Prisoner
Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.
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Seasons
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.
1.Episode 1
27-02-197947 minTwo new prisoners, Karen Travers and Lyn Warner, are inducted into Wentworth Detention Centre and have to adjust to the harsh regime and the tough women they meet there. Karen, con...
2.Episode 2
27-02-197946 minLynn withdraws her complaint, so Bea's release is approved. The prisoners hold a farwell party for Bea and Mum. Mum leaves her beloved garden in the hands of Lynn. Mum is released...
3.Episode 3
28-02-197946 minWith Frankie's hold over the women growing, she attempts to show the screws who is in charge by getting the women to stay in the dinning room until she gives the order for them to...
4.Episode 4
06-03-197948 minBill dies on the way to hospital and Rosie gives Birth to a boy. Meg is devastated as the police investigate into Bill's murder begins. The cops are not getting very far; meanwhile...
5.Episode 5
07-03-197948 minMum recuperates from her collapse at her daughter's home but has to pretend to the children that she is an aunt as Lorraine told them their grandmother was dead. Frankie and Bea fi...
6.Episode 6
13-03-197946 minLynn reveals she must be pregnant after being raped by her employer, Mr Bentley, the father of the baby she is supposed to have buried alive. Frankie bullies Lizzie into giving her...
7.Episode 7
14-03-197949 minLizzie finds a stray cat in the garden and brings it into the prison. When it dies, she blames Frankie for killing it, but it turns out she did it accidentally herself by giving it...
8.Episode 8
20-03-197945 minBea Smith and the other inmates find out about Frankie's plans to get paroled and live on a farm so they try to rile her into blowing her chances. Marilyn gets a job at a hotel but...
9.Episode 9
21-03-197948 minMarilyn's boyfriend Eddie is suspicious of where she got the money for his birthday gift: back "on the game" (prostitution)? The final straw is a visitor who is obviously a "workma...
10.Episode 10
27-03-197947 minHelen Masters sets out to affect the quality of prison meals as part of her campaign to get a character witness for her trial, the prison doctor. Marilyn returns to prison, but Edd...
11.Episode 11
28-03-197947 minThe inmates start realigning after Master's release; Frankie gains motivation from her brother to work on good behavior. Lyn, who has returned to her parents' home, runs away with...
- Ep 12
12.Episode 12
03-04-197948 minThe inmates start realigning after Master's release; Frankie gains motivation from her brother to work on good behavior. Lyn, who has returned to her parents' home, runs away with...
- Ep 13
13.Episode 13
04-04-197946 minVera's attitude continues to become more punitive toward the inmates, bringing a reprimand from the governor. Lizzie's heart forces her to return to the prison, while Frankie and D...
- Ep 14
14.Episode 14
10-04-197945 minShot in the holdup, Doug dies and Lyn cannot run, so she calls the prison doctor who gets there just before the cops. She loses her baby. Doug gets sacked because of his involvemen...
- Ep 15
15.Episode 15
11-04-197946 minKaren permits the prison doctor to contact her lawyer about a retrial, and Dr. Miller kisses her. Vera walks in on them and reports him. A new prisoner, who is reputed to be really...
- Ep 16
16.Episode 16
17-04-197947 min - Ep 17
17.Episode 17
18-04-197946 min - Ep 18
18.Episode 18
24-04-197945 min - Ep 19
19.Episode 19
25-04-197947 min - Ep 20
20.Episode 20
01-05-197947 min - Ep 21
21.Episode 21
02-05-197946 min - Ep 22
22.Episode 22
08-05-197946 min - Ep 23
23.Episode 23
09-05-197947 min - Ep 24
24.Episode 24
15-05-197945 min - Ep 25
25.Episode 25
16-05-197946 min - Ep 26
26.Episode 26
22-05-197945 min - Ep 27
27.Episode 27
23-05-197946 min - Ep 28
28.Episode 28
29-05-197945 min - Ep 29
29.Episode 29
30-05-197945 min - Ep 30
30.Episode 30
05-06-197948 min - Ep 31
31.Episode 31
06-06-197947 min - Ep 32
32.Episode 32
12-06-197948 min - Ep 33
33.Episode 33
13-06-197945 min - Ep 34
34.Episode 34
19-06-197949 min - Ep 35
35.Episode 35
20-06-197947 min - Ep 36
36.Episode 36
26-06-197948 min - Ep 37
37.Episode 37
27-06-197947 min - Ep 38
38.Episode 38
03-07-197948 min - Ep 39
39.Episode 39
04-07-197946 min - Ep 40
40.Episode 40
10-07-197947 min - Ep 41
41.Episode 41
11-07-197948 min - Ep 42
42.Episode 42
17-07-197947 min - Ep 43
43.Episode 43
18-07-197948 min - Ep 44
44.Episode 44
24-07-197947 min - Ep 45
45.Episode 45
25-07-197945 min - Ep 46
46.Episode 46
31-07-197947 min - Ep 47
47.Episode 47
01-08-197949 min - Ep 48
48.Episode 48
07-08-197948 min - Ep 49
49.Episode 49
08-08-197947 min - Ep 50
50.Episode 50
14-08-197946 min - Ep 51
51.Episode 51
15-08-197948 min - Ep 52
52.Episode 52
21-08-197944 min - Ep 53
53.Episode 53
22-08-197947 min - Ep 54
54.Episode 54
28-08-197947 min - Ep 55
55.Episode 55
29-08-197946 min - Ep 56
56.Episode 56
04-09-197945 min - Ep 57
57.Episode 57
05-09-197944 min - Ep 58
58.Episode 58
11-09-197948 min - Ep 59
59.Episode 59
12-09-197948 min - Ep 60
60.Episode 60
18-09-197945 min - Ep 61
61.Episode 61
19-09-197944 min - Ep 62
62.Episode 62
25-09-197947 min - Ep 63
63.Episode 63
26-09-197947 min - Ep 64
64.Episode 64
02-10-197948 min - Ep 65
65.Episode 65
03-10-197946 min - Ep 66
66.Episode 66
16-10-197948 min - Ep 67
67.Episode 67
17-10-197947 min - Ep 68
68.Episode 68
23-10-197945 min - Ep 69
69.Episode 69
24-10-197946 min - Ep 70
70.Episode 70
30-10-197948 min - Ep 71
71.Episode 71
31-10-197947 min - Ep 72
72.Episode 72
06-11-197948 min - Ep 73
73.Episode 73
07-11-197947 min - Ep 74
74.Episode 74
13-11-197946 min - Ep 75
75.Episode 75
14-11-197947 min - Ep 76
76.Episode 76
20-11-197944 min - Ep 77
77.Episode 77
21-11-197947 min - Ep 78
78.Episode 78
27-11-197947 min - Ep 79
79.Episode 79
28-11-197947 min
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