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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