Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 275

Episode 275 of Prisoner. All rights to their owners.
"Prisoner: Cell Block H" "Episode 275" "Ep275" "Ep0275" "Complete Episode" "Complete Episodes" "Full Episode" "Full Episodes" "1982" "Season 4" "Season 04" "Season 004" "Bea Smith" "Val Lehman" "Judy Bryant" "Betty Bobbitt" "Lizzie Birdsworth" "Sheila Florance" "Doreen Anderson" "Doreen Burns" "Colette Mann" "Erica Davidson" "Patsy King" "Elspeth Ballantyne" "Meg Morris" "Meg Jackson" "Colleen Powell" "Judith McGrath" "Steve Fawkner" "Wayne Jarratt" "Margo Gaffney" "Jane Clifton" Susie Driscoll" "Jacqui Gordon" "Male Stripper" "Wentworth" "Wentworth Detention Centre" "Wentworth Prison" "Dangerous Women" "Bad Girls" "Within These Walls" "Orange is the New Black" "Oz" "Prison Drama" "Jail" "Gaol" "TV Show" "TV Series" "Television Show" "Crime Show"

[@endrightwinglunacy]

Absolutely priceless moment when Davo turns around and walks out the rec room without saying a word!

[@adamsmith5550]

Steve Fawkner is such a good screw

[@lamontbradford4630]

That's what Meg and Wendy says.

[@tefllife2024]

@@lamontbradford4630 lol and Sandy Edwards.

[@rosiew1952]

😜

[@GeorgeEugeneBarrett]

Susie later becomes Australia’s most notorious serial killer. The final words her victims hear were “Are you my mummy?”

[@karennicholls2296]

Funny, however, could be true. Not the most stable character in the show.

[@ross1748]

She's only in the show and is in almost every scene because of her famous father. Dreadful actress. She's another Lexie.

[@andyhodgson7692]

@@ross1748 I prefer her scenes to those of annoying Doreen Burns.

[@bernadettelamb5990]

​@@andyhodgson7692A backhanded compliment there 😂

[@rpatricknabors]

@@ross1748 now I know why there's so much focus on this annoying character.

[@syedfaruque2020]

Stripper scene was priceless!

[@sadiestoltzfus9798]

How in the hell did that guy make a living. Terrible body and dancing.🤮

[@3032l-k9z]

Joyce Barrie trying to cover up the stripper-she's hilarious!

[@philipwelshman9609]

Definitely one reason why I love Mrs. Barry.

[@MsVelasca]

Officer Barry's face is an absolute picture.

[@CornishMiner]

If you pause at Queen Bea's column, you'll discover that she writes about a housing development!

[@ozlass7778]

CornishMiner Yes I noticed that too. I paused it purely out of curiosity about what Bea had supposedly written about Susie. Then when I read it, I had to laugh. Considering that it was actually about a new housing estate that was being built in Clayton South hehe

[@samisticlife]

Perhaps she wrote two things as wasn't she reading the front page yet that journalist in the bar was reading the back page?

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

That Janet and Ian story-line seemed really contrived, almost like it was just to write the character out as quickly as they could.

[@thinkthensend9228]

I would have written it to get rid of them even faster. Now just to get rid of Suzy. A bus! Yes a bus wrecks into the rec room and hits her. Or a shark maybe?

[@Redsleather]

Looks like the actress was contracted up until the end of 1981, so it does seem like the writers looked for a swift exit for her. I don’t think Conway could have been a long term character

[@charlottewebb582]

From bunny boiler to marriage material in a couple of episodes quickest turn around ever was only a few episodes ago she was chasing Jim round and smashing his flat up

[@AnitaSharma-os4cr]

Yes probably mr marny comes back as a detective later

[@anthonymawer2954]

I LOVE PRISONER CELL BLOCK H

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

Oh good. Me too.

[@theresafoxworth2617]

Me too!!

[@tefllife2024]

Me three!

[@ThePatty1962]

wayne who played steve was so handsome, it is such a loss that he died so young at the age of 31 from a brain tumor. you always wondered what he would have done after he left the show. so sad.

[@eviem2514]

schlargnoise...jo's husband, Will be a perv.. and use Suzy on the farm for. a slave alright, a SEX slave.....ha ha😱

[@ozlass7778]

Firstly, I think you've replied to the wrong person and comment, Evie. Secondly, it's sad how your mind works.

[@sheriheffner2098]

I read that he had a wife and two little sons. Plus I think he made some movies.

[@stylefreakful]

Who would marry Janet she is so mardy

[@DavidClarke-ul4ip]

Awww that is so bloody sad he was a caring officer on the show like Jimbo Fletcher he was top geeza to

[@izaaksalazar6301]

This is one of those "Shut up Doreen!" type of episodes.. She's really getting on my nerves.

[@deborahkilby]

I miss Erica's original massive alien hair - do.Those profile angles were art !

[@lenarsa66]

The joy of seeing Joy Westmore in the stripper scene crowned by Patsy King's stern look before leaving... 🤣

[@kelbinjacque9572]

Mouse can clear up the question of No being Susie's mom

[@oktobersodyssey]

that's what I was thinking

[@androgyny77]

Yeah thats been driving me nuts!

[@marianp.741]

Kelbin Jacque me too!😃

[@gildastarr2932]

Kelbin Jacque omg it completely slipped my mind and I've been watching since i was a baby 🤣

[@ozlass7778]

Well, if it were that simple, it would have killed the entire storyline (especially what is to come down the track for Suzie).

[@westedk]

First episode of 1982 and the first showing of the animated spinning crystal of the Grundy logo. Ericas face when Steve chucks out the stripper - she just grins at the women and walks off!

[@ajs41]

Yes it was the first episode produced during 1982. The first episode shown in 1982 was episode 247 which was broadcast on 9th February 1982. Funny thing is that I'm up to episode 307 so far and the spinning crystal hasn't been shown again yet. This episode was shown on 18th May 1982. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prisoner_episodes

[@pak8606]

@@ajs41 The spinning Grundy Organization logo was only used on this episode of Prisoner and the next. Not sure why as it was used on 1982 produced episodes of both Sons and Daughters and The Young Doctors.

[@1981Galadriel]

The stripper stunt had to be one of the funniest things on the show. I'm glad to see that Steve's taste in women is improving. Wendy is very attractive. Just when I was softening on Doreen, she starts the bully act again. Now I wish Janie was there to rumble with her. At least Bea was willing to hear Jo out.

[@lamontbradford4630]

I wish we could have seen Janie beat up Doreen.

[@tefllife2024]

@@lamontbradford4630 Janie should've been transferred to Wentworth for a while and bully Doreen. Hi...Remember me...? You lagged on me you tubby bitch!!!

[@childrensorg856]

@@lamontbradford4630 I just wish Janie could come to Wentworth and do it again.

[@AnitaSharma-os4cr]

She is jealous

[@bdchiaccio]

I love how Faulkner does voices.

[@MrMogwali1]

He's almost as bad at voices as Helen Smart!

[@virginiaguiney1644]

Joyce Barry all edgy and flustered was hilarious. Left in hospital after birth, then left in a squalid flat at 12-weeks, not wanted by gran, no father, foster homes, children's homes and boarding schools, real mum murdered when I was 14, And Susie thinks she's had it rough? Written a book too.

[@Sheri451]

Virginia Guiney I'm sorry to hear this.

[@Kblog777]

What's your book called?

[@ozlass7778]

I'm sorry to hear that, Virginia. However, it's not a bloody competition either. I'd say that the character of Susie has had it pretty bloody hard in her own way too.

[@YourJellyFishAteMyTV]

I dunno how that stripper ever got work LMFAO

[@oktobersodyssey]

Happy Birthday, Queen Bea! ^_^ !!!

[@TheHighPriestessStudio]

23:13 Queen Bea's Column is about Architecture and ready to move in homes , no wonder she looked confused LOL where's Susie's story gone? Too funny, it's obvious the script writers never thought someday there would be freeze frame available 😃

[@MeathookCinema]

Or DVD's lol

[@burbercat3558]

Doreene "and we're short staffed" never thought I'd here a prisoner being short staffed.

[@AlanMclay]

Bet Bea (and the other women) won't forget that Birthday party in a hurry !

[@teralmiles]

If you quickly screenshot Queen Bea’s Column when it shows it in Bea’s hand, it has nothing to do with Susie on there. It’s waffling on about estate and property. Lol

[@shirleysmitten1074]

Powell's daughter is in big trouble! Love that stripper and Mrs. Barry dancing together. That was hilarious!

[@discoveryone]

loved the scene with Powell and Lizzie,very funny

[@ORIGINALREDY2MIX]

its funny how Doreen can be tough towards certain people lmao then get beat up by Everybody else and Ask bea to help fight her battles im confused

[@markxxx21]

Doreen is tough around people like Lynn Warner and Allison Paige and that's about it.

[@lamontbradford4630]

Dumb Doreen couldn't beat up Mouse.

[@carolinedutton5537]

ORIGINALREDY2MIX Doreen only bullies the weaker ones, then cries when the stronger ones bully her.

[@mike-kellydutkiewicz5991]

@@carolinedutton5537 and that childish attitude is so old now..she acts like a 5 yr old brat

[@bessiemorris5282]

Happy birthday to our number one top dog bea smith we love you 😊

[@Julie44Inlouisiana]

I wonder what happened to that lawyer steve. Seemed like he was the only lawyer in town.

[@laurenbrooks3091]

Oh.my.word. That strip tease scene! Freaking priceless. Officer Barry's reaction! Davo's "Miss Clavel's" intuition, and her and Faulkner's reactions. LMAO.

[@karennicholls2296]

Why does Doreen think she gets to be judge and jury on everyone? It's not her business. Let's face it, she's screwed up her own life. Wouldn't think that her analysis of any situation had much of a chance of being correct.

[@rosslamb6643]

The Barnhurst girls and Marie didn't bully Doreen enough as she's back to thinking she's tough. Maybe Bea needs to get sick again and we'll see how tough Boreen acts

[@karennicholls2296]

@@rosslamb6643 True.

[@rosslamb6643]

@@karennicholls2296 Doreens own kid got taken off her for being a rubbish mum. Where's Doreens bashing for that.

[@moominmay]

@@rosslamb6643they’d stick up for her saying she was only a kid - she gets a free pass on everything lol no wonder she gets increasingly confident and obnoxious

[@daugherofaset8648]

Bea looks great in her new uniform, such a cute shape.

[@samisticlife]

Sardines, crackers and mushrooms for a cake... it's an old bush recipe 😂

[@FluWorldOrder]

The humour littered through out this programme is 'Priceless',

[@josephd.2725]

Bea is not my favourite Top Dog, but no one works the steam press like she does... she really slams that thing down! Love it. Myra and Rita always used to be so gentle with it. Didn't quite pack the same punch!

[@MeathookCinema]

@@marycalmeiro1135 Its not. The steam press that was in Prisoner ended up in a Sydney gay bar (!)

[@glennphillips843]

R.i.p mrs barry 😢

[@tefllife2024]

And Betty Bobbitt a couple of weeks ago :(

[@glennphillips843]

Yes unfortunately 😢

[@sb6678]

And Colleen Powell. I’m more saddened to hear of her death than any of the others mentioned.

[@sheriheffner2098]

The woman has told them over and OVER, she is NOT Susie's mother. Why won't these women believe her?

[@Discobiscuit372]

Sardines, crackers and mushrooms for Bea’s cake? Lizzie : it’s an old bush recipe 😂😂😂😂

[@zoevincent4762]

Suzie in previous episodes has had a habit of fantasising about her absent family. Why are Bea, Dor and the rest pressurising Jo so much?

[@rosemiles-ford3544]

Cant wait for this Suzy storyline to end!

[@ecolin4906]

Powell's daughter, crimped hair...lol...so 80's

[@ozlass7778]

Eni Colin Oh I loved my crimped, teased and permed hair back in the 80's as a kid/teen hehe

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

@@ozlass7778 We were hot that's why.

[@Redsleather]

So were ‘disco pants’ 😆

[@billdimmer4965]

Doreen using the word callous ..? That's 😂 funny.

[@rosslamb7069]

That's a big word for Doreen, I really didn't think it would be in her vocabulary

[@absoluteb22]

The barman gets around, he was coming and going at the cinema when Ian & Janet ventured to see the Betty Davis film.

[@pattyparty2005]

If Jo is not Susie's mother or if she is, she needed to say so when the kid first mentioned it. Doreen, shut up!!!!!!!

[@beardsgirl]

Yes it was very annoying when Doreen just butted in when Jo was trying to tell her

[@lamontbradford4630]

Mrs. Barry wouldn't be covering the stripper if it was Merv Pringle.

[@TamiHooker-iv4py]

The look on Mrs, Berry's face when the stripper started was priceless 😂

[@NativeMoon]

Doreen is back to being a bully and playing the heavy. She really has a lot to learn. The stripper wasn’t that exciting but I guess he’s hot if you’re behind bars & have had to go without lol. Officer Barry was hilarious. I swear Davo wanted to laugh.

[@baronmeduse]

She's not bullying anyone. She's taking charge of the print room.

[@ross1748]

Transfer her back to barnhurst for another beating

[@baronmeduse]

@@ross1748 You need anger management sessions.

[@ross1748]

@@baronmeduse Bore off would you

[@baronmeduse]

@@ross1748 'Bore off' doesn't really mean anything. Boring comments though, you've supplied loads with that unbalanced fixation upon Doreen.

[@chrismarshall2283]

Gawd, Doreen gives me the irrits!

[@sean5990]

7:25 I'm sure Susie Driscal was 17 when she arrived at Wentworth.

[@sunndive]

Oh my god 44.03 look at the end of the gun i think its a novelty cigarette lighter !,

[@johnhenshaw8634]

oh that bloody music gets me all the time

[@daviddemarco8327]

The actress playing Joanne Slater played the female cop Judy knocked out at the hospital (prior to her escape)

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

Also she played the cop who interviewed Catherine Roberts (now Officer Parsons) daughter after she was raped in about episode 15.

[@karennicholls2296]

@@IndianChiefDarkhouse Thank you. Knew I'd seen her as a cop.

[@lamontbradford4630]

Jo was the cop who Bea drugged with sleeping pills. Abe she was the cop who investigated Sara Robert’s rape case.

[@kevintraynor4508]

Dorren being her usual anoying self. No wonder Bea get anoyed with her sometimes

[@MsMystique420]

*Bea* "Do I get to keep it or can I eat it here"? LOL Too funny!!!!!

[@jiggarypokery]

The lovely Helen Noonan who played my favourite Wentworth receptionist, can't believe she is no longer with us.

[@ozlass7778]

jiggarypokery Oh, so sorry to hear that. Although I found her character a little awkward while she was dating Steve Fawkner. I didn't mind her as the receptionist, with her occasional snide comments and jokes towards some of the staff, like Vera etc.

[@ajs41]

She looks pretty young here but was in fact 33 or 34.

[@Redsleather]

Sadly so many actresses have passed from the series now

[@baronmeduse]

@@ajs41 That is young.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

@@baronmeduse 33 is young to me!

[@sassy_brit1975]

Happy Birthday Queen Bea 👑 🐝 🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊

[@tamlynn786]

Why does Doreen always resort to bullying people she deems weaker than herself? I can stand her childish, ignorant, bullying ways! My least favorite character. I’m ready for her to go right back to the maternity ward!

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

Happy birthday Bea.

[@chris.c9885]

Looks as though Steve is moving on to Wendy, the receptionist. About time she was involved in a storyline and she should count herself very lucky to have Steve. !!!

[@carleneboulden4386]

Yeah, he got over Sandy quick didn't he. Lol.

[@eviem2514]

+Carlene Boulden ... Steve had to get over Sandy, she's a gone gone..😭 lil Steve(pen&s) is on the hunt .😛 cheeky Baby!

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

The scene with susie and Joanne was heart breaking

[@leozam]

Powell's daughter has Bowie teeth.

[@karennicholls8532]

That guy really was a stripper. He came to an office I worked in on one of the girl's birthdays. I remember another girl who worked there and was also a Prisoner fan coming over to me and saying - "hey Karen, wasn't that the stripper from Prisoner?"

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

Wow! That's interesting.

[@karennicholls8532]

Absolutely true story. The guy must have gotten around a bit however, as Prisoner was made in Melbourne and I worked in a suburb of Sydney.

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

@@karennicholls8532 Thanks for replying. That's interesting.

[@ajs41]

He looked like a real stripper to me so I'm not surprised.

[@tefllife2024]

@@karennicholls8532 in a book written by Andrew Mercado, on Aussie soaps, he definitely was a real stripper!

[@josephd.2725]

24:32 WTF? The typesetting for that headline is all f**ked up! LOL Great job ladies!

[@baronmeduse]

Wendy outside the reception area. About time.

[@sharonellis8776]

What a great way to celebrate Bea's Birthday ! xx

[@giovanni1965]

The part with the stripper made me laugh so hard lmao

[@newspapergrouch6341]

Happy Birthday, Queen Bea Smith..... If the storyline is to stay consistent: D.O.B: 8 February 1938- Age 44. Place of birth: Hobart,Tasmania,Australia. Episode # 275 Original air date: 18 May 1982 on Network Ten. Last aired: 3 December 2014 on 111 Greats

[@GothicTrunk]

Newspaper Grouch I was 1 day old when this episode originally aired

[@jtpinnyc]

Doreen looks totally different in the new lighting, you can actually see her eyes!

[@mike-kellydutkiewicz5991]

I can't stand her,the way she acts so childish and jealous of EVERYONE that comes in,it's gross.. then to accuse someone of lying 🤣 that's cute coming from her,that is all she does

[@bernadettelamb5990]

​@@mike-kellydutkiewicz5991Jo should jab her one straight in her nose

[@sb6678]

@@mike-kellydutkiewicz5991with that statement, you’ve just described yourself.

[@jtpinnyc]

Powell's kitchen = Sid's kitchen, obviously.

[@sb6678]

Well, they did live in the same street and with houses built to the same design it’s obvious they would have very similar kitchens

[@janeczekajlo5528]

I’m having trouble watching it from the start it skips episodes

[@karennicholls2296]

I found it on a bing website from the beginning. No comments just straight video. Just put into my search engine and found it. Went to youtube at 167 I think.

[@izaaksalazar6301]

Judy's cell window doesn't have glass?

[@bernadettelamb54]

Can Bea get sick again so Jo can slap the shite out of Doreen or send Doreen back to Barnhurst for another bashing which we get to see.

[@Redsleather]

At least Colette Mann saw the light and did the right thing before too long… it’s a pity a few more actresses didn’t do the same thing and go once the character got stale

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Like Meg. and Ferguson

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

Love Helen she's brill

[@michelleevans4948]

Wish she’d have been in it a lot more.

[@discoveryone]

knew i'd seen suzie's 'mum' Jo in this before...a policewoman in very early episode (18)

[@laineeoday162]

discoveryone what was the policewoman name

[@gavc6442]

1982! And a new spinning Grundy Hex 😃

[@samisticlife]

43:29 you could do tell Erica wanted to stay and join in

[@idiedoflaughterinc.4418]

Oh God.... the Powell family.

[@philipwelshman9609]

"It's jeans or it's nothing". What parent hasn't wanted to immediately retract a statement?

[@johnw2328]

Goodbye and piss off Ian and Janet 😀

[@carleneboulden4386]

Lmfao

[@65minimom]

like Ian but Janet is a weirdo & her face is very odd

[@chris.c9885]

Lizzie being caught by Powell stealing items for a 'cake', Sardines, mushrooms and crackers !! Dread to think what it would taste like !!

[@stuarttaylorsctconstructio9983]

Chris.C, same as the cake made in one of the carry on films on the boat, a cake from all the places the captain had visited.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

They are likely magic mushrooms, if Lizzie got them.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Likely magic mushrooms, if Lizzie took them😅

[@purplehazei9039]

​@@stuarttaylorsctconstructio9983Carry On Cruising.

[@Nacho-Mamma]

Ok, another rant, but about the paper this time. They are printing 1 page at a time, on standard 8 1/2 x 11 paper. So, how is the finished paper on 11 x 17 tabloid folded? IMPOSSIBLE! It would take 2 sheets of standard, printed on both sides & scotch taped down the center to turn out the finished size.

[@pauliejay4161]

Why don't they just ask Mouse if this woman is Susie's mother? Mouse used to babysit Susie and knew her mother. 23:14 - take the time to pause and read Bea's column - it's about an estate of blocks of land that was put on the market! 28:19 - Gee, I can't remember the last time I only spent $10 on petrol.

[@ozlass7778]

Paulie Jay It's been a long time too, since I even spent $10 on LPG. Not since the early 90's 😜

[@karennicholls2296]

I know. Once you're an adult, you may look older as years go by, however, you don't change that much.

[@leozam]

Powell's daughter. Good familial casting.

[@sheriheffner2098]

That wicker cabinet ended up in Meg Morris house later on.

[@ego1916]

Poor Joyce witnessing that :P

[@Sheri451]

All they have to do is get Mouse to prove the woman isn't Susie's mum. She would know her, after all, she sat for the girl. F off Doreen Start the bully shit again, I wish they'd put you back in Barnhurst and let Marie and Janie finish you off.Queen Bea's Column is really about a new housing development.

[@ComehitherwithHeather]

The boy from the service station is Lynne Warner's love interest..... Sid Butterfields son?

[@johnwalters4792]

Indeed well spotted.

[@rosewebb6308]

....LIZZY can pinch the eye out of a needle.......waH-haH ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEA...another year, at WE. !!!!

[@josephd.2725]

Lizzie's cake ingredients! LMAO... I think I'll pass!

[@shirelsnr]

Does anyone know where in Melbourne the BP petrol station (at 27:19) was located? There is no suburb named Salisbury in Melbourne , was it on Salisbury Road in Ashwood (an East Melbourne suburb)?

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

Love Mrs Barrie she's coming out 🐚 more my favourite screw at the moment better than Powell.

[@shafiquezaman3508]

The robbers went from a Mazda to a banger.

[@Imjustlurkingidk]

hahahahaha what a birthday present

[@bestdisco1979]

The male stripper music is from the soundtrack Breakfast at Tiffany’s the Audrey Hepburn movie.

[@jtpinnyc]

It really is unbelievable that the actress who played Driscoll was 20 years old at the time this was filmed. She literally comes across like a 10 year old, mainly because the writers wrote her that way.

[@lamontbradford4630]

That will make 8 years older than Doreen.

[@gripplehound]

Oh God if only petrol was still that price!! And people filled up for you and checked your oil and water!!

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

It's jeans or nothing! How many parents have said that? LOL

[@JulietRobin]

As a child I have always ben told to mind my business. Colleen's daughter is young but she should have just minded her business. Anyways it was VERY fortunate that the screw who got her spectacles pinched, got them In plenty of time to see the striptease dance. That dancer is as stiff as a horse though. LMAO. If he comes to Trinidad for carnival he will learn how to wine.

[@ozlass7778]

Juliet Robin There was nothing wrong with saying hi to someone she recognised. Especially in those days. He was simply the guy from the petrol station. And she wasn't to know that they were both going to end up kidnapping her. It might be a different world these days. But it's still not unusual to smile and maybe say Hi to a store attendant, when you just happen to walk past them down the street and you recognise each other. Not unless you live with so much fear. And you probably walk around with your head down all the time, to make sure that you never make eye contact with anyone out there.

[@jimhultqvist2539]

Syd Butterfield sure must be disappointed he's only son dropped out of uni to become a small time-crim. Wonky Warner did ruin him in the end after all.

[@GothicTrunk]

It's obvious that these episodes are lackluster fillers before Ferguson arrives