Prisoners' Husbands
Title for second series?
The world is your lobster.
I think the title for this series probably cost it half its intended audience.
It sounded like another dull genetic splicing of Lynda La Plante, Desperate Housewives and Footballer's Bimbos. Tough girls who don't let life get them down. Yawn. I seem to have fallen asleep just thinking about what it might have been about. All that ComBBC conditioning.
From the title, the presence of Hollyoaks divas and the pathetic promotion, who could possibly have suspected it would turn out to be the best British crime drama since Prime Suspect was around?
Not me. I watched 1-5 on iPlayer.
I think the title for this series probably cost it half its intended audience.I am afraid that you are right there. What were they thinking? Some heads should roll.
I came across the series by chance and then stuck with it because the opener was that good. share
I agree the title was utterly offputting.
After faffing around and letting a few eps go by, I finally focused on the fact that David Bradley, Polly Walker, Iain Glen and Pippa were in it, then it was run not walk to the iplayer!
And this season we hit the jackpot with Anne Reid and Nicola Walker joining in. Our cups runneth over!
The title though was dire. It's such a much more serious drama than the title suggests....it's like "Nuns on the Run" or "Mother May I Sleep With Danger" title but it's quality hiding behind the moniker.
Seriously though.......the OP suggested Prisoners' Husbands......I've been thinking that throughout this second series so far. And now...well, I won't spoil it.
It probably is far too twee for the BBC but it would make an interesting transition to slowly put the women behind bars as the men get out (though the chances of that creep Iain Glen's guy getting out and not doing life without parole at this point is slim to none. But he could escape and leave Frannie on the inside I guess.)
All we need now is for Pippa to visit her son and attack him in the visiting room and beat the daylights out of him for his beat down of the vicar; then she and Frannie can be cell mates!
New show on the way..........watch this space! :-)))
I guess the name is important, The other two drama's I am following are Nashville and Boss, both one word titles with neither really conveying the subject of the story.
Both are much about relationships under strain in extreme situations as is Prisoners Wives.
I guess it does sound like some sort of seedy reality show, about the sort of folk who end up appearing on or watching Jeremy Kyle's interview programmes, which obviously includes me, as I have seen enough of it to form an opinion (I NEVER watch nowadays - honest!).
I suggest an alternative title might be "Banged Up!" - how does that sound to you, or please suggest something better. Maybe "Banged up again" for a third series??