Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 326

[@stevencassidy6982]

This brought back great memories. A friend of mine used to watch 26 years ago and he used to do a great impression of Joan being strangled by Bea. It used to have me in stitches.

[@josephmullin5845]

Joan was only pretending to be unconscious to let Beas guard down so she could attack her the way she did seconds later.

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

25:45 - love the way Bea strokes her with the fork.... just the right amount of menace!

[@bodhikalisattva]

Did our little Mouse even stand a chance with all that hairspray at play? 😥😧 Loving the series and grateful for the uploads. Thanks! 💜

[@crasherfairy]

Finally the episode I've been waiting for!!!

[@PrisonerCellBlockH95]

My personal favourite episode :3

[@PrisonerCellBlockH95]

Best episode of the entire show!

[@queeng5925]

altho i did LOVE Jock getting his Karma... so wish we got to see him being helpless as a tetraplegic

[@johnm7027]

Certainly the best end-of-year cliffhanger. The fates of many characters hanging in the balance - Bea, Joan, Paddy, Barbara and even Erica.

[@johnm7027]

Certainly the best end-of-year cliff-hanger. The fates of many characters hanging in the balance - Bea, Joan, Paddy, Barbara and even Erica.

[@RichelleBremner]

Watching this from Episode 1, it’s been a great series to watch and it gets better and better as the series develops. Excellent series. 😊

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

@@RichelleBremner I'm glad that's your experience. 😁!

[@kevinlongman007]

The build up to this episode, the Great Fire itself and the fallout make this the best storyline in the whole series...

[@shock__treatment]

Jesus Christ. I'm on my first watch through from the beginning and had no idea this was coming. Such an incredible episode!

[@JeremiahEcks777]

It really marks the high point of all of Prisoner. It never ends on a better cliffhanger and it's never more epic... hope you enjoyed the next episode as much.

[@brianharrison3676]

I will never forget this episode. In my country they aired it as a 2 hour special event. I was 12 at the time. Absolutely edge of seat and we all talked about it in primary school the next day lol.

[@jenimurray001]

It’s about round 7 for me! ! 😂😂😂

[@gxv3tv]

​@@jenimurray001 lol I thought I was the only one who did that. Thank god.

[@jenimurray001]

@@gxv3tvnope! 🤣🤣 and it won’t be my last either! 🤣🤣

[@frankbrodie5168]

You gotta love Margo's gung-ho character. "Fuck this.. if we're burning stuff.. we're burning EVERYTHING!" It's why her character is loved by fans of PCBH I reckon. She's just yer basic crim nutter. No frills.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

The Freak reminds me of Michael Myers. The way she wakes up and goes after Bea.😅😅

[@PaulDoe79]

The Fire of Wentworth! One of the most exciting episodes of the show!

[@charlottewebb582]

It's almost 5am I'm gonna have to wait until the afternoon to watch the next episode if I can that is 😂😂😭😱

[@soapsnthings4182]

The 4th season finale! Loved the Great Fire Of Wentworth cliffhanger. Poor Mouse. :-( Damn! Mopey Sarah survived.

[@LuciousLeeStetson]

Brilliant episode, its just gone 1am in the morning, but ive got to watch the next one, Poor Mouse.

[@musicfan8048]

@Jamie Nelson ok she's running down the hallway in flames she guna survive??? lol

[@nwnmonk7034]

Poor Judy has ONE blue flannel shirt.

[@lisaann3063]

Starting this episode take a shot every time Judy says “oh my God!!!” Guaranteed you’ll be drunk within a few episodes.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

I picture Ferguson walking through the fire laughing, playing a violin

[@EA7SC]

Been waiting for this episode. The Great fire. R.I.P Mouse and Fields

[@markoakerbee3220]

One of my favourites!! I love the Bea/Joan scenes!!!

[@Summer21.]

Joan’s drinking a hot cup of coffee instead of other times when the officers are drinking cold tea or coffee, or miming that they’re drinking anything at all. 😃😄

[@rathouselibrarymusic]

No matter how many times I watch this it never gets boring!

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

Well said.

[@susi-emily]

When I mentioned at work that I was watching Prisoner again. A colleague said "Again?!! You only watched it about 3years ago." He couldn't believe that I run through it every 3-4 years. There are so many episodes it's impossible to remember everything so it's never repetitive. It's also interesting how I react differently to characters since the previous time I watched it. On previous viewings I liked Susie Driscoll. This time, she irritated me.

[@prettymind.1405]

Was gonna say i admire the Freak for trying to save Bea but then i realized that she is only trying to save herself.

[@lamontbradford4630]

The greatest prisoner episode ever.

[@discoveryone]

gripping stuff! overdosed on episodes trying to get up to this one but was soooo worth it. so good we dont have to wait a week for the next one! : )

[@dilzappa]

Judy trying to cheer Sarah up after her boyfriend's death is like watching her give a drowning man a glass of water.

[@endrightwinglunacy]

"Fields!...Get out here...Fields!" "You can trust me with one thing!...." "The diaries Smith, the diaries Smith, the diaries...." (actually it sounds a LOT more like "fucking" diaries than "bloody" diaries to me) All lines indelibly imprinted on my brain. And of course the music..."Computer Crime" by George Fenton. I remember watching this "live" years ago. I was blown away by it. I still am. Incredible stuff.

[@tonyjohansson7567]

Poor Mouse. Poor Barbara. They played their parts brilliant in thus episode.

[@nevermore380]

I love the music that starts at 33:32. it played when they attacked Ferguson on the stairwell too.

[@musicfan8048]

And when Marie catches Marlene finding her drugs

[@Problembeing]

So intense this episode. Been in a house fire, so this really brought that back. Big fire for a vast brick building...

[@jarrettnelson4035]

Best episode of the entire series

[@Beckford4000]

Anna Hruby (Paddy Lawson) - daughter of Czech jazz musician Zdenek Hruby. Greetings from the Czech Republic!

[@sb6678]

Well, the cliffhangers have certainly moved on since Karen Travers got shot in the first one,

[@RustyKeys72]

Gold! Pure gold! And to think, I randomly came across this series at episode 321 and stopped just before the fire and said "That's it. I'm going back to episode 1 and watching the whole damn thing." Well, now I"m back to where I was. Onward. Onward to 692! Happy days indeed.

[@Kblog777]

Wish I had the sense to do that. I started at episode 540 and watched til the end, and then went back to the beginning lol.

[@rayman760]

I love how the background characters were really given the chance to shine, and they were all used. I love the scene where the gates automatically shut, Babs, Mary, Lil, Tina, Jenny and Joy really come into their own.

[@TallSilentGuy]

rayman760 I have no idea who you're referring to!

[@rayman760]

Really? Like at all? You haven't picked up any of the background characters names yet? Oh right.... Like not even Lil or Tina?

[@TallSilentGuy]

rayman760 I think Lil is the frizzy-haired, middle-aged blonde who sometimes acts as a heavy. that's all I know!

[@rayman760]

Trust me dude by the time you get to the end you will knw them. Yeah that's Lil

[@seanh9080]

+rayman760 Where is Lorna? After sharing with Lizzie she went to hospital never to be seen again!

[@jamesstewart7736]

I remember watching this episode in the early 90s in the UK. Gripping stuff. very surreal watching it all these years later 😊

[@teresacalladine7479]

Me too

[@teresacalladine7479]

Maxi doesn't suit that kinda get up. It's just not her. Sorry to say

[@8ballpoolking1]

I was hoping Bea would kill Ferguson and if this was real life then I think she would have done just that because she looked in such a murderous mindset at that time. Bea had her right where she wanted her but then unfortunately she just let her off the hook!! Have to give Erica some credit here for going back into the building after it had burst into flames, that takes guts! Very entertaining and enjoyable episode.

[@charmainedempsey3669]

I like Bea Smith

[@josephd.2725]

But The Freak just keeps coming back, like The Terminator, she comes back to life and gets back up. Classic!

[@josephd.2725]

Erica Davidson is badass too. She might be fancy and posh, but when it comes down to it, she walks the walk... and went back into a burning inferno because she's ultimately responsible for the women. Huge respect!

[@jenniferjohnneeson1624]

Had bea killed joan they would have brought another evil screw into the fold, .Joan. had soft spots her father the major, her 2 dogs the Coulson daughter next door, Shane

[@AlanMclay]

What an episode ! Remember this storyline from when I watched Prisoner in the early 90's - who will survive the fire?

[@jamesstewart7736]

same here. I watched in the early 90s. Great stuff! what did you think of the rebooted series ? Wentworth.

[@AlanMclay]

@@jamesstewart7736 I enjoyed Wentworth, a good series with some memorable characters. Prisoner Cell Block H will always be my favourite.

[@jamesstewart7736]

@@AlanMclay nice reply. I'm inclined to agree with you. I think Wentworth was good for it's time but Prisoner was the OG 🙂

[@Cosford24]

@@jamesstewart7736 Yes, Prisoner was the best. I enjoyed the comedy aspects and the sad stories were always enjoyable. Those aspects were missing from Wentworth.

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

Best episode ever lost two characters in that 🔥 R.I.P 🐁 and Barbara

[@SapphireRose1982]

Epic episodes 326/327 my favorites of the series

[@EARGASmickTRON]

wow love it ! the best episode by far up to this point!

[@nevermore380]

I can understand Mouse not wanting to go into the vent to get out after the ordeal with the underground escape...but Barbara Fields was truly stupid going back to the governor's office just to get her files or Ferguson's diary or whatever.

[@boldbeautifulau]

38:28 the electrical wiring circuit. If that happened today, the gates would have flung open, not shut. Health and safety!!

[@countkostaki]

Amazing there were any inmates actually incarcerated considering they all knew how to pick locks and all the locks were simply undone with either a knife or a nail file....

[@londonboy1980]

Omg, this is the episode I've been waiting, best so far!!!!! The freak really stoned Beas head in!!!

[@biddendensue]

Ooh, I enjoyed that! I remember the early episodes and the last 200 or so, I think, but I must have missed a whole load in between! Thoroughly enjoying working my way through this lot. Thanks again for uploading them all.

[@deanhall4064]

Classic Episode - The Great Fire Of Wentworth. Poor Mouse, my favourite character is no longer with us!. This is the final rip roaring episode of season four originally broadcast in 1982.

[@teresacalladine7479]

Oh Shame

[@timothyfitz1010]

"If no one told you nothin', how come you know?" 0:30 🤣

[@outtherelivinginthepub1973]

43:25 Bea looked as though she was carrying some weight after the canteen??? There must be afew servings of mince and rice after the first take of that canteen scene earlier in 1 or 2 weeks. 😂

[@publover273]

Such a brilliant esemble cast giving it their all. Bravo to everyone involved in the making of this episode. And bravo, to the person who uploaded all these episodes.

[@raw5742]

This was mind blowing the first time I saw it on ITV I was up late by chance and after getting hocked on earlier episodes and seeing Bea being reduced to tears by the Freak . It was a massive gear shift to see a full episode with all out action for a teenage lad and DC commics junkie . The Freak waking was a real jolt ti to the senses - I think they even went to a comercal break straight after Beas attack ,. I thought the freak was gone for good and up to that point the most scariest villain on TV, The writers made her less menacing over time and more decent in many ways almost an anti hero so her conflict with Rita never had the same edge as these early Freak episodes and her battles with Bea. Not knowing who would survive after was unbearable . As the following episode was on a Sunday and it was bed by eleven for School the next morning . I even tried to read through the TV times in the hope it would get give me further info but all I saw was Ian Smiths name on the cast listing ( -I envisoned him playing a colourful hobo at Judy's half way house not Mr Douglas the head of the Dept the cast listing just said Mr Douglas )I thought that was odd as he was famous for being on Neighbours a family show . At the time Prisoner seemed very grown up and action orientated in comparison to daytime soaps . Prisoner was a grave yard series at the time ITV seldom put it on before the small hours and there was no social media to deduce plot lines . I can not explain the excitement of watching something like this back in the day of four channels and no internet . My heart was pounding on the way to bed and I was remonating about the whole episode the next day but could not tell anybody about it as I did not want my olds to know I'd watched Prisoner . By the end of 1991 when I could watch Prisoner freely and it was mainstream I was well disappointed when the final episode of the entire series was nothing like this cracking episode . As I'd been anticipating an explosive ending two years . I was well gutted at the more poignant moralising end to the show This episode was first screened in 1989 on Central TV. By the time Prisoner finished up on Central TV . It was acceptable to society my old man and his girlfriend saw it another silly series for kids and teachers freely admitted to watching it . Before that it was a sneaky midnight special back in the late 80s here in the UK. Getting away with watching it made me feel really adult at the time and I always used to dread someone waking up and catching me at it when there was a dramatic or violent scene or one that was bit risk que . This episode turned me into a prisoner addict and I never got to see how they got out of the fire until channel 4 screeened a repeat of it along with the next episode sometime in the late 90s ? In 1989 the next episode I got to watch was the start of Nolas reign of terror post Patty . whom I had a massive crush on at the time :_

[@ResidentScrub]

The sound of Bea’s head always makes me feel sick

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

I get it.

[@stylefreakful]

We had it on once a week in the Uk(it did got twice a week later on) so it lasted for years but yes we did get them long breaks also.

[@RustyKeys72]

Holy crap! I'm peaking! I'm a Prisoner virgin for this episode. I'm losing my mind!

[@teralmiles]

It truly is epic! This is my 3rd run of the whole 692 eps and this is the best story ever in my opinion.

[@RustyKeys72]

@@teralmiles Wow! Thanks for bringing this memory back to me. When I first watched the series 8 years ago I was in a dark place and the characters became my family for 18 months. It pulled me out of a bad time. Enjoy your 3rd run and all the best!

[@teralmiles]

@@RustyKeys72 Ah cheers. Hope all is good with you now. Take good care. Keep the Prisoner faith x

[@MarkWhich]

Noticed the last commercial break was at 30.07, it must of had extra commercial breaks before then, to save the last 15 minutes of uninterrupted action.

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

Meg Morris was the only original cast member left when it finished

[@Wayne814]

mrs morris was the only one from episode 1 to the end, but there were 2 background prisoners in it from episode 2 until the end, think they only had a few lines in the entire series

[@publover273]

​@@Wayne814 Lorna and Tina?

[@David315842]

15:02 Now Margo has used the term "bullshit" rarely heard, though it does get used every now and then on this show. :D

[@hrhlou]

An interview with Val Lehman said the censors were strict. Then you hear them say "bullshit". Ha!

[@jaynesheehy5237]

And she said "piss" too

[@David315842]

@@jaynesheehy5237 That wasn't as bad as 'shit'. Though it was heard on the show, but it wasn't heard too often.

[@David315842]

@@hrhlou Obviously they were not 'that' strict. LOL.

[@andrews6341]

The show was toned down much more later years in terms of language

[@lamontbradford4630]

All that moose and hairspray set Mouse on fire.

[@Potionette81]

Can't help being reminded of Romeo and Juliet, with Sarah and Alan's story.

[@jamesquinn3715]

11:20. That picture of that guy and dog behind max is in Wentworth in some eps

[@zaniac100]

Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp

[@jamestaylor935]

prisoner at its very best....................

[@kevintraynor4508]

Out of every episode iv seen this has to be the best episode ever

[@Itubrew2ube]

wow, what an episode. I luv this show. start to now and on

[@avafeeldrag7216]

Someone remind me not to look in the comments section half way through watching the episode😂

[@garywoolley01]

Best episode ever. Fact

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

I'd love to be in one of those cell trashing scenes.

[@jubileebaby9787]

35:26 that used to be my reaction when I found out my sister had stolen my food out the fridge..

[@colleenlamb5521]

Bea and Chrissie linking arms they've came a long way i like them being mates

[@Sheri451]

I guess this was the season finale. They do that stuff here also. Make you wait until fall to see who lives or dies on television programs.

[@SapphireRose1982]

Is this a private party or can anyone join? Oh I thought I'd let you attack me from behind, that's more your style isn't it..

[@spikeyroberto]

"the fuckin diaries!"

[@deliciousdazmo]

best bit of tv ever love it

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

spikeyroberto She actually said that.

[@teralmiles]

Tony and that bloody scarf!!

[@sb6678]

And his bloody handbag

[@christinaandrews9392]

Was in nappies when this was on but its great to watch become my latest binge

[@acesigma06]

Maggie still says "The diaries smith..the fu***ing diaries" 😂

[@davidbrown7116]

That Sarah looks about 40 and Judy says she's a kid lol

[@Nacho-Mamma]

Why's everybody running around like a Mouse on fire? 🤣 My 33rd time though the big BBQ, and that just came to me!

[@sassy_brit1975]

And finally this episode has arrived 💣💥

[@marycalmeiro1135]

When the Freak says a double murdereress. Smith should have said: "Make that a triple murderess.

[@Halfscotboy_39]

39:11 Oh good! Colleen knows her alphabet. A.B.C LOL 😂🤣

[@CallemJayNZ]

Judy's accent seems to come one episode and be gone the next

[@josephmullin5845]

At 34:27 that kind of fire would not be enough to burn the entire library unless Chrissie had put the table over by the book shelf and lit the fire.

[@Milks25]

This was a damn good episode.

[@Redsleather]

How long has Lawson been a smoker? Lighting up like a pro at 14:40

[@charlottewebb582]

I noticed that yesterday she was smoking and I can't remember seeing her smoke before then 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@djstephennicholls]

@38:10 The one and only use of the word "Fuck' in prisoner. "The diaries Smith, the diaries, the diaries, the fucking diaries".

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

True.

[@Summer21.]

If you listen closely, you hear Joan say “the bloody diaries”.

[@andrews6341]

@@Summer21. She does say the F word .

[@stevenmcghee6649]

@@andrews6341 I've been playing this as as audio file thru Audacity and adjusting the settings to take out as much of the background as possible - and she DOES, indeed, use the F-word. No doubt about it. Whether it was in the script or was an ad-lib is another matter!

[@rpatricknabors]

I like Mouse too bad she is gone

[@rpatricknabors]

@Jamie your fault for reading the comments first especially for a 30+ year old show.

[@rpatricknabors]

@Jamie too damned bad. Don't read the friggin comments first. Geez!

[@rpatricknabors]

@Jamie watch it again Fuck wit and you will see mouse's last appearance in this episode. Your head is shoved so far up your fat ass you can't see what's clearly in front of you. I am not responsible for your ignorance and lack of observation.

[@stuarthossack5351]

36:25 Ferguson giving us her best Lizzie impression!

[@frankbrodie5168]

692 episodes of PCBH. On my 5th go through now in late 2022 after more than a year without watching it. These episodes are still the ones I remember most from the entire series. (followed by the later Rita/Kath etc stuff.)

[@chris.c9885]

Brilliant episode !! Poor Mouse ended up being toasted . Bea, Ferguson, Paddy and Erica are all still inside !! Can't wait to see who survives Marks the end of Season 4

[@Sheri451]

+Chris.C Too bad Mouse didn't remember to stop, drop, and roll.

[@chris.c9885]

Sad her character was killed off. I liked her !

[@Sheri451]

Yes, I liked her too, what a terrific actress she is.

[@simonsaysrewind]

And You can see mouse Doreen Margo Judy all taking the piss in neighbours episode. 👍

[@kevinlongman007]

I'd like to get Tony in the mood!

[@89chrisj]

what a perfect way to end the 1982 season

[@JuanRodriguez-gj5ry]

Oh Maxine. You cheeky little hussie hahahahaha

[@sb6678]

More like a trollop

[@jmjohnson1081]

@15:53 come on MEG it's.... Elizabeth Josephine Birdsworth

[@2589hbradley]

pretty good ep i'm really gonna miss mouse

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

Best episode for a long time Bea taking on the freak Barbara looks old Margo is a pain.

[@josephd.2725]

Just as I remember it 28 years ago... Damn, Barbie succumbed to the smoke. She could be a stuck up so-and-so, but I was sad to see her collapse in the office. She was a hottie. And poor Mouse, silly bugger, she was a cutie pie too...

[@stevenmcghee6649]

She's about to become even hotter unless she gets up off the floor.

[@Natalie-qh3dd]

This episode stuck with me from a kid

[@zaniac100]

'The mattress! The mattress!' Sure enough later you see Joan has torn the mattress apart.

[@MarzieMalfoy]

Omg this is reminiscent of what happened in the modern Wentworth show. Wow!

[@GeorgiePotter]

Which is why I have no interest in the show, it's just a Prisoner rip off, it takes the names of the major characters and storylines and re hashes them.

[@cristinarichart1118]

Filthy Potter actually no it really doesn’t ...... used names yes but the stories are not similiar for the most part

[@charlottewebb582]

@@GeorgiePotter no your wrong the stories are much more believable and not similar to pcbh its definitely worth a watch the only thing that is the same are some of there names and a couple of background story's it really has done pcbh justice its just as good if not better ( and I'm a huge prisoner fan was way to young to watch it in the 90s) I love them both and the bits that are from prisoner are like a little nod to the past and the viewers that have seen the whole show it is worth a watch that's for sure... 😊😊

[@GeorgiePotter]

@@charlottewebb582 I think we will have to agree to disagree on this, for example why even use the same names as in the original? Just create new characters, it's nothing more than a cash grab and a play on nostalgia, and I hate that sort of thing, it's so lazy, If Wentworh was a true stand alone show I'd watch it, there are some great actors on there, just cut the connection with Prisoner, I so loath cash grab remakes.

[@charlottewebb582]

@@GeorgiePotter it's a shame because it really is worth a watch but I totally understand what u mean but it really isn't the same it's certainly got a massive following tho 😊

[@JulietRobin]

OMG! Congrats to the writers, directors, everyone who worked behind the scenes. Congrats to the actors OMG! I said it before and i'll say it again. NOBODY can top Australian soaps! Go to the head of the class Australia. I think i'm gonna watch this episode again before going to the next. I can't help it. This is life. Take Fields for eg. She'd rather risk her life staying back to get the diaries. She certainly got them but at what cost. Then the frigging Freak. As bad she she is, she had no control because she begged Bea for the keys but Bea was smarter than that. Bea knew that the freak would heave her to die. So best both of them die together. Last but not least that BLASTED FRIGGING Margo, She said she was not involved. She had to go and Muck up everything. Man if anyone dies I blame frigging Margo!

[@ajs41]

Great comment Juliet.

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

Margo was just trying to make sure that the diversion would work, she had no idea of the turpentine in the storeroom. unfortunate what happened. I liked Mouse I wish they would have kept her in the series. I wonder why they decided to write her out.

[@louisabailey1800]

It's not real calm down lol

[@josephd.2725]

Good stuff. Yes, Margo was annoying as hell, all the time! I guess it's a compliment to the acting.

[@charlottewebb582]

@@eugenedegeorge5084 margo thought she knew best as usual she didn't need to get involved she wasn't involved with anything so if the diversion didn't work it wud of made no difference to her she always has to stick her nose in where it isn't wanted if the women thought she was capable they wud of voted her top dog!!!! 🤣 🤣

[@riccardogiannandrea7239]

38:14 Does Miss Ferguson swear here? I was convinced so 30 years ago and I still am.

[@Summer21.]

Whether hitting the Freak from behind was Bea's style or not, it would have worked if Bea had just hit the Freak hard on the head from behind and she would have knocked her out. That way if the Freak had stayed there lying on the floor in that cell in isolation, she would have died due to smoke inhalation. Bea and the gang wouldn't have had to worry about her any more.

[@josephmullin5845]

Yeah i think it would have made an interesting storyline if Bea had knocked Joan out, they could have put it into the storyline that the fire brigade couldnt find Joans body and Joan is reported as missing. Something like that.

[@Potionette81]

Poor Miss Mousie.