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“ Bad Girls ”
S06E06: Tanya Turner turns up at Larkhall
Aired Monday, May 17 2004 at 21:00 BST on ITV1
Published Tuesday, Feb 21 2006, 21:15 GMT | By Kris Green | Add comment
Glamour hits Larkhall in the form of footballers’ wife, Tanya Turner when she is driven through the prison gates in a sweatbox. This is all manna from heaven for the tabloids who have sent a rugby scrum of journalists and photographers down to the prison to record every moment of Tanya’s fall from grace. As the journalists try to bribe the screws on the outside, inside, Tanya makes an unsuccessful attempt to bribe Hollamby and Paula into making life a little easier for her. After suffering the indignity of handing over her jewellery (or run the risk of it being nicked), Tanya is ordered to strip naked behind a screen so her underwear can be checked for contraband.
Neil is furious that all of G-Wing’s officers have tested positive for heroin and makes it clear to Frances that he expects her to get to the bottom of it. Frances summons Colin to her office and demands to know if he doctored the samples to get back at her after he spotted her meeting another man. Put on the spot, Colin blurts out the truth – he’s a junkie. Frances immediately demands Colin’s resignation despite Colin’s claims that he is now clean. She does soften slightly though and allows him to work his month’s notice but stipulates that he must report for urine tests every two days.
Despite Frances’s rather vocal protests, Natalie is moved up to Yvonne’s old cell on G3. She is still trying to come on to Colin but is soundly rebuffed when she asks him if it was his idea to move her to a single cell. Now Natalie is on G3, there’s a spare bed on the dorm and Tanya is very distressed when she finds out that she’ll be sharing a room with awe-struck Tina and rottweiler Al. She does seem to perk up when she finds out that Darlene is another of her cellmates and immediately tries to ingratiate herself by talking gansta and offering her the pick of her designer wardrobe. Darlene makes it clear that she’s not interested in friendship and assures her that if there’s anything she wants, she’ll take it.
Al and Darlene decide to have a bit of fun with Tanya and, while Al holds her down, Darlene rips her false fingernails off. Tina pleads with them to stop and as a last resort, tells them about the rhubarb hooch.
Di has sent a box of key-hole shaped biscuits in to the POs to thank them for being so understanding about Fenner’s ‘illness’. Colin is contemplating one of the biscuits when Hollamby arrives with a large, luxury hamper for Tanya. Hollamby can’t believe that Neil is allowing the hamper onto the wing but he’s petrified of the prospect of Tanya telling tales to the press and so has decided to keep her sweet. Hollamby goes through the hamper and confiscates everything that takes her fancy. Later, Al and Darlene scoff the rest as Tanya looks on.
Kris is furious when Selena informs her that she has booked herself a seat on a flight to Canada. She warns Selena that if her freedom means Milly going to jail, their relationship is over. She also threatens to tell Frances about their relationship but Selena doesn’t waver, even when Kris puts in a request for a new personal officer.
Phyl and Bev are happy - their rhubarb wine is still fermenting in the kitchen and they’re both chuffed to bits that they’ve got one over Frances. They have both also piss-tested clear and, as a result, Bev receives her promised red-band status. She is given Barbara’s old job of making tea for the POs. But do the Costas have another trick up their sleeve? Bev is very cagy when Julie S borrows the PO’s milk to whip up a batch of pancakes for breakfast. As Darlene and Al scoff their own pancakes, and Tanya’s, Tina gives them each a mug of the hooch, before long, most of the wing are partaking.
Now fearing for her life, Tanya grabs a lifeline that may pull her out of prison. Rick Revoir, a yardie gang leader and Tanya’s dealer, offers her a deal – get him a visit with Darlene and he’ll get someone to confess to planting the cocaine in her handbag. To make his point, Rick gives Tanya an asthma inhaler to pass on to Darlene as a present from her younger brother, Terence. Tanya is horrified when Darlene opens the inhaler to find the top of one of Terence’s fingers.
Out in the garden, Kris starts to throw up. As Paula leads her back into the prison, the rest of the inmates are dropping like flies. By the time Dr Nicholson arrives on the scene, everyone apart from Tanya, Phyl and Bev are heaving up their entrails. Nicholson is completely stumped by the epidemic but suspects that it is some sort of viral infection. He informs an angry Neil that all they can do is let the illness run its course.
Frances asks Colin out again but he turns her down. She heads to a bar, unaware that both Colin and Rick are following her. Rick walks into the bar and Frances is pleasantly surprised to see him. It appears that their paths crossed when she was working on the vice squad and that their relationship is a lot deeper than just copper and gangster.
As Tanya tries to apologise to Darlene, Tina checks on Al only to discover that she’s not breathing. Dr Nicholson and the medical team are called and are forced to do an emergency tracheotomy on Al. They perform CPR but it’s too late, Al is dead. Tanya, Phyl, Bev and a devastated Tina look on as Al’s body is wheeled away on a stretcher.
Neil is furious that all of G-Wing’s officers have tested positive for heroin and makes it clear to Frances that he expects her to get to the bottom of it. Frances summons Colin to her office and demands to know if he doctored the samples to get back at her after he spotted her meeting another man. Put on the spot, Colin blurts out the truth – he’s a junkie. Frances immediately demands Colin’s resignation despite Colin’s claims that he is now clean. She does soften slightly though and allows him to work his month’s notice but stipulates that he must report for urine tests every two days.
Despite Frances’s rather vocal protests, Natalie is moved up to Yvonne’s old cell on G3. She is still trying to come on to Colin but is soundly rebuffed when she asks him if it was his idea to move her to a single cell. Now Natalie is on G3, there’s a spare bed on the dorm and Tanya is very distressed when she finds out that she’ll be sharing a room with awe-struck Tina and rottweiler Al. She does seem to perk up when she finds out that Darlene is another of her cellmates and immediately tries to ingratiate herself by talking gansta and offering her the pick of her designer wardrobe. Darlene makes it clear that she’s not interested in friendship and assures her that if there’s anything she wants, she’ll take it.
Al and Darlene decide to have a bit of fun with Tanya and, while Al holds her down, Darlene rips her false fingernails off. Tina pleads with them to stop and as a last resort, tells them about the rhubarb hooch.
Di has sent a box of key-hole shaped biscuits in to the POs to thank them for being so understanding about Fenner’s ‘illness’. Colin is contemplating one of the biscuits when Hollamby arrives with a large, luxury hamper for Tanya. Hollamby can’t believe that Neil is allowing the hamper onto the wing but he’s petrified of the prospect of Tanya telling tales to the press and so has decided to keep her sweet. Hollamby goes through the hamper and confiscates everything that takes her fancy. Later, Al and Darlene scoff the rest as Tanya looks on.
Kris is furious when Selena informs her that she has booked herself a seat on a flight to Canada. She warns Selena that if her freedom means Milly going to jail, their relationship is over. She also threatens to tell Frances about their relationship but Selena doesn’t waver, even when Kris puts in a request for a new personal officer.
Phyl and Bev are happy - their rhubarb wine is still fermenting in the kitchen and they’re both chuffed to bits that they’ve got one over Frances. They have both also piss-tested clear and, as a result, Bev receives her promised red-band status. She is given Barbara’s old job of making tea for the POs. But do the Costas have another trick up their sleeve? Bev is very cagy when Julie S borrows the PO’s milk to whip up a batch of pancakes for breakfast. As Darlene and Al scoff their own pancakes, and Tanya’s, Tina gives them each a mug of the hooch, before long, most of the wing are partaking.
Now fearing for her life, Tanya grabs a lifeline that may pull her out of prison. Rick Revoir, a yardie gang leader and Tanya’s dealer, offers her a deal – get him a visit with Darlene and he’ll get someone to confess to planting the cocaine in her handbag. To make his point, Rick gives Tanya an asthma inhaler to pass on to Darlene as a present from her younger brother, Terence. Tanya is horrified when Darlene opens the inhaler to find the top of one of Terence’s fingers.
Out in the garden, Kris starts to throw up. As Paula leads her back into the prison, the rest of the inmates are dropping like flies. By the time Dr Nicholson arrives on the scene, everyone apart from Tanya, Phyl and Bev are heaving up their entrails. Nicholson is completely stumped by the epidemic but suspects that it is some sort of viral infection. He informs an angry Neil that all they can do is let the illness run its course.
Frances asks Colin out again but he turns her down. She heads to a bar, unaware that both Colin and Rick are following her. Rick walks into the bar and Frances is pleasantly surprised to see him. It appears that their paths crossed when she was working on the vice squad and that their relationship is a lot deeper than just copper and gangster.
As Tanya tries to apologise to Darlene, Tina checks on Al only to discover that she’s not breathing. Dr Nicholson and the medical team are called and are forced to do an emergency tracheotomy on Al. They perform CPR but it’s too late, Al is dead. Tanya, Phyl, Bev and a devastated Tina look on as Al’s body is wheeled away on a stretcher.
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