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EPISODE 631

Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 15 July 2000 04:40.

Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson
Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick
Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne
Rita ~ Glenda Linscott
Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor
Alice ~ Lois Collinder
Nancy ~ Julia Blake
Kath ~ Kate Hood
Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan
Janet ~ Christine Earle
Roach Waters ~ Linda Hartley
Marty Jackson ~ Michael Winchester
Merle ~ Rosanne Hull-Brown
Andrew Hinton ~ Fredric Abbott
Delia Stout ~ Desiree Smith
Rodney Adams ~ Philip Hyde
Harry Parker ~ Howard Priddle
Margie Fleming ~ Helen Milte
Pat Slattery ~ Dorothy Cutts
Chikka ~ Ingle Knight
Morgan McDermott ~ Maurice Marion

  • Written by Ian Coughlan
  • Directed by Alister Smart
  • Joan tells Andrew she's not right for him, but does not correct his assumption that Terri was a man (perhaps because of the powerful visual metaphor that their relationship is a game of chess ). Lorelei plays Joan in the video wearing Rodney's uniform: her interpretation is a little eccentric, suggesting she sees Joan as a cross between a meerkat and the vampire in "Nosferatu" . Merle finds Rodney hiding behind the door in his undies, and assumes he' s playing the same game as Julie was when she caught her with no clothes on. Meg and Delia are heard approaching the rec room as teh women are shooting a scene from the video in there. Lorelei has to hide in the rec room cupboard, and Meg discovers her when she sneezes, although Lorelei has somehow has had time to remove the uniform in the time it takes Meg to cross the room. Nancy's suggestion that they were rehearsing for "The Diary of Anne Frank" does not convince Meg (for some reason). Rita returns the uniform to Rodney and warns him they have a copy of it in use on videotape if he's thinking of reporting them. Mr Parker's associate Morgan pays a visit to the Conquerors. When Andrew sees Joan scanning the property pages, he tells her she doesn't have to rush into buying a house. Mr Parker phones Joan at Andrew's to tell her the Conquerors are fixed and he's sending a visitor to Rita to tell her that Bongo and Grub will be killed in Woodridge if she causes any more problems for Joan. Joan asks if she could deliver the message to Rita in person. Meg goes out drinking with the new trainees. In contrast to the other two, who both have prison officers in the family (even drippy Delia whose father was supposedly at Pentridge), Rodney reveals that his childhood ambition was to be a ballet dancer. Meg advises him not to let the women know about that, as they will use it against him. Nancy tries to persuade Rita to behave more compassionately towards Roach. Alice and Delia realise they are rivals for Marty's affections. Joan tips a plate in Rita's lap and puts her on a charge, telling Janet she's in charge of the press for the day. Rodney offers to take an aerobics class in a transparent attempt to impress Ann. Nancy moves the video tape to another hiding place (a few feet from its old one, but apparently much harder to find). Joan tells Rita that the Conquerors know that if she stirs up trouble, Bongo will suffer and reinforces the message with a punch to the stomach. Marty backs off from contradicting Joan's account of the incident with Rita in the dining room. Rodney gets pulled over the counter by Rita's visitor Margie: Pat deals with the situation. Nancy begs Roach to make it up with Rita. Janet decides not to use the press after threats of an accident. Margie tells Rita about their visit from Morgan: Rita works out that Joan must be dealing with Parker. Joan tells Kath to fix Rita immediately by arranging a fight: Kath refuses even when Joan promises to prevent Merle being sent to an asylum. Rodney tells Merle to take off her fancy dress and she attacks him. Kath calms her down, and Joan demonstrates that she can protect Merle by refusing to let Rodney put her on a charge. Rita tells the others to lay off Joan until the Conquerors can spring Bongo and Grub. Joan makes sure that Rodeny doesn't put in a report about Merle. Rita agrees that it might be possible to expose Joan's drug dealing. Meg finds Rodney and Marty about to fight and takes them to Ann. Kath calms Merle down after Rita laughs at the silly hat she's wearing, but tells Merle she will be able to get her own back in exercise period.

    EPISODE 632

    Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 16 July 2000 04:40. Andrew tells Joan that they cannot continue their relationship but he wants to remain friends. Janet swaps videotapes, an action that could incriminate them all.

    Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick
    Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne
    Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson
    Rita ~ Glenda Linscott
    Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor
    Alice ~ Lois Collinder
    Nancy ~ Julia Blake
    Kath ~ Kate Hood
    Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan
    Janet ~ Christine Earle
    Roach Waters ~ Linda Hartley
    Merle ~ Rosanne Hull Brown
    Marty ~ Michael Winchester
    Rodney ~ Philip Hyde
    Delia ~ Desiree Smith
    Pat Slattery ~ Dorothy Cutts
    Andrew Hinton ~ Fredric Abbott
    Vicki ~ Rebecca Dines
    Barman ~ Bill Manderson
    Ida ~ Paddy Burnet

  • Written by Kit Oldfield & Marie Trevor
  • Directed by Alister Smart
  • Thanks to Nico for sending the credits from the TV4 broadcast.

    Ann gives Rodney and Marty a warning not to pursue personal disagreements at work and brushes aside Rodney's implication that it was Marty's fault for taking too seriously what was only meant to be a joke. Ann keeps Rodney back to question him about the incident with Merle: he flatly denies that Merle attacked him. Delia defends Marty when Rodney starts to criticise him in his absence: he gets back at her by accusing her of having a crush on him and cruelly pointing out she hasn't much hope of anything developing. Lexie devises a plan to embarrass Rodney and stop Joan's drug dealing in one go. Alice is cautious about letting Roach know about the threat to Bongo in case she tells Kath. Lexie chums up to Rodney and lets him borrow her cassette player for the aerobics class. After a crafty sniff of coke, Kath has her "evil" head firmly on and she starts to psych Merle up to attack Rita. Janet warns Kath that Rita and her gang are plotting against her. Ann sees Rodney in his shorts ready for the aerobics session and tells him to change as they are too tight and risk inflaming the women's lusts (not that you can see anything, nor does there appear to be much there to see). Outside during the exercise period, Roach accuses Rita of putting revenge against Joan before Bongo's safety. Rodney borrows Mervin's shorts to avoid exposing himself to comment. Kath and Janet dress Merle up in ridiculous clothes and send her out to be mocked by Rita. Meg calls a halt to the aerobics class when the women start to make fun of Rodney. The two groups meet in the corridor and Merle lays Rita out with one punch. Joan makes a point of brusquely demanding Merle's transfer to an asylum, safe in the knowledge that this will make Ann even more certain to do the opposite. Merle is sedated and sent to solitary. Rita is devastated that she had been so easily beaten, and Nancy's suggestion that it was a lucky punch doesn't do much to help. After Ann has talked to Merle and is satisfied that she has calmed down, she is allowed to go back with the women. Kath is now feeling guilty about using Merle (perhaps the cocaine has worn off). Janet suggests voting for another top dog. Nancy prepares to show the video in the rec room: Janet goes to fetch Joan, but Meg tells her that Joan is off duty until the following day. Suspicious about Janet's request, Meg reports to Ann that she suspects Janet is Joan's new informant. Kath sniffs coke and exercises vigourously in the gym with manic intensity, sending Janet away when she comes to find her with a new plan. Meg walks into the rec room during a showing of the video : Nancy fast forwards to the aerobics class. Lorelei is delighted that Ann has given permission for her to send a video message to Zoe as long as it has been viewed by the officers first. Andrew gets sentimental about how much Joan reminds him of his first wife. Joan cuts him off brusquely and tells him she will look for another flat. Janet sees Nancy hiding the video for Rita to watch later after she has tried unsuccessfully that it will cheer her up to watch it. Lorelei pulls Rita out of her depression with a heavily allegorical bedtime story and then by demonstrating a judo throw to show how anyone can win if they are determined enough. After they have left the cell, Janet comes back and takes Nancy's video. Rita has pulled herself together sufficiently to brave the rec room. Vicki reports this back to Janet, but Janet says she has plans to use the videotape to set Rita up. Joan agrees not to leave Andrew's place immediately. Janet swaps the video with Lorelei's tape, knowing that the officers will have watch it later.

    There is no bar, let alone a barman, in this episode. Thanks to Mark Caffrey ("chicken") for the suggestion that the credit actually belongs to (639). I think he is probably right. Another possibility is that the barman in a scene in the previous episode may have had lines which were cut before transmission.

    Despite the apparent reason for cuts in (601), Channel 5 allowed Rita to say "moron" in this episode.


    EPISODE 633

    Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 22 July 2000 04:40. Rodney has to get out of a tricky corner and resorts to bare-faced lying.

    Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson
    Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick
    Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne
    Rita ~ Glenda Linscott
    Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor
    Alice ~ Lois Collinder
    Nancy ~ Julia Blake
    Kath ~ Kate Hood
    Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan
    Roach ~ Linda Hartley
    Andrew Hinton ~ Fredric Abbott
    Janet ~ Christine Earle
    Marty ~ Michael Winchester
    Rodney ~ Philip Hyde
    Delia Stout ~ Desiree Smith
    Harry Parker ~ Howard Priddle
    Debbie ~ Ellie Nielsen
    Vicki ~ Rebecca Dines
    Pat Slattery ~ Dorothy Cutts
    Granny Wilkinson ~ Esme Melville
    Sandra Williams ~ Andrea Butcher
    Officer Radcliffe ~ Marion Dimmick
    UNCREDITED
    Margie Fleming ~ Helen Milte
    Chikka ~ Ingle Knight
    Gate Guard Roger~ Bryan Dolan
    Morgan McDermott ~ Maurice Marion

  • Written by Quincey McQuade
  • Directed by Alister Smart
  • Alice gets paranoid at the women's teasing her that Marty obviously prefers Delai to her, but it turns out to be a cruel April Fool's joke. Lexie makes up to Rodney and takes the opportunity to warn him that the women are out to make him look ridiculous again. Andrew gives Joan a driving lesson (a bit of a waste of time given that she was well able to drive early on in the series?). Lexie tells Rodney that Janet's sister is bringing drugs into Wentworth, but points out that if there was a cell search he wouldn't get the credit. Instead she suggests he intervenes personally as soon as he sees Janet's sister. Delia views the video and sees Lorelei in uniform: she goes to Ann having first locked the rec room door to safeguard the evidence. Rodney tells Rita and decides to go with her to the Govenror: instead she tells him to unlock the rec room door. The tape is swapped back before Delia brings Ann to view it, and when Ann removes the tape it has "APRIL FOOL GOVERNOR" written on it. Delia tells Ann that it was a trainee's uniform she saw in the video: Rodney implies that the whole thing is Delia's idea of an April Fool's joke and pretends he is too high minded to go along with it. Delia realises that it was Rodney's uniform but she isn't able to convince Ann, especially when Pat Slattery seems to confirm Rodney's version of events. Mr Parker tells Joan to sell heroin to anyone about to be released, and to recruit Cynthia at Blackmoor to start a network of bent officers. Nancy and Rita cover for Rodney: Rita says that if she had a uniform she wouldn't be wasting it on a video. Even though that in itself ought to rule out Delia as a source for the uniform (or how would it have fitted?), Rodney's flat denial of any involvement means that Ann can't take the matter any further. Lorelei's mother visits and has an asthma attack and Marty has to help her calm down with breatuing exercises. Delia has a go at Rodney, who accuses Ann for being "sexist" for believing her rather than him. Ann tells Lorelei that her mother will have to go to hospital and Lorelei worries that Zoe will have to go into care,as she did. Chikka and Margie call on Joan to threaten that Andrew will have an accident if Joan doesn't do as Harry Parker wants. Andrew disregards Joan's advice to stay out of it and calls the police. Delia and Rodney both stick to their stories so Ann says she'll have to make a report to both their supervisors. Rita lets Janet know they've undermined her plots. Janet reports back to Kath who says that she has another plan, which will break Rita forever. Joan makes Andrew call the police off. Marty tells Delia he knows how to get proof that the other tape existed, which involves playing up to Alice's crush on him. As Joan is not present to supervise the visit, Rodney is able to catch Janet's sister with drugs. Andrea Radcliffe tells Joan what happened when she arrives at work later, including the ominous fact that Sandy made a call to her "solicitor".

    With all the April Fool references in this episode, it would have looked silly if it hadn't been shown on April 1st, at least in Melbourne. April 1st 1986 was a Tuesday, which was indeed the first of the two weekdays it was shown on the first run. However, from Steve West's researches, it seems it was actually shown in Melbourne in the middle of June 1986.


    EPISODE 634

    Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 23 July 2000 04:40. Joan discovers the penalty for not carrying out Parker's instructions to the letter.

    Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson
    Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick
    Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne
    Marty ~ Michael Winchester
    Rodney ~ Philip Hyde
    Rita ~ Glenda Linscott
    Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor
    Alice ~ Lois Collinder
    Nancy ~ Julia Blake
    Kath ~ Kate Hood
    Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan
    Roach ~ Linda Hartley
    Merle ~ Rosanne Hull-Brown
    Janet ~ Christine Earle
    Jenny Hinton ~ Kereen Ely-Harper
    Delia ~ Desiree Smith
    Det. Insp. Grace ~ Terry Gill
    Sister Hall ~ Gael Andrews
    Freddie ~ Nick Antipas
    UNCREDITED
    Andrew Hinton ~ Fredric Abbot
    Harry Parker ~ Howard Priddle
    OTHER CHARACTERS
    Watkins (trainee officer)
    Josie Lewis (Andrew Hinton's neighbour)
    Thug (threatening Joan at the end of the episode)

  • Written by John Coulter
  • Directed by Kendal Flanagan
  • Joan asks to sit in on Ann's interview when she finds she's about to talk to Janet. Janet is sent to solitary and almost implicates Joan by looking accusingly at her when she hears about how her sister got caught. Ann tells Delia she is going to college to check out her story so Rodney's version of events doesn't go unchallenged. Joan warns Janet to clear out her cell in case there's a search. Merle is upset to be still locked in solitary and starts shouting when she hears Joan locking Janet into one of the cells. Marty tries to get Alice to lag on Rodney over the videotape, but he is put off by her amourousness. Rita tries to warn Roach about the forthcoming cell search: the whole elaborate plan with Rodney was precisely to bring this about it seems. Joan phones Parker to tell him the recent events in Wentworth, but he tells her he already knows and that Morgan is even now "seeing to" Andrew: sure enough, Andrew is the victim of a hit and run accident outside his apartment as he returns from a shopping trip . Joan warns Kath to hide the cocaine, but she is more concerned about failing Merle and refuses to help Joan in future. Joan asks permission to go home: when she gets to Andrew's one of his neighbours tells Joan that Andrew is dead. Cocaine is found in Kath's cupboard by Marty during the cell search. Ann warns Rita there must be no more trouble or all the women will lose buyup for a week. Joan phones the police and tells Inspector Grace the whole story: she accepts his offer to help to set up Parker. Kath is questioned by Ann about the cocaine in her cell and becomes hysterical . Grace phones his Superintendant who refuses to sanction his plan. Ann refuses to transfer Kath and asks Sister Hall to transcribe her wandering remarks. Joan agrees to continue with the plan to set up Parker without any backup. Parker phones Joan to trade threats, each vowing to kill the other. Ann and Meg are suspicious of Joan's reasons for wanting to transfer Merle to H block, and their suspicions are confirmed by Sister Hall's report that Kath's ramblings often link Merle's and Joan's names. Joan returns to work. Ann gives Rodney one last chance to change his story, but it turns out that the officer at the training school is unable to confirm Ann's suspicions about Rodney. Joan lets herself into the armoury and selects a gun to take home with her . Rita makes it up with Roach. Lorelei gives karate lessons. Ann tells Delia and Rodney the matter is closed and orders Meg to release Merle before lockup. Roach is welcomed back to the Warriors and Lorelei is invited to join as well. Nancy sticks a caricature captioned "OFFICER JERK" on Rodney's back to pay him back for his arrogance in telling the women they can't touch him any more over the matter of the uniform. Joan waits in the dark at Andrew's with the gun and nearly shoots Andrew's daughter when she lets herself into his flat. Meg spots the caricature on Rodeny's back, but warns him not to take any action over it. Ignoring her, he goes straight to threaten Rita, but she just laughs at him. Merle is taken back to her cell, but is frightened without Kath. Joan is threatened in bed by an intruder to go along with the plan or Andrew's daughter will die.

    When Lexie does a flashy underarm shot at the biliard table, the ball surpisingly goes straight into the pocket right next to her. For the rest of the scene both her and Rita seem to be surpressing a fit of the giggles .


    EPISODE 635

    Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 29 July 2000 04:40. Joan makes plans to trap Parker. And Lorelei adds a touch of colour to the drab prison.

    Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson
    Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick
    Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne
    Rita ~ Glenda Linscott
    Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor
    Alice ~ Lois Collinder
    Nancy ~ Julia Blake
    Kath ~ Kate Hood
    Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan
    Roach ~ Linda Hartley
    Merle ~ Rosanne Hull-Brown
    Janet ~ Christine Earle
    Marty ~ Michael Winchester
    Rodney ~ Philip Hyde
    Jenny ~ Kereen Ely-Harper
    Sister Hall ~ Gael Andrews
    Det. Insp. Grace ~ Terry Gill
    Ida Brown ~ Paddy Burnett
    Paul Webb ~ Gary Kliger
    Det. Crabb ~ James Patrick
    Harry Parker ~ Howard Priddle
    Vicki ~ Rebecca Dines
    UNCREDITED
    Morgan McDermott ~ Maurice Marion
    OTHER CHARACTERS
    Helen Gardner (Jenny Hinton's bodyguard)

  • Written by Alister Webb & Andrew Kennedy
  • Directed by Sean Nash
  • Joan sits up all night in a chair in the lounge with a gun to protect Jenny. Jenny is determined to go to the lawyer's office to sort out the details of her father's will: Joan offers to go with her. Rita makes an approach to Merle to undermine Janet's attempt to use her. Ann asks Kath about her talk in her sleep about Joan and Merle, but Kath tries to deny there is anything wrong and she asks to go back to her cell with Merle. Jenny lets Joan know she has noticed a car following her and Joan: Joan directs her to drive straight to a police station. Jenny is outraged and upset that she wasn't told the full circumstances of her fathers' death and after Inspector Grace has disposed of her by reducing her to tears, he demands that Joan tell him the whole story. Kath returns to her cell and refuses to help Janet to get back at Rita. Joan is forced to admit to arranging one drug drop, and Grace threatens to send her "up the river" if she doesn't tell him all she knows about Parker's organisation. Janet complains to Roach that her bank drafts bounced and demands information about Rita's plans if she can't pay up. Ann tells Meg that all outstanding remand prisoners, including Kath, are going to trial as the courts have caught up with a previous backlog. Roach tries Lexie for some handy hints about how to raise money in prison, without much success. Lorelei gives a makeup class with the women bringing their own materials and sharing: Merle is initially laughed at for bringing a bottle of baby oil, but she manages to persuade Kath to join in too. Janet finds she cannot even rely on Vicki for support. Joan is asked to visit Parker with only a bugged locket to collect taped evidence against him: but when he gives her a gun to put in her handbag to be found, she has to hand over the one she has already taken from the prison armoury. Roach tries to earn money by asking Lexie (alias Spiderbitch ) to teach her how to win at cards. Joan visits Parker, but has difficulty getting him to incriminate himself while he is actually facing her and the locket can pick up his voice. Joyce and Mervin send a holiday postcard, which Marty reads aloud in a passable French accent to Alice's delight. Joan forces Parker's hand by threatening to walk out of his office and he duly admits to having Andrew killed. Roach decides poker is too difficult and decides to sell information to Rodney about non-existent drugs. Rita gives Janet a forcible makeover when Alice reports what she is doing. Inspector Grace decides to hold on for more information but feedback reveals Joan's bug, and she is held at gunpoint until Inspector Grace talks Parker into giving himself up. Marty catches Janet trying to clean off the witch/Hulk makeup the women have given her . Roach approaches Rodney with an offer of information about drugs and offers to get him a sample as proof. Inspector Grace tells Parker that Joan was working undercover all the time so he at least has no hold over her, but keeps her incriminating statement for future use. Roach takes advantage of the temporary cook and steals parsley from the kitchen, and dries it in a pillow case in the drier. Rodney gloats to Marty about how good his training record will look. Janet spills dirty water on Rodney's trousers to get him out of the way while she rips up all Merle's comics to blame on Rita. Kath pleads with her that Merle will be sent away if she gets in trouble, but Janet is too concerned with her plans to become the next top dog.

    Inspector Grace seems to be working for the Family Court of Australia, to judge from the poster behind him .


    Story Editor: Bevan Lee (631)-(634); Gwenda Marsh (635)
    Script Editor: Neil Luxmoore (631); Alister Webb (632)-(633); Neil Luxmoore (634); Ian Smith (635)
    Storyliners: Tony McDonald, John Coulter, Bob Greenberg


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    Updated ~ 20 December 2008