Talking Prisoner Cell Block H EP 45 Part 2 Interview with Pepe Trevor Lexie Patterson

[@chrisreynolds3700]

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Lexi and the interview. She still looks pretty, and full of energy, just like Lexi. Great videos, brilliant channel. Im a big fan of prisoner. I have all episodes boxset. Watched it 6 times . I look forward to more interviews. 😀😀👍👍

[@Legion-of-James]

I honestly cant get enough of Pepe.. have just loved these interviews. Thank you guys

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Did you enjoy part 1 or 2 more ?

[@bdchiaccio]

She is so intelligent and knowledgeable and it was a pure joy to spend more time watching her!

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Thanks so much Bonnie.

[@JPPILL]

Pepe is a great communicator and a wonderful actress. Fantastic interview!

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Thank you so much, did you like the Lexi era ?

[@JPPILL]

@@TalkingPrisoner yes I did. Lexie Patterson was a favourite character for me. The storylines were great at that time, also loved Eve Wilder and of course Jessie Windom. The Boy George outfit was also amusing, took me back to that time.

[@campgalore]

I absolutely loved Lexie, and now I love her even more! What an amazing opportunity to hear Pepe talking about her life, you can see she is such a lovely soul. Thanks for posting guys!

[@ukgladiatorsfan]

Spent most of the afternoon listening to this and part 1 and now I’m highly thinking of attending the event now

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Would love to see you at our event, not many tickets left

[@robertomoi2044]

Would love a patsy king interview

[@ajs41]

We all would. Also Elspeth Ballantyne.

[@Savannah005]

I also didn't know Poco was her dog!!! I'm so glad he survived that horrible experience, poor little bugger.

[@fanmael1]

Pepe is just the sweetest and a very engaging interview.

[@richardmacken9410]

I must say Pepe is wonderful,What a lovely lady and Poco was such a beautiful little dog,

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Poco was very cute, did you know that it was Pepe’s dog before you saw this ?

[@richardmacken8169]

No I didn't know that Poco was Pepes dog In real life but I guess looking back at those episodes you can see..Thank you Matt and Ken for these wonderful interviews. You are doing a great job.Pepe Trevor is such a wonderful lady.Genuine indeed.

[@stalbot7777]

Wow some of the comments on here are a shocking. Another great interview Matt and Ken. Pepe is amazing and so is the work you guys do. Please don't let the sniping get to you. 99% of fans are eternally grateful for these interviews.

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Thank you Scozzer, I am glad you are enjoying the interviews. The sniping I find funny to be honest, A fan called me a NAZI today haha that's the first time I have been called a NAZI lol.

[@stalbot7777]

@@TalkingPrisoner Heil Ferguson! I'm glad you're able to laugh mate. These people wouldn't dare say that to your face. It's great that lots of us are so passionate but a select few need to channel that passion into being semi reasonable human beings and perhaps come up with some innovative ways to bribe Elspeth into an interview. Keep the faith Matt and keep up the great work.

[@josephd.2725]

That person seemed like a troll. And yes, would like to see them say that to your face, Matt. They probably couldn't because you've got to be 7 feet tall... lol

[@ians5597]

I'm so glad this was a two-parter, Matt and Ken. There were a lot of preconceived ideas debunked here that I've spent years sticking up for Pepe about, it was great to hear her give her own account of how her time on the show came to be, and in such an engaging, insightful, caring and above all, fair and humble way. Pepe is such an amazing woman, far ahead of her time even now in so many ways. She must always have been adored and treasured by those who have known her personally but now I think she'll have a whole new set of fans. A truly inspirational lady. Wish I could be there on August 7th but I'm half a world away, I know it'll be a great success regardless though! And if my comment on Part 1 about a third book by Pepe was noticed, it was possibly kind of touched on here so that is good to know. Thank you Talking Prisoner for delivering the interview I've been waiting for the most - it didn't disappoint! 🥰🌟

[@123billydog]

Never seen many Prisoner related interviews with Pepe, but I always think of Lexies story as one big arc in retrospect and, such a great sustained performance. Sometimes Lexie was loveable, othr times detestable but always played from the heart. Really enjoyed getting to hear more from Pepe, and the life stories she shares here. All the best for the future Pepe, much love x and keep up the fine work Matt and Ken x

[@WentworthLife]

Awww brilliant interview again guys. Thank you for reading out my question (Craig from Wales) 💙

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Thanks so much Craig. Are you enjoying all the interviews ?

[@WentworthLife]

@@TalkingPrisoner Yes I am really enjoying all your interviews with the different cast members 😃

[@funkytune2006]

Thank you, Matt, Ken & the delightful Pepe for another fascinating interview. On the contrary Pepe, you have a fantastic memory of your time on Prisoner. Thank you for presenting my 3 questions & Pepe's heartfelt answer on Billie Hammerburg! What a highly intelligent lady you're Pepe. A real treat to listen to you. One of the best interviews so far! Well done guys :)

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Thank you so much for your kind words Adam. Really happy you are enjoying all the interviews.

[@funkytune2006]

@@TalkingPrisoner You're very welcome Matt. Huge gratitude to you & Ken for doing these fabulous interviews for all the ardent fans. I'm hoping one of the next big announcements will be the divine Amanda Muggleton?!. One of my favourites :)

[@liambehan6940]

Awesome 👍 pepe is hilarious

[@rayo4847]

Honestly, what a wonderful lady.

[@breeeanmunns1967]

Lovely interview Pepe is very giving as a person ... Don't worry about Negative comments mate you can't please everyone in this life .... Kind Regards Sam

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Thank you Sam, thank you for the ongoing support of our channel 😀 Matt

[@teralmiles]

Brilliant interview guys. Loved hearing Pepe’s stories and actually learning from what she had to say. What a gorgeous lady. 💙

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

Hey Ken ,hey Matt .another great interview .Sorry I was not able to get some questions up for Pepe, but another excellent job. The Poco story was absolutely fabulous .Hey what a trooper :The Show Must Go On. Thanks Pepe!

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Hi Eugene, if you want to email me your question and I will see if Pepe can answer it for you as I am in contact with her each week.

[@ronallan805]

Brilliant Interview Matt and Ken. Loving the walk down memory lane to my childhood. Pepe is such a beautiful, down to earth lady. I feel terrible that she is experiencing pain with her teeth/jaw and really hope she is able to get treatment. Appreciate the questions on Holding the Man, a movie that really resonated with me. Would be interested in attending a prisoner event and will look up how to get tickets. Big fan from Melbourne.

[@JockStrop]

Brilliant interview. I never knew the story of John and Tim. I'll have to read this book Tim wrote. As heartbreaking as it ends. I am happy they had one another.

[@CornishMiner]

What a super interview. Fascinating woman and insights into the making of Prisoner. Thanks to Matt and a chilled Ken!

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Thank you, It was amazing to get Pepe's insight to the show. Did you enjoy Lexie as a character ?

[@jefffloyd9470]

I absolutely love Pepe. She's so down to earth.

[@lamontbradford4630]

But a Privliged brat on the show

[@Its-big-A]

Lexie was far from one of my favourite characters but Pepe comes across as a really genuine caring person and I’ve really enjoyed both parts of her interview

[@jonbolton3376]

I've been looking forward to this. Part 2 with my favourite, Lex.

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Thanks so much Jon

[@davidanderson4453]

This is a great interview 😀

[@AttentionCompound]

"No royalties for Pocco?!" "No royalties for ANY of us, hun..." I love how brutally honest most of the cast have been about how bad their contracts were back then! 😂

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Its quite sad to think all the money Prisoner made that they cant pay the cast royalties now.

[@philiphayes6733]

@@TalkingPrisoner Pity. Because I remember reading somewhere Val got some royalties for the DVDs? Because everyone else didn't want to sign them.

[@nixx195]

What a beautiful sincear lady, the compassion in this fine woman is beyond words, I loved how she dressed a bit scruffy to avoid being recognised LOL Lexi was a fantastic character and pepe played her with class and sass. I loved what she said about her mums house being open to the LGBTQI community I wonder if Marie Trevor know carllota the famous Australian transsexual who danced in the Cross, pepe you should receive a humanitarian award for your work in the LGBTQI community, amazing interview thank you 😊

[@TalkingPrisoner]

I have sent the link to this interview to Pepe so I will ask her on your behalf as I talk to her weekly…it’s funny how many people want fame and some want to avoid it - Matt

[@bdchiaccio]

Can't wait to watch!

[@PaulDoe79]

Thank you so much for another great one! I haven't seen many interviews with Pepe it is awesome catching up with her!

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Thanks so much Paul, are you coming to our event ?

[@PaulDoe79]

@@TalkingPrisoner unfortunately I'm in USA. I actually spoke with Val via email a few years ago about a convention here in USA. She was so kind and expressed interest in coming to USA but organizers told her there wasn't enough interest which we both disagree with

[@TalkingPrisoner]

@@PaulDoe79 Oh wow, I think there would be a huge interest in the USA, What are your thoughts ? Matt

[@PaulDoe79]

@@TalkingPrisoner I believe there would be a lot of interest because Prisoner was actually successful here in USA. The markets that carried it said the ratings were excellent. They even spoofed it on Saturday Night Live! Not to mention with the episodes being available on KZbin and Wentworth being a huge hit on Netflix that alone would garner interest. I told Val the best place to hold a convention would be in a tri-state city where people from neighboring states could attend. And of course the major cities like New York and Los Angeles would be ideal.

[@JockStrop]

Bang on Matt. We live in a world where the elite live in luxury. On the backs of working class. Same here in UK. Tax cuts for rich. MPs expenses are fraudulent.

[@DistantCousin]

Wonderful tales about her friendship with Tim and Jon

[@jackclarence]

Great interview. Can’t wait to meet you all at the prisoner event

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Hey Jack, thank you, looking forward to seeing you, did you see our latest announcement

[@jackclarence]

@@TalkingPrisoner yes I did, it’s very exciting

[@arundimunga282]

@TalkingPrisoner Did Pepe's Website ever get sorted out? Really wanted to view her artwork after seeing this interview.

[@andyman0231]

Love Pepe!! great interview

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Did you enjoy the Lexie Era ?

[@andyman0231]

@@TalkingPrisoner yes I loved the story with Lexie and Chookie

[@josephd.2725]

Another great interview. Unfortunately, my question about whether Pepe drew the great sketch of The Freak in the 600s, and also the Merle superhero cartoon, didn't get asked. But I guess mobile text messaging probably isn't the best way to send requests as they probably fall through the cracks. I thought it might be the other way around, but oh well. All my other previous questions were asked when I posed them on the facebook page, so I'll know next time.

[@TalkingPrisoner]

I’m so so sorry Joseph, I did not see that question, I will ask Pepe for you when I speak to her next

[@josephd.2725]

​@@TalkingPrisoner No worries mate, sounds good. And thanks for all your work with these interviews, Matt. Nil bastardo carborundum!

[@josephd.2725]

I thought she was going to strip off at one point... I thought, Hello! lol But in all seriousness, she's a great interviewee, very expressive and engaged. And it's nice to see how much she enjoyed her time working on the show. That's always nice to see as a fan.

[@JulieSavage-g5r]

AWWW poor pocco😢

[@KIEV7385]

Great Interview....

[@johnwalters4792]

Love this lady she is gorgeous.

[@lorrainehassall9602]

Just watching prisoner and lexi just designing her tshirts x

[@Clavinovaman]

I'm surprised that you didn't realise Poco was Pepe's dog. You could see the real bond between them.

[@JPPILL]

I had no idea. Even though they did seem to know each other.

[@josephd.2725]

I'm with Matt on this. How would we know it was her dog until she mentioned it in this interview? Yes, she bonded well with the dog on set, but it could have been a professional dog with a handler. Nice story about it being her actual dog!

[@ians5597]

@@josephd.2725 The story about Poco being found by the two young lads was a feature in one of the Aussie TV magazines at the time - can't remember the name of it as I'm from the UK but someone in one of the Prisoner fan groups on FB put it up on there. Well worth a read! I did actually think it was common knowledge that Poco was Pepe's real-life pet at the time but it just goes to show how these little facts slip through the cracks. I think I'm right in remembering Fiona Spence used her real-life dog in a previous Prisoner storyline for the same reason Pepe said: it was cheaper and easier than hiring a "canine actor" and its handler! And in both cases, the chemistry does show through. I've never had a dog as a pet but I can see why so many people do!

[@Clavinovaman]

@@josephd.2725Sorry guys, but I'm clearly in a minority here, which I find really surprising. If you look at Poco on any of her featured episodes, it's clear - to me anyway - that her attention is pretty much always directed at Pepe. She watches her body language, her interactions and is alert to Pepe's voice and movement. There is an unmistakeable, unmissable affection between Pepe and her dog. Totally disagree with your comment that "she bonded well with the dog on set". *_The bond was already there, Joseph - that's the point._* Animal affection or loyalty between dog (and often cats) and their owners, when loved and properly looked after, is absolute, unwavering - and I recognised that immediately.

[@josephd.2725]

​@@ians5597 Good stuff. I watched the whole series as a teenager in the UK, and back in the early 1990s, I don't recall hearing much about the behind the scenes stuff with Prisoner, except for Bea visiting Cardiff around 1990 lol. It was just a great show I watched, and any behind the scenes stuff was a mystery to me at that time since no Internet etc. I'm aware there were magazine articles in Australia around some behind the scenes happenings, but I never knew about them until I moved to Melbourne 16 years ago. Glad to know that Matt the host who is almost the same age as me and grew up in Melbourne wasn't aware about Pocco either! I didn't even remember about the dog until I watched the series over again last year.

[@colinknox588]

Lexie was one of my favourite characters, really good character, loved Lexie and bobbie

[@JohnLee-pt5jz]

I liked Lexie's friendship with Julie "chook".When Julie arrive at Wentworth she was painfully shy at not confident, through her friendship with Lexie she became more confident, wining the beauty contest, and getting into the governor's office during the Ruth Ballinger siege to call the police, and her marriage to Steve Ryan, and the farewell she and Lexie had when when she was being transferred to Barnhurst was emotional.

[@avenuez4593]

What a human being. I also found Lexie unlikeable many times which is a testament to Pepe's skill.

[@hugoboss5895]

All the cast have grown into beautiful middle aged and over 70s women.

[@mychanneliswow]

I asked a question when it was first announced. Gutted you never asked it for me 😑

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Hi Jonny, sometimes fans post the same questions so we don't ask them all, What was the question ? I will check for you - Matt

[@mychanneliswow]

@@TalkingPrisoner I think I just said my dog Was named after poccos 🤣

[@mychanneliswow]

Matt, forgive me! You did mention my comment!! I'm so sorry, not sure how I missed it! X

[@lamontbradford4630]

31:22 Coral Drouyn hated blacks. That's why there were no black actors on Prisoner until she left the show.

[@TalkingPrisoner]

Coral does not hate anyone…

[@JPPILL]

Really? How on earth do you know this? It sounds extremely unlikely.

[@lamontbradford4630]

@@JPPILL IN PART 3 OF TALKING PRISONER SHE ADMITTED TO BEING BIGOTED AGAINST BLACKS

[@TalkingPrisoner]

@@lamontbradford4630 You have taken what Coral said right out of context