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Prisoner

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8 Seasons · 692 Episodes · Premiered February 27, 1979 · Ended December 11, 1986

Prisoner is an Australian soap opera, set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. In the United States and United Kingdom it was billed as Prisoner: Cell Block H, and in Canada as Prisoner: Cell Block H and/or Caged Women. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation in Australia, and aired on Network Ten, running 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986, after originally only devised as a 16 part series.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

82 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Tue, Feb 27 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
In the very first episode of the classic soap, new prisoners Karen and Lynn are admitted to Wentworth Detention Centre, where murderess and 'Top Dog' Bea Smith rules the roost.  
E02
Episode 2
Tue, Feb 27 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The prisoners hold a farewell party for Bea and Mum. Meg and Bill are having problems with their teenage son Marty, and with Bea gone, Franky siezes the chance to take over and announces she is now in charge.     
E03
Episode 3
Wed, Feb 28 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
With Franky's hold growing in the prison, temperatures reach boiling point in an all-out riot in which Bill gets stabbed.  
E04
Episode 4
Tue, Mar 6 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Rosie gives birth to a boy, and Eddie tells Marilyn he saw who stabbed Bill. Bea and the girls take revenge on a fellow inmate, who is transferred to another prison. Meg suffers a breakdown.  
E05
Episode 5
Wed, Mar 7 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Mum recuperates at her daughter's home but has to pretend to the children that she is an aunt. Frankie and Bea fight during a dance class, and Yates is caught smuggling the pill in for Marilyn.  
E06
Episode 6
Tue, Mar 13 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Lynn reveals she was raped by Mr Bentley. Vera has trouble with her ailing mother, as Meg's attitude changes again. Meg and Erica believe Lynn's case can be reopened.  
E07
Episode 7
Wed, Mar 14 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Lizzie finds a stray cat in the garden and brings it into the prison. Gary Doyle comes to visit Franky again and gives her a copy of his plans for the farm. Meg sees through a pretense of amnesia.  
E08
Episode 8
Tue, Mar 20 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Bea Smith and the other inmates find out about Franky's plans to get paroled, so they try to rile her into blowing her chances. Helen Masters is sent to Wentworth charged with manslaughter.  
E09
Episode 9
Wed, Mar 21 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E10
Episode 10
Tue, Mar 27 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E11
Episode 11
Wed, Mar 28 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E12
Episode 12
Tue, Apr 3 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E13
Episode 13
Wed, Apr 4 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E14
Episode 14
Tue, Apr 10 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E15
Episode 15
Wed, Apr 11 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E16
Episode 16
Tue, Apr 17 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E17
Episode 17
Wed, Apr 18 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E18
Episode 18
Tue, Apr 24 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E19
Episode 19
Wed, Apr 25 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E20
Episode 20
Tue, May 1 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E21
Episode 21
Wed, May 2 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E22
Episode 22
Tue, May 8 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E23
Episode 23
Wed, May 9 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E24
Episode 24
Tue, May 15 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E25
Episode 25
Wed, May 16 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E26
Episode 26
Tue, May 22 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E27
Episode 27
Wed, May 23 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E28
Episode 28
Tue, May 29 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E29
Episode 29
Wed, May 30 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E30
Episode 30
Tue, Jun 5 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E31
Episode 31
Wed, Jun 6 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E32
Episode 32
Tue, Jun 12 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E33
Episode 33
Tue, Jun 12 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E34
Episode 34
Tue, Jun 19 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E35
Episode 35
Wed, Jun 20 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E36
Episode 36
Tue, Jun 26 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E37
Episode 37
Wed, Jun 27 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E38
Episode 38
Tue, Jul 3 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E39
Episode 39
Wed, Jul 4 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E40
Episode 40
Tue, Jul 10 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E41
Episode 41
Wed, Jul 11 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E42
Episode 42
Tue, Jul 17 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E43
Episode 43
Wed, Jul 18 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E44
Episode 44
Tue, Jul 24 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E45
Episode 45
Wed, Jul 25 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E46
Episode 46
Tue, Jul 31 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E47
Episode 47
Wed, Aug 1 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E48
Episode 48
Tue, Aug 7 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E49
Episode 49
Wed, Aug 8 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E50
Episode 50
Tue, Aug 14 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E51
Episode 51
Wed, Aug 15 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E52
Episode 52
Tue, Aug 21 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E53
Episode 53
Wed, Aug 22 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E54
Episode 54
Tue, Aug 28 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E55
Episode 55
Wed, Aug 29 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E56
Episode 56
Tue, Sep 4 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E57
Episode 57
Wed, Sep 5 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E58
Episode 58
Tue, Sep 11 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E59
Episode 59
Wed, Sep 12 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E60
Episode 60
Tue, Sep 18 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E61
Episode 61
Wed, Sep 19 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E62
Episode 62
Tue, Sep 25 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E63
Episode 63
Wed, Sep 26 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E64
Episode 64
Tue, Oct 2 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E65
Episode 65
Wed, Oct 3 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E66
Episode 66
Tue, Oct 16 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E67
Episode 67
Wed, Oct 17 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E68
Episode 68
Tue, Oct 23 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E69
Episode 69
Wed, Oct 24 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E70
Episode 70
Tue, Oct 30 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E71
Episode 71
Wed, Oct 31 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E72
Episode 72
Tue, Nov 6 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E73
Episode 73
Wed, Nov 7 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E74
Episode 74
Tue, Nov 13 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E75
Episode 75
Wed, Nov 14 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E76
Episode 76
Tue, Nov 20 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E77
Episode 77
Wed, Nov 21 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E78
Episode 78
Tue, Nov 27 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E79
Episode 79
Wed, Nov 28 1979 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E80
Episode 80
Tue, Jan 22 1980 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E81
Episode 81
Wed, Jan 23 1980 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E82
Episode 82
Tue, Jan 29 1980 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Season 2

83 episodes

Season 3

81 episodes

Season 4

80 episodes

Season 5

90 episodes

Season 6

89 episodes

Season 7

83 episodes

Season 8

104 episodes

Cast

Val Lehman
Val Lehman as Bea Smith
Colette Mann
Colette Mann as Doreen Anderson
Sheila Florance as Lizzie Birdsworth
Amanda Muggleton as Chrissie Latham
Andy Anderson
Andy Anderson as Rick Manning
Billie Hammerberg as May Collins
Christine Amor
Christine Amor as Jean Vernon
Fiona Spence as Vera 'Vinegar Tits' Bennett
Jane Clifton as Margot Gaffney
Janet Andrewartha
Janet Andrewartha as Reb Keane
Jim Smillie as Steve Wilson
Jude Kuring as Noeline Burke
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