- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Alison Graham
A pregnant young woman and her doting husband coo tenderly over one another in their kitchen. But within moments they are violently sundered when armed police burst through the front door.
The doting husband (Robin Hood’s Jonas Armstrong) is wanted for murder after a man is shot dead in a pub car park and his trembling partner (Hollyoaks cutie Emma Rigby) is left alone and bereft, her life in tatters.
Though the title of this crunchy new drama series will inevitably conjure up visions of Footballers’ Wives, with cells, banish them, because Prisoners’ Wives is really rather good. Yes, it’s soapy, but it’s well acted by a good cast. Polly Walker in particular is riveting as the blowsy wife of a time-serving drug dealer (Iain Glen). The lives
of the women intertwine into a brittle cameraderie as they ebb and flow between prison visits and their efforts to go it alone on the outside.
About this programme
1/6. New series. A man is arrested on suspicion of murder, and his wife's belief in his innocence turns to doubt because he has no alibi, leading to a shocking confession when she confronts him in prison. But as she agonises over standing by her man, she finds friendship with another woman whose husband is already serving time. Drama, starring Emma Rigby, Jonas Armstrong, Polly Walker, Pippa Haywood and Iain Glen.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Gemma
- Emma Rigby
- Steve
- Jonas Armstrong
- DS David Hunter
- Andrew Tiernan
- Harriet
- Pippa Haywood
- Francesca
- Polly Walker
- Mason
- Oliver Hannam
- Lou
- Natalie Gavin
- Kaneez
- Dystin Johnson
- Debbie
- Juliet Ellis
- Paul
- Iain Glen
- Sean
- Reuben Johnson
- Donna
- Joanna Swain
- Matt
- Harry McEntire
- Gavin
- Adam Gillen
- Andy
- Anthony Flanagan
- Nicki
- Sue Vincent
- William
- Jason Watkins
- Saskia
- Sai Bennett
- Lauren
- Phoebe Dynevor
- Gerald
- Tim Wallers
- Tapper
- Sean Cernow
- Police officer
- Madeleine Bowyer
- Security officer
- Penny Capper
- Senior security officer
- Chris Brailsford
- Visits hall guard
- Tom Tunstall
Crew
- Director
- Damon Thomas
- Producer
- Anna Ferguson
- Writer
- Julie Gearey
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