Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979)
Prisoner: Cell Block H (1979)
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Elspeth Ballantyne
Meg Morris
Janet Andrewartha
Reb Kean
Barbara Jungwirth
Lorna Young
Anne Phelan
Myra Desmond
Betty Bobbitt
Judy Bryant
Sheila Florance
Lizzie Birdsworth
Amanda Muggleton
Chrissie Latham
Maggie Kirkpatrick
Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson
Louise Siversen
Lou Kelly
Fiona Spence
Vera Bennett
Val Lehman
Bea Smith
Reg Watson
Creator
Glenda Linscott
Rita Connors
Lois Collinder
Alice 'Lurch' Jenkins
Patsy King
Erica Davidson
Julia Blake
Nancy McCormack
Gerda Nicolson
Ann Reynolds
Judy McBurney
Pixie Mason
Tina Bursill
Sonia Stevens
Jentah Sobott
Heather 'Mouse' Trapp
Colette Mann
Doreen Burns
Gerard Maguire
Jim Fletcher
Ian Smith
Ted Douglas
Judith McGrath
Colleen Powell
Sandy Gore
Kay White
Barry Quin
Dr. Greg Miller
Wendy Playfair
Minnie Donovan
Kerry Armstrong
Lynn Warner
Carol Burns
Franky Doyle
Peta Toppano
Karen Travers
Reylene Pearce
Phyllis Hunt
Jane Clifton
Margo Gaffney
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 26, 1979
StatusEnded
Seasons8
Episodes692
Running Time50m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Prisoner (known in the UK and the US as Prisoner: Cell Block H) is an Australian television soap opera, which broadcast on Network Ten (formerly the 0-10 Network) from February 27 (Melbourne) February 26 (Sydney) 1979 to December 1986 (Melbourne), though the series finale would not screen until September 1987 in Sydney, where it aired as a three-hour film that was split into three one-hour episodes at the much-later time-slot of 10:30 p.m., running eight seasons and 692 episodes.
Prisoner was the first Australian series to feature a primarily female-dominated cast and carried the slogan "If you think prison is hell for a man, imagine what it would be like for a woman!"The series, produced by the Grundy Organisation, was conceived by Reg Watson and filmed at the then Network Ten Melbourne Studios at Nunawading and on location.
The series garnered an international cult following, and it was one of Australia's most successful media exports, and was exported to 80 countries, performing particularly well in the United States and Canada (billed as Prisoner: Cell Block H and Caged Women, respectively). It also built a large audience in the United Kingdom and other European countries, especially Sweden.
Sammy Davis Jr. was a major fan and visited the set, and wanted to appear in a role, but had other engagements at the time.The cult status of the series has seen many adaptations, including the modern 21st century re-imaging series Wentworth on Foxtel.