I can already see some trouble brewing for Bea and Marie. I hope Bea will be able to reclaim her position. It was expected that Sandy would lose her authority once the screws got back in the prison.
I just don't like her. Awaiting her death. Although, she followed the same pattern of all the previous women who have tried to take over, she still comes off wrong. Marie on the other hand just ooze of bad ass. Thank God she has longevity on the show. It would've been a waste otherwise.
I reckon the guards should be allowed in with a knout."How would you like a senile ex-convict living next door to you" Don't miss Judy and Doreen much - the new characters are much stronger
R S lol. He doesn’t have much competition though since Vinegar got her promotion, does he? He’s may have missed out on Barnhurst but he’s got Alpha Male without a fight! Lol!
Why aren't we following the progress of Judy and Doreen? Oh well, can't say I miss Doreen much. I'm well pleased that Lizzie got off but it's a long time yet before she gets written out for good. I wonder how she'll end up back inside?
9:15, when Conway gets the uniform from Davidson, keep you ejes glued to Conway. you will See her strip off her clothes, and See her in Just her bra and pantyhose!😱👅
Yes lizzie is very much the best I could watch her all the time this program is the best I have ever seen and I'm 65 nothing has ever come close to prisoner cell block H well done
Looks like Sandy's stopgap reign has come to an end. She was ok as a temp top dog, but really she was just keeping the throne warm. She's Leicester City, but Bea and Marie are Arsenal and Man U lol.
It is kind of unbelievable that Janet would even want to be a prison officer after serving time as a prisoner... at the same prison. lol And she's surprised and angry that the women resent her for it? get a grip, sweetheart....
HUH?? Fletcher handcuffed an unconscious Lil up in the boiler room....and then we see her down below conscious & well with the other women at 3:34. Major error here.
Tricky Nicky She's all over the place, emotionally! One day she says she doesn't want a serious relationship. And then when Fletch goes about the relationship in a more casual manner, Janet starts to get all clingy. I can't wait for her character to go too.
24:14 When I first watched this episode (as a re-run in 1998) I was intrigued by the oversized Union Flag in the courtroom (to the left of the judge). Years later, I studied Australian History at University. My theory on the flag is as follows: 1. Australia is a member of the (British) Commonwealth of Nations. 2. Links between Australia and Great Britain were probably much stronger in 1981 than today! 3. The British legal system was influential in the development of it's Australian counterpart. 4. It wasn't until 1986 (Australia Act) that Australia severed all legal ties with Britain (some appeals from Australian Courts could be forwarded to the Privvy Council in London for final review). 🇬🇧🇭🇲 5. After the the enactment of the 1986 Act the High Court of Australia was the last court of appeal in Australia. Consequently, blocking-off any British involvement in Australian law.
As an Aussie myself, I've never heard of a MINISTER of any department bother to have such an interest in any one thing, like he seems to do with Wentworth. Actually, we are not a very politically motivated country and most wouldn't have a bloody clue who most of the ministers are.
Erica was harsh making the top dog the scapegoat when it was clearly the whole group simply reacting to oppressive conditions. She is obviously following silly orders from above, but even so, its still harsh to treat Sandy differently to the rest. Like the new hairstyle anyway. Marie is starting to get her bearings now and looks a complete natural at running the show. Watch out Bea, you may have some competition when you get back from hospital. Lizzie getting off will annoy Gordon, but it serves him right as he should have been the one on trial anyway.
I quite like Sandy but she is no leader. I like Winter, she is cool, I also like bea to though. Can't wait till she gets back, there will be some sparks then lol.
16:08 'you clean the governor's office'. Wtf am I watching? Seriously- what kind of drama is this, when it features prisoners that are not only instructed to enter the governor's office to clean it, but also to do exactly that immediately after the prisoners have just had a siege?! I am beyond the point of laughing at this. I can barely muster the will to slightly shake my head at the insanity of the storyline......it's gone beyond daft, lately.... 'WTF' and 'have you gone completely out of your mind?!' springs to mind at the mo when I think of these bloody script writers.....
Well, who else is expected to clean up the mess the prisoners made.. Davo? One of the officers? It only makes sense to get the prisoners to clean up the mess that THEY made themselves. And besides, the prisoners would have already checked out any files that they may have been interested in looking through whilst the riot was going on anyways. The prisoners did have an officer in the room with them while they were cleaning it up. And I'm sure that if they had bothered to include it into the 45 minutes of this episode, just to please the likes of you. Then anyone who was wasting any time, let alone stopping to snoop through some files whilst cleaning up, would have been told to get on with the cleaning or told to go clean the kitchen or somewhere else instead.
It's Australian surrealism. Less gothic than the German equivalent. Lots of non-sequiturs, conversations that go nowhere, dark corridors and closed minds. PCBH is an "experience".
0:05 do the windows not have glass wtf? so they have windows with bars and no glass in the prison okay that's realistic! must feel nippy at night there, always thought that looked so silly
One of the prisons i worked at (Dartmoor) was exactly like that. And i can tell you that the location made it worse during winter. Often, they would be snowed in. Seriously, it was the worse of the whole 5 i worked at and it even effected me, even though i only visited for upwards of 2 hours per time. It was a depressing place for everyone. It had to change.
Shadegat3 That sounds pretty shocking because sleeping in a cell without window panes would be not much warmer than sleeping outdoors How long ago was this?.
Jack Spratt Well that's cos the exterior shots are of a real building, in fact the studio the show was shot in. However the cells themselves and the internals of the prison are a built set. So that would explain why exterior shots have windows but interior ones do not.
Sheila Florence AKA Lizzy is by far the best character in PCBH. Undeniable.
I love how Davo looks like a model even though she's been up all night dealing with a riot
Yes so that she doesn't have to touch scum
Davo's hair did look pretty scruffy during the riot though. Out of the ordinary for her character.
Yes very gorgeous xx
“Where did these come from?”
“You just took them out of your pocket”
🤣🤣🤣
Sandy’s a legend
Can I just say, Steve charging up the corridors in his pyjamas, I would have ran into his open arms lol
Yes! Steve could work shirtless throughout the episode
This show wouldn't be half as good without Lizzie - "You bloody ripper!"
I love how Lizzie's Barrister rolls his R's and how he enunciates words such as, " Kerosene" "Rrrrrubish" . They are just Rrrrriper !! 😂👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻😀
He's probably welsh lol
11:17, erica......"where did these come from?"
edwards, "you just took them out of your pocket."
Surprised that the crystal decanters of grog are still in Erica's office intact after a riot
I thought the exact same thing! thought for sure it would be gone
waterkoga lol
Yes very surprised that Lizzy didn't lock herself in there.
John Zyp remember that this was forty years ago, when the world wasn’t as stitched up as it is now.
Erica probably needed it 😂😂
The noise Lizzie makes after saying "You Bloody Ripper" cracks me up!!
Lizzie Josephine Birdsworth the best ever character in Prisoner
Ever ❤️🙌
LuciousLeeStetson Bugger me backwards
Just a shame a lot of her scenes are with the worst character ever, Doreen.
I LOVE Lizzie. Next to Pixie Mason, she's one of my favorite prisoners.
I Agree with you. She's the best 💯💗🤗🤣😂
YOU BLOODY RIPPER!!! Lol Lizzie!! Happy she got off!!
LMAO. I'm happy she got off as well but I found that she should sue Sid's son for harassment and he should pay to build back the house.
Why is Colleen so mad and making it her business, was she sexually abused as a child or something lol she's so mad in life
@@ross1748 🤷♀️🤪
LMAO @ Lizzie in court! Love that laugh!
Lizzy has the best smokers cough laugh ever. Cracks me up every time.
Lizzie's smoker's cough is most likely real
That laundry trolley is a health and safety nightmare, they have to bend their back right over to push it!
Fletch saves the day in a tracksuit ~ 100+ awesome plot move.
"Stop I'm an officer" - bang, knocked out cold!
The female cop guarding Bea in the hospital played Gordon Humphrey's wife.
5:50 ...Fletch looking like he's come straight from a 70's disco... 😂
😂
I can already see some trouble brewing for Bea and Marie. I hope Bea will be able to reclaim her position. It was expected that Sandy would lose her authority once the screws got back in the prison.
Bea and Marie will be a great show down. Sandy was just a wanna be punk kid who was out of her depth.
Oh thank God! I thought Ai was the only one who wasn't impressed with Sandy.
I just don't like her. Awaiting her death. Although, she followed the same pattern of all the previous women who have tried to take over, she still comes off wrong. Marie on the other hand just ooze of bad ass. Thank God she has longevity on the show. It would've been a waste otherwise.
@@1981Galadriel She bugs me too. Juts not convinced of her 'top dog' status for some reason. Gets way too much screentime as well.
She did okay
Erica looks 20 years younger with her hair down 💇🏼♀️
But her voice as she tries to sound in charge still gets on my nerves 😅
"You Bloody Rippa!" -- Bless Lizzie!!! lol
45:06 omg, this is pure Lizzie GOLD!
Jim certainly knows how to 'treat 'em mean and keep them keen', - can't see what she sees in him myself.
this has got to be the best line of lizzie YOU BLOODY RIPPER ( lmfao )
“Quite!”
And “you beauty” 😂
“Well, it was worth a try” 🤪😂
That ending made me giggle. Gotta love Lizzie!
You wouldn’t love her if it was your house she burned down
Just like in "The Castle" lol
@@tonyboleno8191 It was not HIS house! It was Lizzies.
Noticed the window in reception hasn't been mended yet. You'd think that would be classed as an urgent matter incase of any prisoner getting to it
winter looks good in a uniform
Her face looks permanently scalded.
Steve should wear that jacket (with no shirt) all the time. :-)
SoapsNthings. and just the budgie smuggler. 😈
SoapsNthings 🤣🤣🤣
Agreed; Disappointed when he put a shirt on
The addition of Kate as a stool pigeon who managed to topple not one but all the top dogs was a great bit of writing.
Let it be known that Episode 249 is the first episode of the Erica hairstyle change.
No it was 247
Noticed that too ......
Very well. I shall put it in a meemo to mark the occasion. Carry on...
@@Mynewlife2025 lol
No it was down like this before when she was fired and when she was held hostage
I’ve got to admit these were the best these episode with sandy Edward’s Kate p and Marie winters and bee and everyone’ else
“You bloody rippa!” - Lizzie 😆
Beas gonna get that Winters lady for those mushrooms!
it's funny that they are throwing all those "file papers" in the trash, lol.
Fletch reminded me of the old uk advert for Cadburys milk tray...and all because the lady loves milk tray.
At least we don't have to hear Doreen's screeching mouth and Judy's pitty party for the trouble makers 🙄
The shirtless Steve Faulkner makes the show more interesting.
There goes Davo's classic hair... Another mark of the end of an era
yes but that hair was horrid! I like her new hair much better
She changed hairdressers, she ditched Deirdre at South Yarra for a Homosix...uel bachelor on Commercial Road.
Looks like Erica liked her new 'Riot hair' and decided to keep it!
what the heck does Fleture see in Janet? Lizzie is a great actress, can't help but love her
Sandy she’s a looker... compared to the other available ladies...which are admittedly few... lol
All Fletch sees is a shag. Fletch the Lech, remember?
Lmao Lizzy burned her house down for nothing, poor old sheila!!
*28:19**-**28:25* LMBO Lizzie laughing at the judge's remark to Po-face. *:'''D*
I reckon the guards should be allowed in with a knout."How would you like a senile ex-convict living next door to you"
Don't miss Judy and Doreen much - the new characters are much stronger
Steven Cassidy, if you mean "lizzy", go jump in the Lake!!! lizzy may be an ex-con, But she's certainly NOT senile.!!!!!😠🐵
I think Steven was quoting what Powell said about Lizzie, when Powell was on the stand in court testifying against Lizzie.
New ones are more like cartoon characters.
Two of my favorite things that Lizzie says: "You bloody ripper!" And, "You beauty!" ❤️ Love Lizzie.
If I needed a solicitor in Australia..I would choose him👍
Maggie Millar, who portrayed Marie Winter, is a very nice person in reality.
which shows what a good actress she is to be so absolutely repulsive and totally unlikable as Marie Winter.
"you bloody ripper" lol good old lizzie.
Lizzie's outburst in court would give her a contempt of court. The judge is pretty tolerant
Fletcher cuffed Lil to a bar on the upper floor...and mere minutes later, she's running around loose with the other women downstairs. LOL
I want Bea back.
😂😂😂😂
18:52
She didn’t even pour any porridge out!
No wonder the ladies are upset!😂😂
😂
Recon Lizzie did Sid's son a favorite burning the house down, now he can build those flats.
"You bloody rippah!" "Quite."
FLETCH THINKS HE'S A NINJA WHAT A GOOSE.
R S lol. He doesn’t have much competition though since Vinegar got her promotion, does he? He’s may have missed out on Barnhurst but he’s got Alpha Male without a fight! Lol!
Why aren't we following the progress of Judy and Doreen? Oh well, can't say I miss Doreen much. I'm well pleased that Lizzie got off but it's a long time yet before she gets written out for good. I wonder how she'll end up back inside?
Lizzie is too funny 😂😂😂
9:15, when Conway gets the uniform from Davidson, keep you ejes glued to Conway. you will See her strip off her clothes, and See her in Just her bra and pantyhose!😱👅
@eviem2514 didn't actually look like she was wearing a bra unless it was a flesh coloured one
Love my Lizzie!!! She's the best !!
Yes lizzie is very much the best I could watch her all the time this program is the best I have ever seen and I'm 65 nothing has ever come close to prisoner cell block H well done
She like a Aussie dot cotton
The first time Marion Dimmick as Officer Radcliffe appears. She's in it as a background officer for the rest of the series.
You Bloody ripper! Don't you love old Lizzy?
"Does anyone know what's going on?" Lizzie
Brilliant ending to this one.
I tell you what. If Steve Faulkner had raced up to me dressed the way he was at 04:00 I think I’d have passed out. Oooooph!!!
4:54
I wonder if this is where Leon got the idea from??? 😂
The prosecution man at court must come from the same place Erica did with the way he says harassment.
Looks like Sandy's stopgap reign has come to an end. She was ok as a temp top dog, but really she was just keeping the throne warm. She's Leicester City, but Bea and Marie are Arsenal and Man U lol.
Time appropriate
Classic Lizzie at the end there 😂
It is kind of unbelievable that Janet would even want to be a prison officer after serving time as a prisoner... at the same prison. lol And she's surprised and angry that the women resent her for it? get a grip, sweetheart....
She's a ginger psycho.
At 33:07: looked like the back of Janet Conway in the court room, to the right hand side!!!
Nahh it couldn't be. The woman in the court room that you're referring to has mildy orange hair. Janet has very vivid red hair.
Mrs Morris wouldn't be allowed to sit in court at the beginning of the trial if she was gonna give evidence....
Ah, a date, so now it's 21st October 1981, heading round to Christmas again. I suspected as much.
Wasn't the riot the end of 1981 season so this episode would have been aired in 1982?
HUH?? Fletcher handcuffed an unconscious Lil up in the boiler room....and then we see her down below conscious & well with the other women at 3:34. Major error here.
Good eye!
Poor Janet. She went down like a sack of spuds.
Janet should go to Barnhust and work under Vera.
Janet sounding like Vera😂😂😂😂
Bloody Ripper! 😍
Prisoner is the best comedy series Australia has ever produced.
38:07. The laughing girl plod is Gordon Humphries Mrs. Ya can't mistake that hideous dial.
Love the spunks Jim Jam trousers.
24:35 it looks like a picture of judy in the courtroom
Haha,so much bad acting.OMG,priceless !
You blood y ripper Lizzie she got off.
38:58 omg Janet is sooo clingy.
Tricky Nicky
She's all over the place, emotionally!
One day she says she doesn't want a serious relationship. And then when Fletch goes about the relationship in a more casual manner, Janet starts to get all clingy.
I can't wait for her character to go too.
I just love Lizzie
24:14 When I first watched this episode (as a re-run in 1998) I was intrigued by the oversized Union Flag in the courtroom (to the left of the judge). Years later, I studied Australian History at University. My theory on the flag is as follows:
1. Australia is a member of the (British) Commonwealth of Nations.
2. Links between Australia and Great Britain were probably much stronger in 1981 than today!
3. The British legal system was influential in the development of it's Australian counterpart.
4. It wasn't until 1986 (Australia Act) that Australia severed all legal ties with Britain (some appeals from Australian Courts could be forwarded to the Privvy Council in London for final review). 🇬🇧🇭🇲
5. After the the enactment of the 1986 Act the High Court of Australia was the last court of appeal in Australia. Consequently, blocking-off any British involvement in Australian law.
As an Aussie myself, I've never heard of a MINISTER of any department bother to have such an interest in any one thing, like he seems to do with Wentworth. Actually, we are not a very politically motivated country and most wouldn't have a bloody clue who most of the ministers are.
Lol
I guess the bagpipe music will be Marie's music from now on.
39:28 why is the defense soaking wet...did he forget to dry off after his dip in the bay or is he new and wet behind the ears....
Lizzie solicitor really good
How could Kate have a 3 year old son when she is well into her 50's. Not impossible but unlikely
She was only 38 when this was filmed.
@@Mynewlife2025 yes but her character was meant to be in her mid 50s
@@pamelahanlon3110 it was never mentioned that she was in her mid 50s.
@@pamelahanlon3110 her age isn't mentioned
@@Mynewlife2025 yes it was
Janet just isn't officer material she reminds me of Sally Dean. She gets too emotional.
Lizzies lawyer is jugde Rinder
Erica was harsh making the top dog the scapegoat when it was clearly the whole group simply reacting to oppressive conditions. She is obviously following silly orders from above, but even so, its still harsh to treat Sandy differently to the rest. Like the new hairstyle anyway. Marie is starting to get her bearings now and looks a complete natural at running the show. Watch out Bea, you may have some competition when you get back from hospital. Lizzie getting off will annoy Gordon, but it serves him right as he should have been the one on trial anyway.
I quite like Sandy but she is no leader. I like Winter, she is cool, I also like bea to though. Can't wait till she gets back, there will be some sparks then lol.
"This is an election year, Erica....."
Erica would beat down Marie winter if it was one on one her new hairstyle is awesomeness of the highest quality
bwahahah. i would love to see Erica beat someone up
BRING BACK THE THUMB SCREWS, right Janet? That's the reason they call you screws anyway. I wish they called them screws here in America.
I’m really missing Doreen.
Said no one. Ever. 😛
Well, I am for one.
Mr Oliver’s make up is lit.
16:08 'you clean the governor's office'. Wtf am I watching? Seriously- what kind of drama is this, when it features prisoners that are not only instructed to enter the governor's office to clean it, but also to do exactly that immediately after the prisoners have just had a siege?! I am beyond the point of laughing at this. I can barely muster the will to slightly shake my head at the insanity of the storyline......it's gone beyond daft, lately.... 'WTF' and 'have you gone completely out of your mind?!' springs to mind at the mo when I think of these bloody script writers.....
Well, who else is expected to clean up the mess the prisoners made.. Davo? One of the officers?
It only makes sense to get the prisoners to clean up the mess that THEY made themselves.
And besides, the prisoners would have already checked out any files that they may have been interested in looking through whilst the riot was going on anyways.
The prisoners did have an officer in the room with them while they were cleaning it up. And I'm sure that if they had bothered to include it into the 45 minutes of this episode, just to please the likes of you. Then anyone who was wasting any time, let alone stopping to snoop through some files whilst cleaning up, would have been told to get on with the cleaning or told to go clean the kitchen or somewhere else instead.
It's Australian surrealism. Less gothic than the German equivalent. Lots of non-sequiturs, conversations that go nowhere, dark corridors and closed minds. PCBH is an "experience".
0:05 do the windows not have glass wtf? so they have windows with bars and no glass in the prison okay that's realistic! must feel nippy at night there, always thought that looked so silly
One of the prisons i worked at (Dartmoor) was exactly like that. And i can tell you that the location made it worse during winter. Often, they would be snowed in. Seriously, it was the worse of the whole 5 i worked at and it even effected me, even though i only visited for upwards of 2 hours per time. It was a depressing place for everyone. It had to change.
Shadegat3
That sounds pretty shocking because sleeping in a cell without window panes would be not much warmer than sleeping outdoors How long ago was this?.
Yeah glass would be a great thing to have the prisoners could break and use to kill each other with.
Steve Perrin
Well they are already allowed glass mirrors anyway.
Jack Spratt Well that's cos the exterior shots are of a real building, in fact the studio the show was shot in.
However the cells themselves and the internals of the prison are a built set.
So that would explain why exterior shots have windows but interior ones do not.