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{{Infobox soap character |
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|colour = Red |
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| name = Yvonne Atkins |
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| image = [[Image:Yvonne Atkins.JPEG|250px]] |
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| caption = Yvonne's last appearance after Fenner locks her in a hanging cell to die |
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| series = ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)|Bad Girls]]'' |
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| duration = Series 1-5 |
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| first = "Payback Time" (#1.9) |
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| last = "Series 5, episode 16" |
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| cause = Murdered |
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| alias = |
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| species = |
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| gender = [[Female]] |
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| occupation = Gangster, Top Dog Of G-Wing At Larkhall Prison |
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| spouse = |
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| partner = Charlie Atkins <small>(?–2000)</small> |
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| children = Lauren Atkins <small>(daughter)</small> <br> Richie Atkins (deceased) <small>(son)</small> |
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| residence = [[Larkhall prison]], [[South London]] |
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| portrayer = [[Linda Henry]] |
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| creator = Maureen Chadwick <br> Ann McManus |
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'''Yvonne Atkins''' is a [[fictional character]] in the television series [[Bad Girls (TV series)|Bad Girls]]. Portrayed by [[Linda Henry]]. Yvonne first appeared in the penultimate episode of the first series, she played a prominent role in series 2, 3, 4 and 5, as 'top dog' of G Wing, until she was murdered by [[Jim Fenner]] in the last episode of Series 5. |
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==Storylines== |
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===Series 1=== |
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Yvonne received four years for conspiracy to commit murder after she hired a hit-man to kill a business rival of her husband Charlie, a London gangster. Upon entering Larkhall, she does her best to wind up Sylvia Hollamby by using her smarts and her connections on the outside. She promptly becomes top dog on G-Wing, but doesn't seem to abuse her power maliciously. She helps protect other inmates from the bullying tendencies of [[Shell Dockley]] and others. |
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===Series 2=== |
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Yvonne starts a sex hotline called 'Babes Behind Bars' until it is eventually found out by the screws. Later, Atkins' arch-rival, Renee Williams ([[Alison Newman]]), arrives on G-Wing. She sets about bullying and intimidating the other prisoners, and racially abuses black inmates and officers on the wing. She reveals to Yvonne that she had been sleeping with her husband, Charlie, before she got sent to prison, and later tries to attack her with a razor blade on several occasions. Renee suddenly begins to choke one day whilst eating dinner, and she collapses on the floor and dies. It is later revealed to the viewers that Yvonne had poisoned her food. |
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Yvonne later manages to get out of the prison for a day accompanied by Fenner and Sylvia 'Bodybag' Hollamby. She pretends she needs to go to the toilet, so they take her into a [[pub]] to use their facilities. Here she tries to escape through a window, but Fenner stops her. Later, her estranged husband Charlie is assassinated outside of court, after just being found innocent. Yvonne discovers it was her daughter Lauren who organised the hit in revenge for his infidelity. |
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===Series 3=== |
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Yvonne finds herself defending the young inmate Shaz Wiley, who is left lonely and vulnerable after her girlfriend Denny Blood escapes from Larkhall with Shell Dockley. She is being bullied by the recently arrived Peckham Boot Gang, consisting of Maxi Purvis, Tina Purvis and Al Mckenzie. The Peckham Boot Gang get Shaz's friend Buki Lester in on their plan, and have her lure Shaz into a trap by inviting her to a 'party' in the laundry room. Shaz agrees to go, unaware that there is no party and she is being tricked into meeting up with violent bully Al McKenzie, who intends to attack her. Yvonne gets wind of the plan, however, and surprises Al by showing up in place of Shaz. Al attempts to attack Yvonne, but finds herself grossly outmatched. Yvonne beats her up and warns her off; which intensifies the feud between herself and the Peckham Boot Gang. |
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Yvonne also discovers Fenner is running brothels for wealthy [[madam]] Virginia O'Kane ([[Kate O'Mara]]) while she is in prison. She informs former Wing Governor Helen Stewart, who has recently been sexually assaulted by Fenner, of this; and Stewart sets out to gather evidence to bring Fenner down for good. Yvonne's involvement in this plot leads to a further feud between her and Fenner, who is also having an affair with Maxi Purvis, and conspiring with her to bring Yvonne down and instate Purvis as top-dog. After G Wing celebrates Nikki Wade's successful appeal, Yvonne asks Officer Di Barker for permission to take a bath. Virginia decides to go with her, but Barker does not escort them. Whilst Yvonne listens to music on her headphones whilst in the bath, Virginia is drowned by an unseen assailant. Yvonne finds her body and becomes the chief suspect, believing Fenner has set her up. |
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===Series 4=== |
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Yvonne pleads her innocence for the murder of Virginia, but the authorities refuse to believe she is innocent. Yvonne manages to cause a power cut, and uses this time to escape, she is almost over the wall when Fenner spots her, he and Karen Betts manage to stop her, and this makes Betts believe Yvonne is guilty of Virginia's murder. When Fenner is promoted to Wing Governor, Maxi Purvis - who he is now sleeping with - admits she and Al McKenzie murdered Virginia and framed Yvonne, when she starts blackmailing Fenner about their affair, Fenner actually teams up with Yvonne and tells her the truth about what really happened to Virginia. When Yvonne's friend Denny Blood returns to G Wing, she helps them by seducing Al and recording her confession of Virginia's murder. Yvonne makes a new enemy with Snowball Merriman, who is actually in a relationship with Yvonne's son Richie. Snowball is planning to escape by setting off a bomb in the prison, which results in tragedy for the prisoners, however she is caught at the gate and Fenner allows Yvonne into Snowball's cell, allowing her to 'teach her a lesson'. |
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===Series 5=== |
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After Denny's girlfriend died in the fire, as a result of Snowball's escape plan, Yvonne 'adopts' her as a daughter, and Denny begins calling her 'mum'. Snowball attempts another escape, taken Karen hostage, she attempts to shoot her, but accidentally shoots Richie, paralyzing him, when Richie tells Yvonne how much he still loves Snowball, Yvonne reluctantly begins protecting her from the other inmates. Richie and Snowball later make a suicide pact, Richie dies but Snowball doesn't, a devastated Yvonne is told to still look after Snowball in case she tries to kill herself again, but Yvonne creates a diversion and allows Snowball to hang herself in front of everyone. She later begins a relationship with Officer Colin Hedges, who she is aware is a heroin user. |
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====Murder==== |
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After Yvonne and Fenner reignite their feud, things get out of control and both attempt to kill each other, Yvonne hires a hitman to kill Fenner, however Fenner manages to avoid this, Yvonne now knows her days are numbered, so decides to escape for a third time, new inmate Kris Yates had earlier shown Yvonne a map of the prison, where there is an old underground hanging cell, which has been closed for years, and there is a tunnel down there which can lead them to freedom, Yvonne initially turned down the offer to escape but decides to take Kris up on her offer. On the day of Barbara Hunt's wedding in the prison chapel, Yvonne makes her escape, Fenner had earlier attacked Kris and had her sent down the block, claiming she attacked him, he had also discovered Hedges knew of Yvonne's escape plan and forced him to tell him what the plan consisted of, Fenner goes down to the hanging cell and sees that behind a cell door, the escape tunnel has been blocked off, when Yvonne goes down to the tunnel and goes through the door, Fenner appears and closes and locks the door behind her, his last words to her are 'bye bye Atkins', realizing there is no keyhole inside the door, Yvonne starts screaming. All the inmates and the prison staff believe she has escaped. This episode ends the fifth series. |
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=====Aftermath===== |
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Series 6 starts off six weeks later, when Kris Yates eventually makes her way down to the hanging cell to escape, she is horrified to discover Yvonne's decomposing corpse, after dropping her keys and telling her girlfriend, Officer Selena Geeson about Yvonne, Selena goes down to retrieve the keys and tell Governor Neil Grayling that she found Yvonne. The prisoners are heart broken when they discover how Yvonne died. Suspicion falls on Fenner, but he is never charged, he begins having nightmares about Yvonne, and later goes into G Wing naked screaming he is innocent, Julie Saunders takes Yvonne's death the worst and constantly threatens Fenner. Throughout Series 7, Fenner is once again promoted to Governor, he marries Di Barker and during an argument he threatens to kill her just like he killed Yvonne, she tells the Julies about this and on the day of Yvonne's anniversary, they request a memorial service to be held in the hanging cell for her, Julie Saunders plans to kill Fenner down there, however Fenner is making so many enemies, she is not the only one who wants to kill him, down in the hanging cell, Julie Johnson stabs Fenner through the neck with an [[icicle]], instantly killing him. Di Barker is wrongly accused of his murder. |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.badgirls.co.uk/characters/shell.html Yvonne Atkins character profile] |
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