List of Bad Girls episodes

Bad Girls is a British drama television series, created by Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, and produced by Shed Productions for ITV.

The series follows the lives of the prisoners and the staff within the fictional Larkhall prison's infamous G-wing. During the first three years of the series, exterior filming took place at HM Prison Oxford, located within Oxford Castle, before it was redeveloped into a hotel complex. A reconstruction of the prison's exterior was created and served as the filming location for the remainder of the series. The interior was a replica set of Oxford Prison's wing. Outside of its original filming location, several scenes took place around the London district, as well as scenes shot in Spain, Amsterdam and Peru.

The series was initially available on VHS, before being released several times in it entirety on DVD. Due to its success, it has been repeated on other British television channels, including ITV2, ITV3, Five Life, CBS Drama, CBS Action and Drama. It was also available to stream on services UKTV Play, BritBox, Amazon Freevee, and currently ITVX

During the course of the programme, 107 episodes of Bad Girls aired over eight series, between 1 June 1999 and 20 December 2006.

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	10		1 June 1999 (1999-06-01)	3 August 1999 (1999-08-03)
2	13		4 April 2000 (2000-04-04)	4 July 2000 (2000-07-04)
3	16		20 March 2001 (2001-03-20)	3 July 2001 (2001-07-03)
4	16		28 February 2002 (2002-02-28)	13 June 2002 (2002-06-13)
5	16		8 May 2003 (2003-05-08)	21 August 2003 (2003-08-21)
6	12		14 April 2004 (2004-04-14)	23 August 2004 (2004-08-23)
7	13		10 May 2005 (2005-05-10)	19 December 2005 (2005-12-19)
8	11		13 July 2006 (2006-07-13)	20 December 2006 (2006-12-20)

Episodes

Series 1 (1999)

Main article: Bad Girls (series 1)

Series one was broadcast on Tuesdays at 9.00 pm

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
1	1	"Them and Us"	Mike Adams	Maureen Chadwick	1 June 1999 (1999-06-01)	7.99
2	2	"Drug Wars"	Mike Adams	Maureen Chadwick	8 June 1999 (1999-06-08)	7.39
3	3	"Love Rival"	Laurence Moody	Phil Ford	15 June 1999 (1999-06-15)	6.36
4	4	"The Victim"	Laurence Moody	Martin Allen	22 June 1999 (1999-06-22)	6.86
5	5	"Tangled Web"	Laurence Moody	Louise Page	29 June 1999 (1999-06-29)	7.05
6	6	"A Big Mistake"	Jim O'Hanlon	Tom Higgins	6 July 1999 (1999-07-06)	7.02
7	7	"Playing with Fire"	Jim O'Hanlon	Ann McManus	13 July 1999 (1999-07-13)	7.67
8	8	"Falling Apart"	Mike Adams	Sally Wainwright	20 July 1999 (1999-07-20)	7.60
9	9	"Pay Back Time"	Mike Adams	Martin Allen	27 July 1999 (1999-07-27)	7.32
10	10	"Love Hurts"	Mike Adams	Maureen Chadwick	3 August 1999 (1999-08-03)	7.66

Series 2 (2000)

Main article: Bad Girls (series 2)

Series two was broadcast on Tuesdays at 9.00 pm

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
11	1	"Tug of Love"	Mike Adams	Maureen Chadwick	4 April 2000 (2000-04-04)	9.44
12	2	"Shit Happens"	Mike Adams	Martin Allen	11 April 2000 (2000-04-11)	8.53
13	3	"Visiting Time"	Laurence Moody	Mark Wadlow	18 April 2000 (2000-04-18)	8.21
14	4	"Looking For Love"	Laurence Moody	Jayne Hoillinson	25 April 2000 (2000-04-25)	8.12
15	5	"Mistaken Identity"	Laurence Moody	Maureen Chadwick	2 May 2000 (2000-05-02)	8.26
16	6	"Losing It"	Jim O'Hanlon	Martin Allen	9 May 2000 (2000-05-09)	7.70
17	7	"The Set-Up"	Jim O'Hanlon	Phil Ford	16 May 2000 (2000-05-16)	9.30
18	8	"Babes Behind Bars"	Jim O'Hanlon	Maureen Chadwick	23 May 2000 (2000-05-23)	8.98
19	9	"The Leaving"	Mike Adams	Jayne Hoillinson	30 May 2000 (2000-05-30)	9.49
20	10	"Family Plan"	Mike Adams	Phil Ford	6 June 2000 (2000-06-06)	9.24
21	11	"Rough Justice"	Mike Adams	Ann McManus	13 June 2000 (2000-06-13)	9.13
22	12	"Facing Up"	Laurence Moody	Ann McManus	27 June 2000 (2000-06-27)	8.50
23	13	"Oh What a Night!"	Laurence Moody	Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick	4 July 2000 (2000-07-04)	8.81

Series 3 (2001)

Main article: Bad Girls (series 3)

Series three was broadcast on Tuesdays at 9.00 pm

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
24	1	"Back From the Brink"	Mike Adams	Maureen Chadwick	20 March 2001 (2001-03-20)	9.42
25	2	"The Turn of the Screw"	Mike Adams	Jayne Hollinson	27 March 2001 (2001-03-27)	8.49
26	3	"The Chains of Freedom"	Laurence Moody	Phil Ford	3 April 2001 (2001-04-03)	8.59
27	4	"False Identity"	Laurence Moody	Martin Allen	10 April 2001 (2001-04-10)	9.10
28	5	"Blood Ties"	Laurence Moody	Liz Lake	17 April 2001 (2001-04-17)	8.60
29	6	"Do or Die"	Jo Johnson	Maureen Chadwick	24 April 2001 (2001-04-24)	8.84
30	7	"The Great Escape"	Jo Johnson	Jaden Clark	1 May 2001 (2001-05-01)	8.51
31	8	"Uninvited Guests"	Mike Adams	Phil Ford	8 May 2001 (2001-05-08)	9.14
32	9	"Common Criminal"	Mike Adams	Martin Allen	15 May 2001 (2001-05-15)	9.10
33	10	"Chapel of Love"	Jim O'Hanlon	Jayne Hollinson	22 May 2001 (2001-05-22)	8.40
32	11	"Battle Lines"	Jim O'Hanlon	Jaden Clark	29 May 2001 (2001-05-29)	8.60
35	12	"Tough Love"	Jim O'Hanlon	Martin Allen	5 June 2001 (2001-06-05)	8.41
36	13	"Revolving Doors"	Laurence Moody	Jayne Hollinson	12 June 2001 (2001-06-12)	8.46
37	14	"Fronting Up"	Laurence Moody	Jaden Clark	19 June 2001 (2001-06-19)	8.18
38	15	"Cat & Mouse"	Di Patrick	Phil Ford	26 June 2001 (2001-06-26)	8.12
39	16	"Coming Out"	Di Patrick	Jaden Clark	3 July 2001 (2001-07-03)	8.15

Series 4 (2002)

Main article: Bad Girls (series 4)

Series four was broadcast on Thursdays at 9.00 pm

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
40	1	"Fight or Flight"	Jo Johnson	Jaden Clark	28 February 2002 (2002-02-28)	7.56
41	2	"Unholy Alliances"	Jo Johnson	Phil Ford	7 March 2002 (2002-03-07)	6.83
42	3	"Behind Closed Doors"	Jo Johnson	Nick Malmholt & Miranda Wilson	14 March 2002 (2002-03-14)	7.30
43	4	"Fait Accompli"	David Holroyd	Maureen Chadwick	21 March 2002 (2002-03-21)	7.33
44	5	"Only the Lonely"	David Holroyd	Martin Allen	28 March 2002 (2002-03-28)	6.82
45	6	"Sweet Sixteen"	Craig Lines	Jaden Clark	4 April 2002 (2002-04-04)	6.99
46	7	"Pillow Talk"	Craig Lines	Phil Ford	11 April 2002 (2002-04-11)	6.92
47	8	"Prison Issue"	Brett Fallis	Jayne Hollinson	18 April 2002 (2002-04-18)	7.10
48	9	"Baby On Board"	Brett Fallis	Martin Allen	25 April 2002 (2002-04-25)	7.12
49	10	"Family Matters"	Brett Fallis	Tim Hyndman	2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)	6.90
50	11	"Battle Lines"	David Holroyd	Jamie Caruana	9 May 2002 (2002-05-09)	7.43
51	12	"Appearances Sake"	David Holroyd	Jaden Clark	16 May 2002 (2002-05-16)	7.12
52	13	"True Colours"	Di Patrick	Jamie Caruana	23 May 2002 (2002-05-23)	7.35
53	14	"Hard Knock Life"	Di Patrick	Jaden Clark	30 May 2002 (2002-05-30)	6.59
54	15	"Marriage of Inconvenience"	Jim O'Hanlon	Liz Lake	6 June 2002 (2002-06-06)	6.33
55	16	"Curtain Call"	Jim O'Hanlon	Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick	13 June 2002 (2002-06-13)	7.13

Series 5 (2003)

Main article: Bad Girls (series 5)

Series five was broadcast on Thursdays at 9.00 pm

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
56	1	"Episode One"	Mike Adams	Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick	8 May 2003 (2003-05-08)	8.36
57	2	"Episode Two"	Mike Adams	Jaden Clark	15 May 2003 (2003-05-15)	7.88
58	3	"Episode Three"	Jim Loach	Phil Ford	22 May 2003 (2003-05-22)	7.63
59	4	"Episode Four"	Jim Loack	Guy Picot	29 May 2003 (2003-05-29)	6.92
60	5	"Episode Five"	A.J. Quinn	Phil Ford	5 June 2003 (2003-06-05)	7.10
61	6	"Episode Six"	A.J. Quinn	Phil Ford	12 June 2003 (2003-06-12)	6.62
62	7	"Episode Seven"	A.J. Quinn	Jaden Clark	19 June 2003 (2003-06-19)	6.76
63	8	"Episode Eight"	Julie Edwards	Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick	26 June 2003 (2003-06-26)	6.36
64	9	"Episode Nine"	Julie Edwards	Liz Lake	3 July 2003 (2003-07-03)	6.53
65	10	"Episode Ten"	Laurence Moody	Jo O'Keefe	10 July 2003 (2003-07-10)	6.57
66	11	"Episode Eleven"	Laurence Moody	Di Burrows	17 July 2003 (2003-07-17)	6.58
67	12	"Episode Twelve"	Jim Loach	Liz Lake	24 July 2003 (2003-07-24)	6.53
68	13	"Episode Thirteen"	Jim Loack	Liz Lake	31 July 2003 (2003-07-31)	6.56
69	14	"Episode Fourteen"	Jim Loack	Di Burrows	7 August 2003 (2003-08-07)	6.43
70	15	"Episode Fifteen"	Julie Edwards	Di Burrows	14 August 2003 (2003-08-14)	6.54
71	16	"Episode Sixteen"	Julie Edwards	Liz Lake	21 August 2003 (2003-08-21)	6.78

Series 6 (2004)

Main article: Bad Girls (series 6)

Series six was broadcast at 9.00 pm on
Wednesdays (episodes 1–4), Mondays (episodes 5–6), Tuesday (episode 7), Wednesday (episode 8) and Mondays (episodes 9–12)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
72	1	"Episode One"	Nigel Douglas	Di Burrows & Paul Mousley	14 April 2004 (2004-04-14)	7.94
73	2	"Episode Two"	Nigel Douglas	Paul Mousley	21 April 2004 (2004-04-21)	8.25
74	3	"Episode Three"	Ian Knox	Di Burrows & Jane Marlow	28 April 2004 (2004-04-28)	7.51
75	4	"Episode Four"	Ian Knox	Di Burrows	5 May 2004 (2004-05-05)	7.78
76	5	"Episode Five"	Julian Holmes	Paul Mousley	10 May 2004 (2004-05-10)	7.75
77	6	"Episode Six"	Julian Holmes	Paul Mousley	17 May 2004 (2004-05-17)	7.87
78	7	"Episode Seven"	Ian White	Helen Eatock	18 May 2004 (2004-05-18)	7.22
79	8	"Episode Eight"	Ian White	Phil Ford	19 May 2004 (2004-05-19)	7.80
80	9	"Episode Nine"	Nigel Douglas	Di Burrows	2 August 2004 (2004-08-02)	6.27
81	10	"Episode Ten"	Nigel Douglas	Paul Mousley	9 August 2004 (2004-08-09)	5.92
82	11	"Episode Eleven"	Jim Loach	Liz Lake	16 August 2004 (2004-08-16)	5.57
83	12	"Episode Twelve"	Jim Loach	Phil Ford	23 August 2004 (2004-08-23)	6.67

Series 7 (2005)

Main article: Bad Girls (series 7)

Series seven was broadcast at 9.00 pm on Tuesdays (episodes 1–12) and Monday (episode 13)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
84	1	"Episode One"	Julian Holmes	Phil Ford	10 May 2005 (2005-05-10)	6.21
85	2	"Episode Two"	Julian Holmes	Liz Lake	17 May 2005 (2005-05-17)	6.05
86	3	"Episode Three"	Lance Kneeshaw	Polly Eden	24 May 2005 (2005-05-24)	5.64
87	4	"Episode Four"	Lance Kneeshaw	Phil Ford	31 May 2005 (2005-05-31)	5.05
88	5	"Episode Five"	Laurence Moody	Liz Lake	7 June 2005 (2005-06-07)	4.84
89	6	"Episode Six"	Laurence Moody	Liz Lake	14 June 2005 (2005-06-14)	5.56
90	7	"Episode Seven"	S.J. Clarkson	Paul Mousley	21 June 2005 (2005-06-21)	5.18
91	8	"Episode Eight"	S.J. Clarkson	Jane Marlow	28 June 2005 (2005-06-28)	4.80
92	9	"Episode Nine"	Lance Kneeshaw	Paul Mousley	5 July 2005 (2005-07-05)	5.51
93	10	"Episode Ten"	Laurence Moody	Polly Eden	12 July 2005 (2005-07-12)	5.78
94	11	"Episode Eleven"	Declan O'Dwyer	Phil Ford	19 July 2005 (2005-07-19)	5.58
95	12	"Episode Twelve"	Jim Loach	Paul Mousley	26 July 2005 (2005-07-26)	5.49
96	13	"Episode Thirteen"	Martin Hutchings	Paul Mousley	19 December 2005 (2005-12-19)	7.16

Series 8 (2006)

Main article: Bad Girls (series 8)

Series eight was broadcast at 9.00 pm on Thursdays (episodes 1–10) and Wednesday (episode 11)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK viewers (millions)
97	1	"Episode One"	Barnaby Southcombe	Liz Lake	13 July 2006 (2006-07-13)	5.40
98	2	"Episode Two"	Barnaby Southcombe	Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick	20 July 2006 (2006-07-20)	4.47
99	3	"Episode Three"	Lance Kneeshaw	Jodi Reynolds	27 July 2006 (2006-07-27)	4.41
100	4	"Episode Four"	Lance Kneeshaw	Phil Ford	3 August 2006 (2006-08-03)	4.18
101	5	"Episode Five"	Laurence Moody	Roxanne Harvey	10 August 2006 (2006-08-10)	4.28
102	6	"Episode Six"	Laurence Moody	Paul Mousley	17 August 2006 (2006-08-17)	4.87
103	7	"Episode Seven"	Jim Loach	Liz Lake	24 August 2006 (2006-08-24)	5.00
104	8	"Episode Eight"	Jim Loach	Phil Ford	31 August 2006 (2006-08-31)	4.56
105	9	"Episode Nine"	Jim Loach	Roxanne Harvey	7 September 2006 (2006-09-07)	4.62
106	10	"Episode Ten"	Lance Kneeshaw	Harriet Warner	14 September 2006 (2006-09-14)	4.98
107	11	"Episode Eleven"	Laurence Moody	Phil Ford	20 December 2006 (2006-12-20)	5.13

Ratings

Bad Girls : UK viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	7.99	7.39	6.36	6.86	7.05	7.02	7.67	7.60	7.32	7.66	–						7.29
	2	9.44	8.53	8.21	8.12	8.26	7.70	9.30	8.98	9.49	9.24	9.13	8.50	8.81	–			8.75
	3	9.42	8.49	8.59	9.10	8.60	8.84	8.51	9.14	9.10	8.40	8.60	8.41	8.46	8.18	8.12	8.15	8.63
	4	7.56	6.83	7.30	7.33	6.82	6.99	6.92	7.10	7.12	6.90	7.43	7.12	7.35	6.59	6.33	7.13	7.05
	5	8.36	7.88	7.63	6.92	7.10	6.62	6.76	6.36	6.53	6.57	6.58	6.53	6.56	6.43	6.54	6.78	6.88
	6	7.94	8.25	7.51	7.78	7.75	7.87	7.22	7.80	6.27	5.92	5.57	6.67	–				7.21
	7	6.21	6.05	5.64	5.05	4.84	5.56	5.18	4.80	5.51	5.78	5.58	5.49	7.16	–			5.60
	8	5.40	4.47	4.41	4.18	4.28	4.87	5.00	4.56	4.62	4.98	5.13	–					4.72

Audience measurement performed by Broadcasters' Audience Research Board^[1]