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Prisoner: Cell Block H

Season 1 Episode 56

Karen's "landlady" is becoming very controlling, and Melinda offers her a place if Jean gives permission. The inmates stage a hunger strike because of Doreen' s medical needs. Noeline finds out her daughter has been arrested for the...

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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Seasons: 8

Network: Network Ten

Production Country: Australia

Genres:Drama, Crime

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