kika Mirylees is a South African-born British actress.-Biography:She has played Angela Snow in The Darling Buds of May, and Doc Newton in Red Dwarf....	Julie Johnston
Lindsey Fawcett Lindsey Fawcett Lindsey Fawcett is a British actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as the inmate Sharon 'Shaz' Wylie on the hit drama television series, Bad Girls.-Personal life:Lindsey is the daughter of Michele Fawcett and sister of Keeley Fawcett....	Shaz Wylie
Isabelle Amyes Isabelle Amyes Isabelle Amyes is an English actress best known for her role as Barbara Hunt in the British TV drama Bad Girls from 2000-2003...	Barbara Hunt
Tracey Wilkinson Tracey Wilkinson Tracey Wilkinson is an English actress primarily known for her role as Di Barker, later Grayling, later Fenner and finally known as Barker once more, in the series Bad Girls...	Di Barker

Guest cast

• Roland Oliver as Simon Stubberfield
• Kim Taylforth
  Kim Taylforth
  Kim Taylforth is an English actress. She is the sister of actress Gillian Taylforth.Her earliest TV appearance was in the scrapyard sitcom, Steptoe and Son, when she was 15 years old. Aged 19, she starred as 'Janet' in the 1979 TV film The Knowledge about a group of aspiring Londoners learning...
  
   as Marilyn Fenner
• Ruth Mitchell as Midwife
• Gideon Turner as Robin Dunstan
• Melanie Ramsey as Mel
• Eugene Walker as Officer Blakeson
• Nathan Constance
  Nathan Constance
  Nathan Constance is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Ian Walmsley in the TV series Footballers' Wives, Leon Richards in the TV series Dream Team and as Josh Mitchell in the TV series Bad Girls...
  
   as Josh Mitchell
  Josh Mitchell (Bad Girls)
  Josh Mitchell was a fictional character in the ITV prison drama series Bad Girls....
  
  
• Danielle King as Lauren Atkins
• Denise Black
  Denise Black
  Denise Black is an English actress, best known for playing Denise Osbourne in the ITV1 soap Coronation Street and Hazel Tyler in Channel 4 TV's Queer As Folk in 1999 and 2000, written by Russell T Davies. After attending Portsmouth's Girls Public Day School, she studied Psychology at London...
  
   as Jessie Devlin
• Matthew Thomas
  Matthew James Thomas
  Matthew James Thomas is a British actor, best known for his role in the UK drama/musical show, Britannia High.-Early life:...
  
   as Tom Fenner
• Frederick Warder as D.I. Williamson
• Jade Williams as Rhiannon Dawson
• Scott Charles as Martin Dawson
• Emily Fairman as Nurse
• Nick Barnes as Security Guard
• Andy Hough as Billy

• Helen Schlesinger
  Helen Schlesinger
  Helen Schlesinger is a British actress. Helen is a stage actress as well as a TV actress.-TV:*Trial & Retribution as Dr. Harriet Simmons *Sensitive Skin as Masha *Doctors as Rebecca Matthias...
  
   as Tessa Spall
• Philip McGough
  Philip McGough
  Phillip McGough is an English television actor best known for his 2010 role of Dr. Charlie Bradfield in the BBC Birmingham based soap opera, Doctors.-Career:...
  
   as Dr. Malcolm Nicholson
• Sian Webber
  Sian Webber
  Sian Webber is a British actress, best known for playing Emma Neesome in the 1980s BBC drama series Howards' Way.She has also appeared in Star Cops, Pie in the Sky, Dangerfield, Highlander: The Series, The Bill, Bad Girls, Peak Practice, Holby City, Waterloo Road and EastEnders, playing Ritchie...
  
   as Meg Richards
• Ivan Kaye
  Ivan Kaye
  Ivan Kaye is a British actor. He previously played Dr. Johnathon Leroy in a recurrent role in EastEnders, and he played Bryan in The Green Green Grass...
  
   as Charlie Atkins
• Daniel James as Personal Trainer
• Julie Legrand as Rita Dockley
• David Case as Chaplain
• Alison Newman
  Alison Newman
  Alison Newman is a British actress, best known for her role in the hit ITV1 television series Footballers' Wives as Hazel Bailey.- Biography :...
  
   as Renee Williams
• Rod Culbertson
  Rod Culbertson
  Rod Culbertson is an English actor.-Biography:Born in Sunderland he attended Bede Grammar School, he then studied art at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before embarking on a successful stage and screen career....
  
   as John
• Celia Robertson as D C Greer
• Jason Heatherington as D S Sullivan
• Daniele Lydon as Claire Walker
• Jennifer Luckraft as Janine
• Elizabeth Bradley
  Elizabeth Bradley
  Elizabeth Bradley was an English actress, perhaps most famous for playing battle-axe Maud Grimes in the fictional soap Coronation Street....
  
   as Mrs. Foster
• Geoffrey Hutchings
  Geoffrey Hutchings
  Geoffrey Hutchings was a British stage, film and television actor.-Early life and career:Hutchings was born in Dorchester, Dorset, England. After attending Hardye's School, he studied French and Physical Education at Birmingham University before he became a member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic...
  
   as Bobby Hollamby

Episodes

#	Episode	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Viewing figure
11	Tug of Love	Maureen Chadwick	Mike Adams	4 April 2000	9,440,000
Zandra has her baby and goes to desperate lengths to keep him when she fights with another mother, who is pushing drugs. Helen returns just as Fenner is getting comfortable as G-Wing Governor but it gets worse as Shell phones Fenner's wife and tells her exactly what he's been up to.
12	Shit Happens	Martin Allen	Mike Adams	11 April 2000	8,530,000
New officer, Karen Betts, starts at Larkhall and reveals that she and Fenner have history. Helen is torn between duty and desire as she battles to hide her true feelings from Nikki, when she has no option but to transfer her to another prison after she slaps Dominic. Fenner discovers Shell's deceit and his anger knows no bounds but his wife wants him gone.
13	Visiting Time	Mark Wadlow Mark Wadlow Mark Wadlow is an English screenwriter known for his partnership with Peter Morgan and his work on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.- Early life :...	Laurence Moody	18 April 2000	8,210,000
Julie J discovers that her children are back in England but Hollamby spoils the reunion party. Karen is given the cold shoulder by some officers for reporting Fenner's attack on Shell and Karen takes over as Wing Governor and shows him how unsentimental she can be.
14	Looking For Love	Jayne Hollinson	Laurence Moody	25 April 2000	8,120,000
New officer, Di Barker, arrives from D-Wing as Jim's replacement. Denny gets the chance to visit her mum on the outside and her dreams for their future are shattered and Yvonne is left to comfort her. Sylvia helps Jim clear his name and he returns to G Wing with Shell thinking they will get back together, but for now it's no more Mr. Nice Guy. Yvonne and Fenner make a deal.
15	Mistaken Identity	Maureen Chadwick	Laurence Moody	2 May 2000	8,260,000
Mad Tessa, a nightmare from the past, returns to haunt Karen, and only Fenner can save her. New inmate Barbara Hunt goes through hell in a case of mistaken identity. Zandra complains of headaches and collapses, only Crystal believes it is not drug related. Yvonne keeps up her end of the bargain, but does Fenner?
16	Losing It	Martin Allen	Jim O'Hanlon	9 May 2000	7,700,000
Shell starts to crack and makes allegations against all the male officers causing all the women to join in, she starts to bully Barbara. The Julies make it happen for Josh and Crystal. Karen punishes Hollamby with a harsh fitness regime. Nikki gets a visit from Helen.
17	The Set-Up	Phil Ford	Jim O'Hanlon	16 May 2000	9,300,000
Yvonne's daughter arrives with tragic news about her father, but she is not pretending. Fenner thwarts Yvonne's escape attempt in the nick of time. Helen's new role gives her the opportunity to re-open Nikki's case. Zandra's illness is finally - and tragically - diagnosed.
18	Babes Behind Bars	Maureen Chadwick	Jim O'Hanlon	23 May 2000	8,980,000
Crystal risks losing Josh to stay in prison with Zandra. Babs and Nikki grow marijuana to cure Zandra's pain. Shell confronts her mother about her past abuse. Yvonne launches her new money making scheme.
19	The Leaving	Jayne Hollinson	Mike Adams	30 May 2000	9,490,000
The woman mourn the loss of a true friend and Denny falls for the new arrival, Shaz Wylie. Shell bites off more than she can chew when she takes on Barbara, resulting in a broken wrist.
20	Family Plan	Phil Ford	Mike Adams	6 June 2000	9,240,000
Shell doesn't want anyone to know who broke her wrist. Shaz and Denny cause havoc on the wing with some on Shaz's tricks. Yvonne's deadly rival, Renee Williams turns up on G-Wing, armed with a blade. The Two Julies' madcap plan to have a baby goes yoghurt-pot up.
21	Rough Justice	Ann McManus	Mike Adams	13 June 2000	9,130,000
Renee attacks Yvonne in the bathroom but Nikki saves Yvonne before she does any real damage. Crystal, Shell, Denny, Shaz, Yvonne, Nikki, The Julies have all witnessed Renee's methods of dealing with people so everyone is a suspect when Renee bites the dust. Helen has some fantastic news for Nikki. Fenner's wife frees him to pursue Karen.
22	Facing Up	Maureen Chadwick	Laurence Moody	20 June 2000	8,500,000
After meeting the widow of one of her victims, Shaz is forced to face the consequences of her crime. Nikki's jealousy destroys her relationship with Helen and she harms herself while gardening. Karen comes to visit Fenner and they grow closer.
23	Oh What a Night!	Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick	Laurence Moody	4 July 2000	8,810,000
Nikki risks it all for one night with Helen. Jim blows it with Karen and ends up at Shell's mercy. Hollamby has an 'ecstatic' anniversary party thanks to an illegal gift from the girls on G-Wing. Crystal is released but Josh is not waiting at the gate.

Release

The second series of Bad Girls was originally released in the UK on VHS

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 in four volumes. The DVD was released in the UK on 1 October 2001. It was re-released on 7 February 2011 in brand new packaging. On the same day it was released in a boxset along with series one

Bad Girls (Series 1)

The first series of Bad Girls premiered on ITV1 on 1 June 1999 and ending on 3 August 1999. It consists of ten episodes. The show was produced by Shed Productions as part of Shed Media. After the first episode aired, the show became an instant hit in Britain...

. On 9 October 2006, it was released as part of a series one-four boxset.

In Australia, series two was released on 26 May 2003 in the same cover packaging as the UK. The second release for series two was in the complete series one-eight boxset - "The Complete Collection", which was released on 10 November 2010. It was also released as a separate edition from the complete boxset on 12 January 2011.

Bad Girls: Series Two
Set Details			Special Features
13 Episodes 4-disc set 4:3 Aspect Ratio 16:9 Aspect Ratio (re-release) Subtitles: No English (Stereo)			Gallery One: Behind the Scenes Gallery Two: The National TV Awards Bad Girls in South Africa: Simone and Mandana's Trailers - Uncut Bad Girls in South Africa: Documentary Outtakes Deleted Scenes Producer Biographies
Release Dates
1 October 2001 7 February 2011 (re-release)	26 May 2003 12 January 2011 (re-release)