EPISODE 475Bev starts up a lottery with some unusual prizes; the strike causes hardship on all sides; and Dennis makes a stand for his principles.First broadcast ... 1984 (Melbourne) | ![]() |
![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicholson Myra ~ Anne Phelan Dennis ~ Nigel Bradshaw Bev ~ Maggie Dence Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis Marlene ~ Genevieve Lemon Dot ~ Alethea McGrath Heather ~ Victoria Nicolls Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Ray ~ Alex Menglet Lou ~ Louise Siversen Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Alice ~ Lois Collinder Gladys ~ Di O'Connor Phillip ~ Steve Kuhn Rita ~ Jenny Seedsman ![]() Marion ~ Taylor Owens ![]() Major ~ Carl Bleazby Vera Rodgers ~ May Howlett Frank Bolton ~ Terry Emery ![]() Officer Riley ~ Kathy Gordon Officer Slattery ~ Dorothy Cutts Reporter 1 ~ Ian Gilbert ![]() Reporter 2 ~ Gary Kliger Cameraman ~ Bill Manderson Union Type ~ Harry Reid Protagonist ~ Neville Stonehouse Policeman 1 ~ Peter Drake Policeman 2 ~ Andrew Grant Ann tells Ray it is "no small matter serving breakfast to forty cells". Myra introduces Pam, Ronnie, Tina to the social worker. | Ann is informed of the strike: Joan's reinstatement and an apology from the Department. Meg takes the women out of the dining room early and locks them in their cells, but Joyce inadvertently lets slip that the officers are on strike. Judy is given emergency trustee status so she can serve breakfast with Dot. Bev taunts Myra for her apparent fear of being locked up in a cell with her and wonders which of them will kill the other first. The Union secretary and Joyce visit Joan at home: she reluctantly agrees to accept the Union's support. The Major comes to visit Joan after she has to put off another phone call from the press: she hasn't told him because she thought he would be disappointed in her. Ann tells Meg that social workers are to be sent in to help them run the prison: some of them are trainees. The Major tells Joan his leukaemia is in remission. Myra wakes up to find Bev has a razor blade against her neck, but she is only toying with her. The women protest noisily at being kept in their cells for their breakfast. The Major sends away the reporters gathering outside Joan's house. The social workers arrive for duty ![]()
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Channel 5 broadcast a slightly cut version of the end of this episode: in the version seen previously in the UK on Granada (and other regions?) after Bev's line about the "manicure", we see a closeup of Bobbie's hand, though thankfully not exactly what Bev is doing to it.
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