Raised by Wolves (TV series)
| Genre | Sitcom |
|---|---|
| Written by |
Caitlin Moran Caroline Moran |
| Starring |
Rebekah Staton Helen Monks Alexa Davies Molly Risker Caden Ellis Wall Erin Freeman Kaine Zajaz Erin Kellyman Brandon Fellows |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 23 December 2013 – 6 April 2016 |
Raised by Wolves is a British comedy television series. A pilot episode was developed by the BBC and broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 December 2013, and was subsequently ordered to series. It is written by Caitlin Moran and her sister Caroline, and follows a loose account of the siblings' youth in Wolverhampton, transposed to the modern day. The show stars Helen Monks and Alexa Davies as the oldest sisters in a large family raised by an unconventional single mother.
A six-part series began broadcasting on Channel 4 on 16 March 2015. A second six-part series was filmed in late 2015. It began broadcasting on 2 March 2016. On 9 August 2016, the show was cancelled.
On October 18, 2016, Caitlin & Caroline Moran started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to make a third series of the show. If the campaign had received £320, 000 by November 20, 2016, a special one-off episode, or if more money was donated a third series would have been made, which if the campaign was successful, would have premiered in late 2017. The campaign was unsuccessful and the shows future is now unclear.
Raised by Wolves received general acclaim; The Daily Telegraph called it "terrific" and "refreshingly honest", as "every one-liner was a zinger." while The Independent said it was "great fun". and "had joie de vivre to spare".The Guardian and The Observer also praised the show, with the latter calling it "highly moreish." Amidst this acclaim, in a review of the pilot episode, complained about the focus on a character's first period, 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."
The first series attracted an average of 1.3m viewers and 6.3% share of audience per episode, making it Channel 4’s second highest-rating comedy of 2015 to date.
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