"Bad Girls" (1999) TV series 1999-2006

Creators:

Maureen Chadwick
Eileen Gallagher
Ann McManus
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

1 June 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Behind bars, anything can happen!

Plot:

Drama about the staff and inmates of a women's prison.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Women's Prison | Inmate | Suicide | Cult Favorite

Awards:

9 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Victoria Alcock	...	Julie Saunders (96 episodes, 1999-2006)
Kika Mirylees	...	Julie Johnston / ... (96 episodes, 1999-2006)
Helen Fraser	...	Sylvia Hollamby / ... (92 episodes, 1999-2006)
Jack Ellis	...	Jim Fenner (88 episodes, 1999-2005)
Tracey Wilkinson	...	Di Barker / ... (76 episodes, 2000-2005)
Victoria Bush	...	Tina O'Kane / ... (73 episodes, 2001-2006)
Alicia Eyo	...	Denny Blood (59 episodes, 1999-2003)
Linda Henry	...	Yvonne Atkins (58 episodes, 1999-2003)
Claire King	...	Karen Betts (56 episodes, 2000-2004)
Isabelle Amyes	...	Barbara Hunt (52 episodes, 2000-2003)
James Gaddas	...	Neil Grayling (52 episodes, 2002-2006)
Sharon Duncan-Brewster	...	Crystal Gordon (44 episodes, 1999-2002)
Pauline Campbell	...	Al Mackenzie (42 episodes, 2001-2004)
Amanda Barrie	...	Beverley Tull (41 episodes, 2003-2006)
Jeanie Gold	...	Prisoner (41 episodes, 2003-2006)
Stephanie Beacham	...	Phyllida Oswyn (40 episodes, 2003-2006)

Series Directed by
Laurence Moody		(9 episodes, 2001-2006)
Jim Loach		(6 episodes, 2003-2006)
Jo Johnson		(5 episodes, 2001-2002)
Jim O'Hanlon		(5 episodes, 2001-2002)
Mike Adams		(4 episodes, 2001)
David Holroyd		(4 episodes, 2002)
Julian Holmes		(4 episodes, 2004-2005)
Lance Kneeshaw		(4 episodes, 2005-2006)
Diana Patrick		(3 episodes, 2001-2002)
Brett Fallis		(3 episodes, 2002)
A.J. Quinn		(3 episodes, 2003)
Craig Lines		(2 episodes, 2002)
Julie Edwards		(2 episodes, 2003)
Barnaby Southcombe		(2 episodes, 2006)
S.J. Clarkson		(unknown episodes)
David Crean		(unknown episodes)
Nigel Douglas		(unknown episodes)
Ian Knox		(unknown episodes)
Ian White		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Maureen Chadwick		(20 episodes, 2002-2006)
Ann McManus		(20 episodes, 2002-2006)
Phil Ford		(17 episodes, 1997-2006)
Liz Lake		(7 episodes, 2002-2006)
Jaden Clark		(3 episodes, 2002-2003)
Jaime Caruana		(3 episodes, 2002)
Martin Allen		(2 episodes, 2002)
Polly Eden		(unknown episodes)
Helen Farrall		(unknown episodes)
Eileen Gallagher		(unknown episodes)
Tom Higgins		(unknown episodes)
Tim Hyndman		(unknown episodes)
Nick Malmholt		(unknown episodes)
Jane Marlow		(unknown episodes)
Louise Page		(unknown episodes)
Guy Picot		(unknown episodes)
Mark Wadlow		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Brian Park	....	executive producer (19 episodes, 1999-2003)
Claire Phillips	....	producer (13 episodes, 2002)
Cameron Roach	....	producer (12 episodes, 2004)
David Crean	....	producer (8 episodes, 2003)

Series Original Music by
Kath Gotts		(20 episodes, 2002-2003)
Michael Walton		(20 episodes, 2002-2003)

Series Cinematography by
Nick Dance		(35 episodes, 2000-2003)
Rob Goldie		(9 episodes, 2002)
Stephan Pehrsson		(8 episodes, 2006)
Walter McGill		(6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Peter Butler		(2 episodes, 2003)
Clive Gill		(2 episodes, 2003)
John Handler		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Tim Porter		(6 episodes, 2005-2006)
David Barrett		(5 episodes, 2002-2003)
Caroline Bleakley		(4 episodes, 2002-2004)
Colin Fair		(4 episodes, 2002-2003)
Belinda Cottrell		(4 episodes, 2002)
Xavier Russell		(3 episodes, 2001)
Andrew Hillier		(2 episodes, 2002)
Peter Cartwright		(2 episodes, 2003)
Catherine Creed		(2 episodes, 2003)
Ben Drury		(2 episodes, 2005)
Nick Ames		(unknown episodes)
Jamie Trevill		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Margaret Crawford		(20 episodes, 2002-2003)

Series Production Design by
Jane Tomblin		(19 episodes, 2002-2003)
Paul Spriggs		(4 episodes, 2002)

Series Art Direction by
Debra Overton		(7 episodes, 2003)
Paul Spriggs		(6 episodes, 2002)

Series Set Decoration by
Chlöe Freaks		(unknown episodes)
Alison MacMillan		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Sarah Arthur		(39 episodes, 1999-2001)
Saffron Webb		(19 episodes, 2002-2003)
Jo Slater		(7 episodes, 2006)

Series Makeup Department
Kate Rudlin	....	makeup designer (20 episodes, 2002-2003)
Rebekah McVitie	....	makeup artist (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Anna Winterburn	....	makeup artist (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Jo Houtmeyers	....	makeup artist / makeup supervisor (13 episodes, 2005)
Victoria Bancroft	....	makeup supervisor (12 episodes, 2004)
Stuart Conran	....	special makeup effects artist (4 episodes, 2005)
Susie Munachen	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Samantha Wilding	....	makeup designer (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Chris Alexander	....	production manager (19 episodes, 2001-2003)
Iain Smith	....	unit manager (11 episodes, 2006)
Steve Eveleigh	....	post-production supervisor (10 episodes, 1999)
Shirley Brodie	....	unit manager (7 episodes, 2003)
Clare Buxton	....	post-production supervisor (7 episodes, 2003)
Saywell Alan	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 2002)
Alan Saywell	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 2002)
Vicky Swift	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Rosalind Taylor	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Vaughan Watkins	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ezra Sumner	....	second assistant director (10 episodes, 1999)
Kristian Dench	....	first assistant director (10 episodes, 2002-2003)
Debbie Biggins	....	second assistant director (7 episodes, 2003)
Matthew Wehrle	....	third assistant director (7 episodes, 2003)
Adam Lock	....	third assistant director (6 episodes, 2001-2002)
Kiaran Murray-Smith	....	second assistant director (6 episodes, 2001-2002)
Jonathan Eckersley	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2000-2004)
Leon Coole	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2001)
Matt Alder	....	first assistant director: second unit (3 episodes, 2006)
Jude Campbell	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2002)
Sue De Beauvoir	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2002)
Mike O'Regan	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2003)
Jamie D. Allen	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 2004)
Steve Murphy	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2005)
Simon Aguirre	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes)
Jon S. Baird	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes)
Ed Evennett	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Eugenio Pérez	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Dan Taylor	....	stand-by art director (32 episodes, 2002-2003)
Terry Jones	....	production buyer / prop buyer (16 episodes, 1999-2002)
Jim Cleary	....	stand-by construction (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Frank Cullen	....	dressing props (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Simon Reeves	....	stand-by construction (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Steve Watson	....	stand-by props (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Jason Scott	....	property master (10 episodes, 2002-2003)
Jim Ryan	....	dressing props (9 episodes, 2002-2003)
Paul Barker	....	stand-by construction (7 episodes, 2003)
Jenny Clapcott	....	props buyer (7 episodes, 2003)
Anna Pearce	....	art department assistant (7 episodes, 2003)
Bob Thorne	....	stand-by props (7 episodes, 2003)
Sam Clark-Hall	....	art department assistant (6 episodes, 2002)
Robert Thorne	....	stand-by props (6 episodes, 2002)
Bradley Godwin	....	dressing props (4 episodes, 2002)
Nick Walker	....	property master (3 episodes, 2002)

Series Sound Department
Kamala Maniam	....	sound assistant (55 episodes, 1999-2002)
John Mooney	....	production sound mixer (28 episodes, 2004-2006)
Tristan Tarrant	....	boom operator (24 episodes, 2005-2006)
Denise Yarde	....	second boom operator / sound assistant (11 episodes, 2006)
Phil Edwards	....	sound recordist (9 episodes, 2002)
Richard King	....	dubbing mixer (7 episodes, 2003)
Marhar Mirza	....	sound trainee (6 episodes, 2002)
Pat Boxshall	....	dubbing editor (5 episodes, 2003)
Laurence Gale	....	dubbing editor (5 episodes, 2003)
Danny Finn	....	dubbing mixer (4 episodes, 2002)
Peter Margrave	....	boom operator (4 episodes, 2002)
Dave Ratcliffe	....	boom operator (4 episodes, 2003)
Jonathan Wyatt	....	sound recordist (4 episodes, 2003)
Pietro Dalmasso	....	dubbing mixer (3 episodes, 2002)
Clive Derbyshire	....	sound recordist (3 episodes, 2002)
Dominic Weaver	....	dubbing mixer (3 episodes, 2002)
Richard Monks	....	sound recordist (3 episodes, 2003)
Paul Schwartz	....	boom operator (3 episodes, 2003)
Jerome McCann	....	boom operator (2 episodes, 2002)
Jennie Evans	....	dubbing editor (2 episodes, 2003)
Jamie McPhee	....	dubbing editor (2 episodes, 2003)
Ronald Bailey	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Keith Marriner	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Alexej Müngersdorrf	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Gordon Thomson	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Denise Ryan	....	stunt coordinator (18 episodes, 1999-2003)
Lucy Allen	....	stunt performer / stunts (2 episodes, 1999-2003)
Erol Mehmet	....	stunt performer / stunts (2 episodes, 1999-2003)
Lyndal Smith	....	stunt performer / stunts (2 episodes, 1999-2003)
Curtis Rivers	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Gary Norman	....	grip (24 episodes, 2005-2006)
Mark McQuoid	....	camera operator (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
James Swift	....	camera assistant (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Dogan Halil	....	Steadicam operator (12 episodes, 2004)
Darren Harvey	....	gaffer (11 episodes, 2002-2003)
Tony Tyler	....	electrician (10 episodes, 2002-2003)
Colleen Webley	....	assistant camera (9 episodes, 2001)
David Rankin	....	grip trainee (9 episodes, 2002-2003)
Matthew Budd	....	grip (8 episodes, 2002-2003)
Bob Hunt	....	electrician (7 episodes, 2003)
Richard Stoddard	....	Steadicam operator / camera operator (6 episodes, 2004)
Ron Nicholls	....	grip (5 episodes, 2002-2003)
John Piggott	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 2002-2003)
Neil Flaherty	....	grip trainee (4 episodes, 2002)
Benjamin Coles	....	camera operator / camera operator: second unit / ... (4 episodes, 2005-2006)
Mark Funnell	....	electrician (3 episodes, 1999)
Ray Wardley	....	electrician (3 episodes, 2002)
Colin Vinton	....	gaffer (2 episodes, 2002)
Warwick Drucker	....	additional grip (2 episodes, 2005)
David Lee	....	camera trainee (unknown episodes, 2002-2003)
Jono Tomes	....	focus puller (unknown episodes, 2005-2006)
Brian Udoff	....	daily camera trainee (unknown episodes, 2006)
Vince McGahon	....	Steadicam operator (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Lucy Townsend	....	casting assistant (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Kerrie Mailey	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Weldon	....	wardrobe supervisor (16 episodes, 2002)
Lyn Vallely	....	wardrobe assistant (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Michelle Wickland	....	costume supervisor (10 episodes, 2006)
Emma Hutton	....	wardrobe assistant (7 episodes, 2003)
Helen Blackshaw	....	wardrobe assistant (6 episodes, 2002)
Helen Bell	....	costume supervisor (2 episodes, 2006)
Lee Croucher	....	costume assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Mike Phillips	....	assistant editor (11 episodes, 2006)
Gerry Gedge	....	colorist (7 episodes, 2003)
Clare Buxton	....	post-production coordinator (6 episodes, 2002)
Marta Gloserova	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 2002)
Ben Drury	....	assistant editor (5 episodes, 2003)
Alan Bishop	....	colorist (unknown episodes, 1999)
Samantha Hollingdale	....	colorist (unknown episodes, 2002)
Fiona DeSouza	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes, 2004)

Series Other crew
Rosalind Taylor	....	production accountant (19 episodes, 2001-2003)
Caroline Morrison	....	location manager (18 episodes, 2001-2003)
Dawn Mortimer	....	production coordinator (13 episodes, 2001-2003)
James Mountain	....	floor runner / production runner (13 episodes, 2001-2003)
Christian Reynish	....	key unit manager (13 episodes, 2005)
Nick Malmholt	....	script executive (12 episodes, 2002)
Anita Etienne	....	production secretary (11 episodes, 2006)
George Griffiths	....	location manager (10 episodes, 1999)
Vicky Cole	....	script supervisor / continuity (9 episodes, 2003-2006)
Scott Barkwith	....	production runner (7 episodes, 2003)
Di Burrows	....	script executive (7 episodes, 2003)
Sally Christopher	....	script assistant (7 episodes, 2003)
Kathryn O'Connor	....	script associate (7 episodes, 2003)
Arno Seagrim	....	assistant accountant (7 episodes, 2003)
Jenny Brown	....	production secretary (6 episodes, 2001-2002)
Fry Martin	....	assistant accountant (6 episodes, 2001-2002)
Maggie Boyd	....	continuity (6 episodes, 2002-2003)
Simon Dale	....	floor runner (6 episodes, 2002)
Cameron Roach	....	script associate (6 episodes, 2002)
Charlie Hampton	....	production secretary (6 episodes, 2003)
Alex Moat	....	continuity (4 episodes, 2002)
Jo Beckett	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1999)
Simon Sharrod	....	continuity (2 episodes, 2003)
Ruth Atkinson	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 2006)
Craig Barwick	....	production accountant (unknown episodes)
Chlöe Freaks	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Sue Jewitt	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Barbara McFarlane	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Claire Mitchell	....	assistant accountant (unknown episodes)
Emily Ogden	....	publicist (unknown episodes)
Helene Oosthuizen	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Shed Productions

Distributors

• Independent Television (ITV) (1999-2006) (UK) (TV)
• Independent Television (ITV) (2002-2007) (UK) (TV) (repeats)
• Five Life (2007-) (UK) (TV) (repeats)
• AB4 (2004) (Belgium) (TV)
• Kanal 2 (2001-) (Estonia) (TV)

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  extras casting
• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• Deborah Goodman Publicity  unit publicity
• Fresco Film Services  service production company
• InterCasino  sponsoring (2006)
• Mad Dog Casting  extras casting
• Martyr Television  post-production facilities
• SA19  extras casting
• Wood Hall Catering  catering

Also Known As:

Jail Birds (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min (including commercials; eight episodes) | 75 min (including commercials; one episode) | UK:60 min (including commercials; ninety eight episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes) | UK:15 | UK:18 (two episodes)

Filming Locations:

Oxford Prison, New Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Shed Productions

Trivia:

All episodes in Series 1 through to Series 4 (for example, the very first episode is called "Them and Us") have individual titles. However, Series 5 onwards dropped these individual titles in favour of episode numbers.

Quotes:

Nikki Wade: Another day gone Monica. How many you've got left?
Monica Lindsey: Not many I hope. What about you?
Nikki Wade: Roughly...? 3655.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "EastEnders: (2009-06-12)" (2009)

This is one of the best TV shows i have seen..Don't miss it!

A Great UK TV drama about a women's prison..This drama touches on many female issues about sexuality, abuse, drugs and love. This show takes you onto a rollercoaster of highs and lows...There are characters you just love and some you love to hate! The lesbian story lines are strong and is a very positive look at lesbians and Bi-Sexuality. I am impressed by how the UK has surpassed the Canadian and US in what can be and not be shown on TV. Being a religious country I am happy that the production company has pushed the envelope to the front. This is a great TV Drama.