No, I’m not writing about porn or some other sort of kink; I’m talking about the UK tv series that is only slightly available in America. While the first season is available on Netflix, there are seven seasons in total which are not available for Region 1; and, therefore, isn’t around for the USA.
Bad Girls is a show about a women’s prison, both about the inmates as well as the staff that runs it. The writing, the acting, and the camera work are all top notch. It reminds me a lot of The Wire, though it doesn’t have quite the same polish or flash as the Baltimore epic: almost all of Bad Girls takes place in the prison, and there’s a very heavy sense of what it means to be stuck in a place for years on end.
What’s surprising to me is how good this show is, and how difficult it is to obtain in America. If they were to market this and re-release, I’m sure it would be a hit. Please check out as much as you can of this show; and let’s keep our fingers crossed that we can get our hands on more of it in the near future.