Raised by Wolves (2013–2016) User Reviews

If this had bee on Netflix, they'd have been more!

[mattharrington · 9/10 · 13 April 2020]

Dare I say better even than Derry Girls.

Great music is just one part of this fully realized dysfunctional family. Living in the Midlands on the fringes of "normal" British society, free range teens (and babies) actually function as a family unit. Reined in by the iron hand (and wit) of mum Della, these kids have more of a sense of self and purpose than most on TV.

I keep returning...

[LalaWatchedWhat · 8/10 · 2 May 2019]

I have watched this series several times. Everyone is amazing and funny and heartwarming. If you need something real and funny dont miss this series season one and two.

Quirky, funny show

[amyjyoffie · 8/10 · 13 July 2016]

I love this show. It's weird and fun and I look forward to each episode. It is so funny that the daughters are named for musicians. Truthfully, I like Aretha the best. She is so laid back compared to the others. She dead pans everything. I like Grampy too. He reminds me of Michael Caine and gets into so much trouble all the time. What I am waiting to hear is how Della had all these children with nary a husband or father in sight or even mentioned. Yet, she holds it together with tough talk and her interactions with the kids. I recommend this show if you like hilarious, crazy fun.

My only problem is that the captions won't sync. Anyone have an idea of how to fix them?

Entertaining depiction of the Black Country

[motleyalice · 10/10 · 29 February 2016]

I have just watched 'Raised by Wolves' for the first time; I had been avoiding it as, coming from the Black Country myself, I was worried about how 'we' would be portrayed. However I have to say that Della in particular cracked me up - she is so typically Black Country. The accent, the language, the self-mocking - all very typical for the area.

I am disappointed that it was filmed in Manchester, as Wolverhampton has a decidedly different feel and character to the towns shown on the series. You do see some shots of the city - for example Banks's Brewery, the Molineux and the ring road.

It is well worth watching as an enjoyable and, if I'm honest, very good depiction of how folks from the Black Country tend to think.

Absolutely brilliantly hysterical !

[kaapenaarchitect · 10/10 · 4 November 2015]

Such a ray of nightmarish sunshine, to watch Della's dysfunctional horde. Finally a TV series that depicts the so-called "underclass" with such blunt panache and dry wit. Especially the subtle multi-level comedic nuances, many of which I only caught on the third viewing. Obtuse yet credible characters, as the glowing antithesis of what a "single Mum" family should be. Too many roiling undercurrents of my OWN childhood, which only sharpens the appeal. It's been a very long time since I laughed myself to distraction at a "family" TV show. My sincere congrats to all the writers, cast and crew. ( Hmm; since Babby Mariah is barely out of nappies, how did you POSSIBLY induce her mastery of "filthy side-eye"?) Thx...JBL, Toronto ,Canada.

Great laughs about growing up and struggles in a family in Wolverhampton.

[nikkibinns1 · 10/10 · 25 March 2015]

Being a Midlands girl ,I loved this .Made me laugh from start to finish but I'm married to a Yorkshire man who didn't appreciate it as much as I did but still found it amusing .Well done to the writers .I would buy the box set without hesitation in a heartbeat. A huge pat on the back to the actresses and actors for playing a great part ... ...Jermaine....has to be my favorite. Loved it .The only criticism I would offer is ,the programme is aired for 30 minutes per week ! Would love to see more air time for this humorous coming of age comedy.This may not be every body's cup of tea but give it a try and cast your mind back to being a care free teenager or a single mum without a minutes me time and you may empathise with the characters. For me ...can't wait for the next showing ,well done to all involved .

WTH?! WT* Cancelled this Brilliant Show?

[BabsbytheBeach · 10/10 · 14 March 2017]

When I read an article in The Guardian, "Why working-class actors are a disappearing breed," I thought, wrong, they underestimated the disappearing. It's not only the working class actors getting muscled out, but the shows about working class families as well. "Raised by Wolves," is one of the smartest and bravest TV shows I have ever watched. Caitlin and Caroline Moran's brilliant scripts maintain lightening fast verbal and visual jokes. From their first episode about a middle sister's first period, which The Herald labeled a "bloody mess"--those bloody buffoons missed the bloody jokes--to their kick ass mother played by Rebekah Staton. What I truly love about this series (that could never be shown in the puritanical US) is that the Moran sisters wrote honestly and brutally about how girls grow up and out: embarrassing bra and underwear fittings; even more embarrassing feminine hygiene products' awkward and horrifying sexuality; hormones; poverty; boys, boys, men, boys; and the utter embarrassment a teen feels about those you are related to. FRIGGIN BRILLIANT!

Really funny.

[DeanP1987 · 8/10 · 6 April 2015]

I watched the first three episodes back to back and really enjoyed good funny parts in the show, won't be everyone's cup of t but but it's funny, when the little girl say's "i can do a dance for her" then starts dancing it was so funny.

This show kind brings back memories of growing up in a house with a older sister who's friends was round all the time acted a lot like Germaine acts, i kind of growing up experiencing what little Wyatt has put up with it wasn't a bad life really seeing half naked friends of my sister's walking around in the summer wasn't to bad lol.

I'm hoping if they do a 2nd season they extend the episodes to 40 mins a episode.

Funny !!

[jennfinn · 9/10 · 11 January 2021]

I'm from the US and not familiar with the midlands of Britain but I thought Raised By Wolves was funny as hell. Rebekah Staton is equal parts funny, scary, & sexy as Della, a single mother with six kids. The kids are very entertaining although Germaine was disgusting at times. I loved seeing Paul Higgins as Sean, Della's ex who returns in season two as I haven't seen him since The Thick of It. I wish we would've been given closure when the show ended.

A lost gem

[carlenefox · 10/10 · 8 December 2020]

I've only just stumbled across this and I'm absolutely devastated that they only made 2 seasons.... what the bobbins this is one of the best series I've watched. Shame on channel four for cutting this short.

Easily the worst thing on TV in years

[juju-96224 · 1/10 · 12 July 2023]

I have got to say, the high rating for this (8.2) staggers me. It is easily the most toe-curlingly bad television programme I've ever seen and, years later, I still don't know how I got through the episode I did watch; I was obviously being far too generous. The script is unfunny, the acting terrible, the accents aren't even accurate. To cap it all, opening credits aside, it's filmed in Manchester and not Wolverhampton. It's an insult to the good people of the Black Country, who are depicted as absolute morons. If it hadn't been written by Caitlin Moran it would never have hit the airwaves. If only.

This is a funny show but...

[bootesa · 9/10 · 17 September 2020]

My wife and I loved this show and it is great. However--several things will put off American viewers. 1). The accents are a bit thick and to the untrained ear the wonderful dialog is a bit hard to follow. We spent 3 years in GB but still had trouble. 2) There were really funny Britishisms/references but if you aren't plugged in they slip right by. 3). The patter is quick and crisp but if you have trouble with the above items then you must have the closed captions on. So sad that it only lasted these few episodes as it is Sooooo funny. Our first six months in Britain we would watch a TV comedy with friends. We'd be at a loss while they were doubled up. After that, when we were with newly arrived the roles were reversed. IMO, For the most part British comedies are much funnier than American shows

The parts I could understand were hilarious

[OldGeezer916 · 8/10 · 23 April 2021]

Maybe they had no intention of this airing outside the UK when taping. I sometimes have trouble understanding British accents. Occasionally checking the subtitles will help. Not only were the accents very strong, some of the characters were speaking so fast the subs were difficult to catch without pausing, even backtracking. At times I wasn't watching the screen at all; I was so focused on the bottom. Still, There were some laugh out loud moments, worthy of the caliber of good British comedy. I suppose those in the UK would really enjoy it. Just with what I could catch, I think it could have gone some more seasons. It is bawdy, even vulgar at times with a unique cast. If it wasn't such a struggle to understand, I would have given it a 10.

Loved it!!!!!

[kpachecomoreno · 10/10 · 5 January 2021]

Totally hilarious it's just too funny I watch it over and over again when I need a good laugh, I hope for more seasons I Totally recommend it 100%

Awesome

[tez-clark · 10/10 · 5 December 2022]

Absolutely loved watching this, I've only just seen it on All Four, I can't believe they stopped after 2 series! This is comedy gold, and it definitely shows how some parts of the Uk are.

Loved the cast and the fact they said it how it is and didn't hold any punches!

It's so strange in the Uk that when we actually have decent programs and great casts they never hardly keep them going, do they not actually think their shows will amount to anything so they stop writing for them early on.

Bring back more of this and more series like this.

We had shameless for a long time and it was amazing, it was a very sad day when they ended that show as well.

The cast in raised by wolves are great, and when I say cast I literally mean the family, Della , the girls and gramps! They made the show brilliant.

Raised by Wolves TV Best ever

[dilbertjunkmail · 9/10 · 29 April 2021]

The series was phenomenal cast and writing. Sound track was also the best. Hilarious jokes and family drama about a single mother with attitude raising her six kids. Superior to most all American family sitcoms produced in decades. Non Woke comedy with a hint of British class struggle and attitude. Acorn was my introduction to this Family comedy.

Strange but Possibly Not Wonderful

[reggie-at-random · 4/10 · 30 December 2015]

Raised by Wolves is, well, kind of funny in that laugh of shocking discovery sort of way. If you can decipher the accents good on you, but they all strike me as being "acted" in an especially broad style, rather like that inverse class giving-the-finger manner still too common in England these days. Raised in a mixed Scottish/Welsh household, I guess the midland inferiority complex missed me entirely. Consequently, while the financial challenges of such a household are hugely reminiscent, I realised all too soon that the extremely cavalier social, economic and moral stance (especially in the adult 'mentors' God help us) was more one at which I could only cringe with rolling eyes and a shaking head. Managed to endure two episodes but it just seemed to get worse and I trembled for the future of the little ones. I can't laugh at the train wreck results of irresponsible parenting and poor moral choices. So... No thanks.

Specific audiences only?

[bogus-bogus-one · 5/10 · 24 September 2020]

Instead of the 2020 SciFi series, I started watching this show by mistake. My initial reaction "OMG.. this really sucks, how did it get made, and more-so why such high ratings"? After a bit more consideration, I can only guess that it's demographic specific. Maybe if I belonged to the target audience I would see the appeal? It certainly wouldn't be the first BBC show that was very popular "at home" that couldn't generate any enthusiasm with U.S. audiences. So, I've only awarded 5 stars but.... your viewing enjoyment may vary.