Prisoner Cell Block H

[LadyOnArooftop]

Over the holidays I have been watching Prisoner, which has just started a rerun on 5Select (channel 153 on Sky). I invite you, the fab forum few, to join me in watching all 692 episodes.

 

[casiquaire]

Over the holidays I have been watching Prisoner, which has just started a rerun on 5Select (channel 153 on Sky). I invite you, the fab forum few, to join me in watching all 692 episodes.

are we talking the original prisoner cell block h, or the horrific re-imagined one with milfs in it?

 

[NickUK]

You used to give me roses....I wish you would again
But that was on the outside...and things were different then

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

Oh I am definitely talking about the original Prisoner Cell Block H. I think the remake was called 'Wentworth', and I did watch the first episode, but it wasn't for me. A right old reimaging debacle!
I am currently up to episode 8 and still going strong! Bea Smith and Frankie have had another set-to and Marilyn has just been released...

And yes, what a fabulous theme song....

 

[Chip_TheViking]

or the horrific re-imagined one with milfs in it?

wait Pamela Rabe was outstanding in the show Wentworth as the Freak, she was amazing in every scene, 1st appearance in the first episode of the second season

I am currently up to episode 8 and still going strong!

how far did you get?

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

I'm really cracking on with it, i'm up to episode 50.... Noleen's back inside after a warehouse robbery went wrong. helping her in the caper was her
daughter, who is now living at Meg Jackson's house, which she went on to ransack! The Doc is talking about leaving and there's talk of a half-way house for ex-prisoners.

Re 'Wentworth'... I probably didn't give it a chance, I made the mistake of comparing it to the original. From that clip it looks a hell of a lot more
violent! But I'll get round to watching it sometime, give it another go.

 

[Chip_TheViking]

there's talk of a half-way house for ex-prisoners.

from memory Judy ends up running that she's american right?
lizzy was the best!

I probably didn't give it a chance

Bea Smith is in Wentworth it's very raw lol

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

I looked on Channel 5's catch-up service and there's 100 episodes of Wentworth available to be downloaded. I may watch them in conjunction with Prisoner. For every 7 episodes of Prisoner i'll watch one of Wentworth. By my reckoning, If I try to watch an episode every morning, it will take me over two years to get to the end of both series.
To be perfectly honest, I don't know why I bother with a TV licence because I rarely watch live TV. I stream everything.

 

[PennyDreadful2]

I was saddened to read that Maxine Klibingatis who played Bobbie Mitchell in Prisoner, died aged 58 in April 2023. Judging by photos of her at the Prisoner conventions, she was as quirky as her character Bobbie.
RIP Maxine.

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

I only caught the tail-end of the series when it was first aired in the 90s. I was in the Granada TV area at the time, and the final episode sticks in my mind, because before it was shown, the announcer had a phone interview with Maggie Kirkpatrick (The Freak) live from Australia. And what a final episode! It's a shame the series was cancelled just before it became a world-wide cult hit.

 

[Chip_TheViking]

shame the series was cancelled just before it became a world-wide cult hit.

it really was a cult show, even with the wobbly walls haha