EPISODE 406Broadcast on Channel 5 Friday 20 November 1998 04:40 Lizzie meets the only family she has left. Sonia plays tricks with tape recordings and Minnie forces Sonia to drink her own bootleg.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 Cass ~ Babs McMillan Minnie ~ Wendy Playfair Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis Marty ~ Andrew McCaige Randi/Jenni ~ Zoe Bertram Paul Reynolds ~ Paul Newman Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Mary Adler ~ Bev Hay Alice Dodds ~ Julia Blake Leanne Turner ~ Evelyn Bowie Jody Adams ~ Jillian Murray Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore Terence Makin ~ John Shaw  Arthur Charlton ~ Roy Edmunds Dianne Charlton ~ Joy Mitchell  Mike Charlton ~ Robert Bennett  Michelle Charlton ~ Tania Atkins  Businessman ~ Harry Silman  | Minnie is appalled to find out that Lizzie has set up Cass and dashes off to see if she can help. However, Cass doesn't really need help: she turns the fight round and singlehandedly overpowers Phyllis, Mary, Francis and Joan. She even punches Joan in the stomach and has her on the floor kicking her. Minnie stops the fight and warns Joan not to mention Cass if she feels she needs to report the incident... otherwise she'll tell Ann exactly what she saw. Alice tells Wally to complain to the Department if he doesn't like the way she runs the halfway house: he replies that he already has done. Joan keeps quiet about Cass and Minnie cleans Cass up so no-one will be able to tell she'd been in a fight. Cass tells Minnie she doesn't want to be top dog as people are trying to push her into it. Minnie tells her not to worry, as she'll look after the top dog problem. Judy squashes Minnie's suggestion that she should become top dog: Judy suggests that Minnie and Cass should team up and be top dog jointly. Ann arranges it so Lizzie can visit her family. Alice overhears Wally talking to the women at Driscoll about their grievances against her, though not the bit where he argues that they should do whatever Alice tells them. Paul tells Ann he's rented a shop for his photographic business. Meg goes to a restaurant with Marty, and is confronted in the powder room by Randi, who takes the opportunity to threaten Meg that she'll get back at her for ruining her cosy little setup. Jody asks for Alice's help over her husband, but Alice is unsympathetic to her and slaps Jody when she gets hysterical. Minnie is visited by her lawyer Terry, who is a graduate of her gang: he tells her the gang is carrying on just the same in her absence. Alice tells Wally she was a battered wife herself and lost patience with Jody: she promises to try to be more sympathetic. Joan accuses Sonia of underpaying her share and tells her that in future she wants to get all the takings and she'll give Sonia back her cut. Scott talks to Petra about her appeal. Sonia asks Bobbie to tape her conversations with Joan and pays her with grog. Lizzie arrives back at Wentworth after visiting her new family, with a new hairdo  courtesy of her granddaughter: she decides she doesn't fit in and won't visit again. Minnie catches Bobbie puking up and takes the rest of the booze to the rec room and dumps it in Sonia's lap. With backing from Cass, she forces Sonia to drink it all herself  . |
EPISODE 407Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 21 November 1998 04:40 Lizzie refuses to see her son and Petra receives the results of her appeal.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 Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore Alice Dodds ~ Julia Blake Daphne Brookes ~ Libby Gore  Clare Adams ~ Lisa Armytage  Wayne Adams ~ David Swan  Terence Makin ~ John Shaw Billie Dorsey ~ Kristopher Steele  Sergeant ~ John Ramsay  Policeman ~ Robert McClelland | Joyce finds Bobbie, still under the influence of drink, and Joan finds Sonia drunk in the rec room. Joan gets nowhere asking the women where the booze came from - not that she doesn't already know. Clare Adams and her baby come to Driscoll to escape from her husband. Joan tells Sonia she'll get rid of the booze if she confesses to making it all by herself. Alice tries to reason with Clare's drunken husband, who comes to Driscoll armed with a rifle: the police are called and Alice is shot in the arm in the struggle. Minnie is declared top dog, and decides to set up in competition to Sonia selling booze. Alice was only grazed by the bullet and is well enough to return to work. Wally tells Alice he is leaving, as she seems to have settled in and become accepted by the women. Sonia admits with a straight face that she made the booze all by herself. Ann clearly does not believe her but gives Sonia and Bobbie extra cleaning duties. Ann proposes an amnesty to allow the women to hand in any more booze then to hold a full cell search 24 hours later. Scott tells Judy he has been called as a witness against her. Joan lets Ann know that she thinks the amnesty is a joke. Minnie tells the women she's going to be getting some real booze into Wentworth. Scott and Petra are called to the Governor's office: a mistrial has been declared in Petra's case and she is released. Minnie phones up her solicitor to get him to to visit with a few samples of her old "pick-me-up". Petra says goodbye to the women and says she has Bea to thank for it. Sonia tells Phyllis to start collecting for the numbers game but no-one is buying. Minnie leaps in and offers to pay out double the prize money Sonia is offerring. Sonia explains to Bobbie that she needs the tape of Joan as "insurance". Terence brings in some miniatures of whisky for Minnie during an unsupervised visit. Ann tells Meg that Wentworth is to be connected to the Prison Broadcasting Service, and that a new officer is to be transferred from Woodridge. Lizzie gets a hand delivered message from Arthur. Sonia buys Phyllis' old tape recorder and cassette tapes while they are both on cleaning duties. Bobbie tapes an incriminating conversation between Sonia and Joan, as she has her headphones on and pretends to be listening to music. After a hint from Sonia, Joan catches Minnie being passed booze by Billy and takes her to the Governor to undermine Minnie in Ann's eyes. Sonia tells Joan that Minnie has already been handing out booze as prizes and must have wanted to get caught to put Joan off the scent and make Joan think she had stopped all the booze coming in. She demands that Joan brings in booze for her to use to win back favour. To help Joan make up her mind, she plays back a bit of the tape for her. |
EPISODE 408Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 22 November 1998 04:40 The Wentworth inmates get a chance to be radio stars and Sonia finds a new business partner.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneJudy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Sonia ~ Tina Bursill Cass ~ Babs McMillan Minnie ~ Wendy Playfair Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis Paul Reynolds ~ Paul Newman Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Brenda ~ Carmen Warrington  David Bridges ~ David Waters  Kevin Charlton ~ John Chilton  Charles Harnsworth ~ Tom Lake  Policewoman ~ Bronwyn Bain Off. Barfield ~ Delva Hunter | Joan goes to Bobbie's cell to hassle her into giving up the original tape. Cass and Minnie intervene and Cass grabs Joan's arm when she draws it back to strike Minnie. Arthur's son Kevin comes to visit Lizze, saying he's taken a day off school (although he looks about 25!) Ann tells Joan to organise the cell serach for booze as a new prisoner is brought into reception: she appraises Joan cooly, giving her a good look up and down. Bobbie finds her cell wrecked and all her tapes unravelled. Minnie demands to know what's going on. Bobbie tells her about the tape and that Sonia has a copy, but shortly after Sonia comes asking for the original. Bobbie tells her the original was taken from her cell when it was ransacked. Ann visits Paul's new studio: it is dingy and delapidated and without any power, so Ann takes him out to a restaurant. The new prisoner, Brenda, is seen in the dining room, and is identified by Minnie as Lionel Fellowes' best forger. The women tape a sketch for the prison radio. Minnie catches Bobbie listening to the tape: she was lying to Sonia when she said she didn't have it. Minnie takes it from her to be smuggled out of Wentworth. Joan tells Sonia she won't smuggle things in for her, but will turn a blind eye if she can organise another contact. The Minister tells Ann that Arthur Richards has been transferred after his disastrous record since he took over from Ted Douglas. He agrees with Ann that training and education are necessary but doubts if funding can be found to support them. The women listen to the prison radio broadcast: Brenda's ears prick up at a message about a "backgammon team". After learning that the education proposals have been turned down, Minnie decides to give classes in robbery technique. Brenda tells Sonia she recognized a code name in the radio broadcast that is used by Lionel Fellowes for drug drops. The new officer David Bridges makes a good impression on Ann and Meg, but not on Joan. Brenda becomes very interested when she finds out who Sonia is when David Bridges asks her about her husband. David charms the women in the laundry. Minnie tries to persuade Brenda to pass on her "talents" to the other women, but is rebuffed. David talks to Minnie in her cell and gives her a neck massage, just as he used to do for his mother. Sonia tells Joan what's going on at Minnie's classes, where Pixie is proving to be a star pupil. Brenda suggests trying to see if David Bridges can be used to smuggle in drugs, but Sonia insists they have to use Joan. Joan breaks up the class, so Minnie mentions the tape: Joan searches her cell for it, and Cass witnesses Joan slapping her. |
EPISODE 409Broadcast on Channel 5 Tuesday 24 November 1998 04:40 Minnie tells Ann Reynolds all about Joan, while Paul Reynolds is hunted by a crime boss.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneJudy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Scott ~ Tim Elston Sonia ~ Tina Bursill Minnie ~ Wendy Playfair Cass ~ Babs McMillan Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis Brenda ~ Carmen Warrington David ~ David Waters Paul Reynolds ~ Paul Newman Arthur Charlton ~ Roy Edmunds Dianne Charlton ~ Joy Mitchell Kevin Charlton ~ John Chilton Mike Charlton ~ Robert Bennett Michelle Charlton ~ Tania Atkins June Barnard ~ Heather Howard  Dot Phelps ~ Melissa McKean  Jack Brennan ~ Ian McLeish  Hungarian Mother ~ Marika Pelcoszy  Mr Askin ~ Telford Jackson Ray Foster ~ Thomas Coltrane  Lionel Fellowes ~ Will Deumer  I have corrected the spellings "Fellows" and "Demuer". If the credits for June and Dot are meant to be the two prisoners who bash Bobbie, and Dot does seem to be the same actress previously credited as Secretary in (364) then the other is Heather Howard. I'm fairly sure she is the uncredited actress who appears as David Bridges' second victim Tracy Dixon and so she may also have been the hapless Irene Nagle who died in the tunnel escape. | Cass obeys Minnie's order to back off, and is given the tape to look after, so she goes to sleep with it under her pillow. Minnie lets Sonia think she has a copy of the tape, so Sonia proposes to Minnie that they join forces, but is snubbed. Ann and Wally have a frosty conversation over breakfast: her excuse for her unresponsiveness is that she'd like a little peace and quiet. Sonia refuses to pay back the favour when Bobbie asks, as she tried to double-cross her over the tape. She tells Bobbie that if she wants grass, she's going to have to pay for it. Minnie refuses to run another numbers game until the following week and says she'll find some other way to ward off the women's boredom. Brenda makes advances to David, but he doesn't take the bait, and is more interested in her background and why she turned to crime. Lizzie reluctantly agrees to visit her family again, but is delighted to be given the chance to decide where they should go - and asks to be taken to the races. Brenda pours scorn on Bobbie's suggestion that David is gay. Joan warns David what the women are saying about him. Colleen wants to put him on patrol accompanied by another officer, but he protests and suggests he should try to talk to the women to win them over. Joan sets up two of the prisoners to bash Bobbie. Brenda slips her brother the tape and asks him to set up drug deliveries to Wentworth. Cass finds Bobbie after the bashing and helps her to bed. Joan hints to Bobbie that she should blame Cass for bashing her. Brenda tells Sonia the drug drop will be confirmed in the next radio broadcast if they pay $500 and that she plans to make fake driving licences in the print-shop. Scott tells Joan she doesn't believe her story that she found Bobbie at the bottom of a flight of stairs as her injuries aren't consistent with that story: he says he needs to discuss the medical report with the Governor and so he'll be taking it to her himself. Cass tells Minnie she had to hand over the tape to Joan as the price for Joan's silence and not taking her to the Governor for the attack on Bobbie. Gloria records a message for the prison radio which is a coded message to confirm the arrangements for payment for the drugs. Meg sees Joan destroying the tape, and picks it out of the bin and sees it is labelled BOBBIE MITCHELL. Judy comforts Cass who is upset over Minnie's disappointment in her and convinces her Minnie will forgive her. Meg takes the tape casing to Ann, who has now heard Scott's report on Bobbie and is pleased to have something concrete on Joan at last. Ann tells Meg they should keep it quiet for now and not let Joan know she is under suspicion. Mr Askin advises Judy about her trial and warns her that the maximum she can expect if found guilty of assisting a suicide is 14 years. Minnie and Cass make up again. Meg says she couldn't get anything out of Bobbie and suggests that Minie might know something. Paul's second customer is a man working for Lionel Fellowes. Joan hints to Sonia and Brenda that she's managed to dispose of the tape. Brenda comments that she wouldn't be so pleased with herself if she knew about the other copy. When questioned by Ann, Minnie demands a family open day and work release scheme in return for information about Joan's involvement in "all the rackets going". |
The credits broadcast on the first run on Granada were different and appeared to be the same as for episode (406), including the same misspelling of Randy/"Jenny", who does not appear in the episode.
EPISODE 410Broadcast on Channel 5 Wednesday 25 November 1998 04:40 Paul Reynolds is charged with producing pornography. Arthur's family decide that they would like Lizzie to live with them permanently.CREDITSMeg ~ Elspeth BallantyneJudy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Sonia ~ Tina Bursill Cass ~ Babs McMillan Minnie ~ Wendy Playfair Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis Scott ~ Tim Elston Paul Reynolds ~ Paul Newman Brenda ~ Carmen Warrington David ~ David Waters Charles Harnsworth ~ Tom Lake Arthur Charlton ~ Roy Edmunds Don Baxter ~ Alan Lee  Officer Barry ~ Joy Westmore Det Sgt Brooks ~ Ian Cuming  Mary Adler ~ Bev Hay  Prosecuting Barrister ~ Clive Hearn  Phillip Goldsmith ~ David Kendall  Shirley Mills ~ Lyn Semmler  Police Sergeant ~ Peter Black  Judge ~ Arthur Barradell-Smith  Sen Det Clark ~ Ian Mumby Jun. Off. Riley ~ Kathy Gordon Intruder ~ Trevor Kilgour  Male Customer ~ Steve Lane  Stenographer ~ Joan Fry Driver ~ Frank Sheeran  As if being bumped off weren't bad enough, Mary Adler's name is misspelt "Alder" for her last credit. | Minnie tells Ann about the tape and that Sonia has another copy of it. Lizzie is disgusted when Minnie tells the women about this later, as she thinks it amounts to lagging. Judy defends Minnie and says that anything is justified if it will put a stop to Sonia and Joan. When Sonia is questioned she demands immunity from prosecution and maximum remission before she will hand the tape over. Minnie herself appeals to Lizzie while she is in her cell rinsing her knickers and convinces her that Bea would have done the same. Sonia tells Brenda to recover the tape. Lizzie gets a censored letter from Bea. The drug drop is confirmed by a coded message on the prison radio, so Sonia and Brenda pack up the money along with a code-name for Joan ("Bulldog"!!)  to be used in case of trouble. Paul disturbs an intruder at his studio and inadvertently locks him in, and next morning finds his door open. Brenda phones her contact with instructions for the tape to be passed on to Don. Arthur asks Ann to arrange for Lizzie's parole, so she can live with the family. The police arrive at Paul's studio with a search warrant and find child pornography and charge him. Wally phones Ann to let her know what's going on. Ann calls in the Minister over the tape, who suggests an inquiry is started immediately, as he's busy that afternoon. Minnie suggets a contact for Lizzie on the outside that she might like instead of the usual old people's social groups. Brenda attempts to double-cross Sonia by telling her the tape is ruined. Joan accuses Sonia of making false accusations, and Sonia is forced to deny any knowledge of the tape when the Minister questions her. Brenda puts the money out with the garbage to be collected. Shirley and Scott give evidence at Judy's trial and a police officer says she admitted killing Hazel. Judy's protests at this nearly lead to her being charged with contempt of court. Joan mocks Minnie after her climbdown over Sonia and gloats in the laundry to rub Minnie's nose in it further. David shows Scott a photo of his mother  , telling him that his mother brought him up alone. He puts his ideas about "helping" the women into practice and has a friendly chat to Mary  . He tells her he'll try to think of a solution for her problem of being stuck inside for years with no hope of getting out. Brenda shows Sonia the drugs and the printing plates for the licences  . A stranger approaches Joan as she is on her way home from work offering to sell her a copy of the tape  . |
Script Editor: Fay Rousseaux (409)
Storyliners: Coral Drouyn, Andrew Kennedy, Alister Webb
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