Prisoner: Cell Block H (Complete Season 2) - 21-DVD Boxset

Prisoner: Cell Block H (Complete Season 2) - 21-DVD Boxset (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
3960 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
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 / ... (192 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)
Geneviève Lemon ..... Marlene Warren (74 episodes, 1984-1985)
Nigel Bradshaw ..... Dennis Cruikshank / ... (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)
Kate Sheil ..... Janet Conway (43 episodes, 1981-1982)
Jacqui Gordon ..... Susie Driscoll (43 episodes, 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)

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, Prisoner was the first Australian show to tackle issues such as rape, homosexuality, murder and violence. This 21 DVD set includes all 86 episodes from the 1980 season two.

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.

The lives of women behind bars in a female prison.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 11 March, 2021.