Synopsis: A great series that ran into an eighth series. This groundbreaking television drama series focuses on the lives of the people in HMS Larkhall, a women's prison. The lives of the inmates, prison wardens and there loved ones is cleverly explored in what turns out to be one of the greatest lesbian love stories screened on UK TV.

The characters are diverse, individually interesting and engaging and the well formed.

The actors and actresses in this series must be given praise for their excellent interpretation of their individual characters.
This series boldly and explicitly explores lesbian love in a head on, non flinching manner.

The realistic and very raw content of this TV series puts it a notch above any other lesbian series i have ever seen.

Strength is added by the other subplots addresses in this program eg drug abuse, power struggles between men and women in male dominated jobs, death of a loved one, separation from ones children, bullying and loss of a loved one.

The characters?

A confused sometimes ineffectual prison governess, a male warden we all love to hate, a rebellious, lesbian inmate with a dark past [well done Mandana], a feisty gangsters wife, the murderer, the drug addict, the self harmer, the prostitute best friends [mildly neurotic] and the female queen bee inmate with a dark side. And more

All the actors do a great job of making their characters real and believable