EPISODE 231Broadcast on Channel 5 Wednesday 18 March 1998 04:40 Doreen and Peter risk capture to take Martin to hospital. Erica is taken hostage by Ricky and Linda.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneJudy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Jim ~ Gerard Maguire Doreen ~ Colette Mann Officer Powell ~ Judith McGrath Mr Douglas ~ Ian Smith Andrea ~ Bethany Lee Linda ~ Mary Charleston Ricky ~ Kate Turner Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore Peter ~ Stefan Dennis Martin ~ Paul Colombani Det Sgt Ross ~ Bill Garner  Wendy (Receptionist) ~ Helen Noonan Announcer ~ John Larkin Shop Assistant ~ Peppie Angliss  Doctor ~ Brenda Addie  | Andrea's friends take Erica hostage  , blindfolding her and bundling her into a delivery van. Linda rings Ted Douglas from a call box and announces that they are holding Erica hostage until Andrea is released. Erica is taken to a house on the coast, and soon sees her chance to get hold of the revolver lying on the table, but she soon finds out that it is a fake when she threatens her captors with it. Joyce tells Jim that Bea and the other prisoners want the day centre project to continue. Doreen tries to get hold of an inhaler from a chemist's, but gets cold feet and runs off when the assistant phones to check the false address she supplies. Ted Douglas informs Jim of the kidnapping, and Jim is very indignant when learns that the whole matter has been turned to the police. The kidnappers decide to send a lock of Erica's hair to a TV station. Doreen and Peter take Martin to hospital, but leave him there and run away. Sgt. Ross asks Jim for information on Andrea. Doreen and Peter comfort each other. Linda threatens to cut off one of Erica's fingers, and forces her to change clothes. Bea notices that Andrea is very keen to see the newspaper and is convinced that she is planning another escape. Meg tells Lizzie that Peter is not wanted by the police, so Lizzie passes on what she knows of Doreen's hideout. Meg finds the boathouse while Peter is away looking for food, and Doreen comes out of hiding when she hears that Peter has not been implicated in the robbery. Doreen still believes still that Meg lagged to the police, but Meg explains her everything, and lets her wait for Peter to come back. Lizzie has pangs of conscience because she has "lagged" to Meg. Erica manages to get hold of a pair of scissors. The prisoners learn about the kidnapping from an unconfiscated radio. Bea decides to give Andrea a taste of her own medicine, and Judy and Bea "kidnap" Andrea and barricade themselves into a cell. Doreen doesn't tell Peter that she's seen Meg but tries to persuade Peter that they should change their hiding place. Bea tells Colleen that if anything happens to Erica, they will do the same to Andrea. Ricky and Linda begins to argue, and Erica sees her chance to escape, but Linda sees her and opens fire . . . |
EPISODE 232Broadcast on Channel 5 Friday 20 March 1998 04:40 A new girl (!?) officer arrives at an already understaffed Wentworth knowing a secret about Bea. {or vice versa?} Andrea lets slip a clue to Erica's whereabouts. Peter and Doreen break into Lizzie's house.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneJudy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Jim ~ Gerard Maguire Doreen ~ Colette Mann Officer Powell ~ Judith McGrath Janet Conway ~ Kate Sheil  Mr Douglas ~ Ian Smith Andrea ~ Bethany Lee Linda ~ Mary Charlston Det Sgt Ross ~ Bill Garner Ricky ~ Kate Turner Peter ~ Stefan Dennis Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore Newsreader ~ John Larking | ... but she misses (by a mile) and Erica escapes. Wentworth gets a new prison officer, Janet Conway. Jim is disappointed when he finds out that she is only just out of training school. Erica tries to run from kidnappers, but they catch her. Bea tells Jim to let the kidnappers know they are holding Andrea, but Ted Douglas refuses to lift the media ban so Jim phones a radio station on his own initiative. Bea gets a hint from something Andrea says about where the kidnappers might be, and passes the information on to Jim. Erica and the kidnappers hear a news report about Andrea being taken hostage by Bea. Jim works out that Erica must be at South Beach, and tells Sgt. Ross. He phones the police at South Beach who have received a report of a scuffle between three women. Mr. Douglas is furious with Jim and dismisses him, but Jim threatens to go to the newspapers, since he is longer is employed by the Department. Judy tries to calm down Bea, but she is very angry with Andrea. Sgt. Ross finds out about the beach house, and takes Jim with him when the police surround the house. Ricky tries to bluff her way out with the starting pistol, but is shot and killed by the police. Linda tries to make a run for it, but she is overpowered, and Erica is freed.  Meg goes to the boathouse, but Doreen and Peter have already left. Bea and Judy call off the cell blockade when they hear that Erica is free again. Andrea is momentarily upset by news of Ricky's death, but sees its publicity value to the "cause". Janet is sent to collect Bea and Judy from solitary: Bea wonders where she has seen Janet before. Jim hints that Bea and Judy could get themselves off the hook by claiming that Andrea was in it with them and planned her own kidnapping. Doreen and Peter break into the house belonging to Lizzie (the one left to her by Sid), even though it's next door to Colleen. Meg tells Jim all about Doreen, and Jim rings the police. Bea tells Judy that Andrea took advantage of her by asking her to deliver the letter. Colleen accompanies Lizzie come to tidy up Sid's house. Colleen doesn't come inside, and Doreen and Peter let Lizzie know that they are there. Judy shows Andrea the false letter she gave her and suspects she knows what was in the real one. Janet tells Meg that she would rather have been posted to another prison, as she thinks she remembers one of the women from a long time ago. Lizzie tells Doreen that the police are not looking for Peter, but Doreen says she already knows. Doreen says she is in love with Peter, and is afraid to lose him if he gets know the truth. Lizzie tells Doreen that she must tell him the truth anyway, but Peter is listening behind the door. |
EPISODE 233Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 21 March 04:40 1998 Peter discovers that Doreen is in love with him. Andrea and Linda have a fight and are taken to hospital.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneJudy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Bea ~ Val Lehman Jim ~ Gerard Maguire Doreen ~ Colette Mann Officer Powell ~ Judith McGrath Janet Conway ~ Kate Sheil Hazel Kent ~ Belinda Davey Andrea ~ Bethany Lee Linda ~ Mary Charlston Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore Peter ~ Stefan Dennis Phyllis Hunt ~ Reylene Pearce Sister ~ Suzanne Brenchley  Charge Sister ~ Gail Evans  Tina and Mary are horrified | Peter is not angry with Doreen, and tells her it is his fault that Doreen is in trouble. Bea remembers who Officer Conway is, and tells Janet that she knows she had been a remand prisoner about twelve years previously, though she was eventually found not guilty. Colleen gets impatient waiting for Lizzie, and comes inside, only to overhear her talking to someone: Lizzie tells her that she was only talking to Sid. Colleen later tells Meg about this, and Meg becomes suspicious and challenges Lizzie about Doreen. Meg goes to Sid's house to fetch Doreen, and Peter promises to visit Doreen in Wentworth. Bea blames Doreen for the loss of the day centre project, not to mention deceiving Peter, breaking into Sid's house and putting Lizzie's parole at risk. Bea thinks it's not a good idea to make too much fuss for Lizzie's leaving, in case it encourages her to get back inside again. Phyllis and Hazel want to know what Bea is going to do about Doreen, but she says she doesn't care either way. Officer Conway gets the job of taking Linda through the induction procedure when she is brought back to Wentworth. Judy warns Andrea not to expect Linda to be friendly to her. Linda Joanne Golman is brought to Wentworth charged with grievous bodily harm, kidnapping, four counts of assault and three of attempted murder. Linda blames Andrea that she faces twenty years in prison. Bea tells Linda the truth about how Andrea's been behaving while she was trying to get her out of prison. In a quarrel between Andrea and Linda in the dining room, they tip an urn of boiling water over themselves. Janet is to be the armed guard to take them both to hospital: Meg is indignant that a single officer should be given the job and offers to go with her. Judy accuses Bea of being more interested in the Braille machine than the prisoners' welfare: Bea says that she finally feels she has found something to do that is useful to others. In hospital, Linda sneaks behind Janet, but Andrea calls out and Janet turns round.  Linda tries to knock Janet out with her own gun. Linda runs after Andrea, catching her on a fire escape outside the hospital building and threatens to shoot her.  Meg tries to calm Linda down, while Jim tries to come up behind her from another direction. Andrea tries get away from Linda's grasp, and in the struggle a shot is fired. |
EPISODE 234Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 22 March 1998 04:40 Wounded Fletcher attempts to disarm Linda.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneJudy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Bea ~ Val Lehman Jim ~ Gerard Maguire Doreen ~ Colette Mann Officer Powell ~ Judith McGrath Janet Conway ~ Kate Sheil Andrea ~ Bethany Lee Linda ~ Mary Charlston Peter ~ Stefan Dennis Sister Franklin ~ Diane Greentree Wendy (Receptionist) ~ Helen Noonan Matron ~ Penelope Shelton  When Judy takes Janet's file out of the filing cabinet we can clearly see that her surname is misspelt on it as CONWEY. | The shot hits Jim in the arm  but he still manages to overpower Linda. Doreen and Judy suspect that the strange way Bea's been behaving recently has something to do with Officer Conway. Doreen persuades Judy to sneak a look at Janet's file and Judy gets herself into the Governor's office, but Jim turns up. Judy thinks of an excuse that satisfies Jim. Jim tries again to persuade Meg to come back to work as a prison officer, but Meg says no thanks. Linda is sent to solitary, but Meg doesn't think she ought to be put there and tells Jim so. Jim gives Linda some good advice about how to cope with life in prison. Meg tells Judy about what happened in hospital and gives Doreen some good news about Peter. Judy visits Andrea in sickbay and tells her that though she'll do what she can to protect her, she shouldn't expect any sympathy from any of the women. Doreen and Judy make up jokes about Officer Conway after seeing an ad for "Conway's Discounts" in a newspaper, but it makes Bea angry. Powell discuss the conditions for officers with Conway, but she isn't interested as she believes that she will soon be transferred. Conway asks Jim about being transferred, but Jim asks her to think about it for a few more weeks first. Lizzie and Doreen begin to argue, when Lizzie is taken to the Governor's office to sign her release papers. Doreen gets a visit from Peter. He tells her that everything has worked out with work, his brother and parents and even with the police and he promises to visit her again. Janet believes that Bea has told Doreen about her brother's discount electrical goods store, but Bea convinces her that Doreen is just making an innocent joke. Jim tells Bea that Braille machine is on its way. Lizzie thinks about all that happened recently, and it makes her sad. Next day Doreen and Bea disappear without saying goodbye to Lizzie, which makes her even more sorry for herself. When she is about to leave Wentworth, someone mentions that the spin drier is broken, and she insists on being allowed to fix it. Lizzie believes that the other not bothered about her, but when she gets to the laundry she finds that the story about the drier is just a trick by the prisoners and officers to give her a surprise farewell party. Lizzie says goodbye to all her friends in prison, adding under her breath that this time it will be goodbye forever.  |
EPISODE 235Broadcast on Channel 5 Tuesday 24 March 1998 04:40 Tension in the dining room when Linda and Andrea come face to face, and two new prisoners, Kate and Sandy, are introduced to the others.CREDITS[The credits broadcast by Channel 5 seemed to belong to (236). The following is my guess at what the real credits might have been...]Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Mark Cox tells me that the mystery actor who was the Postman appeared in episode (181) of "Sons and Daughters" - but he wasn't credited there either! Kate's hair style and colour change between the scene in the van Judy introduces "Shirl, Mouse, Tammy, Nola, | Meg meets Lizzie to take her to Sid's house and advises her to try to make new friends on the outside. Bea tries to keep Andrea and Linda apart in the dining room. Meg gives Lizzie an azalea as a housewarming present. Bea gets message from Colleen to go to the library for the Braille project. Lizzie  meets the local postman. Doreen and the others can't agree about who should work the press. Meg tells Doreen she may get away with a concurrent sentence for escaping if she behaves herself. Bea works extremely hard to get to grips with the Braille machine. Tension builds between Linda and Andrea. Someone rings Lizzie and hangs up, and it looks as though the azalea Lizzie got from Meg has moved by itself and then moved back in the night. In the laundry Andrea waits until Officer Powell has her back turned then pulls Linda onto the floor on top of her to make it look as if she's been bashed by Linda. Colleen puts Linda in solitary. Doreen gets two years added to her sentence for the escape, with 18 months concurrent with her existing sentence. Two new prisoners, Kate Peterson  and Sandy Edwards  are shown in the transport van coming to Wentworth: Sandy tells Kate she's been in prison before, but not in Wentworth. Jim makes a date with Janet to go for a meal, and Judy overhears. Both the newcomers have been sentenced for murder, and Kate has got 15 years. When they arrive at Wentworth, Sandy takes the opportunity to play a trick on Janet, and claims to be another prisoner. This confuses Janet, much to Judy's delight. Sandy and Kate are put to share a cell. Judy introduces the newcomers to the other women in the rec room. Janet finds Doreen in her cell sketching and asks to see her work: she somehow guesses that it is meant to be Bea (when it looks more like Judy  ). Sandy has heard about Bea from Marie Winter in Barnhurst and tells Kate later she thinks it's odd that she didn't come to check them out. Kate tells Sandy that her husband died in a car crash and her son was born after his death: she was convicted of the murder of her lover Conrad to prevent him harming her son. Jim and Janet have a pleasant dinner together. Janet fetches Kate to the Governor's office, who protests as she doesn't know the rules though Jim lets her off with a warning. Jim wants to see Kate to ask her to help out in the infirmary as a doctor, but she refuses as she says she realises she is just like all the other women. Doreen and Sandy are showing signs of strong dislike for each other  , brought on by Doreen's impertinent questioning of Kate. Janet brings in an art book of her own for Doreen and encourages her to enter an art competition. When the prisoners go back to the laundry, Sandy says she wants to operate the press, but meets opposition from Judy and Doreen, who say that it's Judy's job unless she's in reception when Doreen takes over. Sandy understands that whoever operates the press is "top dog", and challenges Judy and Doreen. |
Script Editor: Ian Smith (235)
Storyliners: Peter Brennan, John Mortimore, Andrew Kennedy
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