Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 221

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"Prisoner: Cell Block H" "Episode 221" "Ep221" "Ep0221" "Complete Episode" "Complete Episodes" "Full Episode" "Full Episodes" "1981" "Bea Smith" "Val Lehman" "Judy Bryant" "Betty Bobbitt" "Lizzie Birdsworth" "Sheila Florance" "Doreen Anderson" "Doreen Burns" "Vera Bennett" "Fiona Spence" "Ceilia Stewart" "Home and Away" "Home & Away" "Gerard Maguire" "Jim Fletcher" "Fletch the Letch" "Erica Davidson" "Patsy King" "Elspeth Ballantyne" "Meg Morris" "Meg Jackson" "Terry Harrison" "Brian Hannan" "Alison Page" "Fay Kelton" "111 Hits" "ITV" "Dangerous Women" "Bad Girls" "Oz" "Orange is the New Black" "Australia" "Australian" "Aussie" "Down Under" "Season 3" "Season 03" "Season 003" "Kathy Hall" "Death Scene" "Hit and Run" "Run Over" "Prison Drama" "Jail" "Gaol" "TV Show" "TV Series" "Television Show" "Crime Show"

[@sperrin]

Paige: "Where is isolation, will I be by myself?" Errrrr......

[@tefllife2024]

No Paige, you and the village people. Lol.

[@karenbussell9839]

What a stupid question.

[@AmyDaisy69]

Terry is a real piece of work. Him and Vera deserve each other.

[@adeola1]

The officers were really silly with the Kathy Hall situation. There had been several murder attempts and she made it very clear that she was afraid to leave; because somebody was trying to kill her. They did nothing to protect her.

[@markxxx21]

You're not wrong, but the writers will do this again and again. For instance with Dr Kate, she informed to the police yet no officer thinks it's a big deal, when the women find out she was informing on them.

[@JulietRobin]

All those foolish officers should be jailed for negligence. It's their fault that she was killed.

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

@@markxxx21 I made several comments about this already but as the show goes on and becomes more complex I think the writers started to lose their sense of continuity I don't know if they had a head writer or someone who could oversee the entire storyline but you can see things starting to unravel right about now. In an attempt to keep the viewers interest having multiple storylines you need someone to oversee everything

[@ajs41]

@@eugenedegeorge5084 The main thing is that we're watching all the episodes in quite a short space of time whereas in reality they were spread over a long time, and also hardly anyone had video recorder machines at the time so the writers didn't need to bother making sure the storylines matched up with 12 or 18 months earlier.

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

@@ajs41 hello Andy. yes you're absolutely right . we see things one episode after another without realizing the time frame when those episodes were shot ,and since they were doing two shows a week that could create confusion . That being said video recorders or not if they had someone coordinating the overall storylines it might have helped. it's just an observation not a criticism: it's like the old saying goes hind- site is 20/20. Plus the show was done almost 40 years ago and we're also looking at it with that perspective . I think that's what makes it fascinating.

[@burbercat3558]

Inspector Grace was absolutely right for giving Fletch and Erica a bollocking for ignoring Kathy threat's on her life, they only give a shit when they have some self interest and then they can't do enough to help.

[@TallSilentGuy]

What an exhausting ride this is; having my sympathies bounced around all over the place like a pinball. Cheering for characters I had previously thought obnoxious, Cursing characters I had previously thought likeable. No other soap has ever manipulated the viewer's sympathy so much as Prisoner.

[@kevintraynor4508]

Terry was one that suprisesd me , I always thought he was on the leval

[@Summer21.]

@TallSilentGuy That’s this programme for you. It has a number of characters who have split personality disorders, so to speak, which then effs with the viewers minds as well, whether to feel sorry for a character or not.

[@sidj6745]

Well said

[@DevaActingAcademy]

Vera is all time disgusting however

[@rayman760]

Don's neighbour is as subtle as a sledgehammer.

[@tefllife2024]

She should've ended up at Wentworth and Bea greets her, "Gday love" instead of what are you in for? Bea would be like, "what happened to your hair?"

[@LUCAX651]

Terrry Gill as Inspector Jack Grace, certainly was a super character actor. His scenes are pure gold to watch. Terry Gill, a legend. May he rest in peace playing " G-d's chief of police in Heaven". 🙏🏻🍀✌🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻 peace to all fellow Blockmates, love from Luca in. Denmark 🙋🏼‍♂️✌🏻😀❤️🇩🇰

[@1981Galadriel]

Felt so bad for Lizzie after she was interrogated. Who in their right mind would think she's a suspect?

[@bernadettelamb5990]

Hes an idiot

[@lamontbradford4630]

Inspector Grace but when he’s in his right mind.

[@bernadettelamb5990]

@@lamontbradford4630 I like him better when he plays Colleens husband

[@Summer21.]

Rob Steele played Colleen Powell’s husband, Patrick, not Terry Gill.

[@martynduffy]

The shearers

[@angelapay3718]

Meg's got Janet's number! 😂

[@MsMOLLYKINS]

Lizzy was one of the best actresses on the show , she was acting so well nobody would suspect she was refined. Her real life elocution was perfect . She played the sneerers cook very well xoxo

[@Realpoweronearth]

Shearer's!!! You drongo

[@andrewmorrice9139]

@@Realpoweronearth She-Ra's cook.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@Realpoweronearth Aw, fair-go, Dr. Evil

[@moominmay]

lol she’s like the female equivalent of old man Steptoe he was incredibly refined with a cut glass accent and a proper dandy to boot in real life!

[@DavidScott-hj7fo]

@@farrellmcnulty909 strange word to use refined means better

[@leozam]

Grace is a superb occasional character. He is 24 carat Prisoner royalty.

[@tefllife2024]

Bea: I don't like to be locked up with a killer screw. (Um you killed two people Bea).

[@Summer21.]

You’re absolutely right there about Bea being a bloody hypocrite killing two people. The killer screw must remind her of when Jock Stewart was at Wentworth. 😃

[@PerryCJamesUK]

@@Summer21. And Bea is a dirty lagger too lol

[@marycalmeiro1135]

At least Bea is in prison for her crimes. These screws walk free and continue to kill.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Vera better watch herself around a killer screw.

[@qu33nnitr0s9]

My favorite PCBH music played for the first time during the Kathy hall murder, you always know something nasty was about to occur then they play that... Lol

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

QU33N NITR0S I really like the music in PCBH.

[@ajs41]

Also it's a coincidence that this was the last episode to feature the music only version of the theme tune at the end of the show. After this episode every episode featured the vocals version.

[@ians5597]

@@ajs41 oh good! I don't mind the instrumental version, I just never understood why they kept flitting between that and the vocal version seemingly at random during the early years!

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

@@ajs41 several months ago I put up a poll on one of the pcbh fansites as to whether people like the vocal or instrumental version. It was about a 50-50 split. Personally I always liked the instrumental.

[@huanking4238]

I love the way none of the staff or prisoners are the slightest bit upset about poor Kathy Hall. I suppose that's Wentworth for you, the body count is getting pretty high.

[@sadiestoltzfus9798]

I could care less about Kathy Hall I don't understand why she was a target. She was a trouble making character I like how Terry kept moving her along out of the prison.👍

[@stuartpatto1976]

The road Cath is ran-down on is 'Hawthorn Road. in fact the prison itself is in Nunwading. Pinoak Court aka Ramsey Street in Neigbours is just 2 miles south of it.

[@tefllife2024]

I think Neighbours exterior scenes are in Vermont?

[@vlogsandgaming6413]

Enough already with Doreen bullying Allison!

[@ERstat77]

nice of Inspector Grace to ask Vera if he can smoke in her home before lighting up lol

[@erinmaecasey3935]

This is a sign of the times. Now visiting professionals ask homeowners not to smoke in their own homes!

[@jamessky9155]

I love the disapproving look Fletch the Letch was giving DI Grace at 25:05. Who is he going to question next; Sid? lol 16th March 2023.

[@jamessky9155]

LOVED the way our Lizzie bored into DI Grace's face in the rec room with a look of menace, mwahahaha

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

Vera /Fiona looks devastating in that restaurant scene .glad she stood up to Terry and didn't let him in.going to miss Fiona a lot

[@jtpinnyc]

Love Bea flicking nonchalantly through her mag while Grace is questioning her

[@thehappystitcher1796]

Bea missed her calling, I think she would make a great detective.

[@samisticlife]

And Terry knows she knows it was him

[@MissX905]

If I were Bea no way would I have let on right to Terry's face that I suspected him of making the phone call. She better watch her back. And where are those tape players for them to tape him with a "confession"? Fletch too might catch on hopefully but Terry is his "buddy". Sometimes he's so clueless like Mrs. Davidson.

[@jtpinnyc]

Nice to see Meg and Erica having a good chuckle so soon after Kathy's brutal murder

[@jamesring80]

I liked Terry Harrison at the start, he was becoming one of my favourite characters

[@lamontbradford4630]

I hate two faced punks like Terry Harrison and David Bridges. I like real bad guys like Jock Stewart and Len Murphy.

[@stevencassidy6982]

Doreen argues like a nine year old

[@Summer21.]

Steven Cassidy Well, she definitely seems to have the mentality of one, or maybe a slightly younger child.

[@Kblog777]

Didn't seem particularly smart of the hitman to run Kathy down right outside the prison gates.

[@angelapay3718]

Lizzie:I was alright until he attacked me! Bea:Who? Sid? ROFLPMSL :-0

[@swanskogjsson151]

Don is a quite nice lad. Nice to sea that there are some good family fathers in this series :-)

[@Tejiknasten]

Agreed. The whole Paige family, except for Alison, are quite nicely written and acted.

[@syedfaruque2020]

16:30 I will run this prison as I see fit...Davo tells Grace she won't lock everyone in their cells to await questioning. 18:30 Fletch tells everyone to go to their cells and he is "just following orders." So whose orders is he exactly following?

[@annamagowan390]

I was wondering that 😂

[@marycalmeiro1135]

My thought

[@marycalmeiro1135]

My thought to

[@denzil4]

If Janet put on a false moustache she'd look like one of the scousers from the Harry Enfield show !!!!!!

[@DianaSheward]

😂😅🤣👍👍👍🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️🐊🐊🐊

[@AlanMclay]

Looks like Terry's about to crack. Glad Bea's onto him !

[@philipwelshman9609]

Will I be by my self in isolation? No! You will be there with the entire cast of Neighbours, which is why it is called 'isolation'.

[@josephd.2725]

I do like how stern, unyielding, yet professional Erica Davidson is with Detective Grace. She's no pushover and has a lot of backbone! Not intimidated in the least by Grace and his aggressive approach. Mrs. Davidson's character seems to have possibly been inspired by Margaret Thatcher!

[@izaaksalazar6301]

Does Inspector Grace have amnesia? Has he forgotten Terry's interest in Kathy Hall?

[@elizanne6660]

Good old Doreen, the child in her shines through again. So marvellously played by Colette.

[@Milks25]

3 more episodes, The tears are welling up.

[@glennphillips843]

You poor thing

[@wearecity]

That was so funny, when Lizzie says "I was until that mongrel attacked me", Bea "Sid" lol.

[@cokefacegrind]

Alison goes on and bloody on, surely its been 3 months by now?

[@burbercat3558]

Why is Meg having tea with Don, isn't just a parole officer? Don't see why she's interfering when Don already has his neighbour Marc Bolan looking out for him.

[@DianaSheward]

Don't insult the memory of Marc Bolan😂😅🤣

[@ellenoniell8093]

😂😂😂😂

[@TYNEPUNK]

woman killed at prison, clearly stuck onto the paper :) at 31:28

[@jazhoney8519]

Radiant Silver Labs yes

[@helengazzara8725]

So, Lizzie had to be back by eight if memory serves - on a Sunday no less, yet they all have to ‘return to normal duties’.

[@gquinn4159]

At 01.20 its the of the legendary prisoner music when something dramatic is happening

[@ajs41]

Also it's a coincidence that this was the last episode to feature the music only version of the theme tune at the end of the show. After this episode every episode featured the vocals version.

[@eddiemcdonagh_]

doreen is really annoying me in this episode badly Immature acting can't stand her. I liked her first time round but the second time she's really getting to me can't stand her

[@jazhoney8519]

Eddie Mc Donagh Doreen is annoying every episode can’t stand her

[@jtpinnyc]

Her childish whining and bone headed stupidity is really irritating, they went too far with it. I hate the way she seems to think that "aw but she had it comin'" is going to fly with the governor every time she bashes someone. It's like she's too immature to figure out the difference between right and wrong. They wrote her pretty unrealistically imo.

[@marysinger612]

Cry us a river trolls

[@baronmeduse]

No, she was good in this episode. Stood up well to Insp Grace.

[@josephd.2725]

Surprised Det. Grace was so slow on the uptake and figured that it had to be someone on the outside who tipped the murderer off about Kathy being released. Could he not figure out that either a prisoner or screw could have made a phonecall? He didn't even question whether any prisoners made any outbound phonecalls in the time leading up to Kathy's release. What sort of a detective is he? LOL

[@sheriheffner2098]

Well, Kathy won't have to worry anymore.

[@liamkelly8358]

Love Harrison reading the newspaper with the clearly stuck-on headline ‘WOMAN KILLED OUTSIDE PRISON’, !

[@leozam]

This is a great Grace episode.

[@chris.c9885]

Fed up with Alison's whinning and feeling sorry for herself. Stuck up cow ! La de Dah !! As for her husband, Don, I don't blame him turning Janet's advances down. Seriously, how could he go out with someone who wears a poodle on their head !!

[@LC-ys6ic]

A poodle? It is more like three poodles.....

[@chris.c9885]

LOL !

[@mortimerwatts2880]

Chris.C She looks like Harpo Marx.

[@karennicholls8532]

The 1st part of your comment sounds like Doreen.

[@absoluteb22]

Maybe cause the neighbour is offering something much more interesting than his lame wife ever could.

[@ajs41]

This was the last time they played the music at the end without the singing I think.

[@expandingthemind5174]

Good lord Janet, do something with that mess on your head

[@Steve20127]

It's a tea cosy.

[@LC-ys6ic]

A commenter an episode or so ago called it an out of control Brillo Pad. That seems apt.

[@grumbleb14207]

I like Doreen’s attitude toward that rat bag detective

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Doreen was ridht to request a lawyer

[@remarc69]

What a jerk Terry is, I thought he was a decent guy.

[@bilkomax]

Julie at reception working on a Sunday evening

[@tefllife2024]

That's dedication!!! Lol.

[@392Lesley]

Good God, that bed in Allisons room in isolation, is it a bed or a bloody big ironing board!!

[@marycalmeiro1135]

One quick phone call. Should have been the first thing the inspector, should check.

[@samisticlife]

How rude to walk into someone else's home and light up no matter if the person you are visiting smokes or not. You should always ask.

[@virginiaguiney1644]

Oh! Woe is me! Turn the bloody page, Alison!!

[@Summer21.]

Virginia Guiney A good play on words there with her name. Haha. 😄

[@dillongstaff5625]

"Where is isolation? Will I be by myself?" - Oh I see someone beat me to it !

[@shafiquezaman3508]

So I guess you missed being isolated 😻

[@ResidentScrub]

How rude of Grace to just spark up without asking in Vera’s house

[@oongabragettey]

Come on Don! Now's your chance, mate! You can ditch Alison for super sexy Janet! Yes, she seems a bit needy, but next to Alison, by gosh! A better trade in, for sure!

[@debrak8521]

Marriage wrecker!

[@ellenoniell8093]

An upgrade 😂

[@josephd.2725]

Grace is a cocky SOB... just walks into Vera's home and lights up lol

[@Potionette81]

I'm sure I've seen Janet playing lead guitar in a band called Queen.....

[@cuccicucci4480]

Yes that's where I've seen him before lol. Couldn't quite place where till you mentioned it :)

[@karennicholls8532]

Please, Freddy Mercury was enormously talented, unlike Janet.

[@karennicholls8532]

Sorry , mistake. What was the name of the guitarist?

[@Summer21.]

@@karennicholls8532 Brian May. 😃

[@tefllife2024]

Lol. Good one!

[@michaelspilman5220]

I REALIZE THAT DECTECTIVES HAVE A DIFFICULT JOB TO DO AND THAT AT TIMES THAT THEY HAVE TO BE TOUGH BUT THE WAY THAT GRACE TREATED LIZZIE WAS Despicable beyond words. The man is worse than an animal. From Michael from Yorkshire and proud of it.

[@jtpinnyc]

I knew Phil Lynott was after Don

[@gquinn4159]

Does the outside guard not have a phone in his cabin?

[@paulswinney9523]

G quinn not only that but he went straight past the middle gate as well

[@Summer21.]

G quinn I thought he did have a phone in his cabin as other times the outside guard does have a phone in his cabin.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

"Where is isolation? Will I be by myself?"........sometimes I wonder about the human race...

[@farrellmcnulty909]

8:44 - "I suppose your sort always TALKS...." "WHAT SORT, YOU SNOBBY BITCH!" It doesn't get better than this.

[@Summer21.]

“Like a sanctimonious, narcissistic, sociopathic bitch, Doreen!”, which is what Alison should have had the chance to say. 😆

[@teralmiles]

Janet is gagging for a slice of Don.

[@rosslamb7069]

Inspector Grace was right for once when he insulted Davos governorship skills lol

[@shakeshaft100]

harrison got his ex murdered

[@rebeccajoyce2994]

Terry Harrison is dodgy he phoned em telling em Kathy was being released knew it was strange he did everything to get her out

[@laurenbrooks3091]

I think Erica should have moved Alison. She was in obvious distress. Two times now that she and the staff have ignored a prisoner's pleas for help.

[@charlottewebb582]

How come lizzie didn't even ask where doreen was seems even lizzie is enjoying her being out of the way....... 🤔 🤣 🤣

[@garymarkwaugh4097]

Inspector Grace, the Aussie Gene Hunt of Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes TV show

[@sheriheffner2098]

Don; Like Hall And Oates sings. "OH OH Here she comes; She's A Maneater!" That Janet. I thought Vera quit drinking?

[@Leevan75]

I can't get my head around the use of the closing music used during the end credits..... One minute it's Lynne Hamilton singing "On The inside", then it's just the theme tune. Its almost like they couldn't make up their minds until Season 4 to stick to the one song. A bit of a minor issue I know but there you go. 😊

[@helengazzara8725]

No phone in the guardhouse? That’s just ridiculous.

[@Summer21.]

At one point they did and at one point they do again in this series. 😃

[@2589hbradley]

1:18 the tension music was first used in this ep one of prisoners best and most remembered soundtrack

[@marycalmeiro1135]

The inspector could have gotten a list of all the calls in and out of Wentworth. There was a record of calls, even in those days. The one call made to the pawn shop would be recorded with Terry's voice. The detective should do that instead of harrassing all the prisoners and Wentworth staff.

[@Summer21.]

That’s correct. That’s what the inspector should have done to catch Terry out, but I don’t feel that sorry for the inmates as they don’t make things easy for other people, especially interrogating them themselves, like Bea.

[@samisticlife]

He did put something like a towel or handkerchief over the mouthpiece when he made the call but yes definitely would know the call came from within the prision

[@MissX905]

@@samisticlife The prisoners now all suspect Terry if Bea knows so they'll get him to crack. And then I hope Mrs. Davidson sees what's going on

[@MsVelasca]

Inspector Grace is a real charmer him and Vera would make a lovely couple.

[@Summer21.]

ms velasca Speaking of Vera and Grace, some people on here and even Bob Morris himself said to Meg at home, a while back that Vera and Stuart Gillespie would have made a good couple as well. 😄

[@jtpinnyc]

I love how they've repurposed the familiar Wentworth bricks for the outside of Vera's apartment. They just painted them grey.

[@Summer21.]

I like Vera’s home and the outside part of the set with the front door, so they don’t have to film any outside shots of a real house/apartment block. 😃

[@shafiquezaman3508]

Bulk buy😻

[@endrightwinglunacy]

1:18 The very first appearance of this hallmark Prisoner incidental music (Computer Crime by George Fenton), although in edited form here.

[@ajs41]

Also it's a coincidence that this was the last episode to feature the music only version of the theme tune at the end of the show. After this episode every episode featured the vocals version.

[@8ballpoolking1]

Never mind Terry and Vera, it should be that swine Grace and Vera that get it on together! They are like two peas in a pod and all they're ever good at is being a bully! Perhaps Alison is satisfied now she has got away from the others. She is living in a fantasy world if she believes she is of better class. Good to see Erica put Grace in his place and give him a much needed reminder on how prisoners should be treated!! Love the music at 1:18, it brings back great memories of some of the stories ahead.

[@shellyankers4857]

8ballpoolking1

[@josephd.2725]

Don's going through a rough time at home and at work, and when he thought he had an understanding neighbour helping out, she turns out to be a rogue and a psycho! She was the one using him in his vulnerable state! Totally know that type! They make you sick lol

[@jtpinnyc]

22:09 what is with Bea hearing a distant echo of her own voice just before she yells "Hey Jude"? Weird!

[@marilarroy7422]

This is the first episode where they played the infamous background music 🎼 it’s the best..!! For trouble 👿

[@djdelight_musik7181]

When are they going to give Julie some lines? We see her all the time but just nods and never says a word! - It's always Wendy that gets them lol

[@LC-ys6ic]

She has said 'yes' four times over the course of three episodes (they were a while back). I am wondering if there is some Actors Equity type rule that allows non-speaking characters to say one word without having them become speaking characters, which presumably would mean they would have to be paid more. Poor mute Julie!

[@marysinger612]

It's a Kath Day Knight wig but the darker model.

[@jtpinnyc]

Why was Davo shocked when told the hit and run victim was Kathy Hall, when she'd already been told it was an ex prisoner, she knew Hall was being released and she knew that Hall had been terrified of being murdered when released? I swear, the writers made everyone from the governor to Bea uncharacteristically oblivious and stupid when it came to Kathy's predicament.

[@sadiestoltzfus9798]

Kathy's hit and run right out in front of the prison with a guard at the gate and nobody knows who the victim is at first. What the hell.

[@debrak8521]

Meg "I know you, you were Tim Summers girlfriend, he used to live next door to me and his missus was in Wentworth for baby bashing".

[@tefllife2024]

33:30 Meg, you didn't recognise your old friend, that looked after Gayle Somers kids? You called her "Miss incompetent 1980".

[@darkhorse5390]

Isn't Don neighbor the same lady that used to babysit for Meg's neighbor when she used to stay in the apartment complex?🤔

[@jencavacas4625]

Yes, I believe it is.

[@tefllife2024]

No Janet, Don doesn't seem to be interested in your Party shop, straight out of the packet perm.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

38:56.......I see Vera's back on the hard stuff again

[@ellenoniell8093]

Mabey I'll ask janet if she can help- Janet's got enough problems with that hair she d look right at home in Brookside close 😂

[@shockproof1976]

How stupid is that? The gate guard comes all the way into the prison to call an ambulance why doesn't he just use the phone at the gate?

[@mike-kellydutkiewicz5991]

I cannot take Doreen anymore 🙄 her voice is killing my ears 😒 the jealousy is unreal

[@a1wireless1964]

about a half hour a couple times a week with Janet would do him wonders

[@sunndive]

41:50 is that the same woman who takes on megs neighbours kids after meg gets her send down for child abuse ?

[@Summer21.]

sunndive That is indeed the same woman. 😃

[@karennicholls8532]

Yes. I couldn't think of her name - Denise Tyler.

[@glennphillips843]

Bea smokes way to much