Prisoner Cell Block H

[80sChav]

PCBH was a xsensational serial no doubts ... but I was dissapointed a bit at the end with Vera Bennett (but i guess that's cos the storylines was so sensationaly good all the way through), to find a great Finale would always be trcky!!

[George 1978]

Joan Ferguson would have made an excellent Ted Lowe-soundalike snooker commentator, and so would Phyllis Pearce out of Coronation Street as well.

[Victoria O'Keefe]

The Freak is transferred to Western Australia at the end of 692 - that's true to real life for high profile inmates - Chris Watts who put his murdered kids into drums of crude oil, also the guy who took Jayme Closs etc

[Victoria O'Keefe]

I think they should have had a version of Mary Flora Bell sent to Wentworth in PCBH. Watch her go up against the Freak. Almost like a demented romantic comedy - sort of like a fanfic with a version of Rhoda Penmark alongside Palpatine.

[George 1978]

Chrissie Latham - if only Band of Gold was around in the late 1970s and early 1980s and was made in Australia. Tight denim dress which she substituted for an unflattering maternity dress at the end of the series' first year until baby Elizabeth was born, and as soon as she was born, it was back to how she dressed before. It makes me smile how women are immediately "back to normal", clothes-wise to their pre-pregnancy situation hours after their baby had been born. Lexie was like that as well.

And then we got nurse Neil Murray, Wentworth's answer to Peter "Yorkshire Ripper" Sutcliffe who had plans for her that wasn't very nice indeed.

And Roslyn Coulson reminded me of one of those porcelain dolls.

[80sChav]

Re: Prisoner Cell Block H

I've watched quite a few episodes as mum has boxsets of it, my fave character is Lizzie, she's so adorable! If you look closely you'll see the walls wobble as the set wasn't very sturdy, but who cares it was a great TV show. BTW my friend Donald The Great appeared in a few episodes, hope he doesn't mind me revealing this to you guys and girls

Me too Nuggy - I loved Lizzy - it would never of been the same for me without her(and never was when the actress had to leave playing Lizzy) because she was'nt well in real life UI seem to re-collect

Though for all the great moments - the finale was a total out and out damp squib like most other programmes end up being I found/find

80sChav

[Danniella]

Re: Prisoner Cell Block H

I've watched quite a few episodes as mum has boxsets of it, my fave character is Lizzie, she's so adorable! If you look closely you'll see the walls wobble as the set wasn't very sturdy, but who cares it was a great TV show. BTW my friend Donald The Great appeared in a few episodes, hope he doesn't mind me revealing this to you guys and girls

[George 1978]

Re: Prisoner Cell Block H

I have always wondered how old Lexie Patterson was supposed to be when she was in it? Was 16 or something like that considering how she looked and dressed?

Even Pepe Trevor was 24-25 when she was in the series as she was born in 1960.

[paulinexsx]

Re: Prisoner Cell Block H

haha,it was something someone said,always stuck in the back of my head

[darren]

Re: Prisoner Cell Block H

i suppose for a prison type show it was not that hard.


but a show like that needed women who where not too pretty to make it more realistic.

you naughty girl pauline for saying that.hehe

what i always wonder was,how did they manage to get so many ugly women in one program

[paulinexsx]

Re: Prisoner Cell Block H

what i always wonder was,how did they manage to get so many ugly women in one program

[darren]

Re: Prisoner Cell Block H

hi mate.
yes bea weas transferred to barnhurst thats where she died in a fire trying to save other inmates.

I never realised that she died, I thought she was just transferred. That's sad. She was the best character, apart from Lizzie Birdsworth (Who has taught me some fabulous expressions) in the whole series. I have just got to the bit in the series where The Freak has just started working at Wentworth. The black gloves. Eww, she made me shudder, still does. I knwo it's only a character but she was creepy and ther name The Freak suited her.

I have never seen all the episodes, I have never seen the ending episodes either. From what I have read, The Freak tried to do a bank job, got caught and put into Wentworth. Of the people who have seen the ending episodes, do you think it could have carried on after that? Finding out how she was treated as a prisoner etc, what would have happened to her or were they right to stop it when they did?

[the-peoples-poet]

Re: Prisoner Cell Block H

I never realised that she died, I thought she was just transferred. That's sad. She was the best character, apart from Lizzie Birdsworth (Who has taught me some fabulous expressions) in the whole series. I have just got to the bit in the series where The Freak has just started working at Wentworth. The black gloves. Eww, she made me shudder, still does. I knwo it's only a character but she was creepy and ther name The Freak suited her.

I have never seen all the episodes, I have never seen the ending episodes either. From what I have read, The Freak tried to do a bank job, got caught and put into Wentworth. Of the people who have seen the ending episodes, do you think it could have carried on after that? Finding out how she was treated as a prisoner etc, what would have happened to her or were they right to stop it when they did?

[darren]

Re: Prisoner Cell Block H

its not been on tv for a long time the last time i seen it it was on channel 5 very early in the morning.must be at least 5 yrs ago.


there where lots of funny moments but some pretty scary bits, gritty storylines.

one sad bit was where at the end of an episode where there was a fire in barnhurst and bea smith had died in a fire trying to save other inmates.
ferguson heard this and was very happy.
its now out on dvd but im not sure if all the episodes have been released yet.

I have recently started to watch it again from the beginning.
During the mid 90s I was watching it on the Anglia & Yorkshire TV regions.
Yorkshire was a couple of years behind Anglia, the first time I saw the incredible end to the series was on Anglia in about 95-96.
The whole thing still stands up wonderfully today, obviously it was cheap to make, but the characters are awesome.
One of my all time favourite TV shows - total classic.

[the-peoples-poet]

Re: Prisoner Cell Block H

I am watching it again too, I have never seen all of the eps. The last ep I aaw from first time around, all those years ago, was someone getting flattened by a metal cupboard.