EPISODE 463Marie makes threats against Heather Rodgers's family. Meg is taken hostage by her stepdaughter. And Joan uses Marie to make trouble for Ann.First broadcast ... 1984 (Melbourne) | ![]() |
![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicholson Myra ~ Anne Phelan Reb ~ Janet Andrewartha Dennis ~ Nigel Bradshaw Leigh ~ Virginia Hey Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis Marlene ~ Genevieve Lemon Dot ~ Alethea McGrath Marie ~ Maggie Millar Heather ~ Victoria Nicolls Rachel ~ Kim Trengove Off. Barry ~ Joy Westmore Edna Pearson ~ Vivean Gray Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Kay Desmond ~ SallyAnn Bourne Tracey Morris ~ Michelle Thomas ![]() Mark Sanders ~ William Upjohn ![]() Shane Munroe ~ Robert Summers Vet (Terry Dickinson) ~ Peter Sinclair ![]() Nicky (Dog) ~ Himself Policewoman ~ Sue O'Neill Reb takes the place of Cass in the opening mugshot credits The fourth screen of credits (in italics above) is removed from cut versions of the episode to suppress any mention of Edna Pearson, all of whose (dialogue) scenes in this episode are cut. | Marie backs off from bashing Marlene when she begs her not to, and demands instead that Marlene gives her as much information on Heather as she knows, even apparently trivial stuff. Joan takes Shane's dog to the vet: he keeps the dog in overnight, but Nocky survives. Meg has a surprise visitor: her step-daughter Tracey, who tells her about Bob's new wife Tricia. She invites herself to stay with Meg while she's town. Marlene asks to be friends with Bobbie, but she is still bitter at the friends she's just lost. Heather decides she is going to stand up to Joan's sniping, and when she makes a catty remark she tells Joan to get off her back. Marie makes Judy work the drier, and finds out about Judy's pace-maker from Bobbie's protest. Kay has a bad time with withdrawal symptoms and has to be held down by Wally and Myra. Joan quizzes Dennis about children's homes and as a result of what he tells her, she becomes more determined to help Shane and keep him out of an institution. Marlene is put on a charge by Joan for putting too much powder in the washing machine and making it overflow. Judy apologises to Dennis for blaming him for Bobbie's miscarriage. Meg refuses to back Joan's charge: Joan warns her she expects Ann will soon be out and she will be Governor. Reb returns from solitary and agrees to deal drugs for Marie. Ann tells Meg that because of Joan's report to the Department she has been put on six week's notice and will get the sack if anything else goes wrong. Dennis apologise to Bobbie for hurting her. Ann takes up Marlene's suggestion that the women should have aerobics classes and puts her in charge of running one rather than punishing her. Judy is held against the drier by Marie ![]() ![]()
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Episodes involving Edna Pearson were broadcast in a cut version in all regions of the UK apart from Meridian, which showed some of the the original versions, possibly due to some mistake on Grundy's part.
Channel 5 only managed to show two of the four original versions shown by Meridian.
Three of the episodes appear never to have been shown uncut in the UK. For reasons best known to themselves, Grundy supplied the original version of this episode (and of the other six too) to Channel One for showing in Malta in March 2000.
Thanks to all the people who provided me with the information about the scenes Grundy had to cut out.
ITV regional broadcast dates:-
Broadcast on Meridian Tuesday 30 July 1996
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