EPISODE 401Broadcast on Channel 5 Friday 13 November 1998 04:40 Driscoll House is in chaos, Judy has disappeared and a `screw' killer arrives at Wentworth.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneLizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Scott ~ Tim Elston Sonia ~ Tina Bursill Rosemary ~ Jodie Yemm Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Marty ~ Andrew McCaige Cass ~ Babs McMillan  Randi/Jenni ~ Zoe Bertram Police Sergeant ~ Ian Cuming Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore Shirley Mills ~ Lyn Semmler Mr Forsyth ~ Cliff Ellen  Policewoman ~ Holly Scott Pixie returns to the opening mugshot sequence to take the place of Bea. Sheila Florance had apparently genuinely hurt her wrist, so this was written into the script. | Colleen finds Lizzie in tears at the security gate. Wally goes to Judy's room but finds she has gone, leaving a note: he stalls the police officer by asking to see his search warrant. Colleen tells Joan that Lizzie broke her wrist beating on the security gate, and warns her that she broke regulations escorting Bea alone. Wally decides to take over the running of the halfway house in Judy's absence. Petra gets a bouquet of white roses from Scott, with an engagement ring hidden inside it. Lizzie tells the women in the laudry that Bea has been transferred: Sonia gloats. Phyllis takes Petra's engagement ring, which she has on a string round her neck, but Sonia makes her give it back to Petra. Wally tells Scott the autopsy result: Hazel died of morphine poisoning. Joan overhears Ann urge Wally to get Judy to give herself up. After Joan leaves, Ann finds out from Wally that he suspects Judy would have gone to hide out at his "shack" in the country. Joan goes straight to the laundry to tell the women that Judy has been charged with murdering Hazel. Marty tells Meg he has a new girlfriend and he's going out with her that evening. Ann and Wally search for Judy at his old place but she has left already. Petra forces Pixie to stop dithering and select a few of the letters to reply to. Lizzie blames herself for not sticking by Bea and for working with Joan and Sonia. She is interrupted by Joan who takes her with Pixie to the boiler room to bottle the grog. Joan puts Joyce Barry off the scent by explaining that she thought she heard a noise and wondered if there were rats in the boiler room. Meg tries unconvicningly to pretend that she wasn't waiting up for Marty when he gets back home late and finds she hasn't gone to bed. Phyllis and Sonia cover up for Lizzie in the showers, as she's suffering a hangover after too much sampling the product while bottling the grog. Petra starts asking questions, but Sonia tells her to mind her own business, or she'll stop her marriage going ahead. After all, she points out, her last request - that Bea should be transferred - was followed to the letter. Rosemary starts a factory job. Ann tells the officers there is a new contender for the top dog position: Cass Parker, who is to be transferred from Barnhurst after killing an officer there. Petra accepts Scott's proposal. Rosemary is so clumsy at packing that she gets the sack. Joan sends Joyce out of the rec room during buyup distribution then gives the women's buyup to Sonia and Phyllis. Cass arrives, but she seems friendly and docile. She is taken to Pixie and Lizzie's cell. Joan tells Phyllis she'll take her round after lights out to go and collect protection money. To Meg's horror, Marty's new girlfriend Jenni turns out to be Randi Goodlove  . |
EPISODE 402Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 14 November 1998 04:40 Rosemary returns home to marry, Meg is at loggerheads with her future daughter-in-law, while Judy is arrested for murder.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneLizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Sonia ~ Tina Bursill Rosemary ~ Jodie Yemm Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Marty ~ Andrew McCaige Clive Featherstone ~ Robert Van Macklenburg Andy West ~ Rod Richardson Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore Cass Parker ~ Babs McMillan Randi/Jenni ~ Zoe Bertram Bill Williamson ~ Adrian Vanderdrift  Tom Rowlands ~ Tim McKenzie  Louise Baker ~ Leonie Bradley Bob Barker ~ Peter Moon  Joe Timmons ~ Ian McFadyen Phillip Bates ~ Kevin Manser  Mike Farely ~ Bill Johnston Frances is spelt "Francis" "The Producers wish to thank Leader Associated Newspapers Pty. Ltd., and GRAND HOTEL, Warrandyte" | Randi pretends she doesn't know Meg and even calls her Mrs "Jackson". Marty is appalled at the frosty reception Meg gives Randi and takes "Jenny" off to dinner somewhere else. Cass and Pixie help themselves to Lizzie's grog, but Phyllis and Francis intervene to collect protection money. Rosemary's friend Bill visits Driscoll (though he seems to be at least twice her age). Joyce finds a shampoo bottle of grog on the floor in Pixie's bed. Joan trie sto blame Lizzie and Pixie pretends she found the shampoo bottle in the showers. Meg tries to hint to Marty that "Jenny" isn't the right girl for him, but he tells her he's already thinking of proposing to her. Joan takes Pixie and Lizzie to Ann with the shampoo bottle as evidence, but they both deny any knowledge of it. Nevertheless, their priveleges are suspended. Cass asks Sonia to let her use the press to see what it's like, but surrenders it back to her after trying it out. Joan collects the women from the laundry for a cell search. The reporter Clive Featherstone gets a reply from Pixie and goes to meet her at Wentworth. Joan reports to Ann that nothing was found in the cell search and says she suspects the drink must have been the last of an old batch. Phyllis meanwhile is taking taking more orders for grog but Cass won't buy. Lizzie tries to claim "staff discount" but Sonia rules it out. Pixie admits she's written to several different men, all as "the man for her". Rosemary tells Wally that Bill has proposed to her, so she's going back to the country where she feels useful. Pixie's respondents turn up at Wentworth: six in all, all of them claiming to be her "fiance": Clive Featherstone flippantly suggests they toss a coin for her. Cass refuses to take over as top dog when Pixie and Lizzie hint they need a little help aganist Sonia: she says she hates violence and won't have anything to do with it. Petra tells the women she has been granted permission to marry Scott and Sonia toasts her in illicit booze. Colleen advises Meg to deal with Randi by letting her think she's told Marty about her. Pixie sees her suitors one by one, but picks out the wrong man as the reporter when she sees he has a notebook and pens in his top pocket, so she talks too freely to the real one. However, Clive seems to realise that Pixie is genuine and too naive to be the subject of the story he came to write. Sonia warns Joan that Pixie and Lizzie are trying to win Cass over to their side, so Joan goes to them and warns them they won't install Cass as top dog. Lizzie pretends a heart problem so she is given "a bit of light dusting" to do in the Governor's office and steals some of her brandy for the wedding cake. Rosemary goes back home with Bill. Ann phones Wally to tell him the police have picked up Judy. Cass snaps and nearly punches Phyllis when she calls her a "halfwit". Meg tries to warn Randi off, but she coolly replies that she intends to marry Marty and nothing Meg can do will stop her. |
EPISODE 403Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 15 November 1998 04:45 Meg has a plan to outsmart Randi Goodlove and Judy returns to Wentworth - this time as an inmate.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneJudy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Scott ~ Tim Elston Sonia ~ Tina Bursill Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Marty ~ Andrew McCaige Cass ~ Babs McMillan Randi/Jenni ~ Zoe Bertram Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Kelly Fraser ~ Maryanne Fahey  Liz Martin ~ Michelle Thomas  Mrs O'Reagan ~ Christine Calcutt Policewoman ~ Susan O'Neill Jacko ~ Lynnette Letico Frances is spelt "Francis" and Mrs O'Reagan as "O'Regan" | Judy is brought back to Wentworth. Lizzie asks Petra to convince Cass to support them against Sonia. Meg tells Colleen she can't put Marty off by telling him the truth about Randi, or she will risk losing him forever. Phyllis and Sonia try to rile Cass without success. Judy reacts badly when Joan tells her Bea has been transferred, injuring her hand by punching the cell door. Cass tells Petra she's deliberately trying to control her temper after the incident at Barnhurst, which she confesses she can't remember anything about until it was all over. Pixie reads "Clive's Column" which isn't the hachet job he originally intended to write. Lizzie welcomes Judy but can't understand why she kills Hazel. Later on, Lizzie refuses to speak to or even acknowledge Judy. The halfway house is falling apart without Judy and Wally can't settle an argument between a couple of the residents over a pair of stockings. Petra invites Pixie to be bridesmaid at her wedding. Randi invites herself to dinner at Meg's and the two exchange barbed comments over Marty's head. Kelly lets herself into Wally's room to try to get favourable treatment in return for her "company", but he turns her down. Joan takes Phyllis to Judy's cell to claim money in return for a couple of bottles of booze and protection. Judy sends her packing and challenges Joan to bash her if she wants her to go along with the scams. Cass doubts Lizzie's harsh attitude to Judy and tells her she understands why she killed Hazel - though her analogy of her father shooting a horse when it was injured can maybe not be pressed too far. Colleen suggests to Meg she gets Marty to visit Randi's working address, perhaps getting Scott to help. Phyllis calls Cass a "dummy"  and gets a pasting. Cass is sent to solitary. Pixie and Lizzie make the wedding cake and add in the brandy Lizzie stole. Meg tells Judy of Wally's difficulties with the halfway house and that he's thinking of turning it over to someone else. Lizzie pushes Cass into protesting against being forced to buy numbers. Sonia apparently backs down and gives her a number for free. Scott agrees to help Meg and thinks he could arrange it by inviting Marty to his stag party. Joan visits her with Sonia to try to recruit her. When they admit that they set her up to bash Phyllis, Cass goes beserk and Joan hastily locks her in. |
EPISODE 404Broadcast on Channel 5 Tuesday 17 November 1998 04:40 Driscoll House has a new Head. Sonia and Joan clash over money and Marty is devastated by Meg's set-up.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneJudy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Scott ~ Tim Elston Sonia ~ Tina Bursill Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Marty ~ Andrew McCaige Cass ~ Babs McMillan Randi/Jenni ~ Zoe Bertram Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Alice Dodds ~ Julia Blake  Kelly Fraser ~ Maryanne Fahey Jane Desmond ~ Penelope Shelton Celebrant ~ Judy Johnson Rex Chandler ~ Lloyd Morris  John Goulding ~ Roger Nolan Jilly Hayes ~ Jenny Robinson  Louise ~ Louise Siversen Arthur Charlton ~ Roy Edmunds  Frances is spelt "Francis". | Joan demands a larger cut of Sonia's proceeds: on hearing that Joan now wants a 60% cut, Sonia declares their partnership is over. Scott invites Marty to his stag night. Randi is approached by an old customer while out in a restaurant with Marty to asking her to entertain a business contact. Joan tells Phyllis to carry on selling numbers without Sonia. Wally visits Judy and tells her that someone called Mrs Dobbs is taking over as head of the halfway house. Pixie drops the wedding cake when Lizzie slips on the wet kitchen floor and knocks her over: Lizzie says they can try to piece it together again. Ann reassure Wally that Eunice Dobbs will be perfect for the halfway house job. Joan orders Sonia to help clear up the rec room in front of the other women to put her in her place. As soon as Joan has left the room, Sonia tries to get Phyllis to do the work for her. Phyllis tells Sonia she no longer works for her. Sonia asks Francis to get some bottles from the kitchen. Judy refuses to become top dog and describes Joan as "top dog in a screw's uniform". Cass apologises to Phyllis and even buys a couple on numbers from her to show her that they're mates again. Alice Dodds arrives to take over Driscoll House, and clears up the case of mistaken identity, informing Wally frostily that she is nothing at all like Eunice Dobbs. Cass pushes Pixie aside while threatening Sonia when she refuses to buy numbers and knocks her out. Lizzie covers for Cass by claiming that Lizzie fainted. Alice lectures the women at the halfway house on the necessity of sticking strictly to the rules. Phyllis gets into a bed full of broken glass. Jilly leaves the halfway house after a telling off from Alice. Scott takes Marty to Randi's flat after his stag party: she is furious at being exposed and tells them both to go away. Scott reports back what happened to Meg and tells her that Marty went off on his own afterwards. Phyllis agrees to work for Sonia again. Marty returns to Meg's next morning and accuses her of being a bitch, and Meg thinks she has lost him even though he now knows "Jenni"'s real identity. Pixie is told she isn't well enough to go to Petra's wedding. Wally tries to hint to Alice that she ought to ease up a bit until she gets the women's trust. Scott caves in under the pressure and gives permission for Pixie to attend the wedding after all  . Petra and Scott are married in an open air ceremony in the grounds. Lizzie's cake fails to cut cleanly  . Sonia agrees to give Joan the higher cut she initially asked for. A visitor called Arthur Charlton arrives at Wentworth claiming to be Lizzie's son.Thanks to Dave Smith for pointing out a wardrobe economy as one of Angie Dodd's dresses |
EPISODE 405Broadcast on Channel 5 Wednesday 18 November 1998 04:40 Lizzie meets her son after 40 years of separation. The inmates at Driscoll rebel against the new head. Lizzie's plans for Cass backfire. And Joan gets her revenge on the screw killer.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneJudy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Scott ~ Tim Elston Sonia ~ Tina Bursill Minnie ~ Wendy Playfair  Cass ~ Babs McMillan Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis  Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Marty ~ Andrew McCaige Paul Reynolds ~ Paul Newman Mary Adler ~ Bev Hay Arthur Richards ~ Sydney Jackson Alice Dodds ~ Julia Blake Jody Adams ~ Jillian Murray  Leanne Turner ~ Evelyn Bowie  Jilly Hayes ~ Jenny Robinson Arthur Charlton ~ Roy Edmunds Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore Constable ~ Abbie Holmes  Frances is spelt "Francis" It's amazing how huge Bobbie's Walkman seems now | Arthur tells Lizzie his surname Charlton comes from his adoptive parents and he traced her through the Salvation Army. Minnie Donovan and Bobbie Mitchell are brought to Wentworth on remand, bickering and arguing because Bobbie isn't showing Minnie the respect she thinks she deserves. Joyce Barry also gets "tough" with Bobbie for being cheeky. Minnie recognises Ann's name and realises she knew her when she was with child welfare. Bobbie's attitude makes Minnie try once again to get her to "behave". The women at the halfway house appeal to Wally to overrule Alice when she decides that the TV will have to be switched off at 10 o'clock. Ann chats to Minnie about when she used to look after runaway kids, but makes clear her disappointment that Minnie took the opportunity to run her charges as a shop-lifting gang. Minnie gets to know the other women and makes Bobbie give back a cigarette she takes from Lizzie. Alice refuses to let Jilly come back to Driscoll when she turns up (sober this time) wanting somewhere to stay. Meg reminds Marty that she lost his father when Marty gets drunk and starts moaning about "losing" Jenni. Minnie confiscates Bobbie's stereo to teach her a lesson and they end up slapping each other. Paul tells Ann he's given up his job to become a professional photographer after his success in selling a photograph to a newspaper. Bobbie tells her story to Minnie: her mother and father neglected her and she started as a prostitute at the age of thirteen. After a night spent in the visitors' suite, Petra and Scott return. Meg confiscates her engagement ring, but not her wedding ring. Joan warns Sonia that despite appearances, Minnie could be dangerous. Sonia tells Minnie to keep out of her way and sarcastically suggests she should knit herself a little old man to keep her company. As an extra security measure, Sonia recruits Bobbie to tape Minnie's conversations with her Walkman, arguing that as Minnie's a friend of the Governor she might say something useful. Arthur visits Lizzie and tells her about his wife and three children, but in a way this saddens Lizzie rather than make her happy, as she knows she won't be able to see them. Wally tells Judy he's giving up working at the halfway house, so Judy goes to Ann to ask her what's going on. Ann tells Judy the Department want to buy Driscoll, but she refuses to sell. Cass reluctantly agrees to help Lizzie with her plan to fix Sonia and Joan. The women at Driscoll are up in arms when Alice refuses to stand bail for Jilly, who has been picked up for breaking and entering. Minnie defends Bobbie from Joan, and Joan backs off but Minnie gets no thanks for it from Bobbie. Lizzie sends Phyllis to the shower block on the pretext of a meeting with Joan, but plans to have her met by Cass for a bashing. Arthur Charlton from the Department defends Alice's conduct and refuses to consider Wally's report. Phyllis meets Joan before she gets to the shower block, and they arrive and trap Cass together. Cass is held by a few of Phyllis's cronies while Joan  pulls on the black leather gloves  and punches her in the stomach. |
Script Editor: Ian Smith (405)
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