Some of the funniest scenes with Lurch that I recall from revisiting the series recently were: 1) She was top dog! 🤣🤣 2) Lou Kelly was trying to figure something out to get them out of an awkward situation. Lurch said "Maybe I can think of something?" Lou responded sarcastically... "I haven't got all week!" 🤣🤣 And 3) Lurch's cell mates secretly dismantled her bed causing it to collapse when she jumped on it to go to bed one night! 🤣🤣
I have been to many prisoner reunions and been fortunate to meet a lot of cast and Lois is possibly the most humble and nicest person from the whole cast
The best Christmas eve. Red wine and interview with Lois Collinder!! I always wished she had her own sitcom after prisoner, "Lurch half hour!!" You pronounced my name right at the end by the way! Thank you yet again for including my comment!!!
How fantastic was this interview. Lois' interview was superb because her memories were so outstandingly clear and her reprise of 'Down South America Way' was wonderful. A Joy to watch, a lovely lady and possibly Matt and Kens best episode so far. Huge thanks to Talking Prisoner and to Lois for telling her incredible story.
Wonderful interview! Lurch was such a great character, hilarious and real. I loved her character development and how she found friendship and acceptance from others
It's great to get some good behind the scenes details from one of Prisoner's biggest stars in the post Bea Smith era, along with Ken who is across the whole series from day 1 until the end!
@@TalkingPrisoner well, I preferred the 'bad Alice' when she went around with Lou and others playing the heavy....liked her short stint as top dog too.
Another amazing interview well done guys , thanks for keeping the show alive, have watched the show on repeat since I was about 10years old when it was being rerun on UK TV in the 90s...from Bonnie Scotland
@@TalkingPrisoner hey thanks for replying my favourite era of the show was the Sandy riot episodes but really enjoy all of the early eps. At present watching poor Karen being shot by Pats son! Fantastic acting scenes 😊
What a wonderful interview as per! Lois is delightful, humble and clearly loves her craft. We need to see her back on our screens. Have a fantastic Christmas 🎄
Brilliant interview, really nice and entertaining seeing Alice Jenkins again. She sounds the same and still looks like Alice aka " Lurch "🤣 Great video, look forward to more. Thsnks👍👍👍
Really enjoyed this interview with Lois Collinder. She seems so down to earth. Lovely woman and she played Lurch really well. I loved how man hungry she was in PCBH! Glad she found a man in the end 😊
An early Christmas present indeed! Thanks so much for the thoroughly entertaining conversation with Lois. Hope you both have a great Christmas: looking forward to more brilliant interviews in the New Year! 👍😊 [Edit: Best Lurch line? Has to be episode 550 at the 35:32 mark: Joan has been injured and is laying on the rec room floor. Nora asks “please, is there something we can cover her with?” to which Lurch replies: “Nah, fresh out of cement!”. A proper laugh out loud moment! ]
ALICE WAS AN IS MY FAVOURITE CHARACHTER I EVEN STILL HAVE A BIT OF A CRUSH ON LOIS RECENTLY SAW HER ON UNDERBELLY A BIG SHOUT OUT TO YOU LOIS FROM THE UK I WILL ALWAYS BE A LOYAL FAN REMEMBER WATCHIN PRISONER ON CHANNEL 5 IN THE LATE NINTIES XX
Matt, The exterior shots of Kath and Kim's real life "House" was filmed in Lagoon Place, Patterson Lakes VIC and nowhere near Fountain Gate. Funnily enough it's quite a wealthy "Effluent" area in reality.😀
How amazing that Lois had such a massive hand in creating the role! She also makes a very good point on the lack of continuity on the show due to the turnover of writers. Many characters back stories and personalities could be a little inconsistent over time!!
Ripper Lurch 🍍🍌🍇 She was in one of my favourite periods in Prisoner. Better than 1985 I thought about 86. Awesome she friends with two people she worked closest with in the show, show how likeable she is in real life. I think Lois would be delighted with the actress who plays a 21st century version of Lurch in Wentworth. Some great acting in Wentworth but it's a little bit to in your face which I think is desperation. Anyway merry Christmas 🎄
Such a lovely interview. What I thought was particularly interesting was hearing how distasteful Lois found the scenes where Eve Wilder was hung, you could clearly see she felt uncomfortable recalling this, but she accepted that as an actor she had to do what was asked of her. Great to finally get proper confirmation that the crew were tearing down the sets around them as ep 692 was filmed.
Hi Peter, I find it interesting about the Eve Wilder hanging also, Louise Siversen said the same thing. What are your thoughts on the Eve Wilder hanging ?
@@TalkingPrisoner first time I saw this episode in the UK in the early 90s the TV station cut the hanging scene just before the chair is pulled, and went to an advert break. It's still a shocking scene today I think, I have mixed feelings about it. I'm more surprised Channel 10 actually let them get away with it, it's a brutal scene!
This was such a joy to watch. Lois has one of the best memories of the cast members. This was just lovely. Thanks again Matt and Ken for bringing us this awesome series of interviews.
Hey Ken and Matt-- another great interview. I'm sorry I wasn't quick enough to get some questions in, so I'll just leave a comment. I was really intrigued at Lois's talking of the technical aspects of making the show-- shooting laundry scenes and Rec scenes and everything was out of sequence. It only made me appreciate and admire even moreso all of the effort that went into making the show--the writers, producers, directors ,the actors, and yes the cameraman all coming together to be able to put so many shows together so quickly and which such great skill and quality. I loved her comment about the boom mic because watching it on TH-cam there used to be a funny thing where fans would make comments and say watch for the boom mic at 23:33 in the episode and, sure enough, you would see the boom mic drop down and go up again. Fun stuff. Before I go let me wish you both a Happy New Year. Looking forward to more interviews in 2022.
thank you for reading my question re Wentworth/Katrina - what a post-birthday thrill! I was just listening to this in the background and I jumped when I heard my name mentioned, haha! (I'd forgotten I asked it). I'm sure I've read on the Facebook fan pages that part of the "deal" of getting Wentworth made, was that Foxtel INSISTED the old characters names and references were made. Apparently the producers wanted to do a women's prison drama with no explicit link to PCBH, but in order to raise the profile and support the PR around launching the show, they wanted a Prisoner homage. Could just be a rumour, but it makes sense...
Could you get Jane Turner from Kath & Kim on Talikng Prisoner? Jane played Belinda Johns in Prisoner, and Glenn Robbins, Lois Collander, Alex Menglet & Althea McGrath all featured in Prisoner as well as on Kath & Kim.
Love how everything fell flat when she said maths was her favourite subject. Wasn't expecting that! LOL She's in the 1% club. Maths is usually the cast's worst subject! 🤣
Great interview, "Lurch" was an amazing character. This isn't meant as a snide remark but it's more than interesting that no one from (85-86) mentions Pepe Trevor (Lexie) or Phillip Hyde (Rodney Adams), I often wonder if there was some friction there?
I like lurch...Lou's is very disappointing not remembering anything about having the privilege being in the most iconic Australian drama series ever..she hated most of her story lines and couldn't remember much...she signed up to play a character in prison..geez..what did she expect..spewing I watched this
Some of the funniest scenes with Lurch that I recall from revisiting the series recently were:
1) She was top dog! 🤣🤣
2) Lou Kelly was trying to figure something out to get them out of an awkward situation. Lurch said "Maybe I can think of something?" Lou responded sarcastically... "I haven't got all week!" 🤣🤣
And 3) Lurch's cell mates secretly dismantled her bed causing it to collapse when she jumped on it to go to bed one night! 🤣🤣
So lovely so have the warmth of Lois in the show.
Lois is Amazing. Did you have a favourite Alice Jenkins moment on Prisoner ?
You guys should put Lois as the third host, the 3 of you interviewing prisoner actors would be amazing. Lois has a great memory...
Great idea.
I have been to many prisoner reunions and been fortunate to meet a lot of cast and Lois is possibly the most humble and nicest person from the whole cast
Amazing, Who else have you met at the reunions ?
The Best so far, how much knowledge Lois remembers from the day....Ken/Matt there needs to be some props or memorabilia brought in to one show.
Thanks so much. We have some exclusive memorabilia launching really soon. Stay tuned.
Lurch!!! Best Christmas present ever! Happy holidays, everyone!
Thanks Frank. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Highly underrated character in PCBH. Her time in prisoner went from baddie to goodie.
Wonderful interview! 💜 Such a lovely and kind lady. And VERY talented!
Thanks Ricky
The best Christmas eve. Red wine and interview with Lois Collinder!! I always wished she had her own sitcom after prisoner, "Lurch half hour!!"
You pronounced my name right at the end by the way! Thank you yet again for including my comment!!!
Thanks so much Oliver, Glad you enjoyed the interview.
@@TalkingPrisoner you're most welcome.
How fantastic was this interview. Lois' interview was superb because her memories were so outstandingly clear and her reprise of 'Down South America Way' was wonderful. A Joy to watch, a lovely lady and possibly Matt and Kens best episode so far. Huge thanks to Talking Prisoner and to Lois for telling her incredible story.
Thanks so much for your kind words Billy
Best ep so far guys 👍👍👍Lois Collinder is just amazing. So much info and seems like a really nice lady.
Hi Geoff, Merry Christmas. Lois is amazing.
Wonderful interview! Lurch was such a great character, hilarious and real. I loved her character development and how she found friendship and acceptance from others
I loved this interview, Alice was and is definitely one of the beloved characters on the show.
Lois has a great sense of humor
It was such a joy to speak with her.
Lois is a brilliant raconteur. I very much enjoyed this episode.
Thanks so much Peter.
Amazing interview, such lovely memories, brilliant for us fans, thank you so much x
It's great to get some good behind the scenes details from one of Prisoner's biggest stars in the post Bea Smith era, along with Ken who is across the whole series from day 1 until the end!
My favourite Talking Prisoner episode so far. Cant wait until we hear from Maggie K in a few weeks.
Thanks so much Shaun, what was your favourite Alice moment?
@@TalkingPrisoner well, I preferred the 'bad Alice' when she went around with Lou and others playing the heavy....liked her short stint as top dog too.
Another amazing interview well done guys , thanks for keeping the show alive, have watched the show on repeat since I was about 10years old when it was being rerun on UK TV in the 90s...from Bonnie Scotland
Thank you so much. What was your favourite era of Prisoner ?
@@TalkingPrisoner hey thanks for replying my favourite era of the show was the Sandy riot episodes but really enjoy all of the early eps. At present watching poor Karen being shot by Pats son! Fantastic acting scenes 😊
A legend of prisoner, the good old Lurch. Excellent character one of my favourites from the later years of prisoner.
Please try and get Glenda, guys!! Have loved the wonderful work you've done on this podcast. Best wishes for 2022
We have a big cast and crew list for 2022. Stay tuned.
Fantastic interview. Thanks for asking my question again xxx
Thanks Daz.
Oooh what an interview!
Thanks so much Philip
Lovely lady! Thanks for sharing your memories, Lois!
Wow!!! Incredible recall Lois. Happy Crimbo to all at Talking Prisoner!!!!
Thanks so much Mark.
That was just an absolute joy to listen to. What a lovely lady Lois is. 👍🏻
What a wonderful interview as per! Lois is delightful, humble and clearly loves her craft. We need to see her back on our screens. Have a fantastic Christmas 🎄
We could always ask Lois if she would like to come back ?
@@TalkingPrisoner Yesssss ! How about Lois, Glenda and the amazing Julia Blake?!!😆
Brilliant interview, really nice and entertaining seeing Alice Jenkins again. She sounds the same and still looks like Alice aka " Lurch "🤣
Great video, look forward to more.
Thsnks👍👍👍
Really enjoyed this interview with Lois Collinder. She seems so down to earth. Lovely woman and she played Lurch really well. I loved how man hungry she was in PCBH! Glad she found a man in the end 😊
Great interview! Thank you, Lo, Ken and Matt.
Thank you so much Gail.
Alice!!!!! ❤ adored this interview with Lois.
Another great interview guys 👍👏
Thanks so much Steve. Lois is amazing
This is just brilliant,What a great interview,Lois is just wonderful,Great way to spend an afternoon on Chrismas eve,Happy Christmas guys.
Hi Richard, Merry Christmas to you and your family. Glad you could enjoy our interview.
An early Christmas present indeed! Thanks so much for the thoroughly entertaining conversation with Lois. Hope you both have a great Christmas: looking forward to more brilliant interviews in the New Year! 👍😊
[Edit: Best Lurch line? Has to be episode 550 at the 35:32 mark: Joan has been injured and is laying on the rec room floor. Nora asks “please, is there something we can cover her with?” to which Lurch replies: “Nah, fresh out of cement!”. A proper laugh out loud moment! ]
Thats what i loved about Alice, she could be such a heavy but also had some very funny one liners.
ALICE WAS AN IS MY FAVOURITE CHARACHTER I EVEN STILL HAVE A BIT OF A CRUSH ON LOIS RECENTLY SAW HER ON UNDERBELLY A BIG SHOUT OUT TO YOU LOIS FROM THE UK I WILL ALWAYS BE A LOYAL FAN REMEMBER WATCHIN PRISONER ON CHANNEL 5 IN THE LATE NINTIES XX
Matt, The exterior shots of Kath and Kim's real life "House" was filmed in Lagoon Place, Patterson Lakes VIC and nowhere near Fountain Gate. Funnily enough it's quite a wealthy "Effluent" area in reality.😀
Very Effluent, I am not far from that area haha
Well well well done guys! Nice to get to know you Lois.
Thanks so much Bonnie
Fantastic interview guys, lovely lady. Looks really well!
Thanks Simon, Merry Christmas.
A very enjoyable & interesting interview. Thank you, Matt, Ken & Lois.
How amazing that Lois had such a massive hand in creating the role! She also makes a very good point on the lack of continuity on the show due to the turnover of writers. Many characters back stories and personalities could be a little inconsistent over time!!
And their names haha
Ripper Lurch 🍍🍌🍇 She was in one of my favourite periods in Prisoner. Better than 1985 I thought about 86. Awesome she friends with two people she worked closest with in the show, show how likeable she is in real life. I think Lois would be delighted with the actress who plays a 21st century version of Lurch in Wentworth. Some great acting in Wentworth but it's a little bit to in your face which I think is desperation. Anyway merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas John.
Such a lovely interview. What I thought was particularly interesting was hearing how distasteful Lois found the scenes where Eve Wilder was hung, you could clearly see she felt uncomfortable recalling this, but she accepted that as an actor she had to do what was asked of her. Great to finally get proper confirmation that the crew were tearing down the sets around them as ep 692 was filmed.
Hi Peter, I find it interesting about the Eve Wilder hanging also, Louise Siversen said the same thing. What are your thoughts on the Eve Wilder hanging ?
@@TalkingPrisoner first time I saw this episode in the UK in the early 90s the TV station cut the hanging scene just before the chair is pulled, and went to an advert break. It's still a shocking scene today I think, I have mixed feelings about it. I'm more surprised Channel 10 actually let them get away with it, it's a brutal scene!
Alice has aged very well!!!
Hi Lee, Did you enjoy our interview with Lois ?
This was such a joy to watch. Lois has one of the best memories of the cast members. This was just lovely. Thanks again Matt and Ken for bringing us this awesome series of interviews.
Hey Ken and Matt-- another great interview. I'm sorry I wasn't quick enough to get some questions in, so I'll just leave a comment. I was really intrigued at Lois's talking of the technical aspects of making the show-- shooting laundry scenes and Rec scenes and everything was out of sequence. It only made me appreciate and admire even moreso all of the effort that went into making the show--the writers, producers, directors ,the actors, and yes the cameraman all coming together to be able to put so many shows together so quickly and which such great skill and quality. I loved her comment about the boom mic because watching it on TH-cam there used to be a funny thing where fans would make comments and say watch for the boom mic at 23:33 in the episode and, sure enough, you would see the boom mic drop down and go up again. Fun stuff. Before I go let me wish you both a Happy New Year. Looking forward to more interviews in 2022.
thank you for reading my question re Wentworth/Katrina - what a post-birthday thrill! I was just listening to this in the background and I jumped when I heard my name mentioned, haha! (I'd forgotten I asked it). I'm sure I've read on the Facebook fan pages that part of the "deal" of getting Wentworth made, was that Foxtel INSISTED the old characters names and references were made. Apparently the producers wanted to do a women's prison drama with no explicit link to PCBH, but in order to raise the profile and support the PR around launching the show, they wanted a Prisoner homage. Could just be a rumour, but it makes sense...
Awesome interview
Thanks Liam.
Could you get Jane Turner from Kath & Kim on Talikng Prisoner?
Jane played Belinda Johns in Prisoner, and Glenn Robbins, Lois Collander, Alex Menglet & Althea McGrath all featured in Prisoner as well as on Kath & Kim.
A great character 🙂❤️
SO much love for Lois and Lurch. Did you enjoy the interview ?
I loved Alice! Great performance from Lois.
This is the party Lois was talking about, she does the dance th-cam.com/video/cY44bbH4iCg/w-d-xo.html
Oh wow, amazing footage. Is this yours ? Can we share it on our Facebook page ?
@@TalkingPrisoner I found it on TH-cam after watching your I interview
Love how everything fell flat when she said maths was her favourite subject. Wasn't expecting that! LOL She's in the 1% club. Maths is usually the cast's worst subject! 🤣
I heard that the Kath and Kim house was demolished just a few months ago in July.
Great interview, "Lurch" was an amazing character. This isn't meant as a snide remark but it's more than interesting that no one from (85-86) mentions Pepe Trevor (Lexie) or Phillip Hyde (Rodney Adams), I often wonder if there was some friction there?
Stay tuned Johnny :-) Did you enjoy the 85-86 era ?
That episode where Lexi give birth is one of my favourites. It made me really love Lurch from then on, the way she was so calm in such mayhem lol
I liked it when Alice turned her back on Lou and sided with Rita, that's when you saw Alice's good side emerge.
Our Colander Eyes!
Can I get an autograph one of my favorite characters
I like lurch...Lou's is very disappointing not remembering anything about having the privilege being in the most iconic Australian drama series ever..she hated most of her story lines and couldn't remember much...she signed up to play a character in prison..geez..what did she expect..spewing I watched this
2 hrs and 18mins of pure joy,Lois comes across as real funny lady. defo my favourite episode so far.cheers guys.👍