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.
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.
With Franky's hold growing in the prison, temperatures reach boiling point in an all-out riot in which Bill gets stabbed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
