Cell block h originally titled prisoner in australia 1 screened from 27 february 1979 to 11 december 1986 created by reg watson 2 produced by the reg grundy organisation 3 and screened on network ten originally conceived under the working title of women in prison and women behind bars the series was set in the fictional women s prison the wentworth detention centre.
Prisoner cell block h set.
With elspeth ballantyne betty bobbitt sheila florance maggie kirkpatrick.
Prisoner commonly known as prisoner.
It follows the lives of the prisoners and staff of.
The lives of women behind bars in a female prison.
Cell block h to get a re release on either vhs or dvd even better ever since i discovered the video set volumes 1 6 containing two episodes each had gone out of print through mpi their previous primary distributor almost 10 years ago.
Cell block h a drama set in a women s prison called wentworth detention centre ran for eight seasons on australian television from 1979 to 1986 resulting in an astonishing 692 hourlong episodes.