Over at MSN today: I've reviewed the series 2 premiere of BBC1 drama PRISONERS' WIVES, about four women coping with the absence of important men in their lives who are in prison...
The title provokes expectations of a trivial Footballers' Wives-style romp, while the concept sounds like Birds of a Feather without the laughter. However, Prisoners' Wives is a better drama than newcomers may be expecting. Never judge a book by its cover, or a TV show by its title. For this follow-up series, reduced from six to four episodes, only two of the original Sheffield wives remain: lovely middle-aged mum Harriet (Pippa Haywood), whose imprisoned son Gavin (Adam Gillen) is trying to convert to Islam is one. The other is gangster's moll Francesca, who has to contend with a violent turf war that's putting her children and elderly father (David Bradley) in danger, while her criminal husband Paul (Iain Glen) is locked away in HMP High Cross.
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