Prisoner: Cell Block H
NR
8.2
1979
Drama
, Soap
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 , Maggie Kirkpatrick , Janet Andrewartha , Elspeth Ballantyne , Julia Blake , Gerard Maguire , Joy Westmore
Episode 103 : Episode 691
February. 11,2001
Rita escapes from Wentworth to carry out her robbery. Kath and Merle are reunited and the women learn of Rita's condition. The department assess Ann's reform proposals.
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Episode 102 : Episode 690
February. 10,2001
Joan surprises everyone when she volunteers to be Rita's constant help. Harry makes an unexpected announcement.
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Episode 101 : Episode 689
February. 04,2001
Rita counsels Kath and stops her killing herself. The women find a weapon to defeat Rodney with. Rita tells Alice she has some big plans that nothing - and no-one - can interfere with.
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Episode 100 : Episode 688
February. 03,2001
Rita struggles to come to terms with the news of her impending death. Returned to Wentworth and rejected by Merle, Kath feels like she has nothing left to live for and prepares to commit suicide.
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Episode 99 : Episode 687
January. 28,2001
Rita receives some devastating news from the doctor about her ill health. Kath finally manages to escape from her minders.
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Episode 98 : Episode 686
January. 27,2001
Spider finally succeeds in pushing Rita too far. Rodney makes plans to get back at Lisa. Kath's escape could end with her in a pine box...
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Episode 97 : Episode 685
January. 21,2001
In the aftermath of the escape, a distraught Merle is sedated and committed to a mental institution. Dwyer advises Joan to swallow her pride and return to Wentworth. The women, with the help of Lisa, plan a cruel humiliation for Rodney.
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Episode 96 : Episode 684
January. 20,2001
Rita and Alice are cleared of trouble in the incident with the men. Kath makes her getaway, but is forced to leave Merle behind. Angry and humiliated, Joan threatens Dwyer and bullies him into helping her.
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Episode 95 : Episode 683
January. 14,2001
Rita and the girls plot revenge on Stud and Billy for the attack on Lorelei. Alice tries to find out the truth about Harry's past.
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Episode 94 : Episode 682
January. 13,2001
Joan gets a nasty shock on her first day in her new job. Kath contemplates an offer from Ron Willis to get Marty and Spike. Rita arranges a meeting for Alice and Harry to discuss his past.
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Episode 93 : Episode 681
January. 07,2001
Kath and Merle are forced to swallow their pride as punishment for poisoning Rita. Spider finds the evidence she needs to try and put a stop to Alice and Harry's budding romance.
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Episode 92 : Episode 680
January. 06,2001
Marty's attempts to help Spike could spell trouble for Lisa Mullins. Kath finally manages to find Spider's contraband, but Rita could die as a consequence.
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Episode 91 : Episode 679
December. 31,2000
Brumby's bashers are revealed and punished for their misdeeds. Marty places himself in considerable danger as he continues his attempts to help Spike.
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Episode 90 : Episode 678
December. 30,2000
Ann Reynolds' return to Wentworth and Joan's simultaneous fall from grace are the cause for major celebrations amongst the staff and inmates alike. Brumby begins plotting yet another ill-conceived escape attempt.
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Episode 89 : Episode 677
December. 24,2000
Kath and Rita do a deal and reach a compromise. Ann is reinstated as Governor by the Department, prompting Joan to make a surprise decision.
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Episode 88 : Episode 676
December. 23,2000
Rita is back but Joan is determined to break the hold she has over the women. A television news team arrives at Wentworth to investigate Meg's claims of a cover-up.
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Episode 87 : Episode 675
December. 17,2000
Joan attempts to hide the important role she played in Lorelei's recovery. Rita, Alice and Brumby's escape attempt seems in jeopardy.
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Episode 86 : Episode 674
December. 16,2000
Joan's attempt to transfer Meg, Joyce and Marty away from Wentworth incurs the wrath of the union and the threat of an officers' strike. Kath loses her trusteeship after being set-up.
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Episode 85 : Episode 673
December. 10,2000
Joan consolidates her hold on Wentworth in the aftermath of Craven's murder, but she is forced to sacrifice Lorelei to protect her own job. Meg and Joyce find themselves in big trouble for disobeying Joan's orders.
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Episode 84 : Episode 672
December. 09,2000
Craven continues his reign of terror at Wentworth - but it is about to come to a bloody end. Merle manages to turn an innocent game with Tommy into a police siege that is only ended with the intervention of Ann.
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Episode 83 : Episode 671
December. 03,2000
Rita attempts to lure Craven into a fight to the death, intent on avenging the attack on Lorelei. Merle makes the most of her new-found freedom and has a ball with her new pal Tommy.
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Episode 82 : Episode 670
December. 02,2000
Inadvertantly on the run, Merle finds herself a new playmate and a comfortable hiding place from the authorities. Back at Wentworth, Ann suffers the consequences when Lorelei is threatened by Craven.
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Episode 81 : Episode 669
January. 12,1986
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Episode 80 : Episode 668
January. 12,1986
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Episode 79 : Episode 667
January. 12,1986
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Episode 78 : Episode 666
January. 12,1986
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Episode 77 : Episode 665
November. 12,2000
The Freak appears to finally have beaten Rita as she arrives at Blackmoor, where she is stunned to spot a familiar face amongst the inmates. Back at Wentworth, Kath is aiming to be the new Top Dog.
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Episode 76 : Episode 664
January. 12,1986
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Episode 75 : Episode 663
November. 05,2000
Rita forces Sarah to face some home truths. Kath, Merle and Rodney go on a day out to buy contraband for the shop.
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Episode 74 : Episode 662
November. 04,2000
Joan catches Rodney in the process of bashing Spider. Lester's belongings are delivered to Lisa in jail.
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Episode 73 : Episode 661
October. 29,2000
Spider tries to burn down the shop and is worried that Joan will bash her to punish her. When her attacker comes in the middle of the night, though, it's not Joan... Kath is made trustee in charge of the shop. Rita is reluctantly appointed to try and keep Sarah in line. Spider's confession about Lester prompts Lisa to get her voice back.
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Episode 72 : Episode 660
October. 28,2000
Spider and Vicki attack Sarah and spray-paint her white. Incensed, Sarah takes drastic action and places poisonous chemicals in the air conditioning system, causing mass illness and evacuation of H Block. Lisa's sudden inability to speak is diagnosed as all being in her head. Joan suggests to Ann that they start a prison shop.
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Episode 71 : Episode 659
January. 12,1986
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Episode 70 : Episode 658
January. 12,1986
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Episode 69 : Episode 657
January. 12,1986
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Episode 68 : Episode 656
January. 12,1986
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Episode 67 : Episode 655
January. 12,1986
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Episode 66 : Episode 654
January. 12,1986
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Episode 65 : Episode 653
January. 12,1986
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Episode 64 : Episode 652
January. 12,1986
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Episode 63 : Episode 651
January. 12,1986
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Episode 62 : Episode 650
January. 12,1986
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Episode 61 : Episode 649
January. 12,1986
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Episode 60 : Episode 648
January. 12,1986
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Episode 59 : Episode 647
January. 12,1986
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Episode 58 : Episode 646
January. 12,1986
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Episode 54 : Episode 642
January. 12,1986
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Episode 51 : Episode 639
January. 12,1986
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Episode 50 : Episode 638
January. 12,1986
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Episode 49 : Episode 637
January. 12,1986
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Episode 48 : Episode 636
January. 12,1986
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Episode 43 : Episode 631
January. 12,1986
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Episode 42 : Episode 630
July. 09,2000
Marty and his two new fellow trainees - Rodney Adams and Delia Stout - discover the highs and lows of working at Wentworth. The women plot to make the Freak pay for reading Nancy's diary and carry out a cunning plan to humiliate her - one that involves a bomb planted in the prison garden and an escape attempt...
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Episode 41 : Episode 629
January. 12,1986
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Episode 40 : Episode 628
January. 12,1986
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Episode 39 : Episode 627
January. 12,1986
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Episode 38 : Episode 626
January. 12,1986
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Episode 36 : Episode 624
January. 12,1986
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Episode 33 : Episode 621
June. 04,2000
Kath and Janet team up and arm themselves with knives in a bid to usurp Rita as Top Dog. Roach and Ida decide to rob a newsagency to get money for Bongo. Joan makes a new friend and Kath is punished for destroying Joyce and Mervin's wedding video.
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Episode 32 : Episode 620
January. 12,1986
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Episode 31 : Episode 619
January. 12,1986
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Episode 30 : Episode 618
January. 12,1986
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Episode 29 : Episode 617
January. 12,1986
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Episode 28 : Episode 616
January. 12,1986
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Episode 27 : Episode 615
May. 14,2000
The women throw Joyce and Mervin a slap-up wedding breakfast, but the festivities are shattered with the news that Lou has been found murdered in solitary. Bob and Kath desperately try to keep their friendship a secret from everyone in Wentworth, as Kath is systematically bullied by the other prisoners.
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Episode 26 : Episode 614
May. 13,2000
Lots of bullying going on as Joan bullies Lou and everyone else bullies Kath. Janet tries to ingratiate herself with both Kath and Lou, telling Lou she knows something about Bob Moran that they can use against him. Rita tells the other girls that drugs are a no-no from now on, to their disgust and surprise.
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Episode 25 : Episode 613
May. 07,2000
Kath Maxwell looks set to have a hard time in Wentworth, as the women react angrily to the ""kid killer"". Rita has drugs smuggled into the prison in a remote-controlled car and throws a party, which ends in disaster after Steve flushes the dope down the loo and Rita knocks him out. Joan goes golfing.
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Episode 24 : Episode 612
May. 06,2000
With Lou on her way back to Wentworth after murdering Flora and Sean Jenkins, a grieving Alice quietly vows to kill Lou when she returns. Brought back to the infirmary, Lou finds a threatening message in her food. Bob learns Kath is on her way to the prison. Steve warns Joan that she is heading for a breakdown.
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Episode 23 : Episode 611
April. 30,2000
Jessie is rushed to hospital in a critical condition, but Lexie is unconcerned. Lou holds Flora and Sean hostage at gunpoint, before shooting them both dead at point-blank range. Dan's involvement with the bikies causes problems in his relationship with Ann. Pocco roams the prison under the oblivious officers' noses.
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Episode 22 : Episode 610
January. 12,1986
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Episode 21 : Episode 609
January. 12,1986
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Episode 20 : Episode 608
January. 12,1986
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Episode 19 : Episode 607
January. 12,1986
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Episode 18 : Episode 606
January. 12,1986
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Episode 17 : Episode 605
April. 09,2000
Meg learns she is to be demoted from Deputy Governor to make way for Bob. Rita and the girls begin making their own booze and let Alice out of coventry when she saves their necks from Joan. Joan threatens to have Lou sent to Blackmoor; Lou steals some caustic soda to poison the home brew.
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Episode 16 : Episode 604
April. 08,2000
When Ann decides to return to work, the Department make a decision about Bob's future, which could have serious repercussions. Lou finds she has no friends left, not even her once-loyal henchwoman Alice, and has nowhere left to turn. Pippa makes it clear she disapproves of Ann's relationship with Dan.
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Episode 14 : Episode 602
January. 12,1986
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Episode 13 : Episode 601
March. 26,2000
The officers and inmates attempt to get back on track in the aftermath of Lou's riot as Eve's murder is made to look like suicide and Julie is rushed to hospital in a critical condition. Bob vows to make Lou's life a misery as punishment for her actions. Meanwhile, it looks like the prisoners are about to get a new Top Dog...
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Episode 11 : Episode 599
January. 12,1986
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Episode 10 : Episode 598
January. 12,1986
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Episode 9 : Episode 597
January. 12,1986
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Episode 8 : Episode 596
January. 12,1986
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Episode 7 : Episode 595
January. 12,1986
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Episode 6 : Episode 594
January. 12,1986
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Episode 5 : Episode 593
January. 12,1986
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Episode 4 : Episode 592
January. 12,1986
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Episode 3 : Episode 591
January. 12,1986
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Episode 2 : Episode 590
January. 12,1986
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Episode 1 : Episode 589
January. 12,1986
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Seasons
Season 3
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 2
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 1
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.
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