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Prisoner: Cell Block H

Season 1 Episode 60

Karen takes up her post with Angela Jeffries, who tells her they finally have the funding for the Halfway House, but asks her to try and convince Greg to return to Wentworth. Monica gets the result of her parole hearing.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1

1.

Aired: Feb 27, 1979

Two new prisoners, Karen Travers and Lyn Warner, are inducted into Wentworth ...

Episode 2

2.

Aired: Feb 27, 1979

Lynn withdraws her complaint, so Bea's release is approved. The prisoners hol...

Episode 3

3.

Aired: Feb 28, 1979

With Franky's hold growing in the prison, it reaches boiling point when an al...

Episode 4

4.

Aired: Mar 6, 1979

Bill dies on the way to hospital and Rosie gives Birth to a boy. Meg is devas...

Episode 5

5.

Aired: Mar 7, 1979

Mum recuperates from her collapse at her daughter's home but has to pretend t...

Episode 6

6.

Aired: Mar 13, 1979

Lynn reveals she was raped by Mr Bentley. Vera has trouble with her ailing mo...

Episode 7

7.

Aired: Mar 14, 1979

Lizzie finds a stray cat in the garden and brings it into the prison. When it...

Episode 8

8.

Aired: Mar 20, 1979

Bea Smith and the other inmates find out about Frankie's plans to get paroled...

Episode 9

9.

Aired: Mar 21, 1979

Marilyn's boyfriend Eddie is suspicious of where she got the money for his bi...

Episode 10

10.

Aired: Mar 27, 1979

Helen Masters sets out to affect the quality of prison meals as part of her c...

Episode 11

11.

Aired: Mar 28, 1979

The inmates start realigning after Master's release; Frankie gains motivation...

Episode 12

12.

Aired: Apr 3, 1979

Franky is devastated by the death of her brother as she makes a plan to go ov...

Episode 13

13.

Aired: Apr 4, 1979

Vera's attitude continues to become more punitive toward the inmates, bringin...

Episode 14

14.

Aired: Apr 10, 1979

Lynn losses it all when Doug dies in an armed hold up, while Eddie losses his...

Episode 15

15.

Aired: Apr 11, 1979

Karen permits the prison doctor to contact her lawyer about a retrial, and Dr...

Episode 16

16.

Aired: Apr 17, 1979

Marilyn and Mum are released; Mum will help her pregnant granddaughter. Eddie...

Episode 17

17.

Aired: Apr 18, 1979

Lyn is found with her wrist cut and taken to hospital. A new inmate arrives: ...

Episode 18

18.

Aired: Apr 24, 1979

Frankie and Doreen have to go on the run again. The governor's niece involves...

Episode 19

19.

Aired: Apr 25, 1979

Doreen hooks up with a bloke with a room, leaving Frankie to fend for herself...

Episode 20

20.

Aired: May 1, 1979

Karen's barrister, Mr. Wilson, is retained to represent Mrs. Roberts who kill...

Episode 21

21.

Aired: May 2, 1979

Doreen's hostility boils over; she blames Karen's rebuff for Frankie's death....

Episode 22

22.

Aired: May 8, 1979

Barbara's hearing manages to cast doubt on her aunt's impartiality, thanks to...

Episode 23

23.

Aired: May 9, 1979

Barbara is being bullied by Doreen; Vera eggs it on, hoping it will somehow g...

Episode 24

24.

Aired: May 15, 1979

Barbara's aunt talks her out of the cell, but feels she must transfer her ASA...

Episode 25

25.

Aired: May 16, 1979

Karen's appeal seems to be going badly since there is no corroboration for he...

Episode 26

26.

Aired: May 22, 1979

The shoplifter's name is found (Susan); her mother reveals that the husband h...

Episode 27

27.

Aired: May 23, 1979

Susan's erratic behavior continues: writing on the cell walls with lipstick, ...

Episode 28

28.

Aired: May 29, 1979

Bea hates drug dealers so much the administration tries to conceal the reason...

Episode 29

29.

Aired: May 30, 1979

Susan's court date results in her release; her husband gets custody of their ...

Episode 30

30.

Aired: Jun 5, 1979

Yates is missing and the search begins for her. Next morning Lizzie finds her...

Episode 31

31.

Aired: Jun 6, 1979

Bea learns she will be going back to Wentworth soon, so she drugs her police ...

Episode 32

32.

Aired: Jun 12, 1979

Meg is suspicious when she finds a packet of Bea's cigarettes and Mum has to ...

Episode 33

33.

Aired: Jun 13, 1979

Bea returns to Mum's flat, furious over Judith-Anne lying to her. Judith-Anne...

Episode 34

34.

Aired: Jun 19, 1979

Bea hides in Val's garden until the cops leave, and is spotted by nosy Yvonne...

Episode 35

35.

Aired: Jun 20, 1979

The home brew causes friction amongst the women, as Monica sells it on but wo...

Episode 36

36.

Aired: Jun 26, 1979

The police turn up at Val's place and arrest Bea, but she persuades them Val ...

Episode 37

37.

Aired: Jun 27, 1979

Meg and Greg are nervous around each other after spending the night together....

Episode 38

38.

Aired: Jul 3, 1979

Erica cancels all privileges, including Lynn's work release and Karen's study...

Episode 39

39.

Aired: Jul 4, 1979

Erica announces that a Visiting Justice has been appointed to investigate her...

Episode 40

40.

Aired: Jul 10, 1979

Vera is livid as former Vietnam vet Jim Fletcher arrives to start work as the...

Episode 41

41.

Aired: Jul 11, 1979

Lynn frets about her parole as she protests the letters were planted on her. ...

Episode 42

42.

Aired: Jul 17, 1979

Jim recovers from his minor injuries as Joyce recovers from her narrow escape...

Episode 43

43.

Aired: Jul 18, 1979

Lynn refuses to forgive Doreen and learns she is to be released. She and Dore...

Episode 44

44.

Aired: Jul 24, 1979

The kidnappers refuse to believe Lynn's insistent cries that she isn't Monica...

Episode 45

45.

Aired: Jul 25, 1979

Monica scours Melbourne looking for Fred. Meanwhile, Blossom and her boyfrien...

Episode 46

46.

Aired: Jul 31, 1979

Lizzie befriends Edie, and she is moved into Lizzie and Doreen's cell. Monica...

Episode 47

47.

Aired: Aug 1, 1979

Monica is let out of solitary and put under close observation to prevent her ...

Episode 48

48.

Aired: Aug 7, 1979

Denise reveals to Fletcher she hid the key in a toilet in the reception area;...

Episode 49

49.

Aired: Aug 8, 1979

Tom's wife Carol calls his student and arranges to purchase the pictures; the...

Episode 50

50.

Aired: Aug 14, 1979

Noeline Burke is returned to Wentworth after a job she does with daughter Lea...

Episode 51

51.

Aired: Aug 15, 1979

The new inmate in Solitary starts protesting and banging on her cell door to ...

Episode 52

52.

Aired: Aug 21, 1979

Bella is startled in the shower room by Martha, who is bucking Bea's vendetta...

Episode 53

53.

Aired: Aug 22, 1979

Vera finds Martha working alone in the garden; Melinda finds Bella's body mur...

Episode 54

54.

Aired: Aug 28, 1979

An unsuccessful search is made for the missing ring. Greg clears out from the...

Episode 55

55.

Aired: Aug 29, 1979

Bea and Lizzie try to cheer Karen up after her parole hearing; Monica depress...

Episode 56

56.

Aired: Sep 4, 1979

Karen's "landlady" is becoming very controlling, and Melinda offers her a pla...

Episode 57

57.

Aired: Sep 5, 1979

Karen arrives at Melinda's and finds it isn't quite as welcoming as she thoug...

Episode 58

58.

Aired: Sep 11, 1979

McNally arranges to have a box smuggled in with liquor, cigarettes and fruit,...

Episode 59

59.

Aired: Sep 12, 1979

Toni smuggles more contraband in, and passes around more 'funny cigarettes'. ...

Episode 60

60.

Aired: Sep 18, 1979

Karen takes up her post with Angela Jeffries, who tells her they finally have...

Episode 61

61.

Aired: Sep 19, 1979

Greg agrees to return to the prison, but only part time. Bea is released from...

Episode 62

62.

Aired: Sep 25, 1979

Bea realises Toni is dealing drugs and hits Doreen for going along with her. ...

Episode 63

63.

Aired: Sep 26, 1979

Erica continues her plans to leave Wentworth, and Jim Fletcher returns to tak...

Episode 64

64.

Aired: Oct 2, 1979

Antonia McNally is in hospital after Roz shoots her on the steps of the court...

Episode 65

65.

Aired: Oct 3, 1979

The officers meet to consider the effect of Fletcher's new policies: no privi...

Episode 66

66.

Aired: Oct 16, 1979

Fletcher is given an ultimatum to settle the strike and decides to resign as ...

Episode 67

67.

Aired: Oct 17, 1979

Alice Hemmings visits Doreen and talks to her about the halfway house without...

Episode 68

68.

Aired: Oct 23, 1979

Greg discovers the drug cabinet was broken into, and inventory reveals it was...

Episode 69

69.

Aired: Oct 24, 1979

Workers are coming in from the men's prison, and Fletcher is detailed to curt...

Episode 70

70.

Aired: Oct 30, 1979

Pat tries to explain why she HAD to see her son, but Mrs. Davidson tells her ...

Episode 71

71.

Aired: Oct 31, 1979

Rosie is convinced that she will be released when Sam is taken out of the pri...

Episode 72

72.

Aired: Nov 6, 1979

Doreen wants to know why neither Karen nor her mother told her the truth. Kar...

Episode 73

73.

Aired: Nov 7, 1979

Doreen is angry that her mother didn't answer the door, but has compassion fo...

Episode 74

74.

Aired: Nov 13, 1979

Pat is concerned because her kids didn't come to visit, and Bea learns that R...

Episode 75

75.

Aired: Nov 14, 1979

Christmas is coming, and with it the inmates' annual opportunity to use their...

Episode 76

76.

Aired: Nov 20, 1979

What's a mother to do when her son escapes from prison and wants to see her? ...

Episode 77

77.

Aired: Nov 21, 1979

Pat is arrested because of her son's attempt to see her, and Greg is question...

Episode 78

78.

Aired: Nov 27, 1979

Mrs. Davidson tightens security measures at Wentworth, and the women's plans ...

Episode 79

79.

Aired: Nov 28, 1979

Karen is the one who was shot by David; Greg waits at the hospital for a diag...

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Info about Prisoner: Cell Block H

Seasons: 8

Network: Network Ten

Production Country: Australia

Genres:Drama, Crime