Bad Girls series 3
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| Bad Girls | |
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| Season 3 | |
| File:Bad girls season 3 dvd cover art.jpg Re-Release DVD | |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 20 March – 3 July 2001 |
| Series chronology | |
Bad Girls returned to ITV1 with its third series on 20 March 2001 and ended on 3 July 2001. It consists of 16 episodes.
The third series picks up directly from the series two finale. Shell has led Fenner into her trap by luring him into her cell and stabbing him with a broken bottle she smuggled back from Bodybag's anniversary party. Fenner almost loses his life, while Hollamby has Shell transferred to the mental health wing where she comes face-to-face with an old enemy. Helen manages to get Nikki back into Larkhall where Helen puts an end to their relationship. Shell and Denny escape and wreak havoc in London, as they pay Hollamby a surprise visit at her home. Things seem to be going well for Crystal, who has recently been released from prison and is now engaged to Josh, but things are set to get worse as Shell and Denny arrive at her house. Maxi & Tina Purvis and Al MacKenzie (aka The Peckham Bootgang) arrive on G-Wing and make their presence known to the prisoners and officers alike. Josh has just become a prison officer, but he's in for a shock when he sees that Crystal is back on the wing. Nikki is set for her appeal, and if she wins will she find Helen waiting for her?
Main cast
Guest cast
Special guest:
- Kate O'Mara as Virginia O'Kane
Recurring cast:
- Michael Higgs as Dr. Thomas Waugh
- Kate Steavenson-Payne as Charlotte Myddleton
- Philip McGough as Dr. Malcolm Nicholson
- Roland Oliver as Simon Stubberfield
- Kim Taylforth as Marilyn Fenner
- Eugene Walker as Officer Blakeson
- Danielle King as Lauren Atkins
- Ivan Kaye as Charlie Atkins
- Geoffrey Hutchings as Bobby Hollamby
- Wendi Peters as Pam Jolly
- Helen Schlesinger as Tessa Spall
- Jane Lowe as Monica Lindsay
- Steven Webb as David Saunders
- Anthonia Lanre-Ajose as Femi Bada
- Helen Grace as Caroline Lewis
- Victoria Pritchard as Trisha
Guest cast:
- Petia Pavlova - Prison Inmate
- Sally Watts - Betty Wheeler
- Sarah Crook - DC Johnstone
- Ian Dunn - Trevor
- Nick Burnell as Mr. Meadows
- Marlene Sidaway as Mrs. Barker
- Martin Crewes as Guy Cullen
- Carl Brincat as Ian Ravenscroft
- Tim Faraday as DS Hamilton
- Clare Moody as Amanda Hunt
- Dan Fredenburgh as Greg Hunt
- John Rowe as Judge Shuttlewood
- Dione Inman as Clerk of Court
- Tom Cotcher as Mr. Jones
- Bob Barrett as Mr. Levi
- Adam Croft as TV reporter
- Paula Bacon as Fiona
- Andrew Grainger as Chris Bisset
- Hugh Lee as Mike
- Nick Clark as Newsreader
- Sarah Neville as Mrs. Warner
- Maxwell Hutcheon as Mr. Casey
- Sam Halpenny as DS Culver
- Rory MacGregor as PC Waterhouse
- Joanne Mitchell as Jude Longley
- Sara Lloyd as Jo
- Jane How as Lady Myddleton
- Mark Pegg as PO MacFarlane
- Joy Elias-Rilwan as Interpreter
- Juley McCann as Sheila
- Rachel Bavidge as DST Officer
- Shola Adewusi as Fatima Ibraham
- Selva Rasalingam as DC Patel
- Amanda Gordon as Dionne Clarke
- Maureen Beattie as Marion McLoughlin
- Danielle Lydon as Claire Walker
- David Henry as Gordon Alexander
- Bernard Gallagher as Judge Hardy
- Beth Fitzgerald as Sally Ann Howe
- Anna Maria Ashe as Newsreader
- Alberto Banderas as Spanish policeman
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 1 | "Back From the Brink" | Mike Adams | Maureen Chadwick | 20 March 2001 | 9.42 |
| 25 | 2 | "The Turn of the Screw" | Mike Adams | Jayne Hollinson | 27 March 2001 | 8.49 |
| 26 | 3 | "The Chains of Freedom" | Laurence Moody | Phil Ford | 3 April 2001 | 8.59 |
| 27 | 4 | "False Identity" | Laurence Moody | Martin Allen | 10 April 2001 | 9.10 |
| 28 | 5 | "Blood Ties" | Laurence Moody | Liz Lake | 17 April 2001 | 8.60 |
| 29 | 6 | "Do or Die" | Jo Johnson | Maureen Chadwick | 24 April 2001 | 8.84 |
| 30 | 7 | "The Great Escape" | Jo Johnson | Jaden Clark | 1 May 2001 | 8.51 |
| 31 | 8 | "Uninvited Guests" | Mike Adams | Phil Ford | 8 May 2001 | 9.14 |
| 32 | 9 | "Common Criminal" | Mike Adams | Martin Allen | 15 May 2001 | 9.10 |
| 33 | 10 | "Chapel of Love" | Jim O'Hanlon | Jayne Hollinson | 22 May 2001 | 8.40 |
| 32 | 11 | "Battle Lines" | Jim O'Hanlon | Jaden Clark | 29 May 2001 | 8.60 |
| 35 | 12 | "Tough Love" | Jim O'Hanlon | Martin Allen | 5 June 2001 | 8.41 |
| 36 | 13 | "Revolving Doors" | Laurence Moody | Jayne Hollinson | 12 June 2001 | 8.46 |
| 37 | 14 | "Fronting Up" | Laurence Moody | Jaden Clark | 19 June 2001 | 8.18 |
| 38 | 15 | "Cat & Mouse" | Di Patrick | Phil Ford | 26 June 2001 | 8.12 |
| 39 | 16 | "Coming Out" | Di Patrick | Jaden Clark | 3 July 2001 | 8.15 |
Release
The third series of Bad Girls was originally released on VHS format in the UK, consisting of 5 volumes. The DVD was released on 25 March 2002. A re-release DVD is expected to be released in 2011,[needs update] both as a single and also in a boxset along with series four. Series three was released in the series one-four boxset on 9 October 2006.
In Australia, series three was released on 8 September 2003 in the same cover packaging as the UK DVD. A second release was made when it was released in the series one-eight boxset, "The Complete Collection", on 10 November 2010. It was also released separate for the complete boxset on 9 March 2011.[1]
| Bad Girls: Series Three | ||||
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| United Kingdom | Australia | |||
| 25 March 2002 4 July 2011 (re-release) |
8 September 2003 9 March 2011 (re-release) | |||
References
- ^ "Bad Girls (1999) - Series 3: Uncut (4 Disc Set)". ezydvd.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
External links
- Bad Girls at IMDb
- List of Bad Girls episodes at Epguides