Prisoner - Season 1

Prisoner - Season 1

Season 1

The first season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on the then-known 0-10 Network on 26 February 1979 in Sydney and 27 February 1979 in Melbourne. The season contains 79 episodes and concluded on 28 November 1979.
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DatesFeb 27, 1979 - Jan 29, 1980
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Episodes

Episode 1
Season 1Episode 160 min

Episode 1

In the very first episode of the classic soap, new prisoners Karen and Lynn are admitted to Wentworth Detention Centre, where murderess and 'Top Dog' Bea Smith rules the roost.

 


 

Feb 27, 1979
Episode 2
Season 1Episode 260 min

Episode 2

The prisoners hold a farewell party for Bea and Mum. Meg and Bill are having problems with their teenage son Marty, and with Bea gone, Franky siezes the chance to take over and announces she is now in charge.

 


 

 


 


 

Feb 27, 1979
Episode 3
Season 1Episode 360 min

Episode 3

With Franky's hold growing in the prison, temperatures reach boiling point in an all-out riot in which Bill gets stabbed.

 


 

Feb 28, 1979
Episode 4
Season 1Episode 460 min

Episode 4

Rosie gives birth to a boy, and Eddie tells Marilyn he saw who stabbed Bill. Bea and the girls take revenge on a fellow inmate, who is transferred to another prison. Meg suffers a breakdown.

 


 

Mar 6, 1979
Episode 5
Season 1Episode 560 min

Episode 5

Mum recuperates at her daughter's home but has to pretend to the children that she is an aunt. Frankie and Bea fight during a dance class, and Yates is caught smuggling the pill in for Marilyn.

 


 

Mar 7, 1979
Episode 6
Season 1Episode 660 min

Episode 6

Lynn reveals she was raped by Mr Bentley. Vera has trouble with her ailing mother, as Meg's attitude changes again. Meg and Erica believe Lynn's case can be reopened.

 


 

Mar 13, 1979
Episode 7
Season 1Episode 760 min

Episode 7

Lizzie finds a stray cat in the garden and brings it into the prison. Gary Doyle comes to visit Franky again and gives her a copy of his plans for the farm. Meg sees through a pretense of amnesia.

 


 

Mar 14, 1979
Episode 8
Season 1Episode 860 min

Episode 8

Bea Smith and the other inmates find out about Franky's plans to get paroled, so they try to rile her into blowing her chances. Helen Masters is sent to Wentworth charged with manslaughter.

 


 

Mar 20, 1979
Episode 9
Season 1Episode 960 min

Episode 9

Marilyn's boyfriend Eddie is suspicious of where she got the money for his birthday gift: back "on the game" (prostitution)? The final straw is a visitor who is obviously a "workmate" from the street. Officials and inmates are puzzled when Helen Masters drops her application for bail. She uses the media to bring attention to the "innocent" women being incarcerated--including herself, of course. The Bentleys, the culprits responsible for Lyn's conviction, continue their libertine ways, but are finally exposed and arrested.
Mar 21, 1979
Episode 10
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Episode 10

Helen Masters sets out to affect the quality of prison meals as part of her campaign to get a character witness for her trial, the prison doctor. Marilyn returns to prison, but Eddie is through. Vera's drinking almost gets her arrested in a pub, but the officer grants her professional courtesy and takes her home. Masters cons everybody--even her blackmailing assistant--and wins acquittal, trashing the prison officials and inmates in her first TV interview.
Mar 27, 1979
Episode 11
Season 1Episode 1160 min

Episode 11

The inmates start realigning after Master's release; Frankie gains motivation from her brother to work on good behavior. Lyn, who has returned to her parents' home, runs away with Doug whom she had met while in prison. A detective, pretending to be attracted to Vera, interrogates Marilyn about her associates and their drug connections. Frankie, who can't read, gets a telegram saying her brother was injured and goes berserk when it's read to her, deciding to end it all.
Mar 28, 1979
Episode 12
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Episode 12

The inmates start realigning after Master's release; Frankie gains motivation from her brother to work on good behavior. Lyn, who has returned to her parents' home, runs away with Doug whom she had met while in prison. A detective, pretending to be attracted to Vera, interrogates Marilyn about her associates and their drug connections. Frankie, who can't read, gets a telegram saying her brother was injured and goes berserk when it's read to her, deciding to end it all.
Apr 3, 1979
Episode 13
Season 1Episode 1360 min

Episode 13

Vera's attitude continues to become more punitive toward the inmates, bringing a reprimand from the governor. Lizzie's heart forces her to return to the prison, while Frankie and Doreen face life on the run with no money. Lyn faces the fact that Doug is still a criminal, and she reluctantly gets involved in a holdup.
Apr 4, 1979
Episode 14
Season 1Episode 1460 min

Episode 14

Shot in the holdup, Doug dies and Lyn cannot run, so she calls the prison doctor who gets there just before the cops. She loses her baby. Doug gets sacked because of his involvement with Marilyn. Frankie and Doreen are still on the run. The new social worker visits Mum's granddaughter and explains how much Mum needs to see her. Karen's mother is planning to be remarried, and in her first prison visit is appalled at the news Karen might get a retrial, renewing the publicity.
Apr 10, 1979
Episode 15
Season 1Episode 1560 min

Episode 15

Karen permits the prison doctor to contact her lawyer about a retrial, and Dr. Miller kisses her. Vera walks in on them and reports him. A new prisoner, who is reputed to be really tough, is admitted; she and Bea turn out to be old friends, dashing Vera's hopes. Lyn is returned to prison. Doreen and Frankie have disguised themselves as nuns to beg money on the street, but decide to find an older person whom they can rob and perhaps take over their home.
Apr 11, 1979
Episode 16
Season 1Episode 1660 min

Episode 16

Apr 17, 1979
Episode 17
Season 1Episode 1760 min

Episode 17

Apr 18, 1979
Episode 18
Season 1Episode 1860 min

Episode 18

Apr 24, 1979
Episode 19
Season 1Episode 1960 min

Episode 19

Apr 25, 1979
Episode 20
Season 1Episode 2060 min

Episode 20

May 1, 1979
Episode 21
Season 1Episode 2160 min

Episode 21

May 2, 1979
Episode 22
Season 1Episode 2260 min

Episode 22

May 8, 1979
Episode 23
Season 1Episode 2360 min

Episode 23

May 9, 1979
Episode 24
Season 1Episode 2460 min

Episode 24

May 15, 1979
Episode 25
Season 1Episode 2560 min

Episode 25

May 16, 1979
Episode 26
Season 1Episode 2660 min

Episode 26

May 22, 1979
Episode 27
Season 1Episode 2760 min

Episode 27

May 23, 1979
Episode 28
Season 1Episode 2860 min

Episode 28

May 29, 1979
Episode 29
Season 1Episode 2960 min

Episode 29

May 30, 1979
Episode 30
Season 1Episode 3060 min

Episode 30

Jun 5, 1979
Episode 31
Season 1Episode 3160 min

Episode 31

Jun 6, 1979
Episode 32
Season 1Episode 3260 min

Episode 32

Jun 12, 1979
Episode 33
Season 1Episode 3360 min

Episode 33

Jun 12, 1979
Episode 34
Season 1Episode 3460 min

Episode 34

Jun 19, 1979
Episode 35
Season 1Episode 3560 min

Episode 35

Jun 20, 1979
Episode 36
Season 1Episode 3660 min

Episode 36

Jun 26, 1979
Episode 37
Season 1Episode 3760 min

Episode 37

Jun 27, 1979
Episode 38
Season 1Episode 3860 min

Episode 38

Jul 3, 1979
Episode 39
Season 1Episode 3960 min

Episode 39

Jul 4, 1979
Episode 40
Season 1Episode 4060 min

Episode 40

Jul 10, 1979
Episode 41
Season 1Episode 4160 min

Episode 41

Jul 11, 1979
Episode 42
Season 1Episode 4260 min

Episode 42

Jul 17, 1979
Episode 43
Season 1Episode 4360 min

Episode 43

Jul 18, 1979
Episode 44
Season 1Episode 4460 min

Episode 44

Jul 24, 1979
Episode 45
Season 1Episode 4560 min

Episode 45

Jul 25, 1979
Episode 46
Season 1Episode 4660 min

Episode 46

Jul 31, 1979
Episode 47
Season 1Episode 4760 min

Episode 47

Aug 1, 1979
Episode 48
Season 1Episode 4860 min

Episode 48

Aug 7, 1979
Episode 49
Season 1Episode 4960 min

Episode 49

Aug 8, 1979
Episode 50
Season 1Episode 5060 min

Episode 50

Aug 14, 1979
Episode 51
Season 1Episode 5160 min

Episode 51

Aug 15, 1979
Episode 52
Season 1Episode 5260 min

Episode 52

Aug 21, 1979
Episode 53
Season 1Episode 5360 min

Episode 53

Aug 22, 1979
Episode 54
Season 1Episode 5460 min

Episode 54

Aug 28, 1979
Episode 55
Season 1Episode 5560 min

Episode 55

Aug 29, 1979
Episode 56
Season 1Episode 5660 min

Episode 56

Sep 4, 1979
Episode 57
Season 1Episode 5760 min

Episode 57

Sep 5, 1979
Episode 58
Season 1Episode 5860 min

Episode 58

Sep 11, 1979
Episode 59
Season 1Episode 5960 min

Episode 59

Sep 12, 1979
Episode 60
Season 1Episode 6060 min

Episode 60

Sep 18, 1979
Episode 61
Season 1Episode 6160 min

Episode 61

Sep 19, 1979
Episode 62
Season 1Episode 6260 min

Episode 62

Sep 25, 1979
Episode 63
Season 1Episode 6360 min

Episode 63

Sep 26, 1979
Episode 64
Season 1Episode 6460 min

Episode 64

Oct 2, 1979
Episode 65
Season 1Episode 6560 min

Episode 65

Oct 3, 1979
Episode 66
Season 1Episode 6660 min

Episode 66

Oct 16, 1979
Episode 67
Season 1Episode 6760 min

Episode 67

Oct 17, 1979
Episode 68
Season 1Episode 6860 min

Episode 68

Oct 23, 1979
Episode 69
Season 1Episode 6960 min

Episode 69

Oct 24, 1979
Episode 70
Season 1Episode 7060 min

Episode 70

Oct 30, 1979
Episode 71
Season 1Episode 7160 min

Episode 71

Oct 31, 1979
Episode 72
Season 1Episode 7260 min

Episode 72

Nov 6, 1979
Episode 73
Season 1Episode 7360 min

Episode 73

Nov 7, 1979
Episode 74
Season 1Episode 7460 min

Episode 74

Nov 13, 1979
Episode 75
Season 1Episode 7560 min

Episode 75

Nov 14, 1979
Episode 76
Season 1Episode 7660 min

Episode 76

Nov 20, 1979
Episode 77
Season 1Episode 7760 min

Episode 77

Nov 21, 1979
Episode 78
Season 1Episode 7860 min

Episode 78

Nov 27, 1979
Episode 79
Season 1Episode 7960 min

Episode 79

Nov 28, 1979
Episode 80
Season 1Episode 8060 min

Episode 80

Jan 22, 1980
Episode 81
Season 1Episode 8160 min

Episode 81

Jan 23, 1980
Episode 82
Season 1Episode 8260 min

Episode 82

Jan 29, 1980

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