Fiona Spence Interview on Scottish Television (1990)

Fiona Spence best known for her role as Vera 'Vinegar Tits' Bennett in the classic Australian soap opera Prisoner, being interviewed by STV whilst promoting the UK touring production of Prisoner in 1990.

[@MoonOverYou]

I adore Fiona Spence! Gentle, sweet, beautiful lady--I could listen to her speak for hours.

[@monicagraham9972]

Its back on t.v again love watching fiona in prisoner cell block h she plays a great part,

[@darrenwelling7562]

I totally agree, never noticed a wobbly wall yet. Fiona is lovely, always so sweet and kind.

[@ryanwilliams1800]

there are wobbly walls in it, in some of the later episodes it's more noticeable(Rita/Kath era for sure) But the wobbly walls thing does get tiresome, you can watch Fawlty Towers and see wobbly walls and no one brings it up for that, but they do for Prisoner, so its annoying.

[@darrenwelling7562]

@@ryanwilliams1800 hi Ryan i used to notice the wobbly walls in fawlty towers he he, mainly in the dining room but tbh never noticed them in pcbh.

[@55napier]

She is absolutely fantastic.

[@robertbelyea5767]

I love her. She's so beautiful

[@vinowat]

Fiona Spence is TRULY amazing. I am stunned by her brilliance. I was trying to see a hint of Vera in her but genuinely could not. What an outstanding actress.

[@soniapedder87]

The only thing I could notice was that she looked like Vera more than she looked like Fiona if you get my meaning. I couldn't see Fiona, only Vera.

[@marktaurus206]

Fione spence is English born in the UK London 🇬🇧.

[@peterainsworth8026]

The sets didn't wobble when Fiona was in it.

[@monicagraham9972]

She's a brilliant actress

[@andrekeulemans473]

There's been enough Scenes that got Me to have a Good Laugh at

[@splinterbyrd]

The reason aussie soaps did so well here in the uk is because they are more upbeat, better acted and sunny (literally and metaphorically.) They have nothing of the misery and arrogant self-importance of British soap operas. They are also and frequently very funny. British soap operas are largely humourless. Coronation Street is also camp and patronizing. In short, Australian soap operas are better.

[@DistantCousin]

Nothing wrong with camp!

[@NickSBailey]

there were lots of really depressing story lines in prisoner lol I think aussie soaps do well here because in some ways we're more similar so they're highly relatable, more so than US TV, we share a lot of slang words as well

[@kerrijohnstone7588]

She was a lesbian, kept it very quiet ack then

[@mirandatarantella]

Yeah,I thought she was partnered with one of the script writers for Prisoner,Denise Morgan. Really sad that she thought she had to pretend that she was fielding potential male suitors. This was 1990,not 1890!!!

[@NickSBailey]

​@@mirandatarantella it's really rubbish people had to live a lie glad things have changed

[@davidwatt671]

Have you found a man! lol

[@mark1968]

She's beautiful. Celia and Vera are SO different. Just displays what a wonderfully versatile actress she is.

[@ajs41]

Was that annoying music originally on the interview? It's spoiling it.

[@offthetelly9187]

No, it was an overnight programme that was shown here a few years ago that used to show a compilation of all sorts of things from their archives, inbetween the announcer reading out texts and emails, and background music like this would always be playing over everything annoyingly.

[@DistantCousin]

At this point in time she was just as famous for Home and Away.

[@JockStrop]

wonderful actress

[@carla4229]

Such a fabulous actress and lovely lady xx💕💕

[@pak8606]

Who is the interviewer?

[@kbrat5465]

They’re successful overs here too