EPISODE 301Broadcast on Channel 5 Friday 26 June 1998 04:40 Gloria gives Doreen a plausible excuse for having a gun. The women decide to take a united but passive stand against Joan and Judy finds Donna having a fix.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Doreen ~ Colette Mann Off. Powell ~ Judith McGrath Steve ~ Wayne Jarratt Susie ~ Jacqui Gordon Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Chrissie ~ Amanda Muggleton Hannah ~ Julieanne Newbould Donna ~ Arkie Whiteley Gloria ~ Susanna Lopez Barbara ~ Susan Guerin George ~ David Nettheim ![]() Mouse ~ Jentah Sobott Business Associate ~ Jack Mobbs ![]() Maria ~ Norah Toohey ![]() Extras at the prisoner meeting: Lil, Babs and "Mary" | Doreen ignores Gloria's order to keep quiet about the gun and tells Judy, who demands that Gloria hands it over or leaves. Gloria has no option but to give up her gun. The women discuss how to fix Joan: Hannah suggest that if they all ignore her orders the Department will have to remove her. Steve refuses to support Meg's idea that Hannah should be transferred to Barnhurst, because it would look like rewarding her for being difficult. No-one responds to Joan's wake up call, but the women meekly follow Colleen's orders. The same thing happens again at breakfast when Joan orders them to move out. Chrissie tells Joan what is going on and offers to make a deal if she returns the betting money she took from Doreen, but Joan declines the offer, saying she prefers to deal with Bea direct. Joan overhears the other officers in the staff room discussing her "precarious" position. When Meg visits the halfway house, Doreen tells her that Joan took her money. Joan requests Union support from Meg, so Meg asks her if what Doreen's story about the betting money is true. Joan denies it, and Meg agrees to put her case to the members, while letting Joan know that as far as she's concerned, she ought to kicked out of the job right away. Judy goes to confront Donna about Susie's sudden high spirits, and finds her shooting up. She takes the syringe off Donna and slaps her face. Bea writes Chrissie off when she obeys Joan's order to talk to her outside the laundry, but Chrissie makes a deal with Joan: she demands, and gets, the betting money back. She hands the money over to Bea and tells her she had no intention of keeping her side of the bargain by calling off the boycott: after all, it's Bea who's top dog, and the women follow her not Chrissie. Chrissie gives the money to Bea, who announces that the boycott is still on. Joan's claim for Union backing is discussed: only Meg votes against supporting her. Joan finds she is overoptimistic in hoping that handing the money over has solved her problem. Doreen starts work at the shoe factory. George Logan tells Barbara they have lost a large contract: her suggestion of selling off surplus stock he's already claimed as a tax loss gives him the idea for a shady deal. Colleen warns the women of the consequences of an officers' strike if they persist with the boycott. Joan tries to drag Hannah out of the rec room to talk to her, but the other women stand in her way. Barbara offers to get investment advice for Doreen from her boyfriend Phillip. Erica asks Bea to back down, but Bea merely repeats her allegations against Joan. Doreen sees the shoes being loaded onto a van and overhears part of the conversation between George Logan and his business associate. Mr Logan tells Barbara to put the $10,000 in cash in the safe and orders her to fire Doreen when he finds out she is an ex-prisoner. The women hold a meeting during exercise period: Erica asks Joan to get the women inside, but they refuse to move ![]() |
EPISODE 302Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 27 June 1998 04:40 The women, ill-equipped to endure a sit-in without food and shelter, are determined to maintain their position. Barbara attempts to comfort Doreen over her sacking. Judy decides that Susie needs a break.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Doreen ~ Colette Mann Off. Powell ~ Judith McGrath Steve ~ Wayne Jarratt Susie ~ Jacqui Gordon Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Chrissie ~ Amanda Muggleton Hannah ~ Julieanne Newbould Donna ~ Arkie Whiteley Gloria ~ Susanna Lopez Barbara ~ Susan Guerin George ~ David Nettheim Mouse ~ Jentah Sobott Joanne ~ Carole Yelland Eileen Connor ~ Regina Gaigalas ![]() Phillip Langdon ~ Kirk Alexander ![]() Policeman ~ Derek Williams ![]() Susie/Jacqui Gordon appears twice in the credits, the first time in the place usually taken by Steve/Wayne Jarratt. | Barbara offers to take Doreen for a coffee to explain why she had to sack her. Chrissie and Hannah object to Bea's insistence that the women stay outside, but she tells them no-one is going in until she says so. Barbara offers to write Doreen a reference, but Doreen tells her it wasn't the job itself so much that was important, but rather the idea of being accepted. The women stay outside until dark and light a fire in a skip to keep warm: Joan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
EPISODE 303Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 28 June 1998 04:45 Hannah is returned, but there is a suggestion that she should be transferred to Barnhurst. Meanwhile Donna attempts to smuggle dope in.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Doreen ~ Colette Mann Off. Powell ~ Judith McGrath Steve ~ Wayne Jarratt Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Chrissie ~ Amanda Muggleton Hannah ~ Julieanne Newbould Donna ~ Arkie Whiteley Gloria ~ Susanna Lopez Barbara ~ Susan Guerin George ~ David Nettheim Mouse ~ Jentah Sobott Phillip ~ Kirk Alexander Sen. Det. Bradley ~ Peter Tulloch ![]() Off. Barry ~ Joy Westmore Bank Teller ~ David McLean ![]() Barbara's flat is a strong contender for the title of Most Hideous Interior Decor Ever Seen in Prisoner: the two monstrous flower paintings | Steve takes Joan to one side and warns her she's going too far. He goes to fetch a doctor for Lizzie, but Joan returns to Bea and pretends that both she and Steve are going home for the night and walks away, pausing out of sight round the corner to see what Bea's reaction will be. After a few agonized moments, ![]() ![]() |
EPISODE 304Broadcast on Channel 5 Tuesday 30 June 1998 04:40 A new inmate makes a violent entrance when she flattens the 'Freak' on her first day; and Lizzie is on a big `downer' about the rest of the women breaking their sit-in.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Doreen ~ Colette Mann Off. Powell ~ Judith McGrath Steve ~ Wayne Jarratt Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Chrissie ~ Amanda Muggleton Barbara ~ Susan Guerin Mouse ~ Jentah Sobott Phillip ~ Kirk Alexander Paddy ~ Anna Hruby ![]() Maxine ~ Lisa Crittenden Snr. Det. Bradley ~ Peter Tulloch Spud ~ Robert Forza ![]() Bikie ~ Brian Mulqueeny ![]() Sister Johnston ~ Gael Andrews Matron ~ Paddy Burnet ![]() Matron ~ Irene Hewitt ![]() Policeman ~ Colwyn Roberts ![]() Councillor Barnes ~ Max Davidson ![]() Clerk ~ Noel Mitchell ![]() Five gorgeous blondes: Babs, Chrissie, Mary, Lil and Ronnie (only the most seductive of all - Tina - is missing) | Barbara Fields is taken to Wentworth ![]() ![]() ![]() |
EPISODE 305Broadcast on Channel 5 Wednesday 01 July 1998 04:40 Maxine is contrite and determines to repay Judy for the damage caused to the Halfway House by her friends.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Maxine ~ Lisa Crittenden Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Paddy ~ Anna Hruby Erica ~ Patsy King Bea ~ Val Lehman Faye ~ Anne Lucas Off. Powell ~ Judith McGrath Steve ~ Wayne Jarratt Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Chrissie ~ Amanda Muggleton Neil ~ Adrian Wright ![]() Barbara ~ Susan Guerin Phillip ~ Kirk Alexander Mrs Malone ~ Vicky Angus ![]() UNCREDITEDThe barman who talks to Steve and Meg (though I think the actor is Charles Gilroy![]() | Judy tells Maxine to piss off and hold her parties somewhere else. Steve checks up on Barbara: she tells him she wasn't responsible for the night-watchman's death but admits it wasn't the first time she'd "borrowed" money from her employer. Bea notices Paddy's agitation in their cell at night, and tries to get to know more about her. Paddy tells Bea she worked as a motorcycle courier and Bea correctly guesses that she'd come from the country to the city. Bea wants to know why Paddy attacked Barbara, but fails to spot Paddy's momentary panic when the lights go out. Maxine wants to make up to Judy for any trouble she caused. Meg teases Steve when he tells her he thinks Barbara is innocent, and wonders if the fact that she's young and pretty might have anything to do with it. Maxine's "help" consists of shoplifting goods from a hardware store. Paddy apologises to Barbara for attacking her, but when she senses that Barbara is a bit scared of her, she first cadges a cigarette then takes the whole packet. Judy tells Meg she is going to advertise for an assistant to help at the halfway house. Bea finds out from Meg that Lizzie is coming back to Wentworth, and about Lizzie's application for parole: Meg suggests that Bea applies too. Bea is slightly flustered by the idea, but seems to be considering it seriously. Judy is interviewing Mrs Malone for the post of assistant when Maxine returns with her stolen goods. Phillip visits Barbara to ask her to sign a release form to agree to give the money back, then tells her he is quitting as her solicitor. She attacks him and has to be dragged off by Steve, who hears her accusation that George Logan framed her. Maxine tells Judy the stolen goods are second hand so she can sell them in the shop. Faye is brought back to the laundry. Bea wants to know if any replacement is being found for the Sister, especially for Lizzie's sake. Steve tells Meg he's going to check out Logan and she offers to go with him. Lizzie returns and finds that Bea already knows about her parole application: she tells Lizzie she's applied too. Neil Murray arrives as to take up the post of nurse and tells Erica he wants to help the women by giving them the right attention when they need it. (The secretary in reception fondles her pen thoughtfully at this ... ![]() ![]() |
Script Editor: Ian Smith (301); Barry Main (302)-(303); Ian Smith (304); Barry Main (305)
Storyliners: Dave Worthington, John Mortimore, Andrew Kennedy, Patrea Smallacombe
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