EPISODE 221Broadcast on Channel 5 Wednesday 04 March 1998 04:40 Alison is allowed out of isolation while Doreen is sent to solitary. Terry makes Vera a startling proposal. Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Jim ~ Gerard Maguire Doreen ~ Colette Mann Vera ~ Fiona Spence  Terry ~ Brian Hannan Alison ~ Fay Kelton Don ~ Stuart Finch Det. Insp. Grace ~ Terry Gill Wendy (Receptionist) ~ Helen Noonan Janet ~ Amanda Irving Gate Guard ~ Adam Joseph  | The gate guard sees what has happened, and finds Kathy dead in the road. He calls for an ambulance, while Wendy in reception rings the police. Wendy tells Erica about the accident, and that the victim was an ex-prisoner. Terry gets to hear about it too, and rushes outside to get confirmation of who was run over, just as Inspector Grace turns up. Grace tells Terry that he and Vera could be implicated, because of Terry and Vera's circumstances, and because Kathy was Terry's ex-wife. Doreen turns up in Alison's cell, and attacks her, but Jim intervenes. Erica decides to send Alison to isolation, while Jim blames Alison's haughty behaviour. Doreen makes Erica lose her patience, and she is sent to solitary. Inspector Grace criticises Erica for not reporting the threats against Kathy, but she soon puts him in his place. Doreen, Alison and Bea are interviewed, but Inspector Grace gets very little information, as the prisoners had been in their cells at the time. Erica discusses the day centre project with Meg. Grace visits Vera and points out that she had a motive to have Kathy killed. This makes Vera furious, and she asks Grace to leave. Vera rings Terry and accuses him of involving her. Janet, Don's neighbour, offers to help him. Terry visits Vera, and nearly gets the door slammed in his face, but Terry promises that he won't get her into more trouble. Bea suspects Terry of involvement in Kathy's death. Terry takes Vera out to lunch, and asks her to reconsider their engagement. Janet gets the wrong idea and tells Don she is in love with him, so he has to politely set her straight. Even so, she feels insulted, and tells him she feels he has been exploiting her. Bea surprises Terry in the staff room when he takes a coffee break. Bea accuses Terry of murder: when he denies it, Bea takes his cup and reads his tea leaves. She says that she sees a uniform and a telephone. Terry is indignant, and smashes the cup after Bea has left the room. |
EPISODE 222Broadcast on Channel 5 Friday 06 March 1998 04:40 Terry pressures Vera for an answer, and Lizzie awaits news of her parole.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Jim ~ Gerard Maguire Doreen ~ Colette Mann Vera ~ Fiona Spence Terry ~ Brian Hannan Alison ~ Fay Kelton Don ~ Stuart Finch Sid ~ Edward Hepple Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Chris Page ~ Simon Finch Susan Page ~ Jennifer Finch Wendy (Receptionist) ~ Helen Noonan Dinah Walford ~ Trudy Simms Mr Carter ~ David Nettheim Policewoman ~ Di O'Conner  Greg ~ Rick Ireland  | Vera find Terry sweeping up the fragments of his bropken mug. Bea warns the other prisoners about Terry, and tells them never to be alone with him. Wendy offers to teach Alison typing. Vera gets a telephone call from Mr . Douglas to say that she is one of three remaining applicants for the Governorship of Barnhurst. Don gets a visit from Mr. Carter: he says that Chris has run away after hitting one of his teachers. Don drives his van around looking for Chris. Bea puts pressure on Terry, with her and the other prisoners constantly hinting that he has killed Kathy. Lizzie has another home visit to see Sid. Terry nags Vera about their engagement, but she refuses to give him an answer. Vera thinks she detects a certain jealousy on Jim's part when he hears about the three remaining applicants, as he threw away his chance to be Governor. A policewoman sees Don about Chris' disappearance. At work, Terry is very tense, and gets angry over the slightest thing. Sid has a recurrence of his heart problem after he tries to move a garden gnome  . Don visits Alison and tells her that Chris has run away. While Lizzie sits and knits, Sid falls asleep on the sofa, but Lizzie can't wake him up when it's time for her to go back to Wentworth  . She rings Erica to say she won't be coming back to Wentworth that night and immediately hangs up. Erica realises that something is wrong and goes straight round to Sid's house. Alison is worried about her son, and Vera lets her ring Don. Erica arrives at Sid's and phones for a doctor for Sid, telling Lizzie that she will have to notify the authorities. Terry stays home alone and gets drunk. Don is happy to find Chris at home in the kitchen: he phones the prison and Vera reluctantly agrees to pass on the message to Alison that Chris is at home again. Chris explains why he hit the teacher: he thought that the teacher had said something insulting about his mother. Lizzie tells Doreen and Bea about Sid's death. Vera gets another telephone call from Mr. Douglas, who tells her that she has been appointed as the new Governor of Barnhurst. Vera makes an important decision, and tells Terry the engagement is off: he loses his composure and grabs hold of her, but she slaps his face and runs out of the staffroom. Erica gets permission for Lizzie to go to Sid's funeral. Vera tells Erica about her new job: Erica is extremely pleased for her and congratulates Vera. Terry takes the rest of the day off work and storms out of the building without signing off. On the building site, Don loses his balance and falls into a trench.  When Terry comes home from work, he has a "visit" from Dinah accompanied by a thug who holds Terry at gunpoint. |
EPISODE 223Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 07 March 1998 04:40 Terry tells Vera how he is implicated in Kathy's death; Alison is allowed to visit Don in hospital; the women decide to wear black arm bands.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Jim ~ Gerard Maguire Doreen ~ Colette Mann Vera ~ Fiona Spence Terry ~ Brian Hannan Alison ~ Fay Kelton Don ~ Stuart Finch Off. Powell ~ Judith McGrath Det. Insp. Grace ~ Terry Gill Capt. Barton ~ Paul Young Chris Page ~ Simon Finch Susan Page ~ Jennifer Finch Gordon Humphrey ~ Bruce Kerr Myra Desmond ~ Anne Phelan  Dinah Walford ~ Trudy Simms Fitzwater ~ Glen Paul  UNCREDITEDOfficer Barry ~ Joy WestmoreOTHER CHARACTERSDoctor (talking to Don Page) Wacka (gunman with Dinah) | Terry is forced to go with "Wacka" and Dinah in his car: two men watching his flat see them drive off. Don is told he has a slipped disc after the accident on building site, and must rest for six weeks. Don asks Chris to call Meg to ask for help. Captain Barton from the Salvation Army comes to visit Lizzie. Terry is taken to see John Fitzwater, who admits he was behind Kathy's death. He believes Terry could of use to him, and wants to know when and how Rosey Quinn will be transferred from Barnhurst to Wentworth. When Terry at first refuses, Fitzwater threatens to have Vera killed. Captain Barton discusses the arrangements for Sid's funeral with Lizzie: she tells him that Sid wouldn't have liked a fuss. Vera shows her more sympathetic side when she gives Lizzie her condolences. Meg is extremely anxious to get Alison released now her husband is unable to work. Inspector Grace is waiting for Terry when he comes home. He says the house Terry was taken to belongs to McNally's gang, and that it is under observation. Terry is also told to pass on the information that Fitzwater asked for. Erica gives Terry a reprimand for his absence from work the day before, reminding him that he is a prison officer, not a policeman. Erica tells Alison about Don's accident at work. Erica suggests Alison contacts the Prison Reform Group to get someone to look after the children while Don is confined to bed. In a bizarre and belated attempt to establish some motive for Terry's change of character, he confronts Vera and tells her he arranged Kathy's death to prove that she knew something about McNally's gang: he also mutters darkly that Kathy was having his child and killed it (i.e. had an abortion?) After this peculiar outpouring, Vera is understandably upset, and tells Meg about Terry's irrational behaviour. She decides to ring Inspector Grace and inform on Terry, but he tells he he already knows and regards Terry as fairly unimportant. Alison's children are temporarily placed in a foster home. The prisoners celebrate when they hear that Vera is leaving Wentworth to become Barnhurst's new Governor. Captain Barton makes a speech at Sid's funeral. Meg discusses Alison's children with Myra Desmond from the PRG and also mentions the plans for a day centre for prisoners. "Wacka" sees Terry talking to Inspector Grace. Officer Powell take Alison to visit Don: Alison tells Don that she wants to get a job to help the family financially when she is released. Myra looks after Alison's children after visiting them with Meg. Bea tries get information from Officer Powell about Vera's replacement, but gets nowhere. Alison's children are curious about Myra's background. Outside prison, Terry tries to make Vera get into his car. They begin to argue and don't notice a car approaching. Someone points a gun at them from the car window. |
EPISODE 224Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 08 March 1998 04:40 Vera discovers that Terry has been shot dead.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Jim ~ Gerard Maguire Doreen ~ Colette Mann Vera ~ Fiona Spence Alison ~ Fay Kelton Off. Powell ~ Judith McGrath Don ~ Stuart Finch Mouse ~ Jentah Sobott Det. Insp. Grace ~ Terry Gill Myra Desmond ~ Anne Phelan Chris Page ~ Simon Finch Susan Page ~ Jennifer Finch Gordon ~ Bruce Kerr Mr Shaw ~ Keith Lee  TV Announcer ~ Bruce Mansfield Gate Guard ~ Roy Edmunds Rather than the usual lockup officer under the credit sequence, there is an exterior shot of the prison, with Vera at the start of the shot walking away | Terry is killed by a gunshot from the car. Erica gets a telephone call from the gate guard about the shooting, and immediately phones Det. Insp. Grace. Doreen tells the other prisoners about the police arriving and thinks she'd heard the shots shortly before. Inspector Grace interviews Vera  , and gets her description of the car and the men inside it. Jim stops the interview and Grace admits he already knew about Terry's responsibility for Kathy's death. Vera refuses to see a doctor and leaves the prison on her own. She turns up at Meg's office and eventually breaks down in tears talking to Meg about Terry. The women hear about Terry's death on TV. Vera goes in for her last day at Wentworth, much to Jim's suprise (and annoyance, since he'd changed the rotas already to cover for her). Inspector Grace tells Vera that the pawnbroker have been arrested, but that Fitwater has flown to Sydney and is therefore someone else's problem. Alison is unhappy with having an ex-prisoner looking after her children but Myra finally convinces her and Alison apologises. Erica and Jim make plans for a farewell party for Vera, though they are both concerned that Vera is hiding her feelings. Lizzie learns that Sid has left her his house. Vera walks into the staffroom as Meg and Jim are discussing her problems: she tells them that she knows they mean well but she doesn't want their pity. When Alison comes back to Wentworth, she asks Erica if she can be moved back to H-block: she apologises to Bea, so Bea agrees to give her another chance. Sid's son Gordon is angry that Lizzie has inherited the house, and accuses her of tricking Sid, but Erica asks him to leave because of rudeness to Lizzie. Bea and the others tell Lizzie to fight for the house if Gordon tries to contest the will. When the list of the working party for the day centre is posted on the notice board, Mouse writes her own name on the list (apparently without using a pen!). The prisoners throw their own farewell party. Mouse wraps up a stone and gives it to Vera as a "pet rock", while Lizzie tells Vera she will miss her. Vera leaves Wentworth for the last time without going to the party organised by Jim and Erica. She recalls the comments about her that she's overheard, but at the last moment evidently decides that she is relieved to be rid of Wentworth, and strides confidently into her new future.  |
EPISODE 225Broadcast on Channel 5 Tuesday 10 March 1998 04:40 Powell is suspicious of the women's good behaviour after Vera leaves and Lizzie is ecstatic when she is told of her release.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Jim ~ Gerard Maguire Doreen ~ Colette Mann Officer Powell ~ Judith McGrath Alison ~ Fay Kelton Gordon Humphrey ~ Bruce Kerr Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore | The women bet on who will replace Vera and tease Jim for not getting the Barnhurst job. Officer Powell is offered a temporary position as Acting Chief Prison Officer, with the possibility of a permanent promotion if her work is satisfactory. Jim is unhappy and goes into a sulk for a while. Colleen tells the women about her new position and warns them she'll be keeping an eye on them all. Lizzie regrets all the fuss about the house and tells Bea that she wants to give the house to Gordon. Erica asks Jim to keep an eye on Officer Powell, though when Colleen comes to him with her suspicions that the women are up to something, Jim is bad tempered and too busy organising the rota to pay much attention. Erica tells Lizzie that her application for parole wasn't cancelled after all due to a bureaucratic mixup: instead it has been approved and she will be released in five weeks. Lizzie is overjoyed at first, but then realises that her main reason for release was Sid. Colleen is confused when Judy and Lizzie volunteer to clean the corridors. Bea and Erica have a conversation in private, which makes Doreen and Judy curious. Jim gets more and more grumpy. Judy and Doreen steal official writing paper from Erica's office and while Alison's help as lookout, Judy uses the typewriter in reception to make up a fake notice making fun of the officers. Doreen tells Lizzie that she will be coming to live with Lizzie after she is released, so Lizzie will need the house after all. Lizzie asks Meg to arrange a solicitor for her. The "official" letter found on the notice board, much to Colleen's annoyance: Colleen is sure that Alison is involved with the letter somehow, and wants to punish her, but Erica points out that if Alison had been supervised all the time, someone would have noticed her typing the notice. Colleen goes quiet, as she did indeed leave Alison alone in reception. When Gordon threatens Lizzie during his visit and Bea overhears, she storms into the visitors' room and has to be held off by the guards. Meg tells Colleen that she's starting to sound more and more like Vera. Colleen objects to having six prisoners working on the day centre, since supervising them properly would leave the prison understaffed, and wants to make it a union matter. Erica tells her she will have to make her mind up whether she's a union representative or a senior officer. Bea, Doreen, Lizzie and Mouse are among the six women chosen for the work party to clean the day centre. Lizzie grieves for Sid and finally comes to terms with his death. |
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