- The Stretford Wives
The Stretford Wives is a British drama
film made by theBBC . It was first broadcast onBBC One inAugust 2002 cite web |title=The Year in Drama: August 2002 |work=Drama Best of 2002 |publisher=BBC |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bestof2002/august.shtml |accessdate=2006-09-17] and has not been released on DVD. The film revolves around the lives of three sisters – played byFay Ripley ,Claire Rushbrook , andLindsey Coulson – who live inStretford ,Greater Manchester ,England .Written by "Shameless" writer
Danny Brocklehurst and directed byPeter Webber ("Girl With a Pearl Earring"), it won critical acclaim from "The Times" and "The Independent", [cite web |title=Last Night's Television |first=Thomas |last=Sutcliffe |publisher=The Independent |date=2002-08-22 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020822/ai_n12638952 |accessdate=2008-01-10] although reviews in some local papers were not so favourable. [cite web |title=In My View – Stretford Wives |first=Eric |last=Jackson |date=2002-08-22 |publisher=Manchester Evening News |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/17/17530_in_my_view__stretford_wives.html |accessdate-2008-01-10] The programme was watched by 5.7 million viewers. [cite web |title=Bond shakes off Ripley drama |date=2008-08-22 |first=Jason |last=Deans |publisher=MediaGuardian |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2002/aug/22/overnights |accessdate=2008-01-10]References
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