Girls On Girls

The group spend their first weekend together in Brighton with student nurse Ellen. She reveals her weekend job as a stripper to the women, and challenges the stereotypes around the sex industry. Can you really be a stripper and a feminist? She introduces them to her passion for pole dancing with a friendly dance lesson. But when they are invited to the strip club to see Ellen in action, mum of three, Beth finds it difficult and has to overcome her own prejudices and worries about her daughter’s life choices, while Yemeni Scouser, Amina, has to decide whether or not to join them. The group also follow 24-year-old Ellen to her regular Botox appointment, forcing them to look at their own insecurities and views on cosmetic surgery. And when the girls find out she met her husband at the strip club, they can’t wait to meet him to find out what he really thinks of Ellen’s work. As they get to know each other - some unlikely bonds start to form.

The group are in Liverpool this week where Yemeni Scouser Amina lives with her family. She wants to challenge the idea that Muslim women are oppressed, but what will the group think? She introduces them to the Abdullah Quilliam mosque – one of the first mosques in Britain and teaches them how to wear a hijab. The women ask her questions about her faith and there’s a debate about where women pray in the mosque. Amina brings the women to her home to meet her father and grandmother and they find out more about her Yemeni background. The next day, Amina reveals she is more than just a student and tries to get them involved in a poetry workshop but there are tensions among the group.

This week the women welcome a fifth member to the group and spend time in Nottingham with life coach, Jo. She wants to show them how she has built a life around putting her own needs first and how she uses her image as a political statement. But will the group think Jo is going too far to show off her feminist beliefs? Jo kick starts the day with an early morning weights session that gets Beth inspired- unlike Ellen - who would rather be asleep. And when Jo brings the women to have her hair done at an unconventional salon - Amina and Chian take the opportunity to grill her on her feminist beliefs. Meanwhile, Beth is enjoying Jo’s single and free lifestyle, making her question her own life back home and what she is missing out on because she has kids. And Jo reveals a surprising part of her past that explains some of her more radical lifestyle choices. But before the end of their time together, there is an unexpected turn of events that causes friction in the group.

After the fallout between Amina and Jo last week - the women meet in Cambridgeshire to spend time with mum of three, Beth. She wants to show the group the joys of family life, making them question whether you can you reach your full potential if you put kids before career. Beth introduces them to her children and mother who was also a stay at home mum, but finds herself defending her choices to the group. And when working mum Chian discovers that Beth has a university degree but has put her career on hold for the kids, the two mums can’t agree with each other. Later that evening the girls finally meet Beth’s husband and give him a grilling about who does what around the house. And when they are all tasked with some cake decorating, Jo and Ellen have fun with some x -rated icing work. On the last day, Beth reveals some major news to the girls about her future.

It’s their last week together, and the group join working mum Chian in Essex. She wants to show them how she can live an independent life without a partner, but at what cost? First she introduces her daughter to the other women and shows Beth a different way of parenting. Then when she takes the group for a girls night out, talk turns to dating and sexuality with some surprising revelations. The next day, after challenging Beth for putting her career on hold, they find out about a part of Chian’s past that explains why work and her independence is so important to her. And as the group say a final good bye, what have they learnt from each other and will they be able reconcile their differences?