Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 54

[@MikeTaylor-i2x]

Fiona Spence is a superb superb actress. She says "Go on Travers" at 11:44. And in one second, she turns from furious to curious glee when it comes to learning gossip about Mr. Fletcher.

[@spookybuffy]

lizzie " do you think there's a murderer prowling around here?" lol

[@anuyew9537]

A line, only Lizzie could get away with,......One of the best lines of the Series......LOL!!!!!!

[@Summer21.]

susie fromars Even Bea found it funny when Lizzie said that, Lizzie not realising the irony. 😄

[@pattyparty2005]

I laughed and laughed and laughed. Liz is the best.

[@ajs41]

I wonder who usually wrote Lizzie's lines of that type, whether it was one writer or lots of them.

[@michelleevans4948]

Really 🤔😂😂

[@rpatricknabors]

the actress playing Martha is really good.

[@ianclausen29]

Lizzie just cracks me up so funny ..

[@tammyramey]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Bea, Karen, Lizzie and Nolene!

[@TallSilentGuy]

Yes, Jim Fletcher is normally troubled by the sight of blood, but when it's only Vera's blood he's totally indifferent!

[@rpatricknabors]

Simon. Vera doesn't have blood running in her veins...it's acid.

[@sensimania]

@@rpatricknabors 😆😆

[@RoughJustice2k18]

@@rpatricknabors I'd say she has vinegar in her veins.

[@Halfscotboy_39]

​@@RoughJustice2k18😂😂😂

[@jamessky9155]

@@rpatricknabors 😂 Nice one. Mind you, thinking about it, I reckon it has to be volcanic lava inside of her veins 😂 9th December 2024.

[@Kblog777]

Lizzie's the Keith Richards of Wentworth lol.

[@Summer21.]

Kblogg 777 Or on the Prisoner fan page on Facebook, there is a comparison picture of Lizzie and Mick Jagger, and the likeness is uncanny. 😄

[@RoughJustice2k18]

@@Summer21. Lizzie Birdsworth and Sir Mick Jagger - identical twins.

[@JimSherry]

8?8th 😮4ytt⁴😮4t8y😮⁴⁴ 0:47 4yut 0:47 😮0:47 :47 t:47 7 0:47 ?4​@@RoughJustice2k18

[@paulavine9420]

The prisoners hate Vera that much that they wanted her pushed off the roof😱 They haven’t met Ferguson yet!! I’m glad Vera survived anyway haha and maybe she and Mr Fletcher will get on better now. Poor Martha though 😢 ….And Jude Kuring is brilliant playing Noelene

[@Kblog777]

The women cant stand Vera, but they'll be praying for her to return once a certain other person steps into her shoes. Apologies to any Prisoner newbies btw, don't wanna spoil it for you,but its defo something for you to look forward to it. :)

[@elgamerico]

The Jockmeister general hahahaha

[@karennicholls8532]

Not the only one for them to look forward to.

[@malcolmgeorge1180]

The Mighty Freak😳😵‍💫🫣😱💀☠️😆😂🤣

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Vera is much better than the Freak.

[@Itsgiovis]

I love Lizzie 💕

[@patrickeffiom97]

She was as feisty off screen as she was on screen.😳

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Lizzie saying to Bea: " you reckoned there's a murderer running around here scott free" so cute.

[@amykjorlien326]

I love how Vera sticks it to Fletch!

[@ScratchyBaws]

Held hostage by a kitchen fork🤣😂🤣At least they should have had her break the bowl and use a broken piece or even a bit of the dog meat they served her up would have done more damage to Vera.😂

[@reoreborn]

Just laughed at that but "OooOoo what are you gunna do? Fork me to death?" 😂

[@melmazing3993]

Noleen snorting when she laughs at Martha LMAO!

[@Muertes-tf2oj]

This is one of the all time great episodes!

[@stevencassidy6982]

Martha is unhinged

[@2008giles]

The woman on the panel at 41:31 had a number of roles in the programme over the years - and quite a range of characters - Daphne's Mum, prison officer and Ellen at the halfway house, I think

[@davidchester-smith1074]

Dawn Klingberg.

[@elusivespirit2959]

She was so funny as Ellen. Would have liked to see more of her.

[@GinaRussell-c2c]

I think Lizzie is a good actress….thank you so much for these episodes I remember them very well 😊😊😊

[@bennz5610]

Oh look, it's Phyllis 'What's in it for me?' Hunt! 😂

[@jerzirhayzza7166]

Fletch's skin seems to have improved greatly in recent episodes.

[@jadebunnytait]

4th time around, and still love it :-)

[@michelledavidson8190]

Me too it's great.

[@wisecampmotorcycles8258]

Michelle Davidson how many years you been watching it for ?

[@davidbrown8309]

You would think that Monie and Bea would be happy that big M got rid of the child killer Bella

[@pattyparty2005]

"You got a light Ms. Bennett". Liz lmao

It just cracks me up when Martha has Vera up on the roof and Nolene yells "Come on, chuck her over" and the look on her face!

[@DCrane925]

I love Karen she's such a sweetheart

[@laminage]

Yeah. Her heart was always in the right place. Franky Doyle was absolutely crazy about her. Also remember she was teaching Franky to read and helped Marilyn learn how to do The Books for Eddie's Electrical Company.

[@Kblog777]

Karen's been in for over 18 months? The show hadn't been going for 6 months at this point.

[@WolvesofWilloughbyChase]

The timeline gets especially odd when Judith Anne returns still pregnant.

[@callmeishmael2415]

We don't know how far ahead she's gotten parole

[@DistantCousin]

Thanks for clearing that up. I was wondering at what stage/pace of the original broadcast this was

[@philipmalone4771]

30:43 - Vera's face is priceless!!

[@NM-yv7mr]

It seems bea is about to drink fresh air at 8:20 😂

[@bdchiaccio]

The lady on the parole board was a drunk woman who stayed with Judy at the halfway house 2.0

[@Summer21.]

Bonnie Chiaccio That's right. She played Ellen. 😃

[@karennicholls8532]

I knew I'd seen her before. Did she also play an officer for a short time as well?

[@ahabehe3316]

Leanne Burke talks and sounds like Doreen.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@ Aha Behe: Exactly what I was thinking!

[@ferrethome]

Yeah she does!

[@Summer21.]

Aha Behe I do like Leanne more than Doreen though, even if she does come across like Doreen at times. 😄😃

[@RoughJustice2k18]

So does Maxine Daniels in later episodes - she has a near-perfect mannerism to Doreen - even down to the annoying high-pitch voice.

[@NM-yv7mr]

The way Karen floats around with that briefcase is grating 😁

[@baronmeduse]

Would it be better if she carried the books in a plastic shopping bag? Would that ease your pain?

[@vickythefist7062]

I put exactly the same comment on a different episode . she's so snooty

[@vickythefist7062]

When i was in jail there were so many girls with learning difficulties .some of them quiet severe. It was very sad ,they were so easily led on and easily manipulated. Also mental health problems were rife . nearly everyone in thete were self harming, it was like a competition . Yet there was no mental health help for them .

[@DavidScott-hj7fo]

Not much as changed today yes more recognised only because the ileat make moment from it is pharmaceutical companies

[@AlexS-bi7of]

You should read Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization; it's a history of France's l'hopital general, showing how prisons have always been a gathering place of criminals, learning disabilities and mental illness.

[@Kblog777]

The parole board are typical Monday morning quarterbacks.

[@rosemiles-ford3544]

Lol!!!! Transferring a man, who has an aversion to blood, to a woman’s prison!!!!!!!

[@marytunstall2333]

Jean could not organise a piss up in a brewery.

[@karennicholls8532]

Funny and also true.

[@boufontleflamingoetta8433]

Bahahahaha

[@1981Galadriel]

I've been on the fence about the original incarnation on Fletch. But I have to say, his stunt in this episode really was a boss moment!

[@susi-emily]

Fletch is great. One of the best officers in the whole show.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I'm on the fence about him too

[@youtubeviewer7030]

you gotta love ericas sighs lol

[@reblnugent]

I love how the entrance to the prison is open so Bea and everyone from the laundry can jst go out and watch, maybe tht explains why there is so many escapes from Wentworth!lol xx

[@karennicholls8532]

I thought that door was kept closed. It has a sign telling visitors to ring for entry.

[@JulietRobin]

I love Nolene. I think she is such a super actress!

[@rusellcooper4771]

Same

[@ians5597]

"Stiff cheddar!" I still use that instead of "hard cheese"...

[@tammyramey]

LOVE!

[@stevenmcghee6649]

and quite the philosopher, too

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Good comic relief 😅😅😅😅.

[@oongabragettey]

Please! No spoilers for future episodes in the comments section! You're killing me!

[@sperrin]

Then don't read the comments before watching the episode.

[@oongabragettey]

I mean about episodes in the future. It's really not fair for us who haven't seen the series. I like reading the comments here so we can all bitch about the episode we've just watched.

[@lampshade8818]

oongabragettey I agree 100% and it irks me too when people do that. I don't see how someone can benefit themselves by willingly spouting spoilers to an enchanted audience. I really enjoy reading the comments _after_ I have watched the video, because I enjoy reading what the viewers thought- I *don't* want to have to boycott them because 'trolls' are going to take it upon themselves to give all the outcomes away. What is the point in spoiling things??!

[@tessagrant6757]

oongabragettey poss@0 Just R Rde07798045432

[@cuccicucci4480]

Arya Stark, we read comments after we watch the episode. Have no idea of what's to come in the next ones. Not too hard to follow is it?

[@elizanne6660]

Vera and Erica seem to be struggling with their lines during the Fletcher scenes, especially Erica..

[@DCrane925]

I can't help but love Noeline cuz she looks identical to a very dear friend of mine. She's kinda funny too

[@derby1884]

Martha wields a mean fork. And, did my eyes deceive me or did Noelene look sympathetic towards Karen right at the end there?

[@johnwalters4792]

Noeline ain't too bad

[@alexjohnston8889]

Are nolene's teeth super glued together.

[@speakfreeley4473]

Greg Miller at 9:40 owns a Toyota Corona MkII "coke bottle". Early example. I have one too, albeit slightly later.

[@mrmeerkat1096]

That picture on the shelf in Jane Vernons office is very questionable, especially in today's world.

[@karate_girl_ibiza]

Whos vernon? X

[@mrmeerkat1096]

@@karate_girl_ibiza prison social worker.

[@jencavacas4625]

Jean

[@sheriheffner2098]

I can't believe Phyllis is nice.😃 According to fans, Patsy King was born in 1929, this makes her fifty years old. She looks great to be fifty. I guess she's around ninety now. She was at the fortieth anniversary get together in February. She still gets around pretty well. The woman who played Myra was walking with a cane. She's the same age as Fiona Spence, who turns 71 on October 10th.

[@karennicholls8532]

Anne Phelan, who played Myra, died quite recently.

[@sheriheffner2098]

@@karennicholls8532 Yes I read about that. Do you know what was wrong with her? I have asked and asked but so far I have had no responses .

[@karennicholls8532]

I believe she had some type of cancer. I was actually in hospital at the time and only saw news flashes. I suppose if you Google her (or anyone) you'd find out.

[@DistantCousin]

Patsy King still alive and well, and attending fan events!

[@LUCAX651]

The chairman of the parole board later goes on to play Leila Fletcher's father.

[@cathyfaruque8207]

0.22L So, EVEN IF, they let you keep a necklace with an expensive ruby and diamond ring on it when you were admitted, which is highly doubtful, why wouldn't Wentworth have the information about the necklace and ring if they let Albrecht keep it? It makes zero sense. The writers were sniffing glue again!

[@karennicholls8532]

I agree. Even if they let her keep it, I'm sure there would be a notation of its existence in her belongings, otherwise the staff could knock off the prisoners' belongings.

[@ahabehe3316]

Big fork looks like a hay pitch 😂

[@Potionette81]

Very Hitchcockian music in the rooftop scene: like something out of 'Spellbound'.

[@eunicemuir7957]

Steve went into a partnership with the predatory Collins woman, fiannced by her father. Karen came to see him and when she heard, she walked away up the stairs and we never saw Steve again. Very badly handled if you ask me. If they are going to write a character out, they should do it properly.

[@tammyramey7441]

The way it is written is very interesting. Karen told Steve she was never in love with Greg, and yes, she did break her engagement to Greg to marry another man, whom she killed. However, even as Steve was pursuing her, she did resist him. Also, she was jealous about Greg and Meg's relationship...VERY jealous, even when Steve was in the picture. She seemed genuinely sad when she thinks Greg was leaving Wentworth without saying goodbye. There seems to be an ongoing undercurrent of hidden feelings between Greg and Karen throughout their time on the show.

[@vickythefist7062]

Didn't realise .That was it, he's gone .they could have come up with a better storyline than that .

[@itsmcolagain]

Jean Vernon is so annoying!

[@karennicholls8532]

She's always SO WRONG.

[@ResidentScrub]

Yeah, you sure showed the lot o them, Martha 🙄😂

[@daniellorenz6841]

Wow they really dumbed down Martha compared to earlier episodes.

[@79Paulie]

Noleen ❤1 of my all time favs we loved her as kids

[@ronnielight4102]

I swear Erica and Vera are ALWAYS wrong about the culprit, but act like they're so right ALL the time!!!

[@buggybug7084]

I felt really sorry for martha I know how it feels when people treat you like your dumb or a idiot

[@mrmeerkat1096]

I don't get why Bea and Monnie are giving Martha a hard time. She did what they wanted to do and kill a child killer, and she didn't set them up. They came under suspicion themselves by threatening Bella.

[@burbercat3558]

Who'd have thunk it. Noleans hell spawn loves a bit of freeform jazz.

[@scottleicester4266]

As if you'd be scared of a fork looool.

[@karate_girl_ibiza]

Excuse my ignorance but I thought Australia was always hot, every single episode of this it looks either freezing or wet. What part of Australia is it filmed in ? ❤😊

[@Redsleather]

These episodes would have been filmed in mid-1979, so winter time

[@DistantCousin]

Melbourne gets quite grim in the winter. I was so cold when I was there. Like a UK autumn

[@stevenmcghee6649]

17:00.......that's what like to see as well, Jean. A woman doing her housework.

[@pattyparty2005]

How sharp is that fork? lol

[@karennicholls8532]

Just looked at my kitchen forks. Pretty sure I'd have to put more pressure on it than I could muster before it drew blood.

[@NotForMeToSay4655]

Tyler johnson Rubies can come in various shades including pinkish looking

[@daviddemarco8327]

The detective is full of bull (or the coroner needs more training). Bella's necklace wasn't yanked from her neck after her death....it was while she was still alive (before her drowning).

[@karennicholls8532]

True.

[@rykson161]

@37:18 boom mic alert !!

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

Bella comes back later as Helen smart sister

[@ALITISA78]

38:20 Noleen and Moni LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO Chucker ova!

[@reblnugent]

the starting shooting in the later half of the year in 1978.

[@Mynewlife2025]

October 31, 1978 was the very first day of shooting. This episode would have been filmed in May 1979.

[@FreedomforHaiti]

I've been wondering that, too. Here in L.A. it was on once a week, and even though it was popular only ran for a year. (Perhaps there was trouble with the censors due to the depictions of homosexuality and use of language.) I still talk to people here who remember Prisoner--even though it hasn't been shown here in 33 years.

[@sheriheffner2098]

I thought Californians were lucky enough to get to see the entire series. I know for a fact that Sammy Davis Jr was an avid fan of Prisoner and he especially liked Maggie Kirkpatrick and got to meet her in person. That made Maggies day. I also read that he wanted to make a guest appearance on Prisoner but they wouldn't let him. I liked Sammy Davis Jr.

[@Rockaria23]

A fork? I use a spoon now lol

[@MrsLevinson175]

Leanne Burke is a real irritant

[@kystars]

yes I agree. It also cracks me up when she says we don't take charity.. like they are of such high morality, but instead they rob , steal , anything they can do to get things for themselves. so stupid

[@cuccicucci4480]

No charity lol so who pays for the food and ciggys and the roof over her head at Meg's place. What rent hahaha

[@Summer21.]

kystars Noeline and her family are too proud to accept the dole as they see it as weakness and as charity, which is a stupid attitude, when they steal anything in sight, even breaking in to places to steal things as well. 😃

[@galchino8100]

Aww damn! I got it wrong, I thought Nolene did it to frame Bea, but I had a feeling this broad was suspect too!

[@karennicholls8532]

Noelene found the ring by accident when she knocking off stuff from the cells. She WAS a thief. The fact that Bea was blamed was just a bonus for her.

[@traceyanderson4799]

So all the staff on the roof women running riot from laundry who's working anywhere anyway it's a comedy scene

[@ServiteJack]

*** WENTWORTH (The Cell Block H version 2) Season 2 Spoiler * * * * re: Vera Bennett I really enjoy these little Easter Eggs! Here in 1979 Vera Bennett got a clean fork to the neck but 35 yrs later Vera 2.0 got a needle full of hepatitis C blood in the neck. aint that progress. wow-wee.

[@lucyllewellyn2850]

The gruesome twosome Lol!

[@elaineclarke5655]

is that woman on the parole board not sister hall

[@karennicholls8532]

Yes! I knew she was someone on the staff, but still seeing her in my head in an officers' uniform.

[@daugherofaset8648]

Pre-menopausal neurotic.....LOL!

[@MastersGraduate2023]

Poor interesting Martha...everyone is so hard on her & she rarely got any respect for killing sadistic child killer Bella. I like Martha & she should had as much time as Mouse on Cell Block H.

[@kevintraynor4508]

Taking hostage and threatened with a fork 😁😁

[@NeilsidneejmasIreland]

Why didn't Meg write a report saying Karen helped her during the riot

[@andrew23947]

jean vernons last episode

[@bettieboo2010]

Umm, is it possible to threaten someone with a folk? Poor Martha is thick.

[@lampshade8818]

Hmm, i don't think I'd feel very comfortable being held hostage on the edge of a prison rooftop by a prisoner with a fork jabbing at my throat. I'd feel less threatened if it was a banana...saying that, it's more disturbing that Martha never used to be thick and was quite the sleuth, so i would wonder if she had psychotic elements to her character and was 'playing' the thicko.. That's more disturbing (but somehow i think it's just a case of 'bad writing'). :)

[@1981Galadriel]

+Bettie Joseph A lot of common objects can work as weapon. On Wentworth, NuBea used a pen.

[@k8lynmae]

Bettie Joseph I could do a fuq lotta damage with a fork

[@anuyew9537]

OH Snap!! Vera's TopKnot is in Style!!!

[@k8lynmae]

Anu Yew Not a top knot

[@jiggarypokery]

Come on Design! 35:20 Lizzie Birdsworths cell is suddenly next door to a solitary cell?

[@glennphillips843]

Feel sorry for martha Know how she feels

[@3032l-k9z]

I don't think it was Noeline who bomped off the child killer as the killer of the killer was wearing a ring on her left hand I think and I've not seen one on Noeline! Also the killers hands looked too big to be Noeline's long slim ones.

[@k8lynmae]

3032l the killers hands were also dark skinned like Martha's

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

Love Martha

[@ORIGINALREDY2MIX]

nolenes voice

[@felpen537]

LOL Forks don't realy hurt that much let alone kill people.

[@k8lynmae]

felpen537 I can think of many ways

[@YouMadeItEasy]

Steve, believing Karen did not love him and no longer wanted as a partner in his Law Firm, decided to go into partnership with an ex-girlfriend, also a lawyer, whose father had changed his mind about Steve as a suitable husband now he is successful and so was willing to finance them till they got established.

[@rosslamb7069]

So Karen gets let out after murdering her husband within six months but Beas in for life??

[@susi-emily]

Perhaps you should go back a few episodes, and pay attention this time.

[@sadiestoltzfus9798]

I was thinking Karen should have gone to an asylum considering she wasn't in her right mind when she killed her husband. Temporary lapse of reason or insanity plea. In real life she wouldn't have been charged with manslaughter. Far fetched show.

[@TYNEPUNK]

where the hell did steve wilson go? went for lunch one day and never came back, he was well into karen too, now the docs got his chance back because someone abducted steve and no one cares.

[@DCrane925]

Why do I feel sorry for Noeline

[@littlefatfriend]

was prisoner on twice a week? 692 episodes in 7 years sounds like it... ;-)

[@sheriheffner2098]

I do believe it came on twice a week. The singing credits were on a weeknight and the music only credits came on Sunday nights I heard.

[@karennicholls8532]

When it was first aired it was on Channel 10 (Sydney), Tuesday and Thursday nights at 8.30. No repeats and no videos back then.

[@lamontbradford4630]

It took 3 years to replace Dr. Miller. And when they did it was another Greg and Karen storyline but more.boring.

[@lostghost101]

No one had time to practice their lines - this ep is filled with linguistic muddle-ment. No time for re-takes!

[@karennicholls8532]

Part of the charm of the show. People trip over their words in real life as well and there are no re-takes.

[@giovanni1965]

41:51 prison screw!!

[@vickythefist7062]

Karens Up for parole allready !! I bet she ends up stayi.g with the doctor .meg will be stark raving jealous you know how she gets .also how is she going to fund all this education without working!!

[@Halfscotboy_39]

She secretly thought she was better than everyone else and acted all innocent. I've known people like her. She thinks she can cope better on the outside than any other prisoner like bea. Ok so Bea only lasted 5 episodes on the run after she got stabbed by ex officer yates in ep30 and escaped from the hospital 🏥. Yates was on a drug charge for a short time...She got all rung out in the dryer. 😂😂😂

[@Jamie-my6xx]

I'm not sure a fork is a deadly weapon and how did Martha hold the fork and climb the ladder at the same time