Prisoner
- 1979 –1986
- Ended
- 15
★ 7.6 TMDB Rating · 35 votes
Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.
- Created by
- Reg Watson
- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes
- 692
- Episode length
- ~50m
- First aired
- Feb 27, 1979
- Networks
- 10
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- Australia
Cast of Prisoner
Gerda Nicolson
Ann Reynolds
Maggie Kirkpatrick
Joan "The Freak" Ferguson
Janet Andrewartha
Reb Kean
Elspeth Ballantyne
Meg Morris
Louise Siversen
Lou Kelly
Glenda Linscott
Rita Connors
Lois Collinder
Alice "Lurch" Jenkins
Julia Blake
Nancy McCormack
Pepe Trevor
Lexie Patterson
Joy Westmore
Joyce Barry / Joyce Pringle
Peter Adams
Bob Moran
Kylie Belling
Sarah West
Where to Stream Prisoner by Country
- United States
- Streaming on WOW Presents Plus
- United Kingdom
- Streaming on Sky Go, 5
- India
- No streaming offers listed right now
- Canada
- No streaming offers listed right now
- Australia
- Streaming on 10
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Seasons
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Season 1
Feb 27, 1979
79 episodes
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.
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Season 2
Jan 22, 1980
86 episodes
The second season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 22 January 1980. It consists of 86 episodes and concluded on 12 November 1980. This season's storylines include the escape of Roslyn Coulson, aided by terrorist Janet Dominguez and the subsequent shooting of Erica Davidson; Lizzie's exoneration; the bomb explosion which causes the deaths of Jim Fletcher's family; Bea Smith's feud with new prisoner Kay White; Judy Bryant's planned revenge on corrupt officer Jock Stewart for the murder of her girlfriend Sharon Gilmour; the season finale tunnel escape collapse.
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Season 3
Feb 4, 1981
81 episodes
The third season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 4 February 1981. It consists of 81 episodes and concluded on 11 November 1981. The season is notable for the conclusion to the tunnel escape storyline which ended the previous season; the departure of Vera Bennett ("Vinegar Tits") when she accepts the position of governor of Barnhurst; the kidnapping of Erica Davidson; the arrival of new prisoners Sandy Edwards, Kate Peterson and former inmate and top dog of H Block – Marie Winter; Bea Smith's amnesia, and later, her mysterious illness which sees her step down as top dog, only to be replaced by Sandy Edwards.
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Season 4
Feb 9, 1982
80 episodes
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Season 5
Feb 1, 1983
90 episodes
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Season 6
Jan 17, 1984
89 episodes
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Season 7
Jan 24, 1985
83 episodes
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Season 8
Jan 9, 1986
104 episodes
