Prisoners' Wives (2012)

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 10 episodes

Rated

18+

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four women deal with the challenges and emotional strain of having a husband or partner in prison. The series follows their separate lives and struggles in Sheffield.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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