Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 398

Episode 398 of Prisoner. All rights to their owners.
"Prisoner: Cell Block H" "Episode 398" "Ep398" "Ep0398" "Complete Episode" "Complete Episodes" "Full Episode" "Full Episodes" "1983" "Bea Smith" "Val Lehman" "Lizzie Birdsworth" "Sheila Florance" "Judy Bryant" "Betty Bobbitt" "Sonia Stevens" "Tina Bursill" "Hazel Kent" "Belinda Davey" "Pixie Mason" "Judy McBurney" "Reylene Pearce" "Phyllis Hunt" "Petra Roberts" "Penny Maegraith" "Randi Goodlove" "Zoe Bertram" "Joan Ferguson" "Maggie Kirkpatrick" "The Freak" "Ann Reynolds" "Gerda Nicolson" "Elspeth Ballantyne" "Meg Jackson" "Meg Morris" "Colleen Powell" "Judith McGrath" "Yvonne" "All Saints" "Scott Collins" "Tim Elston" "Wally Wallace" "Alan Hopgood" "Season 5" "Season 05" "Season 005" "Wentworth" "Wentworth Detention Centre" "Wentworth Prison" "Dangerous Women" "Caged Women" "Orange is the New Black" "Oz" "Bad Girls" "Within These Walls" "Prison Drama" "Jail" "Gaol" "TV Show" "TV Series" "Television Show" "Crime Show"

[@AlanMclay]

Lizzie pretending that Po Face was her daughter was hysterical !!!

[@mckavitt13]

Damn believable too!

[@TheHighPriestessStudio]

LOL spitting image.. I was expecting Po Face to come in with a different hairdo after that! :D

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

Mrs. Powell's reaction was so funny.

[@Ambassabor4christ]

I laugh out loud when I saw Po face poor face🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 too funny!!!

[@josephmullin5845]

Colleen said something under her breath her lips read as "oh shit"

[@endrightwinglunacy]

The dialogue between Lizzie and Powell is one of the highlights of the show. I love the clash of personalities. :)

[@gquinn4159]

After Coleen Powell's intital bad ass act by replacing Vera's shoes had passed and she secured the deputy governorship, she mellowed out alot. She really just wanted the promotion in order to support her family. She became a very decent, firm but fair officer. She really does have a soft heart towards Lizzie, her sarcasm is just her way of covering up her softness. Colleen probably had the most hilarious one-liners when dealing with Lizzie .

[@jiggarypokery]

Sheila Florence was such an outstanding actress, SO entertaining. What ever storyline she was involved in she was absolutely brilliant, I have always loved this one where Lizzie gets a day release to meet her old friend.

[@ngdukic]

Sheila was put on this Earth to spread love and laughter, I'm sure of it. Even whdn she was brandishing a shot gun in Mad Max she was still heartwarming. I took carnations to her grave about a decade ago and sat on it and had a smoke. I never met the woman but you didn't need to to feel you knew her, she gave so much of herself in every role she played. If you haven't already I'd suggest you google image search an image of her as a teenage girl, she was beautiful and vivacious looking with smiling eyes. She's my favorite Aussie actor of all time.

[@odinfranklin2656]

Pro tip: you can watch series on flixzone. I've been using it for watching a lot of movies during the lockdown.

[@arixander7913]

@Odin Franklin Yup, been using flixzone for since november myself =)

[@andrewmorrice9139]

Definitely one of the funniest episodes so far.

[@elainebundy2521]

THE look on COLLEENS face being referred to as LIZZIES MOM and MEG again wanted to loose it in laughter 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@deanhall4064]

I couldn't stop laughing the whole time with Lizzie on the outside it was hilarious, it just goes to show what a brilliant actress the legendary Sheila Florence was.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

I come back to this episode every so often, especially if I've had a bad day as the Lizzie bits are comedy gold. I think everyone involved had a whale of a time recording it, too. Lizzie is a force of nature. The only other actress I could envisage playing that role is Irene Handl who had much the same approach to comedy as Sheila Florence did. Both vastly experienced artists.

[@mrkennethj7232]

The scene at the hairdresser's is hilarious! Po face's remark "If I didn't know any better I would have said that madame Beatrice had done it" Priceless

[@outtherelivinginthepub1973]

I love how she tries to speak posh then goes an slips back into her common bush accent LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂 "it cost me a couplea fags! Hairdresser "pfft a couple of fags. Lol class

[@lamontbradford4630]

@@outtherelivinginthepub1973 The hair dresser wants the same thing if you know what I mean.

[@rupert-j8f]

@@lamontbradford4630 yeh for 2 fags lolol

[@maatrixxofficial7109]

You don't have to tell me who you are darling, your a spitting image of your mother. Poor colleen, and mrs m's face lol

[@jenniferjohnson6082]

I nearly died when this comment made sense. I had to pause it and hold my stomach I was laughing so hard

[@nigelthomas4820]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bernadettelamb54]

I don't know why Colleen was so offended, her face looks like it's been smashed over and over with a frying pan.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

This show does have it's comical relief.😂❤

[@Beckford4000]

@@jenniferjohnson6082 Elspeth (Meg Morris) once said in an interview that she often found it hard to keep a straight face during filming, so I believe her reaction here was genuine.

[@AdamskiBer]

Lizzie's day release storyline is ludicrous, yet still fun thanks to Sheila, Elspeth and Judith.

[@soapsnthings4182]

While watching Lizzie in that nice house, dressed-up nice and with Jeeves, it gave me an idea of a Lizzie spin-off: where she's left a lot of money from a deceased relative, leaves Wentworth and lives among the toffee-nosed crowd. In & amongst them....but very much still retaining her salt and brashness. It would've been a riot.

[@tae7965]

oh be good but our lizzie (Sheila Florence) has passed on to her own freedom from the toils of Wentworth many year ago......

[@mariaabundantliving6965]

SoapsNthings If only they had done that! Instant classic.

[@soapsnthings4182]

Of course I was talking about when she was in the land of the living. :-)

[@shadegat3996]

I'd have loved to have seen the character in her own series. Yours is a good one. She could have played both sides, posh for the toffs and herself on the sly. The contrast would have made some great lines and stories.

[@ajs41]

Brilliant idea.

[@SJGoober]

Oh but poor Hazel.....her scenes are heartbreaking :-(

[@dilzappa]

Very funny...Colleen as Lizzie's daughter - I nearly fell off my chair.

[@1981Galadriel]

Lizzie's storyline was a much needed comic relief. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard at a Prisoner episode.

[@charlottewebb582]

It was definitely needed what with Bea leaving and hazels sad story line seeing lizzie act like the lady of the manor and also adopt Colleen Powell was so funny and needed

[@mcguire202]

Lizzie is one of the best characters on this show.

[@BernieLamb-m6k]

I think Laine was a good character and should have been it until the end

[@topbizniz]

The storyline with Hazel is gut wrenching. I cant recall exactly what she was first in for, but I think it was a relatively minor crime (not condoning that). Things escalated pretty badly for her with her husband disowning her, losing custody of her kids, becoming an alcoholic and now this terminal disease. She states she has no family and thats a sad and lonely end for someone who at heart was a reasonable person, she just had some bad luck. Tremendous acting from Belinda Davey and another top drawer storyline from the writers. On a more upbeat note, I really like the way Colleen Powell`s Character evolved through the show. At first she was a power hungry, often cruel bitch but since the freak arrived she totally changed. Firm but fair and this storyline with Lizzie shows she has a sense of humour and is basically a good sort. More excellent acting from Judith McGrath (r.i.p). Im not sure how she keeps a straight face in all the scenes, you can definitely see the odd crack at the corner of her mouth from time to time.

[@laurenbrooks3091]

I love Lizzie's day out! That was "comedy gold". It helped ease the tension and sadness with Hazel's scenes.

[@wild7279]

Bea is obviously slipping to get caught out by the Freak laying into Sonia minutes and barely a few meters from leaving the Freak's presence. A year ago she would have waited and got Stevens alone when the time was right.

[@chris.c9885]

One of the funniest episodes ever. The scenes with Lizzie were the best, especially Colleen's face when she heard she was Birdsworth's daughter, 23:50. Then we're hit with a brick with poor Hazel in the last scene. Tears

[@helengazzara8725]

That storyline was absolutely priceless! Love Lizzie.

[@teasdaleeden]

This lizzie story is gold Powell and Meg are hilarious 🤣🤣

[@westedk]

I love how Lizzie says Mrs Powell especially in this episode at 14:44 'Mrs Paaaaaarrrrrwl!"

[@m80tmm]

Classic Lizzie line "let's have another drink first, it will look all the better" @25:30 pmsl we miss you Sheila x

[@morskaj]

What a laugh this episode is!! Mrs. Powell - 'Come along mother!' (Refering to Lizzie).Lol.

[@nickrobson4315]

Lizzie always tries to learn posh accents but later messes up her masquerade in front of real posh people.

[@lampshade8818]

I am surprised I never noticed the uncanny resemblance between Colleen and Lizzie before- it's just so remarkable!!! Pffft! XD

[@paulagray7628]

This has to be THE best episode for laughs……..ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was chuckling away at the scenes with Lizzie, Meg and Colleen, they were just so funny and a delight to watch 🥰🥰🥰 Thank you Sheila for such a wonderful character 💐🥰❤️ xxx

[@sarahsmith7643]

Funniest episode ever...Powell and Megs face when Foxy thinks Po face is Lizzies daughter!!!!!!! PMSL (think I did a little)

[@ccgrey8731]

I don't care for Sonia. She has no personality. There were much better villains earlier on. Kay White and Kate Peterson were both loony but dramatic. Nola was evil but had wonderful lines, she made me laugh when she called Lizzie names like Birdbrain, Birdbath and Wrinkles. Sonia is just dull and almost emotionless. A boring character.

[@TallSilentGuy]

24:02 Meg was biting her cheeks trying not to laugh. :-)

[@LuciousLeeStetson]

I love Colleen and Lizzie as mother and daughter - Lol

[@GodsSmile]

ahahaah when lizzie met foxy, 'coleen you don't have to tell me who you are! you're the spitting image of your mum' ROFL i was eating at the time and well lets just say its the 1st time that happened :P

[@madmayfan]

omg so funny Mrs Colleen Powell as Lizzie's daughter

[@8ballpoolking1]

Once again Wally acted weak-kneed in Judy's hour of need. For her own sake he should have stood firm and convinced Judy that Hazel has no place at the house any longer. Now she is forced to make an incredibly difficult decision over whether or not to watch Hazel die in excruciating pain or finish her off and take the consequences which would come with that. Phyllis can act the heavy against defenseless people like Pixie and Lizzie all she wants, but she doesn't have me fooled for one second. She is still as gutless as she always was.....

[@laurenbrooks3091]

People can care for family members or friends while they're dying. My grandmother did it twice and we also came around to help yet we aren't "certified" hospital nurses or doctors. I commend Judy for keeping Hazel's wishes and sticking by her. Mum Brooks did exactly what Judy is going to do with Hazel. It was their choice.

[@karennicholls2296]

@@laurenbrooks3091 I don't think anyone has a right to ask someone else to take their life. To be perfectly honest, I don't believe people who are dying and in pain should have to suffer, however, the law says otherwise.

[@teralmiles]

Wally is such a bell-end.

[@charlottewebb582]

@@karennicholls2296 nobody wud ask that question unless they were desperate and no one can understand how that feels unless they are in that position the fact that people who are dying and in the worse pain imaginable have to ask friends/family to assist in there death is absolutely disgusting we don't let animals suffer like this and no one can argue that Hazel is suffering beyond discription its so sad that the law hasn't changed and not only do friends and family have to deal with helping there loved one die they then have to worry about the consequences its a sad situation all round

[@baronmeduse]

That wouldn't really suit the projected story arc though would it?

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

This is a rather hard episode to deal with: on the one hand you have a great comedy sketch going on with Lizzy Colleen and Meg funniest thing I've seen so far ; that juxtaposed -with the horrible dying of Hazel.

[@maxb28]

Wow, Meg, the Doc, Anne and even the walls all in matching shades of beige/brown 14:11😀😂 23:55 Meg’s reaction to Foxy’s comment, a classic😅 19:47 I love the scene at the hairdressers, pure comedy

[@Potionette81]

I love the way Joan says 'Hunt' when talking to Phyllis: I think she means another word that ends in u-n-t.

[@karennicholls2296]

She kind of is now. Oh! I hate that word.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

I always felt for people with the last name hunt.

[@sb6678]

Yes, especially my poor friend Mike Hunt

[@stevenmcghee6649]

Grunt?

[@charmainedempsey3669]

Lizzie poface and Morris laughing my head off😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Love Lizzie's day release. Gave the show a ray of sunshine

[@rayman760]

Phyllis Hunt....the biggest character transformation in the entire series

[@sparky2098]

rayman760 Indeed

[@pjw85]

+rayman760 well there's also Kath Maxwell and Alice Jenkins to consider there too. Maybe to a lesser degree Margo, i mean she did start off nicer too. But yeah. Phyl just seemed to change overnight lol

[@lamontbradford4630]

@@pjw85 Phyllis must be drinking the same evil juice Po Face did after Vera left.

[@petedean3335]

Lizzie's day out was the funniest ever.

[@charlottethecat6302]

Lizzie at the hairdressers is so funny

[@ThatMattOne]

“Mrs Birdsworth to you!” Lizzie is fantastic!! Xx

[@delicious-deborah5890]

I have never laughed so much until I heard Old Foxy say that Powell is the spitting image of Lizzy! (Mum & Daughter lmao) 😂😂😂

[@pauliejay4161]

25:14 - Funny thing is - Sheila Florence used to talk like that in public and in interviews etc. I remember her receiving a television award for her work on Prisoner and she came out speaking with a huge plum in her mouth. It's as if she was trying to distance herself from her character, but it always sounded so put on.

[@teasdaleeden]

It does sound put on but I listened to an hour long interview and she never slipped up she kept up the plum talk the whole time

[@Summer21.]

The way Lizzie sounded must definitely have been how Sheila once sounded too, regardless of how long she had possessed her new accent and how well she could maintain it when talking to the public, her friends and her family. 😃

[@karennicholls2296]

If you have seen some of the Prisoner reunion things on youtube, Mouse was one the most amazingly well spoken people you would ever find. She wasn't on Prisoner. That would be why they call it ACTING.

[@Pretties4alice]

Story lines like this always make me wonder how many innocent people are in our jails, I bet a bloody lot..

[@tefllife2024]

10:49 i totally agree what they're saying there. We wouldn't let an animal suffer like that.

[@bumblebeejimmy]

Nola McKenzie was the best baddie ever in Prisoner.

[@nickrobson4315]

Yeah Nola was bad for killing people, but the freak never killed anyone, until Reb Kean came into the 400s when her boyfriend had the freaks dad as a hostage.

[@MaryMary-cj7wl]

schomberg 1690 nola McKenzie look like Linda Blair the exorcist

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

The freak was the best villan

[@tefllife2024]

I miss her already.

[@sb6678]

There is a future character far worse than McKenzie

[@Problembeing]

"How long's Watson been with you?" "Too bloody long" LOL!!

[@laurenbrooks3091]

*23:53* I laughed so hard. Colleen as Lizzie's daughter. LMAO. I bet that was what Lizzie was trying to tell her, in mentioning that picture they had taken together, when Mick walked up. Meg's reaction at *24:02* is hilarious!

[@dieselgav]

Colleen and Lizzie deserved a spin off series all of their own. So funny the way they communicate, you can tell they got on well in real life. On _Talking Prisoner_ , Anna Hruby, who played Paddy, revealed that in the Green Room, Elspeth Ballantyne Meg), Judith McGrath (Colleen), and Sheila Florance (Lizzie) always used to sit together in a corner, chain smoking, and laughing their heads off - so much so, the rest of the actors nicknamed them "The Coven" (as in witches coven) 😂😂 I can just see them now, cackling away!

[@michellewatts5907]

Poor hazel when she goes , HELP ME,KILL ME, KILL ME. So intense🙁

[@melmazing3993]

Lizzie is a card!! What a hoot, her day out as a laaaaady!

[@karennicholls2296]

I loved Colleen during this part of the show. Her wit and sarcasm were hilarious.

[@mckavitt13]

From years of work in hospitals, I must say that Hazel's type of pain is usually accompanied by tears & screaming. It is also assuaged w increasingly high doses of morphine.

[@giovanni1965]

RIP Reg Evans (Foxy)

[@RachelEvans680]

Died in the Black Saturday bushfires...

[@TheRichmondTiger]

"Have you got Kangaroos in your top Paddock or somethin?" LOL - Gotta love Lizzie xx

[@TheHighPriestessStudio]

6:14 gee those notes take me back.. I actually liked the $1 & $2 notes, better than these annoying coins everywhere. They made you feel rich as a kid too LOL :D

[@tefllife2024]

Same here, I loved having them in my wallet. It was beautiful money, I miss it!!

[@karennicholls8532]

I preferred the notes as well. At the moment I have about $19 in 1 and 2 dollar coins in my wallet. Much heavier and wreck your wallet.

[@michellewatts5907]

They sure did and paper money as well🤑

[@SJGoober]

Oh Jeeps.....LMAO....this is one of the funniest episodes ever.....god love lizzie....lol

[@charleslaing148]

I've been training a pigeon. HA,Ha,ha

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

Reg Evans, who portrayed Foxy, was also Jennifer Hartley's solicitor Howard Simmons. Reg unfortunately died in the 2007 bush fires.

[@Davidjohnson-o6g]

Your information is inaccurate he actually died in the 2009 Bush fires "just to clarify" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@suzannenash1549]

@@Davidjohnson-o6g its a show enjoy it not have negotive thoughts

[@Davidjohnson-o6g]

@@suzannenash1549 just to clarify there was no negative comment i was simply correcting him p.s you spelt negative wrong😁

[@CallemJayNZ]

Aw it so reminds me of my Aunty who died from cancer, I can stil remember her yelling out in pain 😢 Poor Hazel and Judy

[@lucyllewellyn2850]

My mum died of cancer it horrible

[@fabpcbhfan9592]

17:13 NO WAY could Meg & Colleen have climbed into the back of that car so quickly 🤦🏻‍♀️ The back door didnt even Open and Close🤣🤣 It's almost like they teleported INTO the car while Lizzie was getting in😄

[@juliebramhall8918]

Lizzie looked beautiful for her day out ❤

[@astonvilla2345]

GREAT ACTING BY Belinda Davey (HAZEL) -

[@bdchiaccio]

Poor poor Haz. Saddest storyline

[@pamelacook4896]

Its sad watching knowing bea will be leaving soon

[@williamf4544]

I liked Wally he added something nice to the show

[@sevenwilliams3485]

MICK WORE THAT SAME COAT WHEN HE DEFENDED JENNY HARTLEY

[@daugherofaset8648]

Let me guess, Jude helps Hazel die and gets charged with assisted suicide.

[@blackpoolbootz2790]

The hazel storyline is heart breaking

[@suwaidpuccini6918]

lizzie's day release ep is iconic, ludicrous yet funny to watch

[@MATTYHOUGH100]

Lzzy's such a card!!..hes a spitting iimage of Robin Cook!!:-):-)

[@lamontbradford4630]

When Powell called Lizzie Mother she looks like she wants to add another word.

[@outtherelivinginthepub1973]

Wow! Bea really should of bashed Mary Adler for bashing her when Nola McKenzie was alive.

[@gildastarr2932]

Another classic Lizzie episode 😂🤣

[@liamduffy5361]

Oh Lizzie! You crack me up! X

[@sparky2098]

19:30 Sonja is a sociopath. 43:30 Hazel looks like the end is near. she needs a morphine patch, a few little pills aren't enough to cut the edge off.

[@mcguire202]

I don't think that they had the morphine & fentanyl patches back then. But they could of put in a pump. Where the put in a line 💉 & the nurse comes out to top it up with pain killers. But she gets 24/7 pain relief.

[@mcguire202]

Now a days - so many things have changed since this show was filmed. It's amazing how much things have changed.

[@mcguire202]

Due to a bone disease - which is actually eating away at my bones. Doctors have put me on Morphine tablets, fentanyl patches & got to take a Liquid morphine for pain relief. Now a days you can get - lollipops with painkillers, patches, Sprays & a special pump. It's amazing how far medication has come such a long way. Hazel needs to be at a Hospice. Where she can get the right help & care - also where she can get better pain relief.

[@kop1986]

She needs a pillow over her face tbf

[@tefllife2024]

Exactly, Hazel needs to be in palliative care!

[@doitlikethebereans1690]

Had I been taking a drink, I'd have spewed it when Lizzie's man Mick told Colleen, "You don't have to tell me who you are, Darling. You're the spitting image of your mom." *:'D*

[@scottleicester4266]

Good 'ol Lizzie😂

[@janeokeeffe5297]

Love Lizzie ❤she is hilarious 😂

[@garybrown5141]

Only 2 more episodes of Bea left before she’s unfairly transferred to Barnhurst

[@rosiew1952]

😢😢

[@julieknowles3679]

lizzie do you have to leave for china tomorrow ha ha so funny

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

It be the end soon of the half 🏠 I feel for hazel always liked her it's so sad.two departure s leaving soon Bea and hazel. I do miss Helen and Doreen as well.

[@outtherelivinginthepub1973]

Hold the phone...Francis is already in prison??? Well she didn't last that long in the halfwit house!

[@insidestoryuk]

Madam Beatrice !!

[@rayman760]

LOVE LOVE LOVE Colleen Powell

[@2008giles]

Po face shines in this episode!

[@robinrwilsonsauls]

9:30-have you got Kangaroo's in your top Paddock, or something?" LOL

[@k8lynmae]

It's meant to be, Have you got a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock. Or--he has got a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock.

[@samryder10]

Lol @ Meg's horrified face when Foxy mentions the "racehorse" Hahaha! They then get conveniently interrupted by the waiter bringing their drinks which the bill for the drinks also horrifies Meg! Poor Hazel it's sad and terrifying to watch her scenes but the way she flips her head about when she's expressing herself (giggles a little). The actor played her part well. Lizzy trying to pocket that tiny ornament was obviously meant to be a humourous scene but in reality that would be despicable considering the owner of the house helped Lizzy out in a tough situation.

[@doitlikethebereans1690]

Judy isn't being realistic. She means well but Hazel needs a lot of care, by more than one person.

[@frankbrodie5168]

It can't just have been coincidence that during Lizzie's storyline of wanting to appear well spoken, that they had at least 3 prisoners in the joint who had cut glass English (speaking) accents. So for once I'm giving the writers of this storyline mucho props.

[@NativeMoon]

The Adventures of Lizzie Birdsworth I swear lol. Wally really should have pushed Jude harder about Hazel going into hospital.

[@Rosalba3440]

Lizzie and Po face cracked me up.

[@kevintraynor4508]

I think Lizzy should forget all the posh noncence and just be herself . If people can't exept the real you then they are just not worth knowing

[@lamontbradford4630]

Foxy is Fred the foreman at the print shop where Bea worked.

[@tinajackson397]

that was funny as hell no need to tell me who you are darling your a spitting image of your mother lmfao

[@2008giles]

"Good on yer Mrs Powwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwllllllllllll"

[@frazzleface753]

I know it's all a bit silly, but I really do love the Lizzy day-release scenes! Powell as the doting daughter!

[@elizanne6660]

Norman Yemm, the actor playing Sonia's husband is a classy actor. i wish they had used him for longer in the series.

[@dappylu]

In the episode where Meg takes picture of Lizzie & Colleen, Lizzie said she'll tell him Colleen's her friend & here he says "You don't have to tell me who you are darling, you're the spitting image of your mother."

[@gordonblackett8329]

27:04 Well, that's the first time I've been inside an Aussie women's toilet (apart from Wentworth Detention Centre).

[@elainegoad9777]

No respect for Judy not getting Hazel the end of life care and pain relief she needs ! We don't need "friends" like Judy !