I am a great fan of Bad Girls old and present and as many other fans was sad to see the end of Jim Fenner which was an excellent piece of writing but a TV drama cannot operate if an audience only watches for one character. I think that series 8 is going to be tough to wow fans specially without Fenner also they have gotten rid of excellent characters and story lines like what happens to Di Fenner. Also Kevin Spiers who looked set to take over the reigns from Fenner as G wings bent prison officer I think those story lines may have left other fans confused as in the Christmas episode there were no conclusions to these story lines. Series 8 I think has done well so far even without those story lines and characters with certain good story lines such as the Governor and her daughter and will hopefully go on for many years to come.