Elspeth and Patsy from Prisoner Cell Block H on UK TV

[@WorldNews92]

Everyone moaning about Meg's dress and Eamonn's questions, and I'm just sitting here amazed that Hilda Ogden managed to stay quiet through the whole thing! (Love Jean Alexander).

[@aw-h3875]

Oh god, wouldn't have realized that if you hadn't said. Hilda Ogden, Meg and Davo on the same sofa! Hilda's probably keeping quiet cos she knows their show is a million times better than hers!!

[@a1k078]

Loved Prisoner Cell Block H way back in 1980. I was 13.

[@rockys201]

Eamonn Holmes is such a colossal tool. He either has absolutely no tact, or he just doesn't care if he insults anyone

[@sexobscura]

He *is* Irish

[@robertcomer2767]

And yet in 1993 he worked in front of the appalling first GMTV set.

[@hugoboss5895]

Hilda Meg and the governor all together. Fine actress that played amazing characters.

[@coettenasielski4862]

Loved Prisoner Cell Block H

[@gledwood9108]

People always mention the flimsy sets in Prisoner but the sets weren't flimsy! As Erica Davidson points out (2:43 onwards) the actual TV studios building was used for filming meaning the corridors were real corridors and the rooms were real rooms. No wooden walls. The cell doors do look a bit flimsy considering it's meant to be a prison, but the set never wobbles the way people say it did! Fawlty Towers had the wobbly sets, not Prisoner!

[@simey1]

As much as I love Prisoner, the sets did occasionally wobble. You mention the walls being the real walls of the channel 10 studio which is true for the main walls however the cell walls/rec room/governor's office etc were a set so would wobble if someone was thrown against them or when a door was slammed but this was no different to any soap of the same period. There are plenty of videos on KZbin that show how the set did occasionally wobble but it's part of the charm of the show for me.

[@LeoVKMusic]

@@simey1 I’m 99% sure the walls of the corridors are all flats too... whenever anyone is slammed against them there is a suspiciously hollow sounding thud - not at all like real brick. I think Patsy is exaggerating a bit there. As far as I can tell, the only *real* walls featured are the ones on the exterior of the Channel Ten studio and the ones on the stairwell up to solitary (which was a real staircase in the studio). The rest is all set. That being said - not nearly as bad as many people make out! Although the “exterior” backdrop for Driscoll House was diabolical! 😆

[@simey1]

@@LeoVKMusic Yes absolutely, I've seen the set tour with Maggie K cheers

[@ashtonrichardson3825]

WRONG. YOU ABSOLUTE MORON

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

@@simey1 it wouldn't be Prisoner Cell Block H without it

[@pamelahanlon3110]

good quip from Patsy about prisoner trying to tunnel out

[@kystars]

What classy ladies they are! Most of the people on that show go to the reunions and talk with good memories of the show. Really it was so wonderful to find it on KZbin. the whole show, every season, AMAZING. He talks about the sets, yes I heard they were a bit weak,but I never noticed. It fulfilled the job. The laundry room, I felt like I worked in there all those years really. AMAZING shows and really made me notice Australia more :) Australia and America have always been very good allies. Britain as well :) AND Canada and New Zealand :)

[@simey1]

Unfortunately the 1st and 2nd years of Prisoner episodes have now been removed from youtube.

[@baileye10]

eamon holmes is such a knob! i love pcbh

[@allenmx]

Great to see this - thanks simey1 ;-)

[@DVDeMm]

Rofl my thoughts exactly! I thought it was just Meg's fashion sense that was bad but omgosh Elspeth takes the biscuit! Patsy's voice

[@gledwood9108]

It's funny that Eammon remarks on the fashion styles as "yonks ago" in this interview shot only 3 years after Prisoner Ended (it ended in 1986, so that must be around 1989)... Most people today wouldn't look at something from 2013 or so and see it as visibly "dated" but that's what it was like in the 70s, 80s and 90s (not to mention the 50s and 60s!!!). Some people seem to think today's world's moving faster... but in a way it's slowed down massively!! Surely I'm not the only person who thinks this ...?!?

[@simey1]

It's probably more like 10 years as the episodes they were watching in 1989 were 1979 episodes of Prisoner

[@gledwood9108]

​@@simey1 I should have mentioned Wentworth in that answer because series 1 is already 7 years old and it doesn't look the slightest bit dated to my eyes... maybe I'm just really old now. I don't know... I can't tell... Seems to me fashion has really slowed down

[@simey1]

@@gledwood9108 Well I'm not sure about that but in regards to Prisoner, the first year 1979 looks very dated compared to later episodes of the show, the flared collars and flared trousers etc. 1980-86 episodes manage to avoid looking too dated on comparison

[@gledwood9108]

@@simey1 I was watching episode 120 or so and some of the fashions really brought back memories of my 1970s childhood. I'm guessing episode 120 would have been screened around 1980 so I'm not surprised there.... I also watched the last 2 episodes to see how the Freak got her comeuppance and you're absolutely right. What looked most dated there was the mid-80s hairdos! Even Meg Morris had a feather cut and highlights! What makes it look the most old-fashioned to me, apart from the square picture, is the old style video picture. The street lights and traffic lights when Rita Connors escapes Wentworth and drives through the city have psychedelic trails after them on my TV at least.... this is due to the old style video cameras that got "dazzled" by anything too bright. It gives the picture an "old-fashioned video" look.....

[@buffalopauln]

Eammon is behaving like an idiot. How rude and ignorant to treat these charming, lovely, talented actresses this way. Not even researched properly and insulting about the show!! I would have 'donned' him one if I were there!! Where's Bea or Nola when you need them?

[@debwilliams7797]

I agree how rude and ignorant

[@aw-h3875]

The freak would have cut him down to size!

[@vanishingpoint2658]

What a patronising arse Eamon Holmes was being! Never seen any sets like it ? Remember 'Crossroads', Eamon! _THOSE_ were gimcrack, wobbly sets!

[@simey1]

What we tend to forget is by the time we saw Prisoner (in most ITV regions) it was already 10 years old, so looked dated in comparison.

[@vanishingpoint2658]

@@simey1 I wasn't commenting on any 'dated' aspect of the footage, though. My gripe is with the presenters patronising rudeness. Very ill-mannered.😕

[@bestdisco1979]

I can feel a meeeemo coming on.

[@MrChrisalf2004]

Elspeth is wearing her raincoat 😄

[@halloweenville1]

Its the 80'S or just after---looks high fashion for that time

[@debwilliams7797]

lol what is Elspeth wearing lol

[@christophertudor4727]

Whoops! It's as though Meg's hairstyle has been giving Elspeth advice on how to dress....heinous! 😂

[@Dodge76]

What is Elspeth wearing!

[@weirdofreak2505]

Dodge76 Clothes

[@PinkFloydFan74]

What the hell is Elspeth wearing?

[@debwilliams7797]

I know pastys is worst lol it was the 80s lol

[@debwilliams7797]

not a good picture very blurry

[@simey1]

deb Williams Thanks for the constructive comment (NOT). Considering this aired almost 30 years ago and was copied from an old vhs tape and uploaded here for the fans to enjoy, i dont think its a bad effort. I'm sure the majority of fans appreciate it but there's always one who doesn't!!

[@jaybuckby7192]

eamon hates the show you can tell lol

[@IC82Hillford]

Holmes has always been a crap interviewer then.

[@booth2710]

Yeah still hasn't got the hang of it

[@naparry4772]

"Are you embarrassed to be associated with it? I mean, the sets ... the acting ..." What an arrogant moron. A rounder version of Alan Partridge springs to mind.

[@mckavitt13]

The interviewer is not the king of tact.

[@ashtonrichardson3825]

What a horrible interviewer

[@rudderspamdex]

megs a walking maize!!!!

[@debwilliams7797]

what is a maize lol

[@Summer21.]

Mark meant a maze. 😃

[@derhampaul2182]

There dead

[@simey1]

It's 'They're' dead. Neither are dead, I believe Patsy is 94 now.