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[HoldMeSteady]

Originally Posted by Daktari

Wentworth is ace! It's a contemporary take on the old Prisoner Cell Block H that many of know and love from yesteryear.

I'm part way through season 2. Thanks for the recommend! What was the Prisoner series like?

Originally Posted by HoldMeSteady

I'm part way through season 2. Thanks for the recommend! What was the Prisoner series like?

Let's just say Prisoner had dodgy 80s production values; the set could be as creaky as some of the dialogue but to us it didn't matter we loved it all the more.
There weren't, and still aren't, many shows with mostly female casts so they stand out in the memory. Prisoner was cult telly for every dyke (and many none dyke women) I knew back then.

In Prisoner, Bea is Top Dog and young upstarts like Reb don't last so long. Lizzy Birdsworth was always a favourite character with her grizzled old face. It's really weird as an original Prisoner fan to watch other actors playing the characters we knew and loved.

[HoldMeSteady]

Originally Posted by Daktari

Let's just say Prisoner had dodgy 80s production values; the set could be as creaky as some of the dialogue but to us it didn't matter we loved it all the more.
There weren't, and still aren't, many shows with mostly female casts so they stand out in the memory. Prisoner was cult telly for every dyke (and many none dyke women) I knew back then.

In Prisoner, Bea is Top Dog and young upstarts like Reb don't last so long. Lizzy Birdsworth was always a favourite character with her grizzled old face. It's really weird as an original Prisoner fan to watch other actors playing the characters we knew and loved.

That sounds like fun! Are you from Australia? I wonder if the Prisoner is available any where.

[WildHorses]

I am a bit um, never mind but does anyone else watch Wentworth?

It is a spin off- sort of new continuation of Prisoner - Cell Block H which I began watching in '79.

Originally Posted by HoldMeSteady

That sounds like fun! Are you from Australia? I wonder if the Prisoner is available any where.

Nah I'm not Aussie...UK got a fair amount of Aus tv from the late 70s through the 80s. Who could forget The Sullivans and Young Doctors. Not to mention the suburban horror of Neighbours!! Kylie and Jason anyone?!
Check the streaming sites for Prisoner.




Wild Horses you might want to read the rest of the page!

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by MrSunshine

If you like OTNB then you should check out "Wentworth". Just watched the first two seasons and they just approved season three. Can't wait!

Originally Posted by Daktari

Wentworth is ace! It's a contemporary take on the old Prisoner Cell Block H that many of know and love from yesteryear.

Thanks guys!

We would have never watched Wentworth, had I not read about it here.

We loved it and tried to limit ourselves to 2 episodes per night (it was difficult!).

We finished the 22 episodes last night. The GF did some research and found that Wentworth was a real prison in Australia that was closed in the 1920's. <<< Just a little trivia for you.

New episodes are supposed to be out sometime time in 2015.

[WildHorses]

I am going to try to find episodes of Prisoner Cell Block H that I use to watch in '79.
I think Wentworth is a type of updated version of it.

"Prisoner is an Australian soap opera, set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. In the United States and United Kingdom it was billed as Prisoner: Cell Block H, and in Canada as Caged Women. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation in Australia, and aired on Network Ten, running 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986, after originally only devised as a 16 part mini-series."

**Update- watch online here - http://www.watchprisonercellblockh.c...e-001-025.html

[ahk]

Recently watched-- GMO/OMG & Burt's Buzz.
Both really good.
Also watched, Night before Christmas & Avengers.

[HoldMeSteady]

Originally Posted by WildHorses

**Update- watch online here - http://www.watchprisonercellblockh.c...e-001-025.html

Thanks so much, WH. It even links to YouTube so I can watch it on my TV through the Xbox. I just watched a couple of seconds of it on my computer and the character I think is Frankie looks so much more butch. Seriously, got to give a thumbs down to a butch in prison wearing eye liner.