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MUGSHOTS

During the Channel 5 allnighter there was a special edition of the quiz "100%" where all the questions were about Prisoner. One of the answers stated that there were 25 different characters featured in the opening "mugshot" credit sequences throughout the series.

For the first two episodes there was an extended opening credit sequence featuring the three characters the series was written around shown in everday situations, then with a gate clanging shut, then as a mugshot with prisoner number.

From episode three, the normal format of opening credits was established as:-

Prisoner 1 as mugshot with prisoner number
Prisoner 1 in profile
Prisoner 2 in (opposite) profile
Prisoner 3 in profile

(3) to (12)
Karen [427031]
Karen
Lyn
Bea
(13) to (14)
Lyn [420780]
Lyn
Doreen
Franky
(15) to (48)
Karen [427031]
Karen
Lyn
Bea
(49) to (80)
Karen
Karen
Lizzie
Bea
(81) to (306)
Doreen [335571]
Doreen
Lizzie
Bea

This combination continues right through the period when Sandy Edwards was top dog and neither Bea nor Doreen appears in the show. The first change after this comes when Doreen leaves for the first time.

(307) to (316)
Judy
Judy
Lizzie
Bea

These rather unflattering shots of Judy were replaced after five weeks by mugshots against a blank background, and including her prisoner number [387558].

Oddly, Judy isn't actually inside Wentworth at this point: she's on the outside running the first halfway house!

(317) to (334)
Judy
Judy
Lizzie
Bea
(335) to (352)
Nola [442537]
Nola
Lizzie
Bea
(353) to (356)
Lainie [no number]
Lainie
Lizzie
Bea

Lainie is the only character to appear in the opening credits before she'd even been seen in the programme! The set featuring Nola and the set featuring Lainie alternate for a while: Nola (357) to (358); Lainie (359) to (360); Nola (361) to (362); Lainie (363) to (367).

(368) to (372)
Tracey Belman
[no number]
Tracey Belman
Lizzie
Bea
(373) to (392)
Maxine [442856]
Maxine
Lizzie
Bea
(393) to (396)
Pixie [447532]
Pixie
Lizzie
Bea
(397) to (400)
Sonia [447517]
Sonia
Lizzie
Bea
(401) to (418)
Sonia
Sonia
Lizzie
Pixie
(419) to (441)
Bobbie [457434]
Bobbie
Sonia
Judy
(442) to (447)
Cass [351926]
Cass
Sonia
Judy
(448) to (462)
Cass
Cass
Myra
Judy
(463) to (506)
Reb [457484]
Reb
Myra
Judy
(507) to (514)
Bobbie [457434]
Bobbie
Myra
Judy
(515) to (534)
Marlene [457514]
Marlene
Myra
Judy
(535) to (538)
Lexie [457552]
Lexie
Myra
Lou
(539) to (552)
Myra [457470]
Myra
Lou
Nora
(553) to (592)
Lexie
Lexie
Nora
Lou
(593) to (616)
Lexie
Lexie
Julie
Lou
(617) to (626)
Lexie
Lexie
Julie
Alice
(627) to (646)
Lexie
Lexie
Rita
Alice
(647) to (648)
Lexie
Kath
Rita
Alice
(649) to (650)
Lexie
Lexie
Rita
Alice
(651) to (692)
Kath [475531]
Kath
Rita
Alice

Updated ~ 22 September 2000