First viewed : 12 March 1995
This rather daring Sunday night drama series on ITV concerned the adventures of four prostitutes in the red light area of Bradford. The series threw a major curveball at you in the first episode when the apparent main character Gina ( Ruth Gemmell ), a young mother whoring to throw off a nasty loan shark, is murdered. Thereafter it concentrated on her volatile friend Carol ( Cathy Tyson ), hard-faced Rose ( Geraldine James ), intellectually challenged Anita ( Barbara Dickson, something of a revelation in an acting role ) and young tearaway Tracy ( Samantha Morton in her breakthrough role ).
As written by Kay Mellor, the script firmly sided with the women, with all the male characters being corrupt, hypocritical, cowardly or venal. The nearest thing to a sympathetic male was Curly ( Richard Moore ), a middle-aged man with a stocking fetish; in the final episode of the series it looked as if he was being set up to be hero but finished up looking ineffectual.
The series, at least in the first season, had minimal nudity; the sex scenes being presented in a very matter of fact fashion. It was an odd mixture of fairly humorous working class drama along the lines of Making Out or Common As Muck and lurid melodrama with multiple murders in every season.
I watched the first season through but for some reason didn't pick it up again , It concluded in 1997 after three seasons.
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