EPISODE 666Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 18 November 2000 04:40. Spider and Alice form a shaky alliance to beat Kath. Rita has to fight for her life in Blackmoor.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Alice ~ Lois Collinder Kath ~ Kate Hood Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan Merle ~ Rosanne Hull-Brown Rodney ~ Philip Hyde Marty ~ Michael Winchester Delia ~ Desiree Smith Vicki ~ Rebecca Dines Spider ~ Taya Stratton Lisa ~ Terrie Waddell Sarah ~ Kylie Belling Pamela ~ Justine Saunders Brumby Tucker ~ Sheryl Munks Spike Marsh ~ Victoria Rowland Ernest Craven ~ Ray Meagher Terry Walters ~ Bruce Kilpatrick Bongo Connors ~ Shane Connor Roo Morgan ~ Sally McKenzie ![]() Auntie Harriet ~ Jenny Jarman-Walker ![]() Footy Parsons ~ Loren Jeffs ![]() Onions Brown ~ Beth Cameron | Lisa buys some contraband from the shop. Spider proposes to Alice that they try to discredit the shop in order to take over. Brumby tells Rita that Cynthia is on long term leave and Roo has no back-up. Spike takes Rita to talk to Bongo through a water pipe, but he is out of his head on drugs. Craven and Walters bet on the outcome of the fight. Lisa takes one of Joyce's photos. Spider and Alice break into the shop to steal goods, but Alice forbids Spider to sell them. Merle is painted by Sarah and makes a digeridoo. Alice leaves the goods in the women' cells. Rita beats Roo, despite Roo pulling a knife and a baseball bat on her. Craven orders Walters to break up the fight. Rita is put in the pit. Kath notices goods are missing from the shop, and takes the credit for giving them to the women, but tells Joan what has happened. Roo takes it out on Brumby, so she tells Roo that Bongo is Rita's brother. Roo passes the information on to Craven and tells Bongo to persuade Rita to lay off. Brumby arranges a meeting between Bongo and Rita. Merle persuades Pamela to tell the women a dreamtime story: she holds the women spellbound with a story of the origin of black swans, which is counterpointed with the women at Blackmoor breaking Rita out of solitary to start a riot. Rita lays Roo out and takes her hostage. |
EPISODE 667Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 19 November 2000 04:40. Rita leads the Blackmoor women to riot and two guards are taken hostage. Kath incites the Wentworth women to riot and manages to convince Ann she is not involved.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Alice ~ Lois Collinder Kath ~ Kate Hood Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan Delia ~ Desiree Smith Marty ~ Michael Winchester Rodney ~ Philip Hyde Spider ~ Taya Stratton Lisa ~ Terrie Waddell Sarah ~ Kylie Belling Brumby ~ Sheryl Munks Spike ~ Victoria Rowland Roo ~ Sally McKenzie Ernest Craven ~ Ray Meagher Terry Walters ~ Bruce Kilpatrick Bongo Connors ~ Shane Connor Newscaster ~ Maureen Edwards Ian Hardy ~ Eric Harley Worm Mulligan ~ Christine Jack ![]() Michael Bagley ~ Kurt von Schneider Marksman ~ Ron Stickland Handcuff Officer ~ Greg Shapiro | Sirens sound and officers take up position around the exercise yard. The women in Wentworth hear about the riot on TV: Kath overrules Alice's demands to see the Governor. Spike goes to find Bongo to prevent him being taken hostage. The officers fire on the room where Roo is being held. Walters goes down a manhole. Kath tells Rodney not to volunteer for Blackmoor, so he can support her plan to start a riot at Wentworth and frame Alice for it. As a first step, Kath persuades the other women to take part in a roof-top protest. Rita takes two guards hostage. Delia is knocked out to get her keys. Kath tells Rodney to phone the press. Lorelei is suspicious of Kath's motives, especially when Alice is sent to speak to Ann, but Sarah volunteers in her place. Rita gives up one of the wounded officers and sends a taped message to Craven. Spike tries to bring Bongo to Rita, but he is captured by the officers and handcuffed to a grating in the exercise yard. Craven offers to swap Bongo for Walters. Joan, Marty and two other officers arrive to help the Blackmoor officers. The women at Wentworth show the banner to waiting reporters: it reads "CLOSE BLACKMOOR" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
EPISODE 668Broadcast on Westcountry Monday 28 July 1997 23:45; Channel 5 Saturday 25 November 2000 04:40. Craven is out to make trouble on his arrival at Wentworth.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Alice ~ Lois Collinder Kath ~ Kate Hood Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan Merle ~ Rosanne Hull-Brown Marty ~ Michael Winchester Rodney ~ Philip Hyde Spider ~ Taya Stratton Lisa ~ Terrie Waddell Sarah ~ Kylie Belling Pamela ~ Justine Saunders Brumby ~ Sheryl Munks Spike ~ Victoria Rowland Ernest Craven ~ Ray Meagher Newscaster ~ Maureen Edwards Policeman ~ Matthew Barker ![]() Male Blackmoor Prisoner ~ Nick Antipas Blackmoor Officer ~ Mark Muggeridge ![]() Billy Slocum ~ Glennan Fahey ![]() Ian Hardy ~ Ric Harley UNCREDITEDStud Wilson ~ Peter LindsayThree of the Blackmoor women | The women at Wentworth watch the Blackmoor fire on TV. Kath tries to find out from Rodney if Rita is coming back to Wentworth, as she's heard that women from Blackmoor are to be transferred to Wentworth. When the women from Blackmoor arrive, Rita is not among them. Craven and Joan arrive at Wentworth, and Craven contemptuously silences the hubbub in reception. The women are locked in their cells without finding out what happened to Rita. Ann warns Craven not to undermine her authority by ordering the prisoners around. The Minister phones Ann to confirm that Craven is only to supervise the men's section of the prison. Ann cooly deals with Craven's annoyance at this by inviting him to call Mr Dwyer if he isn't happy, but suggests that now might not be a good time, as his administration of Blackmoor has just cost the Department a lot of money. Meg warns Marty not to confront Craven. A rumour circulates that Rita has escaped. Craven threatens Spike and Brumby not to talk about the circumstances of Bongo's death. Rita is brought back to Wentworth, welcomed by a punch from Craven and put into solitary. Joan dismisses Ann's allegations against Craven and says that Bongo was trying to escape. A group of men from Blackmoor arrive at Wentworth and are sent to A block. Pamela slaps Craven for his racist comments, then asks Ann to transfer Sarah and other prisoners to prevent reprisals from Craven. Sarah manages to let the other women know that Rita is back before she is transferred to Barnhurst: they all start a welcoming chant. Kath listens to it stonyfaced. Meg pleads with Craven not to put in a report on Marty, but he makes it clear that sexual favours would be required in return. Kath introduces herself to the Blackmoor women as the top dog, but they just laugh it off. Merle bumps into Craven and he snaps her bull roarer. Alice nearly drops her breakfast when she finds out there are men in the prison. Craven defends himself against charges of sexual harassment by making counter accusations against Meg that she "blatantly offerred herself". Marty reacts strangely at sight of Spike, and checks her file to find that he knew her in school. Craven opposes Ann's plan to allow fraternisation between the men and women, but Joyce discovers Alice in the laundry skip attempting to put the plan into action. Joyce leaves Merle and Lisa unescorted while she takes Alice back to H block. Spike pretends at first not to recognize Marty, but asks him to keep her background a secret from the other women. While Merle tries to trade comics with one of the male prisoners, Lisa is grabbed by another but is saved by Joyce and Merle. Craven and Joan indulge in some mutual back slapping. When the announcement is made that the men and women will be allowed to mix, Lorelei hatches a plot to get back at the men for the attack on Lisa. |
EPISODE 669Broadcast on Westcountry Monday 4th August 1997 23:45; Channel 5 Sunday 26 November 2000 04:40. Joan is to be the new governor. Rita's plans to kill Craven aren't moving fast enough to stop Lorelei from being raped.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Alice ~ Lois Collinder Kath ~ Kate Hood Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan Merle ~ Rosanne Hull-Brown Rodney ~ Philip Hyde Delia ~ Desiree Smith Marty ~ Michael Winchester Spider ~ Taya Stratton Lisa ~ Terrie Waddell Spike ~ Victoria Rowland Brumby ~ Sheryl Munks James Dwyer ~ James Condon Ernest Craven ~ Ray Meagher Stud Wilson ~ Peter Lindsay ![]() Billy Slocum ~ Glennan Fahey Officer Blunt ~ Ernest Wilson ![]() Archie Trimble ~ Simon Westaway Blackmoor Off. ~ Alan Barrett | Craven and Joan conspire to get rid of Ann by making sure that the joint recreation period goes wrong. Alice goes to the kitchen to introduce herself to the men, and is set up by Stud with Archie Trimble, and locked in the cold store. Joan forbids Kath from selling contraband to the men, as with increased security she is very likely to be found out. Archie turns out to be a toothless old crock. Ann warns Rita not to cause trouble either with the Blackmoor officers - or with Kath, who is now top dog. Rita tells Alice and Lorelei that she isn't interested in getting back at Rita, only at Craven. Rita gives Kath the cold shoulder when she tries to be friendly at dinner and snaps at Alice when she says she knows how she feels about Bongo's death. Marty gazes dreamily at Spike's file (which appears to have been issued by the Central Correspondence Bureau ![]() ![]() |
EPISODE 670Broadcast on Westcountry Monday 11th August 1997 23:45; Channel 5 Saturday 02 December 2000 04:40. Merle finds a new friend and a hiding place from the authorities. Craven threatens Lorelei and Ann suffers the consequences.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Alice ~ Lois Collinder Kath ~ Kate Hood Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan Merle ~ Rosanne Hull-Brown Rodney ~ Philip Hyde Delia ~ Desiree Smith Spider ~ Taya Stratton Lisa ~ Terrie Waddell Spike ~ Victoria Rowland Vicki ~ Rebecca Dines James Dwyer ~ James Condon Ernest Craven ~ Ray Meagher Tommy Kipman ~ Bradley Kilpatrick Sister Hall ~ Gael Andrews Blackmoor Off. ~ Matt Brown Storekeeper ~ Monty Maizells | Lorelei is found next morning in a state of shock by Lisa and Rodney when her breakfast is delivered. Lisa reports back to the women, but Rodney's main concern is whether he will be blamed. Joan hears about the rape when she arrives at work and is outraged so she goes to Craven and threatens to expose him to the police if there are any more incidents. Lorelei is unable to identify her attackers: Sister Hall advisers Ann there is no immediate physical evidence of intercourse, and that further tests are necessary so Lorelei must not shower. Craven blames Rodney, but Ann demands he provide an account of his officers' movements. Joan tries to tell Lorelei she had no idea what would happen when she sent her to solitary. Rita chokes Joan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Story Editor: Bevan Lee
Script Editor: Neil Luxmoore (666); Quincey McQuade (667); Neil Luxmoore (668); Quincey McQuade (669); Neil Luxmoore (670)
Storyliners: Tony McDonald, John Coulter, Bob Greenberg
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