Prisoner: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Prisoner is an Australian soap opera, set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. In the United States and United Kingdom it was billed as Prisoner: Cell Block H, and in Canada as Prisoner: Cell Block H and/or Caged Women. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation in Australia, and aired on Network Ten, running 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986, after originally only devised as a 16 part series.

Series details

• Title: Prisoner
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1979-02-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 1986-12-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Network 10
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 5439
• IMDb ID: tt0077064
• TVDB ID: 76724

Cast and credited roles

• Val Lehman — Bea Smith
• Colette Mann — Doreen Anderson
• Sheila Florance — Lizzie Birdsworth
• Amanda Muggleton — Chrissie Latham
• Andy Anderson — Rick Manning
• Billie Hammerberg — May Collins
• Christine Amor — Jean Vernon
• Fiona Spence — Vera 'Vinegar Tits' Bennett
• Jane Clifton — Margot Gaffney
• Janet Andrewartha — Reb Keane
• Jim Smillie — Steve Wilson
• Jude Kuring — Noeline Burke

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-02-27; final listed air date 1980-01-29.
• Season 2: premiered 1980-01-30; final listed air date 1980-11-12.
• Season 3: premiered 1981-02-04; final listed air date 1981-11-11.
• Season 4: premiered 1982-02-09; final listed air date 1982-11-09.
• Season 5: premiered 1983-02-01; final listed air date 1983-11-03.
• Season 6: premiered 1984-01-17; final listed air date 1984-11-08.
• Season 7: premiered 1985-01-24; final listed air date 1985-11-05.
• Season 8: premiered 1986-01-09; final listed air date 1986-12-11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Prisoner on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.