HISTORY.
REALLY MEG..ITS TRUE.BIG JOAN DID SHIT BLUE..LOL....(meg & colleens faces) lol.........................
THE SECRET HISTORY OF
CELL BLOCK
H............
PRISONER BEGAN LIFE IN 1978 WHEN REG WATSON WAS TOILING WITH NAMES LIKE "WOMEN BEHIND BARS" AND "WOMEN IN PRISON" BUT SETTLED FOR "PRISONER" WITH CELL BLOCK H BEING ADDED FOR BRITISH VIEWERS.
PRISONER PREMIRED IN A 2 HOUR SHOW ON 27TH FEBRUARY 1979 AT 8.30PM ON NETWORK TEN.
NETWORK TEN STUDIOS WHERE USED FOR WENTWORTH,THE OUTSIDE SCENES WHERE NETWORK TEN GROUNDS.
IN IT'S 8 YEAR RUN PRISONER WON 21 AWARDS INCLUDING VAL LEHMAN (BEST ACTRESS) AND SHEILA FLORENCE (BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS).
THE LAST EVER SCENE TO BE RECORDED WAS 5TH SEPTEMBER 1986, WHICH SAW TOPDOG RITA CONNORS TAKING FOOD TO A NEW PRISONER IN SOLIATRY....JOAN FERGUSON..