Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 88

[@3032l-k9z]

I love the way Bea and Lizzie were saying tearful farewells and Bea called her and old bag! HA!

[@8ballpoolking1]

Yet another fine episode that. Very moving scenes towards the end at Lizzie's party. I love Bea, she has a big heart and this just proves it. Have to feel sorry for Lizzie left sitting outside the gate with nobody to meet her. Paul has made a major slip up leaving that letter on his desk! Well done to Lizzie for sneaking the radio in to Ros before she left.

[@pamelacook4896]

Bea was a exceptional actress! She had me crying!

[@AbrasiousProductions]

me too!😭

[@sarahkorver2439]

Me too, omg I was having a real meltdown 😢xxx😊

[@digchri2]

Bea calling Lizzie a silly old bag and crying while calling out to take her pills and Lizzie saying how much Bea means to her, nearly had me bawling like a baby and then poor Lizzie being left to sit on her suitcase because Doreen doesn't know she's getting out, it's all so sad.

[@pamelacook4896]

I was crying too

[@cuccicucci4480]

This has been the saddest few minutes I've seen so far. The Lizzie goodbyes, the crying and her sitting on her suitcase after 20 years. OMG Vera is hearless, didn't even wait or care. I had to pause it to blow my nose at the end of the BBQ party.

[@cuccicucci4480]

Vera is HEARTless not hearless typo oh well complain then lol.

[@spectrumlocalb191]

digchri2 Same here kinda sad, does she get picked up in the next episode. DID the actress playing Lizzy have cancer at this point

[@spectrumlocalb191]

Cucci Cucci Actually Vera felt sorry for her you could see it in her eyes, and looking back Vera never treated Lizzy bad the whole series it was just she could not let her guard down. Does anyone know what episode Vegas character leaves and that nasty bitch Ferguson comes in.

[@deanelydiard1846]

So sad to see Lizzie go , this show was so well written and ahead of it's time. Found memories of long gone carefree days...,

[@silvana8246]

lizzy is not going anywhere

[@davidmills3332]

Lizzie is in it all the way to the end of season 5

[@3032l-k9z]

Lights! We need LIGHTS! It's giving me a piggin' headache trying to see the scenes in 10 watt bulbs!

[@Problembeing]

You read up about Sheila Florance's (Lizzie) life, it's full of tragedy, which I think she dips into so well. Poor old girl x

[@stevenmcghee6649]

Agreed. Truth is stranger (and sadder) than fiction at times.

[@Problembeing]

@@stevenmcghee6649 Sadly true, my friend.

[@1981Galadriel]

That scene with Lizzie left waiting made me sad :(

[@michelledavidson8190]

No matter how many times I watch the scene between Lizzie and Bea I want to cry.

[@teresacalladine7479]

Yes. Great stories. Amazing acting. Great relationships. So funny and Sad at times .

[@teresacalladine7479]

Me too

[@virginiaguiney1644]

Really emotional ep. Bea has a big heart. Vera has a frozen pea!

[@AlanMclay]

Jean Vernon wouldn't have forgot to give Doreen Lizzie's letter - he's bloody useless.

[@rosslamb7069]

No, she just vanishes into thin air instead

[@lamontbradford4630]

She would chase after Lee Anne Burke and con stupid Meg into taking Burke back into her home in which Meg agrees.

[@sandrajohnson5804]

Paul Reed could not do his job properly because of his lying spoiled brat son Tony !

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Paul Reid; Yuk!

[@izaaksalazar6301]

Bea saying goodbye to Lizzie was one of the saddest scenes of the series.

[@soapsnthings4182]

Once we start to see Paul's son Tony, we know Sharon Gilmour & Judy Bryant aren't too far away....

[@rosslamb7069]

Tony's an annoying cunt

[@karennicholls8532]

Not to mention Jock.

[@leewright1176]

@@karennicholls8532 jock... Best character ever.

[@thinkthensend9228]

I hated Sharon! But I guess that makes her a good actress😂

[@ResidentScrub]

@@karennicholls8532 Aye, Lassie

[@lisajade914]

Then again the freak makes Vera look like Pollyanna

[@Tecie-x5e]

Im all choked up... :-(

[@mcguire202]

I never normally cry at tv shows. But was in floods of tears at the end just as much as Bea. It may be an old show.. But this is to gold. Why on earth did they stop making this show. They never show this show anymore in the uk for some reason. Definitely wanting to buy the box sets

[@mcguire202]

Always frighten somebody will try to shut this channel Down. U know people can be like with copy right laws

[@malinachainey1564]

Same here, only prisoner and the new Wentworth get at me and make me cry

[@sheriheffner2098]

@@malinachainey1564 The Bold and the Beautiful makes me cry. With the Beth story and now little Douglas. I know you have B&B there.

[@sheriheffner2098]

I couldn't get them if I had the money to buy them. I live in America and we don't have region 2 DVDs. I guess I'll just enjoy it on here. With my fellow Prisoner fans. I LOVE this show. I loved.it as a sixteen year old in 1979-1980 and now I'm 56. Here in America, we got to the underground tunnel and Panto episode, then they took it completely off the air. Then in 2010, I was watching You Tube and saw Prisoner Cell Block H, episode 1, clicked it on and rediscovered my favorite Australian soap. 😀😍😘🤗👍

[@malinachainey1564]

@@sheriheffner2098 yup we definatly still have the bold and the beautiful on t.v. here. What does make me mad though is over the last 8 yrs or so they have been taking off majority of the other good soaps off like All My Children, Guiding Light, One Life to Live, etc. All for more and more reality or some type of talk show that are all like the other 1,00s we already have on t.v.🙄

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Round#2 of watching this series. Love these episodes. Ugh😢! I forgot about the Paul Reed and his son's storyline.

[@giovanni1965]

Bea, Lizzy doesn't drink beer it gives her wind lmao!!

[@nesemarie5381]

aweeeee I just LOVE that Lizzie so much

[@pamelacook4896]

Val was selected for several awards for that scene and the one with her daughter debbie! Which was her real life daughter!

[@tinahyattflanery8968]

I love this show

[@cuccicucci4480]

Me too and I really love your umm cat!

[@JulietRobin]

Awwww I swear I would not mind if I had a grand mom like Lizzie. She's so cool. Pity there were no smart phones at that time so that Roz and anyone who was in solitary would not really be alone. And Roz had that radio so dam loud, but it's just a movie. And then I felt so sad at the end seeing Lizzie outside all by herself. I would have thought that someone would have called Dor just to make sure, but it was an honest mistake. Lizzie's ticker definitely can't take this after being locked up for more than 20 years??? LORT!!

[@CelestialWriter01]

I've cried too much over characters named Liz this year. Such a sweet send off. ❤️❤️❤️

[@paulavine9420]

Emotional episode , especially the ending .

[@maxb28]

26:16 That Paul Reid acting like Columbo! You're a social worker, not a detective.

[@NativeMoon]

Awww - still can't help feeling bad for Lizzie sitting on her suitcase in the cold with no Boreen coming to fetch her thanks to Paul Reid. Of all the people who shouldn't be let down Lizzie is tops. Sheila was such a brilliant actress.

[@syedfaruque2020]

31;30 Meg and Paul? Match made in prison perhaps? Love Lizzys civvys. Especially her hat. 45:00

[@cynthiajones7514]

Lizzie's farewell had me in tears

[@teresacalladine7479]

Pure tears Lizzie and Bea.

[@spectrumlocalb191]

NOW THAT WE ALL CRIED LIKE BABIES ITS MAKING REG GRUNDY UP IN HEAVEN SMIKE

[@karennicholls8532]

Agree. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to cry.

[@derby1884]

Remembered his pipe but not the letter. Well, Mr.Paul Reid, I'd sack you for that.

[@TallSilentGuy]

4:52 It looks like Tony Reid has got an extra bit on the tip of his nose. I just want to fetch the scissors and snip it off!

[@widerbarbecue1321]

41:09 I love how all the women are singing to Lizzie except Vinegar,.It must have been really hard for Fiona to stand there sour faced and serious whilst all the others were happily singing away.

[@MsMystique420]

I wouldve REALLY LOVED Bennet to be admitted to Wentworth after that George Lucas episode. That wouldve been an awesome thing!~!!

[@melmazing3993]

Gawd Paul's son's nose is like a shovel scoop, its horrendous!

[@lisajade914]

I have laughed and cried with prisoner cellll block h but I love it

[@Coalnotdole]

Gotta admit, I started welling up when Lizzie and Bea were saying their goodbyes 😕

[@bdchiaccio]

Yay, someone's son =Sharon and that means, JUDE IS COMING!!!

[@karennicholls8532]

Hated Sharon.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

UGH😢 The Judy and Sharon drama!

[@stevencassidy6982]

Its a shame to see the originals leave - especially Lizzie. Liked Latham standing up to Bea...

[@martinjenkins5471]

Lizzie dosnt leave , she will be in and out a few times.

[@lampshade8818]

'No message' to slip the journalist? No, Vera; nothing apart from the ginormous stack of papers Bea handed to him, right under your nose that were hand written by the prisoners. I find it mind boggling how Erica hasn't done anything whatsoever to Paul Reid- he's admitted he knows who broke into her office but he's withholding the information. I would think that that makes him an accomplice in some ways- and as bad as the prisoner! But Erica just half smiled when he was being all lairy and refusing to say who it was. I would much rather listen to my own heart beating than that cacophanous hullabaloo!

[@actomo41]

She'll be back! Brilliant episode. The acting isn't as hammy as I remember. Vera lizzy and bea are really very good.

[@zanniroc]

yay writers,, they can make anything happen :) can't wait to watch lizzy and doreen's antics again cheers*

[@David315842]

33:56 Another rare instance that the word "shit" was used.

[@Summer21.]

I only just noticed that earlier today. Haha. 😄

[@GodsSmile]

tears welling up as lizzy goes

[@charlottewebb582]

Lizzies finds out gins is 15 dollars a bottle and says if she gets 50 dollars for her pension then that's about 4 bottles 😂😂 bless her guessing maths isn't her strong point 😂😂🤔 15dollars seems alot considering it was the early 80s

[@jencavacas4625]

I am guessing that grammar isn’t YOUR strong point. Lol

[@TheVidkid67]

They had some good radio stations in Oz back then. Roz is had some cool rock tunes on.

[@Kblog777]

Sounds a bit like Pink Floyd, great 70s classic rock. Would love to have heard Led Zeppelin on this show lol.

[@Kblog777]

Triple M nowadays thats good for rock.

[@TheVidkid67]

We have some shit radio stations on at work. Today's music is total bollocks :(

[@cuccicucci4480]

Now that the 80's are here the girl bands and guys with really long curly hair will be singing a few songs I hope. lol

[@sheriheffner2098]

My favorite music era was the 1980s. That was when MTV began too, 1980, Video Killed The Radio Star was the very first video.

[@philipwelshman9609]

I spent some time in borstal, we were allowed books and study material when we were in what was called the 'no contact' cell.

[@nakedmambo]

The music, when the social worker goes back to his flat, is almost identical to Bernard Herrmann's music in Vertigo.

[@Summer21.]

Two things I noticed that were strange in the script: Firstly, Chrissie told Paul that one of the cleaners or Paul himself could have gotten into Erica’s office during the alarm having been set off, to have found that police report about Lizzie. What cleaners? The prisoners are the ones who clean at Wentworth, no one else. 😆 Secondly, when Lizzie smuggled Vera’s radio, taped underneath the food tray to give to Ros at lunchtime with her lunch, she winked at Ros and Miss Phillips looked at her. Surely Miss Phillips would have come back to have checked to see if she could have found anything smuggled into solitary, or she might have heard Ros playing the radio, having given herself and Lizzie away. 😆

[@spectrumlocalb191]

PRODUCER REG GRUNDY DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS SERIES AND WENTWORTH CANT TOUCH IT BY A MILE. REG GRUNDY THEN GOT INTO GAME SHOWS WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON BUZZER WITH SALE OF THE CENTURY AND SUPERMARKET SWEEP.

[@sheriheffner2098]

Sale of The Century is good, and I love hearing Reg Grundy's name at the end. Supermarket Sweep is an Al Howard production I think.

[@GothicTrunk]

Paul's son is just so disco hustler looking. Sorry can't think of anything else.. the hair...the necklace.. ugh.

[@LittleMissJmoo]

Welcome to the 70s, early 80s....

[@spectrumlocalb191]

Jeremy Doe IT WAS THE TIMES DISCO WAS THE RAGE IN AUSTRALIA .

[@LuisaD93]

Gotta luv Lizzie!!

[@Nacho-Mamma]

No truer words spoken. There are so many different Lizzie's to love, it's so difficult choosing which one you like more. Fake heart attack Lizzie, Sticky Fingers Lizzie, Practical Joker Lizzie are just a few. But my favorite is the Drunk Singing At The Top Of Her Lungs In The Middle Of The Night Lizzie. One of my favorite Lizzie comments is between Drunk Lizzie & Vera. Very catches Lizzie with the booze from Erika's office, and tells her to stand up. Lizzie says, "I can't stand up. Me pins are too wobbly." And, "She pinched me grog!" lol

[@LuisaD93]

Nacho Mamma I know right ?!! Such a great actress!!

[@Nacho-Mamma]

Louise Reeves Sheila Florence was wonderful playing Lizzie.

[@392Lesley]

Oh my God,,, I cried!!! Thats between you and me..

[@tamlynn786]

Omg who cut onions??? this episode tugs at the heart cords 😢😢😢 Why did Lizzie write a letter to Doreen instead of calling her?? Seems like Davison would make sure the inmates have a way home before releasing them.

[@ajs41]

Still being produced in 1979, although the broadcast date was 19th February 1980.

[@Nacho-Mamma]

Later in the series, a similar "Lizzie's Release" story line takes place when Ettie Parslow is released. Ettie had spent nearly 40 years in prison without even getting a hearing.

[@sharonellis8776]

This was sad at the end, Bea had me crying. xx

[@MsMystique420]

i love "Queen" Bea and shes a hard ass, thats why when she cries.....it really gets to me. I so love this show!!!

[@beasmith2262]

i know bud and terrence my brother and i used to rent them from our local video shop in the cheap sections in the early 80s reed does look a little like him :) poor lizzie indeed i loved this show thanks so much for putting them on prisonercellblockh95 im having great fun being able to watch them all over again ,i am a massive val lehman fan bea rocked id love it if she turned up in summer bay haha

[@pattyparty2005]

Poor Lizzie doing all that time for something she didn't do. No amount of money could make up for all that lost time. I'm sure it happens all the time.

[@spectrumlocalb191]

FILMED IN REG GRUNDYS TV STUDIOS AND DAMN IF IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE A REAL PRISON. GREAT JOB ON GRUNDY PRODUCTIONS PART AND ALSO LYNN HAMILTON WHOS SONG MADE EVERYONE CRY MAMY TIMES AT THE END CREDITS.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

If I were Paul Reed, I'd quit. He must be pretty deperate for a job. Meg. should Warn Paul not to have sharp objects laying around when consulting Chrissy

[@jadebunnytait]

I just love watching prisoner, this is my 3rd time :-)

[@simosc2]

please tell me Ros gets written out soon

[@malinachainey1564]

God I hope so. I cant stand her or her stupid chip on her shoulder the min. Something doesnt go exactly the way it should. I much prefer her as Sonya in the new Wentworth.

[@jiggarypokery]

Really enjoying re watching these episodes on here. George Mallaby as the arrogant Paul Reid is brilliant. In fact all the main cast are at this point in the show. Very poor lighting at 23:00 though, you can hardly see the artists, its so dark.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

The cast themselves admitted that the lighting was a problem.

[@huanking4238]

Poor Lizzie, more staff at her leaving do than prisoners, only half a dozen of them bothered to turn up.

[@GeorgeEugeneBarrett]

@ 41:50 - that sounds like a remix of two Pink Floyd songs on the radio.

[@msnadiak]

Love the look of those flats from the outside at 08:49. Would love to know where they are situated.

[@ajs41]

Someone must know.

[@karennicholls8532]

Me too.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Typical Government run institution. Short staff, overtime, back stabbing employees, no one wants to work in these places. Brought into the office on a regular bases being accessed of somthing you didn't do.Despite the incompetence was management. In this case Davos and her subordinates.

[@zelmumanin9671]

This is my 7th tike watching and I still cry when lizy leaves

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

WOW! 7th time watching.

[@bernadettemcinerney7284]

I don't know her name but she was a big red head. Gotta love the lines.

[@Kblog777]

42:21 The women are singing old music hall and vaudeville songs outside in the sunshine, whilst Ros is in a dark solitary cell listening to what sounds like Pink Floyd. Quite fitting really lol.

[@Jamie-my6xx]

Am I watching prisoner or countless ads for gambling apps despite the fact that I've never clicked on any of them ever

[@stevenmcghee6649]

It's exaggerated for the purposes of TV but the problem of institutionalisation is all too real. Here, the person who realises that more than anyone else is Vera. I think Vera understands - more than Erica or Meg - the unique problems that confinement brings.....only her own personal hang-ups come to the fore any time she lowers her guard. I'm on my 8th run-through of the series now and, more than ever, I believe Vera is as much, if not more of, a 'prisoner' than any on the inmates we see portrayed.

[@cavaliothorson7755]

A term that I use for people like Vera is someone that "lives at work," but I think others say "married to their work".

[@Summer21.]

More than several episodes ago, Ros said to Vera in Solitary that she was a prisoner in her own way as well, so they do talk about these issues even if it’s only a passing comment or two, from one character to another. 😃

[@cavaliothorson7755]

@@Summer21. Yeah but characters like Vera and Bea don't know how to change and they think their way is the right way. There are moments though where it appears the actresses' irl personality seem to seep through to their character. (Character breaks if you would which are rare so I enjoy them.)

[@Redsleather]

@@cavaliothorson7755her work is all poor Vee has in her life. No family, no friends, no support network, brought up by an abusive mother, desperately lonely, desperate to be loved and to find intimacy… Vee’s life is as tragic as any of the inmates

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Erica would be better off letting the prisoners know. It always seems to make matters worse when they keep secrets.

[@wisecampmotorcycles8258]

Ad breaks seem to be getting more frequent.

[@GeorgiePotter]

I noticed that too, very annoying.

[@callmeishmael2415]

When you start it, fast forward to the end, wait for the replay sign and play it again, no ads

[@pauliejay4161]

44:19 - Brilliant mixture of emotion and humour.

[@AngelicMistyStorm]

Vera has no heart.

[@GeorgiePotter]

Vera does have a heart, it was shown in several storylines in the show, however at her work, Vera believes that if someone has committed a crime, they should be punished and not be pandered too. If somebody had murdered my wife or robbed her I certainly wouldn't want people pandering to them!

[@teresacalladine7479]

Paul Reed is interesting. And i wonder why he has a pipe , because he cant be smoking it. Unless i am wrong

[@chris.c9885]

Oh, Lizzie's farewell scene left me reaching for tissues ! Even Vera showed a softer side. I think that deep down Vera actually cared for Lizzie. Don't like the new social worker. Not only is he an idiot, but Dr. Gregg had a bigger packet !! Ha

[@nesemarie5381]

BIGGER packet.....HAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@spectrumlocalb191]

Chris.C Yes Vera did have a heart and apparently your a pervert in your last commemt

[@thinkthensend9228]

I’m a packet expert. I don’t know about your statement being true

[@1corrsfan]

Lol, at 1.30 ish u can see the boom drop down above meg and Vera’s head!!!!

[@Karin-]

Weird. I've watched Prisoner so many times and still see things I hadn't noticed before. When Paul was giving Meg a lift, he reversed the car and there is a pink van in the prison grounds as they drive away ?

[@spectrumlocalb191]

LITTLE BLOOPER AT 41.06 MEG IS NOT STANDING WITH THE GOVERNOR AND VERA THEN IN THE NEXT SCENE WHERE THERE SINGING TO LIZZY MEG IS STANDING WITH THEM.

[@baronmeduse]

Turn your bloody caps off.

[@baronmeduse]

No wonder Bea has a torch, it's so dark in there. They should be issued to everyone, it's like the blackout.

[@childrensorg856]

sounds like Catherine Roberts is the secretary at Tony Reads college. sounds like her.

[@jamesquinn3715]

Paul Read wasn't being very professional at this point

[@corinneconnellan7704]

Why would she suddenly decide to go steal from the staff room and what even was that thing?

[@marycalmeiro1135]

O'Connell losing her son and finding out he is a murderer is punishment enough. Vera loves kicking someone when they're down. None of the prisoner guards are in position to be judge and jury

[@darrenforrester3894]

Sheila was such a powerful actress, such a shame she never played opposite Ruth Cracknell, Australia's two best mature age actresses together would have been extraordinary. For those not familiar with Cracknell's work check out the ABC Australia sitcom 'Mother and Son'

[@TheVidkid67]

+Darren Forrester I remember that, I used to watched it all the time.

[@chloeleech6293]

cockney BUZZIN 24\7😀

[@karennicholls8532]

Ruth was amazing. Loved "Mother and Son". Maggie was a wonderful character. Pitiful as hell when she wanted but so wily.

[@jadebunnytait]

Woop woop lizzie is free :-)

[@LittleMissJmoo]

Imagine all the drugs you could pinch out of the officers lockers these days lol. Than again, who am I kidding! It will be handed out to the prisoners before you get a chance to steal it...

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

The couple who wrote this episode Ian Bradley and Anne Lucas are a real life married couple. Anne portrayed the prison bookie Faye Quinn.

[@sheriheffner2098]

Their newborn son Lucas played Elizabeth Latham in the hospital and later on when Chrissy came back with her and showed her to the other prisoners. He was so cute. 😘👶

[@deanhall4064]

George Mallaby played Paul Read in just 43 episodes, previous to Cell Block H he appeared in a program called Homicide back in 1973-1974 where he played the lead role Detective Peter Barnes and later appeared in popular police drama called 'Cop Shop' where he was cast as a detective in that for 126 episodes. During the 1980's he suffered a series of strokes that would eventually kill him he spent the last four years of his life confined to a wheelchair. He died in 2004.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@ Dean Hall: George also wrote some of the 'Prisoner' scripts', Dean.

[@deanhall4064]

redhairkid - Yes i forgot George wrote some of the Prisoner scripts. Thanks for reminding me.

[@nicolacollett7943]

Sometimes i think vera causes mrs davidson more stress then the prisoners 😂😂

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Workplace accusations by management, without proof. I know the feeling Hang in there Paul. They should have ran Prisoner (Wentworth) for 40 years like General Hospital

[@Nacho-Mamma]

I have to confess something that I haven't talked to others about in years. I can relate to what Lizzie went through. My situation had to do with a huge batch of brownies I made that someone secretly laced with exlax. Only, I was guilty, and was the cause of about 75 people crapping themselves during a New Years eve party!

[@stevenmcghee6649]

They'll see the funny side........in a couple of decades time 🙂

[@MsVelasca]

I think Vera's got a bloody nerve putting Lizzie on report seen as she getting out for something she's not done Lizzie should have told her where to get off .

[@cathyfaruque8207]

34:20 Social Workers - often fixing other people's problems and swimming in their own.

[@karennicholls8532]

Well, look at Pat as well. Always telling everyone else how to behave and treat others, and look at her mess of a family.

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

To true.

[@kevincancoupon]

Thanks a lot, Roku for removing videoBuzz from your service. Now we can't watch KZbin on TV and have to revert back to watching on your tiny computer screens! Boooooo!!!!

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Men don't last long in these type of workplaces.

[@Redsleather]

They usually get involved romantically with Meg Morris, which guarantees disaster