Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 293

[@patrickturner2417]

if we all had one nickle for every time bea said "oh shut up doreen" we could all retire tomorrow as rich people.

[@ajs41]

Erica's favourite phrase is "very well" and Vera's was "back to work, all of you".

[@jtpinnyc]

If they were writing Prisoner now they'd have it as a macro in Word.

[@jtpinnyc]

@@ajs41 "This is a prison, not a holiday camp"

[@bernadettelamb54]

And Suzies is 'Terrific'. I wish the character would die already.

[@thinkthensend9228]

It’s for Elizabeth

[@izaaksalazar6301]

I love how Lizzie stands up to Bea.

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

Chrissie is infuriating! She always makes the worst decisions!

[@JulietRobin]

She aggravates me!

[@chevken1831]

John Smith ...and then always blames the man by saying, "You BOSTARD".

[@thinkthensend9228]

She only makes stupid decisions for Elizabeth 😁

[@ResidentScrub]

Good on Jude for saying no to Bea!

[@ThePatty1962]

I love how the ladies are already working on getting rid of joan, she only arrived in episode 287, im looking forward to seeing what else they do to her. excellent show, im really enjoying it. thanks for the uploads, you have done a great job.

[@helengazzara8725]

patricia cannella wish they had gotten rid of her. Much preferred Vinegar.

[@baronmeduse]

2:25 Lorna finding the food so disgusting she has bury her face into her hands.😂

[@catlady0073]

Omg screaming!!!

[@biddendensue]

I'd forgotten how crooked The Freak was! Loving these shows - thanks for uploading them all, I'm in heaven!

[@aw-h3875]

So you've died and sent this comment from beyond the grave then? Lol

[@philipwelshman9609]

I don't fancy my chances of getting into Heaven.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Anywhere the freak is; isn't heaven. I realize she's only a character in the show. She's a good actress.

[@Jojok2003]

I love Beas little click at the beginning in the canteen. Hehe

[@woollett182]

Joan is one of the best villains in any tv show

[@kevincarlson668]

She was magnificent.She has that half smirk/half smile and swagger mastered.

[@bloopnation]

in real life she was arrested for molesting a 13 year old girl.

[@paulwalters5349]

Jock Stewart was better but Ferguson was good

[@NativeMoon]

Lizzie is dead right for calling Bea out about Judy. Yes The Freak needs to go but having Judy risk her parole shouldn't be a part of it. Bea is calling Judy a hypocrite but she's just the same. And my god Chrissie is all mouth but weak when the it comes to the punch.

[@jamesstewart7736]

Nah Bea and Liz are old friends. she would never hurt her friend for telling her what she knows deep down.

[@NativeMoon]

@@jamesstewart7736 I never said Bea would hurt Lizzie ... I know she wouldn't. 😒

[@jamesstewart7736]

@@NativeMoon apologies. I misread your comment. I thought you said Lizzie was dead but now I see you wrote dead right 🤣

[@NativeMoon]

@@jamesstewart7736 ohmahgah lolol 😂 Thank you for the apology though 😊

[@djdelight_musik7181]

I've gone right off chrissie this time round - bloody lagger

[@saxongreen78]

Chrissie is pure _poison_ - the scrapings of some grotty London dustbin!

[@jenniferjohnson6082]

IKR I thought she'd be dead by now. Lagging is their number 1 rule but it doesn't look like it

[@Summer21.]

DJDelight_Musik I went off Chrissie a year or two ago. Haha. I also got fed up of her going on about her daughter because that was all she talked about and all her storylines were linked to after that. Even Bea got fed up of her making excuses for her daughter like when Chrissie stole from the other women. She deserved to get an arse whooping as she never learns, so I'm glad Bea set a trap for her. I will also add the constant flirting and shagging (well, she wished anyway lol), her irrational and hysterical behaviour, situations that are sometimes her own fault that she gets herself into and ever learns, and her bloody hypocritical double standards about hating men, as if they made her go into prostitution in the past, but wanting love and affection from men and the other thing, ahem, as well. This may not be relevant, but her screaming when she gets hurt to the point that it is harrowing and somewhat, dare I say, irritating to hear after seeing those scenes many times when rewatching the series. The first example that comes to mind is when she got brutally searched for drugs by Margo Gaffney, Lil Stokes and Bev Cavelli in the corridor, thanks to that bitch, Sharon Gilmore, after coming back in the evening from the hospital to see her daughter. The second example is when she recently got thumped in hers and Hannah's cell for stealing the women's money by Bea, Ronnie Kennedy, and surprisingly enough, Lil Stokes again, while Doreen was keeping nit/watch on the door.

[@tylerjohnson5606]

CHRISSY LAGGIN LATHAM

[@aw-h3875]

So everyone's completely forgotten about the still then? When Ferguson arrived the officers were still (!) searching for it and were concerned about illicit alcohol in the prison. Also Clark Kent smuggles Chrissie's money in a zip up kids toy...which wasn't searched when he brought it in. I can understand the departments concerns about prison security...

[@1981Galadriel]

Well, Susie's storyline was disturbing this episode....

[@frankbrodie5168]

Dunno. I wish I'd got paid for losing my virginity. Instead I ended up getting sat on by a fat lass in a council care home back in 1980 with no reward except the horrific memories. lol

[@beardsgirl]

@@frankbrodie5168 that's grim 🤦and I thought my experience was bad 😂😂

[@boweryboy07]

Good on Lizzie and Doreen for setting Bea straight.

[@colleenlamb5521]

She was willing to smuggle letters out for Hannah

[@Christopherthomas587]

Amazing show from start to finish big thanks for your uploads

[@endrightwinglunacy]

I love these little snippets of Chrissie's life story.

[@timpaden3641]

Poor old Lorna! Everytime Bea wants a quiet word with someone, she tells Lorna and her mates to piss off!

[@raw_oyster]

Lol @ 2:22 The woman tastes her food and it made her cry 😂😂😭

[@maxb28]

14:36 Chrissie's favourite line to a man😂

[@ovormotssetgetsiin6359]

Indeed. The dude's voice reminds me of a skit from Monkey Dust, the Classically Trained Actor. hilarious stuff

[@elusivespirit2959]

All Judy has to do is wear a piece of jewellery, hand it to Bea, if it is noticed when she leaves, she only has to say she dropped it. Jewellery may be contraband but it isn't illegal. Everyone wears it and most of us have lost a piece while wearing it.

[@philipwelshman9609]

I agree, it wasn't drugs or even alcohol. Explaining alcohol would be difficult but not losing a pendant. If Judy wore it under her clothes as you might with a pendant, it probably wouldn't be noticed.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Agreed! Judy could have helped out.

[@TallSilentGuy]

40:34 Good Lord, the sight of Ferguson just smirking through the hatch like Robert De Niro and not saying a word was soooo creepy! **shudders** Chrissie, you spineless little trollop. It wouldn't have killed you to spend a few days in the pound for the sake of all the girls in H block but now you've royally bollocksed up everything!

[@michellewatts5907]

She keeps slipping out of her posh talk with the way she really talks ferguson😂

[@karennicholls2296]

Agree, however, her 1st impression was really all pretense. It's like when you are young and speak to your friends one way, those at work differently and your parents differently again. It's a matter of choosing your audience in a way.

[@endrightwinglunacy]

Haha...Bea clicking her fingers. That was way cool. She's firmly back on top.

[@stevencassidy6982]

Sometimes this show is downright disturbing - what happens to Susie is terrible. Apart from Marie Winter, Ferguson is a worthy opponent for Bea. What does it say in Bea's last episode - "We always win in the end"

[@Jverburgh]

What episode is Bea's last one?

[@83hayleigh]

+Jverburgh thinks it's episode 400

[@acesigma06]

Steven Cassidy the freak says "sooner or later I had to win" when she escorts Bea down he corridor

[@childrensorg856]

It was meant to shock back in the 80s

[@GothicTrunk]

why isn't anyone counting the episodes until Doreen leaves? lol I know she comes back a couple of times, but her regular cast member days are numbered

[@rosslamb7069]

Jeremy Doe The fat annoying spoilt brat lol

[@sb6678]

33:26 haha Susie saying the 35 year old guy is nearly old enough to be her father, well she is now old enough to be my mother 😂

[@bernadettelamb54]

By the time I've skipped through all Suzie scenes that's half the episode gone

[@sheriheffner2098]

Susie sure loves to lie. Just like Judge Judy says, " The only time a teenager doesn't lie is when.their mouth is closed, and that's when they're sleeping."

[@Summer21.]

For an older woman and a former court judge, Judy is too cynical and suspicious for her own good, especially towards younger people.

[@frankbrodie5168]

The prisoners trying to set Joan up for things she hasn't done is a fine example of 'the law of unintended consequences' at work. Joan has already done well more than enough to warrant dismissal in her short time at Wentworth. But instead of telling the truth and at the very least putting her on the back foot, they all revert to type, and attempt to stitch her up by lying about stuff. Thus when it all blows over and Joan is found to be innocent of the things she IS being accused of, it simply cements her position and makes her all that much harder to shift from then on. A perfect example of why the criminal mind is often found wanting.

[@Summer21.]

The scene from 11:42 to 13:10. Judy (an ex-inmate) and Meg (an off duty prison officer) are both wearing checked shirts. They can't seem to keep away from the checked shirt idea in Wentworth. 😄

[@Redsleather]

They should have let Judy have her beloved dungarees as a leaving present

[@hrhlou]

Suzie isn't naive, she's simple.

[@lamontbradford4630]

She's dumber than Doreen.

[@marcneijts9942]

Watching this after Wentworth on Netflix Glad I found it It's great

[@Redsleather]

And annoying

[@David-h4z2s]

She's dense she needs a job at MC Donald's and

[@Sheri451]

At 2:25, Lorna must have got hold of a nasty bit of food, she looked as if she was going to chuck the stuff. EEWW.

[@ovormotssetgetsiin6359]

I noticed that too! haha

[@bdchiaccio]

That "freak" can have a go anytime she likes. There it is. Big J becomes "The Freak" and Bea christened her.

[@theatheistgoddess9730]

Looks like they would have learned by now that Chrissy can't keep her mouth shut.

[@zoevincent4762]

Aaaargh! Suzie and the 35 year old business man, so wrong, so utterly wrong! Don't do it Suze...

[@rosiew1952]

your so right ,, sicko . and to think there is worse out there these days

[@bernadettelamb54]

Since when did Lizzie share with Lorna?

[@charlottewebb582]

Think someone needs to explain to Donna what tall dark and handsome means!!! Because that bloke is definitely not any of them!!!

[@fabpcbhfan9592]

15:35 🦶🏻🦶🏻"footsie with ferguson"🤣

[@8ballpoolking1]

Bea was way out of line for asking Judy to risk her parole like that. Its obvious Bea has met her match in Joan and she's desperate for help, but to expect it that way is both unfair and unacceptable. Good on Judy for standing her ground, she's had too many setbacks already without inviting further trouble upon herself. Chrissie must have become tired of living or something because she seems to have developed an uncanny knack of rubbing Bea up the wrong way since her return. I hope Bea sorts her out good and proper for lagging to Joan about the setup plan.

[@chris.c9885]

8ballpoolking1 Totally agree with Bea being out of line with Judy. Judy was supposed to be one of her best friends so she shouldn't of put her as risk of breaking her parole. Good for Judy though for standing up to Bea and saying 'No'. Judy has too much to lose

[@carleneboulden4386]

Chrissie must get turned on by beas bashings lol

[@johnw2328]

Carlene Boulden Bea might enjoy smacking Lathams arse😊

[@carleneboulden4386]

Yeah, I agree Bea was out of order expecting poor Jude to risk her perole. But Bea was right about 1 thing, if it had of been ok' Jocky they wanted rid of, Jude would of probably helped. What do you think JH JH ??

[@carleneboulden4386]

JH JH yeah LOL, who wouldn't

[@lamontbradford4630]

It's funny. A few episodes ago Susie had her first 🍻 beer and never drank before. Now she's drinking like a fish.

[@michellewatts5907]

Call her guzzler🥃🍸

[@oktobersodyssey]

hiding cash in your pocket... or bra... lining of your clothes... the screws would never think to look there :-/

[@Fledeye]

Oktober Stone They won’t look there though will they. They didn’t even check under the mattress when they were looking for drugs!

[@michellewatts5907]

They do

[@syedfaruque2020]

II wouldn't do anything to risk a mate's parole. Lizzy you got a short memory. Liquor store and Doreen copping the shoplifting charge. just before she was to get married. Ring any bells? 22:45

[@carleneboulden4386]

Yep to true

[@sharknewswires3104]

that was totally different. Lizzie was of her face when that happened on the booze .

[@AmandaEm7]

The script writers forgot their stories

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

The best bit of the Susie and Donna storyline is reliving all those 1980s fashions. Damn we looked good - fluros and block pastels ruled!!!!

[@michellewatts5907]

They sure did😊😂

[@Redsleather]

Lemon disco pants need to make a comeback

[@PrisonerCellBlockH95]

Don't watch it then, simple as that

[@biddendensue]

If your connection is slow and the video keeps buffering, pause it and wait for the loading bar to go across, then watch it - no buffering.

[@a1wireless1964]

So much better now that the freak is in the picture... Like the sixth time I watch this and it just gets better each time

[@zelmumanin9671]

No

[@Summer21.]

The Freak gets tiresome after a while, because of being overused by the writers and by the producers, making her become a caricature of herself and making you wish that the character had left the series sooner. 😲

[@laurenbrooks3091]

*12:43* We _finally_ find out what happened to the first halfway house!

[@maadmaestro]

For a minute there it looked like Bea's new haircut had gone to her head!...Chrisssie the sssnake!

[@NickFerns]

Does Ferguson ever actually get her hands on Simpson? Seems to be a lot of near misses :P

[@absoluteb22]

Hopefully she seals the deal.

[@jenniferjohnson6082]

40:25 the freak visit is so creepy

[@DD-md5fi]

them gloves man 😂😂😂 & there's NO WAY that fella is 35 🤔🤔🤔

[@outtherelivinginthepub1973]

Lizzie is forgetting that her and doreen risked both their paroles when they nicked booze out of the off licence one time when fletch was deputy gov.

[@bernadettelamb54]

We finally got an update on the old half way house

[@jamesquinn3715]

21:20..... How does Smith stay top dog saying things like ok girls buzz off?

[@JulietRobin]

I was pissed when Suzie asked the old man to stay longer. He was going. I guess Suzie I guess it has something to do with the way she was treated while growing up. And Chrissie! Good grief! Why the HELL did she have to go lagging to The Freak. Bea's gonna have her Guts for Garthers! LMAO!

[@ajs41]

Elizabeth always come first with Chrissie.

[@ovormotssetgetsiin6359]

@@ajs41 - turns out, Elizabeth is a man.

[@jtpinnyc]

Chrissie: "Bastard"

[@DEBBIEGIBSON22]

nope sorry, nothing is ever gonna work anymore, all the freak has to do is mention her daughter and she tells all, chrissie has to go and i hope its soon

[@WolvesofWilloughbyChase]

"kinky for virgins" that line always makes me laugh and feel repulsed equally.

[@darrendunn134]

Lol suzie he's old enough be my father she's rite 🤣

[@MissX905]

She got herself into what ever happened to her as she took the drinks they were offering knowing full well what her "friend" does with men....Heck she just keeps digging herself deeper and deeper. Meg even was there to help her but she lied to her as well. It's not right what those 3 are doing but Suzie needs to snap out of it but she is desperate for $$. That's how those kind of guys get the girls into the profession

[@rosslamb7069]

Watching the second time around Hannah and Chrissie are very similar, both only care about themselves besides Elizabeth and Hannah's mum

[@MsMystique420]

Whatever happened to the "grog" they made? And the key they fashioned to get to it? Maybe i blinked and missed that. I have a terrible time with memory :(

[@jamessky9155]

Oh Chrissie you little ole lagger! 17th May 2023.

[@louisejenkins7005]

Here comes Doc Miller without his mild sedatives

[@tazclancy4]

Was obsessed with Wentworth but was too young for cell block H when it was on in 80s, vague memories watching it with my granny though ... On episode 300 nearly now so good matching up all the old story's n characters too the new ones brilliant show

[@dieselgav]

This, and the next episode (294) originally aired in Melbourne on Network Ten as a double-bill on 20th July 1982. 293 was first broadcast in the UK on ITV Central, Saturday, 8th April 1989, and 294 on Sunday, 9th April 1989. It aired nationally in the UK on Channel 5, Tuesday, 16th June 1998.

[@dieselgav]

Archways into living rooms with bannister spindles normally associated with a staircase were very popular with the set designers of this show, along with the shallow staircase and the obligatory head-height door knobs !

[@thinkthensend9228]

I thought we let Suzy out on parole 😢 😭 😿. I want her gone

[@Redsleather]

Driscoll was in the show around 5 months, but it felt like longer

[@AlanMclay]

Bloody Chrissie, can't keep her mouth shut. Bea isn't going to be happy.

[@prisonerofthenight4975]

14:00 Funny how none of the guards are supervising Chrissie's visit. That's the first time ever in the series that an inmate has been able to get away with that.

[@TallSilentGuy]

PrisoneroftheNight When visits take place in the garden the screws don't always hover right over the prisoner and visitor. Sometimes they drop back a few yards and give them breathing space.

[@michellewatts5907]

I must have missed that bit🤪

[@RustyKeys72]

First mention of the word 'Freak'. History in the making ladies and gentlemen.

[@simonsaysrewind]

Freak was first mentioned 2 episodes ago. Doreen is first one to say it. 👍

[@hunxlam115]

Love Bea; all fired up cos she wants to get the freak, but must make a start on those teddy bears first...! LMAO!!!

[@andrewmorrice9139]

22:35 And here was me thinking that as soon as the left the prison the should sever all ties. Which is it, Bea?

[@charlottethecat6302]

I hate pimps they should get at least 10 years in prison

[@childrensorg856]

Agree.

[@David-h4z2s]

Pumps are turds

[@David-h4z2s]

Pimps Are Turds

[@darrendunn134]

Maggie class actress 👏

[@Julie44Inlouisiana]

Oh god.....the soft toy scheme again? Nobody will buy that crap

[@moominmay]

Despite loving Elizabeth, Chrissies refusal to do things by the book will just put her child’s life in jeopardy causing her to repeat the same yo to prison cycle. At this stage she’s had enough chances and even behind bars she’s making choices to put her little girl at risk 🤦🏻‍♀️. If she was real I wouldn’t support her regaining custody!

[@rosslamb6643]

How is Suzie getting in all these night clubs lol she looks so young

[@michellewatts5907]

True😂😂😂

[@rosslamb6643]

@@michellewatts5907 If I was the bouncer I'd tell her to go home as I'd get fired if anything happened to her in there.

[@Redsleather]

Fake ID probably

[@helengazzara8725]

Welcome back Bazza!

[@elizabethprice4478]

I'm a fan of this show, I've been trying to imagine "freak" working with Vera lol. Vera doesn't look so bad anymore lmao.

[@eviem2514]

Elizabeth Price... view prisoner cell block h.... vera bennett meets Joan ferguson... funny as fu@&. its about 5 minutes long😁😱

[@ovormotssetgetsiin6359]

I think Vera would have been repulsed by Joan. First of all, Vera didn't suffer homosexuals gracefully. Secondly, she hated ALL rule-breakers unless they wheedled their way into her heart. Vera was a lot of things, but dirty-handed was not one of them. I miss her.

[@tefllife2024]

@@ovormotssetgetsiin6359 Vera would've went to Mrs Davidson: Vera: Mrs Davidson, she's a a a Erica: a leaasbian? Vera: yes and I think she's playing around with one of the girls!

[@sadiestoltzfus9798]

@@ovormotssetgetsiin6359 Vera was honest I would have liked to see Vera and Joan on the show together. Or better yet Frankie Doyle.

[@jamesmiller6441]

so ferguson says them not working isnt a big deal but in later eps if they dont work the department goes crazy love how things like that change lol

[@annalaios5244]

I love Duncan's accent.

[@Redsleather]

Have you worked out what it’s supposed to be yet?

[@annalaios5244]

@@Redsleather I think it is Scottish.

[@David-h4z2s]

Sounds Geordie

[@vegangoth6761]

@@David-h4z2s it’s definitely Scottish. His name is Duncan Campbell, that’s Scottish in itself lol. Also, Prisoner has more than their fair share of Scottish bit part actors. I’ve always loved that about this show

[@PrisonerCellBlockH95]

Cheers to that! :D

[@shakeshaft100]

whats up with the freak and them gloves is she scare of leaving finger prints

[@jaybuckby7192]

thinks because she thinks dirtying her hands the filth lol

[@michellewatts5907]

Poor Suzie having to pro herself.

[@michellewatts5907]

I who's got Lizzie's photo frame what a killer with meg Morris.🤭🤭🤭

[@darrendunn134]

Hannah can stand up for herself

[@NeilsidneejmasIreland]

Susie is the image of Baby Spice

[@grecosgreecedaz6026]

Chrissy dont mind me I only live here lol

[@petraohlson3781]

Chrissie your juz out for yourself, another hiding for lagging bring it on girl

[@rosslamb6643]

Suzie lying about being 17

[@moominmay]

I thought Suzie already had a boyfriend - the chef from her last job?

[@MissX905]

Chrissie is as good as dead once Bea finds out

[@Beckford4000]

22:43 is that a fully naked guy on the board in the background (above Lizzie's head)?

[@sheriheffner2098]

I have read Betty Bobbitt's book and have saw a photo of Judith McGrath and it's during Prisoner, I am wondering if she wore a wig because her hair looked very short?

[@Redsleather]

Powell’s hair was awful for most of her time on the show, especially the hair clips

[@ajs41]

This was the first of a double-header on 20th July 1982.

[@tefllife2024]

Yep that sounds right. I remember watching the original run in '82 I remember Doreen's departure and it was a freezing night in the middle of winter (Australia).

[@Redsleather]

Filmed late summer then, February/March time?

[@ajs41]

@@Redsleather I think the usual gap was around 4 months. Maybe slightly longer if the Christmas holidays intervened.

[@huanking4238]

hmmmmm, not sure-, they 'closed' the still, to avoid detection, but i think they still had some hooch hidden inside it, maybe we'll find out in later episodes? as far as i remember they've still got the key to the boiler room after rescuing it from the meatloaf. :)

[@AmandaEm7]

Bea surely won't beat The Freak!

[@frankbrodie5168]

35 nearly old enough to be the father of a 16 year old? You want to try visiting South Yorkshire Suzy love. My own neice was a Grandmother at 33. Made the banner headline of the Daily Mail the day they reported it. Her family were all so proud. lol

[@jtpinnyc]

Lizzie reminds me of the first series of Blackadder

[@mrwill7834]

MAGGIE KIRKPATRICK PLAYS HER PART SO WELL, I'D BE TERRIFIED OF HER IF I WERE CHRISSIE OR DONNA. ITS THE LOOK ON HER FACE THAT GIVES ME THE SHIVVERS OF FEAR.

[@Redsleather]

Does she make you shout too? 😝

[@arlaabrell8658]

She's quite good at looking utterly repulsive in every way.