| Season Number: | 2 |
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| Network: | ITV |
| Num Episodes: | 13 |
The second series of Bad Girls began on ITV on 4 April 2000. The first episode, "Tug of Love", opened with 9.44 million viewers. The ninth episode of series two, "The Leaving", was the highest-rated episode of the entire run of the series between 1999 and 2006, with 9.49 million viewers. The second series ended on 4 July 2000; it consists of 13 episodes.
The second series picks up several weeks after the last. Helen Stewart is long overdue to return to work after taking leave and Fenner is acting wing governor until her return. Shell and Fenner's affair reaches a head when he discovers Shell has been writing and phoning his wife and told her of their affair. Helen discovers Nikki is innocent of contacting Fenner wife, as Shell originally had Fenner believing it was Nikki. Fenner attacks Shell for deceiving him, which causes conflict between Helen and Mr. Stubberfield as Helen believers that Fenner did attack Shell, the conflict causes Helen to resign and brings her closer to Nikki, but she later returns to run the lifers' unit. New officer Karen Betts accepts the role of G-Wing governor. Zandra gives birth to a baby boy but her happiness is short-lived as her ex fiancé, Robin applies for custody and things get worse for her as she receives devastating news. Yvonne begins to do deals with Fenner, Denny gets in contact with her estranged mother, Jessie, and Julie Johnston discovers her kids are back in England and gets in touch.
See main article: List of Bad Girls characters.
See main article: List of Bad Girls episodes.
| Title | Air date | Timeslot | |||||
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| Viewers | Rank | ||||||
| 1 | "Tug of Love" | 4 April 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 9,440,000 | 14 | [1] | |
| 2 | "Shit Happens" | 11 April 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 8,530,000 | 13 | ||
| 3 | "Visiting Time" | 18 April 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 8,210,000 | 11 | ||
| 4 | "Looking for Love" | 25 April 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 8,120,000 | 12 | ||
| 5 | "Mistaken Identity" | 2 May 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 8,260,000 | 16 | ||
| 6 | "Losing It" | 9 May 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 7,700,000 | 11 | ||
| 7 | "The Set-Up" | 16 May 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 9,300,000 | 11 | ||
| 8 | "Babes Behind Bars" | 23 May 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 8,980,000 | 8 | ||
| 9 | "The Leaving" | 30 May 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 9,490,000 | 9 | ||
| 10 | "Family Plan" | 6 June 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 9,240,000 | 10 | ||
| 11 | "Rough Justice" | 13 June 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 9,130,000 | 8 | ||
| 12 | "Facing Up" | 27 June 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 8,500,000 | 8 | ||
| 13 | "Oh What a Night" | 4 July 2000 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 8,810,000 | 10 | ||
The second series of Bad Girls was originally released in the UK on VHS in four volumes. The DVD was released in the UK on 1 October 2001. It was re-released on 7 February 2011 in brand new packaging. On the same day it was released in a boxset along with series one.[2] On 9 October 2006, it was released as part of a series one-four boxset.
In Australia, series two was released on 26 May 2003 in the same cover packaging as the UK. The second release for series two was in the complete series one-eight boxset - "The Complete Collection", which was released on 10 November 2010.[3] It was also released as a separate edition from the complete boxset on 12 January 2011.
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| 1 October 2001 7 February 2011 (re-release) | 26 May 2003 12 January 2011 (re-release) | |||