Bad Girls series 2

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.

Storylines
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.

Main

 * Simone Lahbib as Helen Stewart
 * Claire King as Karen Betts
 * Mandana Jones as Nikki Wade
 * Debra Stephenson as Shell Dockley
 * Jack Ellis as Jim Fenner
 * Alicya Eyo as Denny Blood
 * Joe Shaw as Dominic McAllister
 * Lara Cazalet as Zandra Plackett
 * Sharon Duncan Brewster as Crystal Gordon
 * Linda Henry as Yvonne Atkins
 * Isabelle Amyes as Barbara Hunt
 * Lindsey Fawcett as Shaz Wylie
 * Nathan Constance as Josh Mitchell
 * Tracey Wilkinson as Di Barker
 * Helen Fraser as Sylvia Hollamby
 * Victoria Alcock as Julie Saunders
 * Kika Mirylees as Julie Johnston

Recurring

 * Philip McGough as Dr. Malcolm Nicholson
 * Roland Oliver as Simon Stubberfield
 * Kim Taylforth as Marilyn Fenner
 * Alison Newman as Renee Williams
 * Gideon Turner as Robin Dunstan
 * Eugene Walker as Officer Blakeson
 * Danielle King as Lauren Atkins
 * Ivan Kaye as Charlie Atkins
 * Geoffrey Hutchings as Bobby Hollamby
 * Denise Black as Jessie Devlin
 * Helen Schlesinger as Tessa Spall
 * Jade Williams as Rhiannon Dawson

Guest

 * Ruth Mitchell as Midwife
 * Melanie Ramsey as Mel
 * Matthew Thomas as Tom Fenner
 * Frederick Warder as D.I. Williamson
 * Scott Charles as Martin Dawson
 * Emily Fairman as Nurse
 * Nick Barnes as Security Guard
 * Andy Hough as Billy
 * Sian Webber as Meg Richards
 * Daniel James as Personal Trainer
 * Julie Legrand as Rita Dockley
 * David Case as Chaplain
 * Rod Culbertson as John
 * Celia Robertson as D C Greer
 * Jason Heatherington as D S Sullivan
 * Danielle Lydon as Claire Walker
 * Jennifer Luckraft as Janine
 * Elizabeth Bradley as Mrs. Foster

Awards and nominations

 * National Television Awards (2000) – Most Popular Actress (Debra Stephenson – Nominated)
 * National Television Awards (2000) – Most Popular Drama (Won)
 * TV Quick Awards (2000) – Best Loved Drama (Won)

Release
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. 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. It was also released as a separate edition from the complete boxset on 12 January 2011.