Prisionero

First aired

February 27, 1979

Ended

Avg. episode: 55m

Prisionero
EnglishSoapDrama

Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.

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Cast

  • Gerda Nicolson

    Gerda Nicolson

    Ann Reynolds

  • Maggie Kirkpatrick

    Maggie Kirkpatrick

    Joan "The Freak" Ferguson

  • JA

    Janet Andrewartha

    Reb Kean

  • Elspeth Ballantyne

    Elspeth Ballantyne

    Meg Morris

  • LS

    Louise Siversen

    Lou Kelly

  • Glenda Linscott

    Glenda Linscott

    Rita Connors

  • LC

    Lois Collinder

    Alice "Lurch" Jenkins

  • Julia Blake

    Julia Blake

    Nancy McCormack

  • PT

    Pepe Trevor

    Lexie Patterson

  • Joy Westmore

    Joy Westmore

    Joyce Barry / Joyce Pringle

  • PA

    Peter Adams

    Bob Moran

  • Kylie Belling

    Kylie Belling

    Sarah West

  • Terry Gill

    Terry Gill

    Jack Grace

  • BW

    Bryon Williams

    Dr Eric Weissman

  • Ray Meagher

    Ray Meagher

    Ernest Craven

Media

Seasons 8

Season 1

Season 1

197979 Episodes

The first season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on the then-known 0-10 Network on 26 February 1979 in Sydney and 27 February 1979 in Melbourne. The season contains 79 episodes and concluded on 28 November 1979.

Season 2

Season 2

198086 Episodes

The second season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 22 January 1980. It consists of 86 episodes and concluded on 12 November 1980. This season's storylines include the escape of Roslyn Coulson, aided by terrorist Janet Dominguez and the subsequent shooting of Erica Davidson; Lizzie's exoneration; the bomb explosion which causes the deaths of Jim Fletcher's family; Bea Smith's feud with new prisoner Kay White; Judy Bryant's planned revenge on corrupt officer Jock Stewart for the murder of her girlfriend Sharon Gilmour; the season finale tunnel escape collapse.

Season 3

Season 3

198181 Episodes

The third season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 4 February 1981. It consists of 81 episodes and concluded on 11 November 1981. The season is notable for the conclusion to the tunnel escape storyline which ended the previous season; the departure of Vera Bennett ("Vinegar Tits") when she accepts the position of governor of Barnhurst; the kidnapping of Erica Davidson; the arrival of new prisoners Sandy Edwards, Kate Peterson and former inmate and top dog of H Block – Marie Winter; Bea Smith's amnesia, and later, her mysterious illness which sees her step down as top dog, only to be replaced by Sandy Edwards.

Season 4

Season 4

198280 Episodes
Season 5

Season 5

198390 Episodes
Season 6

Season 6

198489 Episodes
Season 7

Season 7

198583 Episodes
Season 8

Season 8

1986104 Episodes