Series 5 (2003)
Series 5 was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:00pm.
| # | Episode | Writer | Director | Original airdate | Viewing figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Episode One | Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick | Mike Adams | 8 May 2003 | 8,360,000 |
| Fenner joins some of his PO mates on a lads' weekend in Amsterdam. They're all very taken with erotic dancer, Naughty Nikki... until they realise that her face is uncomfortably familiar. Denny vows to get revenge on Snowball. Barbara tries to adjust to being deaf. Al and Tina plot to get a pardon like Cassie and Roisin. Sylvia and Bobby's life is turned upside down when they are declared bankrupt. Snowball continues to try to escape to be with Richie. | |||||
| 57 | Episode Two | Jaden Clark | Mike Adams | 15 May 2003 | 7,880,000 |
| Shell arrives back on G-Wing and with Denny, they plan to get Snowball for Shaz's death. Fenner also had plans for Shell. Snowball retrieves her gun from its hiding place at Shaz's memorial and starts to put her escape plan into action, with the unwilling help of Karen. Bobby goes to an unsuccessful interview at Larkhall, resulting in his breakdown. Di is harassed by "Gnasher", an alias that Al and Tina are using. Barbara gets her hearing back and reveals Snowball's plans to Yvonne, who makes plans of her own to stop Snowball and Richie. | |||||
| 58 | Episode Three | Phil Ford | Jim Loach | 22 May 2003 | 7,630,000 |
| Sylvia is left distraught by Bobby's actions. The Costa Cons, Phyl and Bev arrive at Larkhall with a suitcase full of gin bottles and are immediately disgusted by the squalid conditions on G-Wing. Snowball's escape backfires and Richie is shot. Di catches Tina and Al in the middle of their crazy plan and puts a stop to it. Buki returns to the wing. Shell is the only one who is not convinced by The Costa Cons. Snowball poisons herself. | |||||
| 59 | Episode Four | Guy Picot | Jim Loach | 29 May 2003 | 6,920,000 |
| Shell goes into labour. After being forced to fend off Colin's advances, Shell threatens to blow the whistle on Fenner and his pimping scheme, a decision which ultimately brings about disaster. Sylvia becomes the Costa Cons latest sucker. Di uses "Gnasher" to get at Neil. The privatisation team arrive and upset the prisoners and some officers alike. Snowball makes another attempt to see Richie. | |||||
| 60 | Episode Five | Phil Ford | A.J. Quinn | 5 June 2003 | 7,100,000 |
| Di is finding life with Neil increasingly frustrating, and when he starts entertaining his one night stands at the marital home it's the last straw. Sylvia cuts all her connections with The Costa's. | |||||
| 61 | Episode Six | Phil Ford | A.J. Quinn | 12 June 2003 | 6,620,000 |
| Snowball attempts to convince Neil that she has changed. Di plans to get pregnant, with the help of Neil's boyfriend. One of Phyl and Bev's many business ventures comes to light when Colin discovers the drugs stash hidden behind their mirror, but given his own little habit, it's unlikely that he'll be shopping them. But the Costa's have another plan for booze, in the garden. | |||||
| 62 | Episode Seven | Jaden Clark | A.J. Quinn | 19 June 2003 | 6,760,000 |
| Fenner plans to set up Yvonne but Collin puts a stop to it. The presence of the media and a celebrity guest at HMP Larkhall gives the women a perfect opportunity to make a very public protest about the prison's forthcoming privatisation. The Costa Cons are transferred to an open prison. Di's plans for pregnancy are a success. Snowball and Richie make a pact to die together but only one of them dies. | |||||
| 63 | Episode Eight | Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick | Julie Edwards | 26 June 2003 | 6,360,000 |
| Julie S finds a lump on her breast and worries that it could be cancer. Colin escorts Yvonne to Ritchie's funeral and is placed in a very difficult position when Fenner plants a bag of cocaine on her upon their return. | |||||
| 64 | Episode Nine | Liz Lake | Julie Edwards | 3 July 2003 | 6,530,000 |
| Julie S struggles to come to terms with the reality of her mastectomy and the prospect of a debilitating course of chemotherapy. Collin tells Karen about Fenner setting up Yvonne. Yvonne and Collin grow closer. Neil is adamant on kicking Di out, despite her being pregnant. | |||||
| 65 | Episode Ten | Jo O'Keefe | Laurence Moody | 10 July 2003 | 6,570,000 |
| Karen persuades Neil to take Snowball out of solitary confinement in the hope that it will lift her spirits, but all Snowball wants is to be reunited with Ritchie. Yvonne is roped in to protect Snowball but Yvonne helps her to be with Richie. Fenner becomes Tina's knight in shining armour when he moves her out of the four bed dorm away from bullying Al and Buki. Di's infidelity is revealed when she and Neil are tested for syphilis. | |||||
| 66 | Episode Eleven | Di Burrows | Laurence Moody | 17 July 2003 | 6,570,000 |
| Snowball's suicide note makes some serious allegations against Fenner, which in light of the accusations made against him by Karen and Helen Stewart could get him into serious trouble. Di has her prenancy terminated but doesn't inform Neil or Tony. Fenner and Tina plan to set up Yvonne. Neil sacks Karen. | |||||
| 67 | Episode Twelve | Liz Lake | Jim Loach | 24 July 2003 | 6,530,000 |
| Karen and Neil come to a compromise. Di and Neil reveal their split, in which Neil outs himself, and plans for surrogacy. A familiar face is welcomed back to Larkhall as old-timer Noreen Biggs arrives back on G-Wing. Unfortunately, she won't be enjoying Her Majesty's for long as she hasn't got long to live. Noreen tries to talk Tina round that Fenner is using her but Yvonne makes her see the light. | |||||
| 68 | Episode Thirteen | Liz Lake | Jim Loach | 31 July 2003 | 6,560,000 |
| Julie S returns to Larkhall. Phyl and Bev are transferred back to Larkhall. Denny shows off her talent for art. Legal proceedings begin for Al, who is up for life for murdering Virginia. Henry quits and plans to marry Barbara. Fenner breaks into Karen's flat and sees all of the evidence she's amassed against him. Deciding he must take action, he sneaks out with her car keys, coat and a bottle of alcohol. And Karen is arrested the following morning. | |||||
| 69 | Episode Fourteen | Di Burrows | Jim Loach | 7 August 2003 | 6,430,000 |
| Di becomes Wing Govenor. Yvonne plans to get rid of Fenner for good. The Costa Cons forge some of Denny's artwork. Buki finally meet sher son, Lennox, with the help of Christopher Biggins. Di and Jim go on a date and get intimate. New inmate, lifer Kris Yates arrives at Larkhall and makes a big impression on everyone, so much so that new officer Selena Geeson requests that she be Kris's personal officer. | |||||
| 70 | Episode Fifteen | Di Burrows | Julie Edwards | 14 August 2003 | 6,540,000 |
| Di fakes a miscarriage. Denny's planned art exhibition suffers a setback as a result of Phyl and Bev's eye on the bigger picture and the money they will squeeze out of their protege. Kris reveals she has an escape plan but Yvonne does not want to be a part of it. Yvonne's plan to fix Fenner goes into effect. | |||||
| 71 | Episode Sixteen | Liz Lake | Julie Edwards | 21 August 2003 | 6,780,000 |
| Babs and Henry get married but Henry's brother leaves when he objects. Buki is looking forward to her release and Denny is transferred to an open prisoner. Yvonne gives into Kris and makes a bid for freedom by slipping into the cavernous depths of the prison, but Fenner is hot on her heels, intent on sorting her out once and for all... and in the most horrific manner imaginable. | |||||
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