Woman of substance

A gritty drama follows a single mum running an illicit nightclub in post-World War One Soho...

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DOPE GIRLS Sat, 9.15pm, BBC1 Drama (box set, iPlayer)

A widow joins the criminal underworld to secure a new life for her family in A BBC1 drama Dope Girls.

The no-holds-barred six-parter is set in 1918, as World War One draws to a close, and centres on Kate Galloway (Julianne Nicholson), who's living in the countryside but is evicted from her home following her husband's shocking death.