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In the Club is a British drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 5 August 2014. The series follows six couples who attended a local Parent Craft class during their pregnancy.[1] The series was written and created by Kay Mellor. A second series was commissioned in 2014 and broadcast in the UK from 3 May to 7 June 2016.
In the Club | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Kay Mellor |
Written by | Kay Mellor (12 Episodes) Gaynor Faye (1 Episode) |
Starring |
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Theme music composer | Hal Lindes |
Opening theme | "Wonderful World" by Rebecca Ferguson |
Ending theme | Hal Lindes |
Composer | Hal Lindes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer | Yvonne Francas |
Production locations | Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
Editor | Kay Mellor |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Rollem Productions |
Original release | |
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Release | 5 August 2014 – 7 June 2016 |
On 18 June 2013, BBC One announced the commissioning of the series.[2] The series was commissioned by Danny Cohen, former controller of BBC One, and Ben Stephenson, controller of BBC Drama commissioning.[2] Filming took place in Leeds from January 2014 several scenes of which took part in Allerton High School.[3][4]
Main cast
Supporting cast
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions)[6] | |
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1 | "Episode 1" | Kay Mellor | Kay Mellor | 5 August 2014 | 5.07 | |
At the local parentcraft class, six pregnant women and their partners are preparing for the arrival of their babies. Housewife Diane, schoolgirl Rosie, newlywed Jasmin, businesswoman Roanna, midwife Vicky, and blog writer and teaching assistant Kim each have their own issues to deal with. Diane and husband Rick are expecting their miracle child having been told they would never conceive. But a late scan reveals it is twins, and with mounting pressure on unemployed Rick to provide for his family, he turns to robbing a bank. Meanwhile, fifteen-year-old Rosie is hiding her pregnancy from everyone – her dad, the school and even her baby's mystery father. Alone and frightened, she turns to Kim's pregnancy blog for support. She goes into labour alone, rushing to the hospital and gives birth to baby Dinah. Rosie's father is involved in a road traffic accident.[7] | ||||||
2 | "Episode 2" | Kay Mellor | Kay Mellor | 12 August 2014 | 5.30 | |
With her husband on the run from the police, Diane struggles to cope with the consequences of Rick's actions. Upset and alone, she turns to Roanna for support. But the stress causes her to go into early labour and she rushes to hospital. Unknown to Diane, Rick is hiding out at Jasmin and Dev's house. But when the police turn up, Jasmin is shocked to learn the real reason Rick is there. With no way to turn, Rick steals Dev's van and flees to the top of a multi-storey car park, where he threatens to jump. Dev finally convinces him to come down when he tells Rick his twins have been born. Meanwhile, in the aftermath of Rosie's dad's accident, Kim feels increasingly responsible for her. She wants to invite Rosie to temporarily live with them in Susie's house with Jude, but Susie will not allow it. Kim leaves and goes to live with Neil, the father of her baby, in his flat.[8] | ||||||
3 | "Episode 3" | Neasa Hardiman | Kay Mellor | 19 August 2014 | 5.75 | |
When Roanna's ex-husband cancels her credit cards, she enters the offices of the business she started with him and helps herself to half the money from the safe. With their baby due any day, Roanna suggests going to Simon's parents for help. Roanna has never actually met them and Simon seems reluctant as they do not know Roanna is in her mid 40s. Jasmin has a visit from Jack, a colleague she had an affair with the night before her wedding, causing her due date to be questioned Rosie's dad is still in hospital and social services plan to take her to a mother and baby hostel. When Rosie threatens to run away with her baby if she is forced to go to the hostel, Kim reluctantly invites her to live in Neil's flat with her. Meanwhile Rick is under arrest and awaiting bail, leaving Diane to cope alone as their baby girl Hope fights for her life with an infection.[9] | ||||||
4 | "Episode 4" | Neasa Hardiman | Kay Mellor | 26 August 2014 | 5.62 | |
With Kim, Rosie and baby Dinah staying at Neil's flat, Kim and Neil struggle to ignore their feelings for each other and their secret threatens to bubble to the surface when Rosie sees them kissing. Rosie has a shock when she visits her dad in hospital to tell him he is a grandad. He asks about Rosie's mum, forgetting she has died, and nurses tell Rosie he has suffered a brain injury. With her own baby's arrival looming, Vicky gives Dr Bellingham an ultimatum - marry me or I'll leave you. He seems reluctant to get married but will not tell Vicky why. Elsewhere in the hospital Jasmin is unhappy when she is told they might have to induce her labour early and she confides in Vicky about her 'honeymoon' baby. Roanna struggles with becoming a new mum all over again and the baby blues threaten to eclipse the joy of baby Sonny's arrival. Meanwhile, baby Hope is suffering from jaundice and Diane is torn between being in hospital for Hope and taking care of her family at home.[10] | ||||||
5 | "Episode 5" | Sarah O'Gorman | Kay Mellor | 2 September 2014 | 5.84 | |
Jasmin is furious as Dr Bellingham induces her labour early. The baby looks unnaturally white, causing a rift in hers and Dev's Indian family. Things go from bad to worse when she discovers Jack's in the hospital following his fight with Dev. Dr Bellingham is unhappy with Vicky when Jasmin tells a nurse that Dr Bellingham is the father of Vicky's baby. The other nurses were unaware. Roanna and Simon move into his parents' house and Roanna feels torn when she visits her daughter Katie, who rejects her. Susie, Kim and Neil's relationship is strained in the aftermath of Rosie's revelation that Jude is the father of her baby and Kim tries to mend the fractured family. Meanwhile an anxious Diane and Rick are hopeful as baby Hope is taken off the ventilator.[11] | ||||||
6 | "Episode 6" | Sarah O'Gorman | Kay Mellor | 9 September 2014 | 5.85 | |
A twinge in Vicky's abdomen causes panic and her Parentcraft friends think she is in labour. But all is not as it seems and Dr Bellingham is forced to confront his feelings for Vicky. When he confesses he married an African woman for money as a young, poor student, Vicky questions whether she can forgive him. He confesses he wants to get married but needs to find and divorce this woman first. Tensions build as Kim and Susie try to make their relationship work and with Jude, Rosie and baby Dinah living together at Neil's flat, things get even more complicated when Rosie spends the night with Jude again and throws away her contraceptive. When Simon throws a surprise party for Roanna, Simon's father Jonathan gives her perfume she has not worn in years, revealing they once had an affair. Jasmin and Dev struggle with the challenges of parenthood and tiredness causes Dev to accidentally leave the baby in the car while shopping. He is photographed and published in a local newspaper. Meanwhile, Diane and Rick are preparing to finally take baby Hope home. Rick is distracted by his impending court hearing. He wants to be with his children.[12] |
In September 2014, it was announced that In the Club has been renewed for a second series for another six episodes in 2015. Creator Kay Mellor has said: "I'm absolutely delighted for Rollem Productions to be commissioned to produce a second series of In the Club for BBC One. On a personal note, the whole experience from script to screen was such a positive one for me. It's going to be a bit of a juggling process as I'd love to bring all the characters back but I also want to introduce some new stories. One thing’s for sure, I can’t wait to start the whole process again." BBC One controller Charlotte Moore also mentions: "BBC One viewers really took the characters to their hearts and it was exciting to see the show build across the six episodes. Kay Mellor's story about a group of pregnant women celebrated life in all its joy and tragedy and I'm looking forward to the delivery of series two." Filming for the second series will take place in Leeds in 2015.[13][14] It was announced in 2015 that Series 2 would air in 2016.
Kay Mellor directed the first two episodes. Her daughter Gaynor Faye (Credited as Gaynor Mellor) wrote Episode 2 alongside Kay Mellor, while Nick Hopkins co-wrote Episode 3 with Kay Mellor.
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) Sourced directly from BARB | |
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1 (7) | "Episode 1" | Kay Mellor | Kay Mellor | 3 May 2016 | 5.42 | |
Kim is struggling to be the perfect mum, and her relationship with Neil is in jeopardy. As she prepares to see her ex, Susie, for the first time since they split, she is shocked to discover Neil has been keeping things from her. Meanwhile, a hospital visit reveals devastating news for Jasmin and Dev - one of their twins is smaller and dying, and nurses advise they abort one of them or both may die. Jasmin is determined to see if both babies can survive. Shelly is a young woman in her mid-20s who is carrying a surrogate for Andrew and Nathan - a gay couple her mother, Maxine, cleans for. Maxine finds a newborn abandoned baby in the toilets. | ||||||
2 (8) | "Episode 2" | Kay Mellor | Kay Mellor and Gaynor Faye | 10 May 2016 | 4.98 | |
Roanna's struggling to find a job and with money running out she reluctantly turns to her ex-husband for help, ends up kissing him and lies about it to Simon. It is only a matter of time before all her secrets come spilling out. Rosie gives birth to her baby while stuck in a lift with Jude. | ||||||
3 (9) | "Episode 3" | Jane Prowse | Kay Mellor and Nick Hopkins | 17 May 2016 | 4.60 | |
When Diane needs to take baby Hope to a hospital appointment, as she knows all her information and Rick does not, she is forced to leave the children she is childminding in the house with Rick. One of them falls off the bed and injures her arm, causing her to need to go to hospital and revealing to the parent of the girl that Diane had abandoned the children. An anxious Jasmin and Dev find out if the laser treatment to separate their twins and keep them both alive has worked. Meanwhile it is payday for Shelly as she goes into labour. | ||||||
4 (10) | "Episode 4" | Jane Prowse | Kay Mellor | 24 May 2016 | 4.39 | |
An anxious Andrew and Nathan prepare to bring baby Sebastian home. The abandoned baby is revealed to be Maxine's. She has not told anybody except Shelly. The baby is going to be adopted by a young couple, but Maxine cannot bear to never see her baby again, so she plots with Shelly to swap Andrew and Nathan's baby with Maxine's baby, so she can continue to see it. Maxine's life is thrown into chaos when her husband tells her he is on his way home and she had a very unexpected baby while he was away. Maxine reveals to the nurses that the abandoned baby was hers and the nurses tell her she can take it home, so she is forced to swap the babies back. | ||||||
5 (11) | "Episode 5" | Jane Prowse | Kay Mellor | 31 May 2016 | 4.84 | |
A mother Vicky is helping to give birth dies suddenly after having the baby. Vicky has been drinking heavily to cope with the stress of raising a baby and not having Chris (Dr Bellingham) to help, as he has gone to Africa to find the woman he married. The Coroner tells the court that Vicky was not at fault, so she can go back to work. Roanna is horrified when Ray tells her that Katie did not come home last night and it is revealed she has started seeing Simon. | ||||||
6 (12) | "Episode 6" | Audrey Cooke | Kay Mellor | 7 June 2016 | 4.95 | |
Kim decides she cannot go back to work; she and Neil decide to take in Rosie and Jude and their daughters until they can get a council flat. Jasmin and Dev are busy preparing for their daughter Amber's Hindu naming ceremony. After Vicky checks on the twins, Jasmin is rushed into hospital. The two grandmothers bring all the preparations for Amber's ceremony to the prayer room in the hospital, where all the guests arrive. Vicky tells Chris he must choose between his job offer in Singapore and his family. Shelly has not yet signed the form giving the baby to Andrew and Nathan. Simon returns to see his father in the hospital, injured when he ran in front of Roanna's car and she accidentally hit him. Roanna cares for her young son, while her ex-husband Raysticks to her like glue. He shows her a pregnancy test found at home; Roanna realizes her daughter is pregnant with Simon's baby. Roanna tells Simon's mother about the past event, and the present car accident, which she believes is her fault. Dev and Jasmin enter the prayer room with their two boys. |
In Australia, the series premiered on 4 May 2015 on BBC First.[15]