Raised by Wolves (British TV series)


Raised by Wolves is a British television sitcom written by Caitlin Moran and her sister Caroline Moran, first broadcast between 2013 and 2016. It follows a loose account of the siblings' youth in Wolverhampton, transposed to the modern day. Helen Monks and Alexa Davies star as the oldest sisters in a large family raised by an unconventional single mother.

Broadcast history

A pilot episode was developed by the BBC and broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 December 2013, and the show was subsequently ordered to series. A six-part series began broadcasting on Channel 4 on 16 March 2015. The first series attracted an average of 1.3 million viewers and 6.3% share of audience per episode, making it Channel 4's second highest-rating comedy of 2015. A second six-part series was filmed in late 2015, which began broadcasting on 2 March 2016. The show was cancelled on 9 August 2016 due to Channel 4's "commitments to new programmes" for the following year.
On 18 October 2016, the Moran sisters launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to make a third series of the show. The plan was to make a special one-off episode if the campaign received £320,000 by 20 November 2016; or to make a third series if more than £320,000 was donated. The campaign was unsuccessful and plans for a third series were cancelled.

Cast

Reception

Raised by Wolves was generally well received by critics: The Daily Telegraph called it "terrific" and "refreshingly honest", as "every one-liner was a zinger"; while The Independent described it as "great fun" and with "joie de vivre to spare"; and The Guardian described it as a "loving and funny sitcom".
Amidst this acclaim, the Glasgow Herald complained about the focus on a character's first period in the pilot episode, labelling the comedy "a bloody mess".
With the arrival of the second series in 2016, the Radio Times declared that "the comedy gets even better. And filthier."

American series

It was announced in January 2017 that ABC would be remaking the series with Aaron Guzikowski and Diablo Cody as writers and Greg Berlanti producing. In February it was announced that Georgia King would play the lead.