Prisoner: Cell Block H - Vol. 4 (Ep. 49-64) - 4-DVD Set ( Caged Women ) ( Women Behind Bars )

Prisoner: Cell Block H - Vol. 4 (Ep. 49-64) - 4-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Caged Women
Alternate Title: Women Behind Bars
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
746 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1979 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Kendal Flanagan
Steve Mann

Written By:
Coral Drouyn
Dave Worthington

Actors:
Elspeth Ballantyne ..... Meg Morris / ... (669 episodes, 1979-1986)
Betty Bobbitt ..... Judy Bryant (429 episodes, 1980-1985)
Sheila Florance ..... Lizzie Birdsworth (403 episodes, 1979-1984)
Maggie Kirkpatrick ..... Joan "The Freak" Ferguson / ... (389 episodes, 1982-1986)
Val Lehman ..... Bea Smith (376 episodes, 1979-1983)
Patsy King ..... Erica Davidson (353 episodes, 1979-1984)
Gerda Nicolson ..... Ann Reynolds / ... (319 episodes, 1981-1986)
Colette Mann ..... Doreen Burns / ... (293 episodes, 1979-1984)
Judith McGrath ..... Colleen Powell (263 episodes, 1979-1984)
Joy Westmore ..... Joyce Barry / ... (255 episodes, 1979-1986)
Fiona Spence ..... Vera Bennett (222 episodes, 1979-1981)
Gerard Maguire ..... Jim Fletcher / ... (209 episodes, 1979-1982)
Delva Hunter ..... Officer Locking Up / ... (190 episodes, 1979-1984)
Lois Collinder ..... Alice 'Lurch' Jenkins / ... (170 episodes, 1984-1986)
Louise Siversen ..... Lou Kelly / ... (151 episodes, 1981-1986)
Reylene Pearce ..... Phyllis Hunt (139 episodes, 1979-1984)
Pepe Trevor ..... Lexie Patterson (139 episodes, 1985-1986)
Anne Phelan ..... Myra Desmond / ... (128 episodes, 1979-1985)
Amanda Muggleton ..... Chrissie Latham (108 episodes, 1979-1983)
Maxine Klibingaitis ..... Bobbie Mitchell (108 episodes, 1983-1985)
Jane Clifton ..... Margo Gaffney / ... (107 episodes, 1979-1984)
Glenda Linscott ..... Rita Connors (106 episodes, 1985-1986)
Judy McBurney ..... 'Pixie' Mason / ... (96 episodes, 1983-1985)
Janet Andrewartha ..... Reb Kean (94 episodes, 1984-1986)
Lisa Crittenden ..... Maxine Daniels (91 episodes, 1982-1983)
Jackie Woodburne ..... Julie Egbert (89 episodes, 1985-1986)
Barry Quin ..... Dr. Greg Miller (88 episodes, 1979-1980)
Kate Hood ..... Kath Maxwell (84 episodes, 1986)
Peta Toppano ..... Karen Travers / ... (80 episodes, 1979)
Ernie Bourne ..... Mervin Pringle / ... (80 episodes, 1979-1986)
Dorothy Cutts ..... Pat Slattery / ... (79 episodes, 1984-1986)
Caroline Gillmer ..... Helen Smart (77 episodes, 1980-1984)
Alan Hopgood ..... Wally Wallace (75 episodes, 1981-1984)
Nigel Bradshaw ..... Dennis Cruikshank / ... (74 episodes, 1984-1985)
Geneviève Lemon ..... Marlene Warren (74 episodes, 1984-1985)
Wayne Jarratt ..... Steve Fawkner (71 episodes, 1981-1982)
Julia Blake ..... Nancy McCormack / ... (70 episodes, 1981-1986)
Belinda Davey ..... Hazel Kent / ... (66 episodes, 1979-1983)
Rosanne Hull Brown ..... Merle Jones (66 episodes, 1986)
Kirsty Child ..... Willie Beecham / ... (65 episodes, 1979-1986)
Jentah Sobott ..... Heather 'Mouse' Trapp / ... (64 episodes, 1979-1982)
Babs McMillan ..... Cass Parker / ... (61 episodes, 1981-1984)
Michael Winchester ..... Marty Jackson #3 / ... (59 episodes, 1986)
Debra Lawrance ..... Daphne Graham / ... (58 episodes, 1980-1986)
Philip Hyde ..... Rodney Adams (58 episodes, 1986)
Rebecca Dines ..... Vicki McPherson (57 episodes, 1986)
Billie Hammerberg ..... May Collins / ... (56 episodes, 1979-1985)
Tina Bursill ..... Sonia Stevens (54 episodes, 1983-1984)
Paula Duncan ..... Lorelei Wilkinson (54 episodes, 1986)
Terry Gill ..... Detective Inspector Jack Grace / ... (53 episodes, 1979-1986)
Margot Knight ..... Sharon Gilmour / ... (52 episodes, 1980-1985)
Lois Ramsey ..... Ettie Parslow / ... (52 episodes, 1980-1986)
Sonja Tallis ..... Nora Flynn (52 episodes, 1985)
Gael Andrews ..... Sister Hall / ... (49 episodes, 1980-1986)
Ian Smith ..... Ted Douglas / ... (45 episodes, 1979-1984)
Kerry Armstrong ..... Lynn Warner (44 episodes, 1979)
Jenny Lovell ..... Jenny Hartley (44 episodes, 1985)
George Mallaby ..... Paul Reid (43 episodes, 1980)
Jacqui Gordon ..... Susie Driscoll (43 episodes, 1982)
Kate Sheil ..... Janet Conway (43 episodes, 1981-1982)
Wanda Davidson ..... Frances Harvey (42 episodes, 1983-1985)
Desirée Smith ..... Delia Stout (42 episodes, 1986)
Monica Maughan ..... Pat O'Connell (40 episodes, 1979-1980)
Carole Skinner ..... Nola McKenzie (40 episodes, 1983)
Lesley Baker ..... Monica Ferguson / ... (39 episodes, 1979-1983)
Christine Harris ..... Pippa Reynolds (39 episodes, 1985-1986)
Olivia Hamnett ..... Kate Peterson (39 episodes, 1981-1982)
Andy Anderson ..... Rick Manning (38 episodes, 1984)
Maggie Millar ..... Marie Winter (38 episodes, 1981-1984)
Taya Straton ..... 'Spider' Simpson / ... (38 episodes, 1986)
Nanette Wallace ..... Sally / ... (36 episodes, 1979-1980)
Anna Hruby ..... Paddy Lawson (36 episodes, 1982-1983)
Anthony Hawkins ..... Bob Morris / ... (35 episodes, 1980-1982)
Christine Earle ..... Janet Williams / ... (35 episodes, 1985-1986)
Peter Bensley ..... Matt Delaney (34 episodes, 1984-1985)
Les Dayman ..... Geoff Macrae (34 episodes, 1984-1985)
Mary Ward ..... 'Mum' Brooks (33 episodes, 1979-1981)
Wendy Playfair ..... Minnie Donovan (33 episodes, 1983-1984)
Trevor Kent ..... Frank Burke (33 episodes, 1984-1985)
Kevin Summers ..... Ben Fulbright / ... (32 episodes, 1979-1986)
Tim Elston ..... Dr. Scott Collins (32 episodes, 1983-1984)
Peter Hayes ..... Steve Ryan (32 episodes, 1986)
Terrie Waddell ..... Lisa Mullins #2 / ... (32 episodes, 1986)
Penelope Stewart ..... Kathleen Leach / ... (31 episodes, 1979-1980)
Helen Noonan ..... Wendy / ... (31 episodes, 1979-1982)
Maureen Edwards ..... Officer Bailey / ... (31 episodes, 1979-1986)
Sigrid Thornton ..... Roslyn Coulson (30 episodes, 1979-1980)
Brad Lindsay ..... Trevor / ... (30 episodes, 1979-1986)
Barbara Jungwirth ..... Lorna Young / ... (30 episodes, 1979-1986)
Louise Le Nay ..... Sandy Edwards (30 episodes, 1981-1982)
Christine Amor ..... Jean Vernon (29 episodes, 1979)
James Smilie ..... Steve Wilson / ... (28 episodes, 1979)
Penny Ramsey ..... Leila Fletcher / ... (28 episodes, 1979-1986)
Ray Meagher ..... Geoff Butler / ... (28 episodes, 1979-1986)
Pat Evison ..... Jessie Windom (28 episodes, 1986)
Jude Kuring ..... Noeline Bourke (27 episodes, 1979-1980)
Bryon Williams ..... Dr. Weissman (27 episodes, 1979-1986)
Lynda Stoner ..... Eve Wilder (27 episodes, 1985-1986)
Robyn Gibbes ..... Sam Greenway / ... (27 episodes, 1982-1985)
Linda Hartley ..... Roach Waters (27 episodes, 1986)
Victoria Rowland ..... 'Spike' Marsh / ... (27 episodes, 1986)
Rosalind Speirs ..... Caroline Simpson (26 episodes, 1980)
Susan Guerin ..... Barbara Fields (26 episodes, 1982)
Robert Summers ..... Shane Munroe (26 episodes, 1984-1985)
Peter Adams ..... Bob Moran (26 episodes, 1986)
Sheryl Munks ..... 'Brumby' Tucker / ... (26 episodes, 1986)
Sean Scully ..... Dan Moulton (26 episodes, 1986)
Brian Hannan ..... Terry Harrison (25 episodes, 1981)
Julieanne Newbould ..... Hannah Simpson / ... (25 episodes, 1982-1986)
Brian James ..... Stan Dobson / ... (25 episodes, 1981-1985)
Penny Maegraith ..... Petra Roberts (25 episodes, 1983)
Alethea McGrath ..... Dot Farrar (25 episodes, 1984)
Serge Lazareff ..... David Andrews (24 episodes, 1981)
Victoria Nicholls ..... Heather Rodgers (24 episodes, 1984)
Carl Bleazby ..... Major Ferguson / ... (23 episodes, 1980-1985)
James Condon ..... James Dwyer (23 episodes, 1985-1986)
Ian Gilmour ..... Kevin Burns (22 episodes, 1980)
Diane Craig ..... Jacki Nolan / ... (22 episodes, 1980-1985)
Anne Charleston ..... Deidre Kean / ... (22 episodes, 1979-1984)
Christine Jack ..... Julie / ... (22 episodes, 1980-1986)
Alan David Lee ..... Tony Berman (22 episodes, 1982-1983)
Anne Lucas ..... Faye Quin (22 episodes, 1982-1983)
Steve Kuhn ..... Philip Cleary (22 episodes, 1984)
Sue Devine ..... Tracey Morris / ... (21 episodes, 1980-1981)
Denzil Howson ..... Dr. Lunn / ... (21 episodes, 1979-1986)
Will Deumer ..... Lionel Fellowes / ... (21 episodes, 1979-1985)
Diana Greentree ..... Sister Franklin / ... (21 episodes, 1979-1985)
Kim Trengove ..... Rachel Milsom (21 episodes, 1984)
Carol Burns ..... Franky Doyle (20 episodes, 1979)
Peter Ford ..... Michael Simpson / ... (20 episodes, 1980-1983)
Lise Rodgers ..... Officer Phillip / ... (20 episodes, 1979-1983)
Roy Edmunds ..... Arthur Charlton / ... (20 episodes, 1979-1984)
Dawn Klingberg ..... Officer Edwards / ... (20 episodes, 1979-1985)
Paddy Burnet ..... Ida Brown / ... (20 episodes, 1979-1986)
Maurie Fields ..... Len Murphy / ... (20 episodes, 1982-1985)
Kate Jason ..... Martha Eaves / ... (19 episodes, 1979)
Paul Karo ..... Det. Insp. Rouse / ... (19 episodes, 1981-1984)
Peter Curtin ..... Ian Mahoney / ... (19 episodes, 1980-1986)
Lucas Bradley ..... Elizabeth Latham (19 episodes, 1980-1982)
David Bickerstaff ..... Bob / ... (19 episodes, 1983-1986)
Paul Newman ..... Paul Reynolds (19 episodes, 1983-1984)
Sandy Gore ..... Kay White (18 episodes, 1980)
John Higginson ..... Tony Reid / ... (18 episodes, 1980)
John Larking ..... Vince Talbot / ... (18 episodes, 1980-1986)
Neil Thompson ..... Inspector Maynard / ... (18 episodes, 1979-1985)
Telford Jackson ..... Mr. Askin / ... (18 episodes, 1979-1985)
Rob Steele ..... Patrick Powell / ... (18 episodes, 1980-1983)
Mary Murphy ..... Ruth Shaw (18 episodes, 1983-1985)
Peter Aanensen ..... Det. Insp. Thorne / ... (18 episodes, 1979-1985)
Bruce Kilpatrick ..... Roger Carter / ... (18 episodes, 1979-1986)
Peter Stratford ..... Julian Phillips / ... (17 episodes, 1979-1985)
Anne Sutherland ..... Officer Williams / ... (17 episodes, 1979-1984)
Adrian Wright ..... Neil Murray / ... (17 episodes, 1979-1982)
Jennifer Ludlam ..... Janice Grant / ... (17 episodes, 1980-1985)
Edward Hepple ..... Sid Humphrey (17 episodes, 1981)
Vincent Gil ..... Tom Harley / ... (17 episodes, 1981-1986)
Sarah Machin ..... Jennifer Powell / ... (17 episodes, 1982-1986)
Sally Bourne ..... Kay Desmond (17 episodes, 1984-1985)
Gregory Ross ..... Chris Sutton (17 episodes, 1984-1985)
Margaret Laurence ..... Marilyn Mason (16 episodes, 1979)
Richard Moir ..... Eddie Cook (16 episodes, 1979)
Alan Rowe ..... Syd Butterfield / ... (16 episodes, 1979-1986)
Bruce Kerr ..... Gordon Humphrey / ... (16 episodes, 1979-1982)
Judith McLorinan ..... Lil Stokes (16 episodes, 1980-1983)
Susannah Fowle ..... Lori Young / ... (16 episodes, 1981-1983)
Shane Connor ..... Bongo Connors / ... (16 episodes, 1983-1986)
James Patrick ..... Det. Murray Crabbe / ... (16 episodes, 1983-1986)
Jayne Healey ..... Barbie Cox (16 episodes, 1985-1986)
Kim Deacon ..... Judith-Anne Watkins (15 episodes, 1979)
Paul Young ..... Captain Barton / ... (15 episodes, 1980-1984)
María Mercedes ..... Irene Zervos / ... (15 episodes, 1979-1985)
Roy Baldwin ..... Detective / ... (15 episodes, 1979-1985)
John Proper ..... Bert Warren / ... (15 episodes, 1979-1985)
Jane Turner ..... Belinda Johns (15 episodes, 1983-1984)
Michele Sargent ..... Kath Deakin (15 episodes, 1984-1985)
Lindy Davies ..... Ruth Ballinger (15 episodes, 1985)
Justine Saunders ..... Pamela Madigan (15 episodes, 1986)
Tom Oliver ..... Ken Pearce (14 episodes, 1980-1981)
Bernadette Gibson ..... Vivienne Williams / ... (14 episodes, 1980-1983)
Jean Cain ..... Officer Maguire / ... (14 episodes, 1979-1980)
Arthur Barradell-Smith ..... Judge / ... (14 episodes, 1979-1986)
Beverley Dunn ..... Cynthia Leach / ... (14 episodes, 1979-1985)
Colin Vancao ..... Weasel / ... (14 episodes, 1979-1985)
Kirk Alexander ..... Philip Langdon / ... (14 episodes, 1980-1986)
Marion Dimmick ..... Officer Radcliffe / ... (14 episodes, 1982-1986)
Chris Hallam ..... Federal Police 2 / ... (14 episodes, 1982-1985)
Zoe Bertram ..... Randi Goodlove (14 episodes, 1983)
Alex Menglet ..... Ray Proctor (14 episodes, 1984-1985)
Virginia Hey ..... Leigh Templar (14 episodes, 1984)
Fredric Abbott ..... Andrew Hinton (14 episodes, 1986)
Rod Mullinar ..... David Austin / ... (13 episodes, 1979-1980)
Adam Joseph ..... Newsreader / ... (13 episodes, 1979-1984)
Dina Mann ..... Samantha Russell / ... (13 episodes, 1980-1984)
Carmel Millhouse ..... Mrs. Beamish / ... (13 episodes, 1979-1985)
Marina Finlay ..... Lainie Dobson (13 episodes, 1983)
Gloria Ajenstat ..... Tammy Fisher (13 episodes, 1981-1985)
Arkie Whiteley ..... Donna Mason (13 episodes, 1982)
Christine Calcutt ..... Mrs. O'Reagan / ... (13 episodes, 1980-1984)
Peter Flett ..... Alan Maxwell / ... (13 episodes, 1980-1986)
Liddy Holloway ..... Sister Kelly / ... (13 episodes, 1981-1984)
Hazel Henley ..... Tina Murray (13 episodes, 1979-1986)
Adair Stagg ..... May Worth / ... (13 episodes, 1979-1986)
Fay Kelton ..... Alison Page (13 episodes, 1981)
Justin Gaffney ..... Constable / ... (13 episodes, 1983-1986)
Christine Andrew ..... Officer Hagen / ... (13 episodes, 1984-1986)
Penny Downie ..... Kerry Vincent (12 episodes, 1980)
Joan Letch ..... Rhonda West / ... (12 episodes, 1980-1983)
Burt Cooper ..... Terry Mancini / ... (12 episodes, 1979-1986)
Tommy Dysart ..... Jock Stewart (12 episodes, 1980-1982)
Lloyd Cunnington ..... Mr. Goodwin (12 episodes, 1979-1984)
Wendy Damien ..... Sister / ... (12 episodes, 1979-1984)
Hu Pryce ..... William Coleby / ... (12 episodes, 1979-1985)
Val Jellay ..... Mabel Morgan / ... (12 episodes, 1979-1986)
Reg Evans ..... Howard Simmons / ... (12 episodes, 1979-1985)
Bethany Lee ..... Andrea Hennesey / ... (12 episodes, 1980-1986)
Norman Yemm ..... Eddie Stevens (12 episodes, 1983-1984)
Peter Craig ..... Alan Desmond (12 episodes, 1984-1985)
Tracy Mann ..... Georgie Baxter (12 episodes, 1981)
Kath Gordon ..... Officer Riley (12 episodes, 1983-1984)
Jodie Yemm ..... Rosemary Kaye (12 episodes, 1983)
Steve Hutchison ..... Constable / ... (12 episodes, 1984-1986)
Kylie Foster ..... Angel Adams (12 episodes, 1984)
Jeanie Drynan ..... Angela Jeffries (11 episodes, 1979)
Margo McLennan ..... Catherine Roberts / ... (11 episodes, 1979-1982)
Kate Turner ..... Sally Blakely / ... (11 episodes, 1980-1981)
Bill Bennett ..... Mr. Gibson / ... (11 episodes, 1979-1984)
Babs Wheelton ..... Betty Collins / ... (11 episodes, 1979-1983)
James Taylor ..... Judge / ... (11 episodes, 1979-1985)
Sue Jones ..... Kathy Hall / ... (11 episodes, 1980-1981)
Sydney Jackson ..... Arthur Richards / ... (11 episodes, 1980-1983)
Robert Forza ..... Spud Murphy / ... (11 episodes, 1980-1983)
Marinia Jonathon ..... Ros Fisher / ... (11 episodes, 1979-1986)
Stuart Finch ..... Don Page / ... (11 episodes, 1981)
Peter Black ..... Police Sergeant / ... (11 episodes, 1982-1986)
Ian Walker ..... Det. Insp. Barrett / ... (11 episodes, 1982-1986)
John Ramsay ..... Policeman / ... (11 episodes, 1982-1985)
Danny Adcock ..... Geoff Carlson (11 episodes, 1982-1983)
Colleen Hewett ..... Sheila Brady (11 episodes, 1985)
Steve Bastoni ..... Peter McCormack (11 episodes, 1986)
Kylie Belling ..... Sarah West (11 episodes, 1986)
Mike Bishop ..... Harry Grosvenor (11 episodes, 1986)
Susanne Haworth ..... Gail Summers (10 episodes, 1980)
John Lee ..... Andrew Reynolds (10 episodes, 1980)
Betty Lucas ..... Clara Goddard (10 episodes, 1979)
Andrea Butcher ..... Sarah Roberts / ... (10 episodes, 1979-1986)
Syd Conabere ..... Mr. Jeffries / ... (10 episodes, 1979-1983)
Ian Cuming ..... Det. Gilbert / ... (10 episodes, 1980-1985)
Stefan Dennis ..... Peter Richards / ... (10 episodes, 1979-1981)
Rod Densley ..... Mike Williams / ... (10 episodes, 1980-1985)
Clive Hearne ..... Magistrate / ... (10 episodes, 1979-1985)
Jeffrey Hodgson ..... Det. Cons. Crosby / ... (10 episodes, 1980-1986)
Earl Francis ..... Defence Council / ... (10 episodes, 1981-1986)
Lynette Letico ..... Jacko / ... (10 episodes, 1982-1986)
Glenn Ruehland ..... Armed Guard / ... (10 episodes, 1983-1986)
Eve Godly ..... Ivy Warren / ... (10 episodes, 1983-1985)
Nell Johnson ..... Sarah Higgins (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
David Waters ..... David Bridges (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Roslyn Gentle ..... Brandy Carter / ... (10 episodes, 1983)
Andrew McKaige ..... Marty Jackson #2 (10 episodes, 1983)
Jill Forster ..... Kerryn Davies (10 episodes, 1984)
Howard Bell ..... Andrew Fry (10 episodes, 1985)

Synopsis:

When the gate slams shut, You're on your own. Stand on the white line! look forward to kitchen duty, working the press, buy ups in the rec room - join the inmates of Wentworth Detention Centre for a reality check... Prisoner: Cell Block H aired for 8 years from 1979 for an incredible 692 episodes. it was one of the most watched Australian soaps ever, at home and around the world. Made by Grundy Television, Prisoner was the first Australian show to tackle issues such as rape, homosexuality, murder and violence. It's massive audience has campaigned for years to have the entire series released on DVD. Here it is in all its original and uncut glory.
Vol. 4 (Ep. 49-64)

Join the women of Wentworth Detention Centre with 32 more episodes released from this classic Australian TV drama. Prisoner: Cell Block H was one of the most watched Australian programmes and ran for 8 years from 1978 - 1986 with 692 episodes aired. It was groundbreaking drama and the first of its kind to tackle issues long before any other shows dared to - rape, homosexuality, violence and murder to name a few, all within well made storylines. Volume 4 features episodes 49-64 all in their original uncut form.

This Australian series has, after 692 episodes, received cult status all over the world. The series takes place in Wentworth, a prison in Australia. Wentworth is a high-security female prison. The women are there for all sorts of crimes. We get to follow how they got there, their life in the prison and what becomes of them afterwards. We also get to follow the staff, their work in the prison and their personal relationships.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 15 December, 2012.