The thing is that it probably was! There was a famous investigation into the conditions in Australian prisons around that time and the results were appalling.
Ooh I half take back my comment from an hour ago about lack of research on the show. Mervyn mentions not being allowed to drive a vehicle due to epilepsy. And THAT is definitely true.
I only came to YT to watch the terrorist seige episodes and now I'm hooked all over again just like back in the day. I kinda wished I had started at the beginning, but PCBH is just too darn addictive!
@@KenyanBunnie that's a fair choice but I don't really like the beginning, I start liking it more just before Bea goes to Barnhurst, to be clear I have watched the whole thing beginning to end about 6 times
We're almost reaching 'Crossroads' level of banality with some of the storylines now. But I'm 569 episodes in now with no skipping this go through. So I'm in it for the duration! I can only conclude that the show couldn't afford such luxuries as researchers back in those days. Trying to convince us that a prison could be starved out by peed off delivery drivers.
Yeah, I am struggling now. The show does have its dips but this is one of the worst if not the worst, which is highlighted further still by the brilliance that was the 15 eps stint with the fantastic villain Ruth Ballinger played by the extremely talented Lindy Davies. I am finding myself maybe prepping food whilst these lot of episodes are on and just listening, and if anything catches my ears then I look at the screen, ha. Like you I am in it for the duration (this is my first outing from 001 to 692). Eps 536 that lead into the whole Ruth Ballinger era was such a joy to watch (the flashback episode) seeing all of those old familiar faces. Oh how I do miss Sheila Florance in it. Fancy leaving us the viewers like that, the rotten mongrel, lol. 29th October 2023. EDIT: Just hunted this scene out, for me the most memorable to date, certainly the most powerful. Judith McGrath knocked it out of the park here, an absolute masterclass; ua-cam.com/video/wGErVwIPB3g/v-deo.html
Lou once again showing a "nice" side by taking pride in her page layout and being nice to Chook. Hmmm. Almost like when she was seen being affectionate to Chook in the hallway a few episodes ago - totally out of the blue and kind of jarring! I wonder if the writers were sowing the seeds of a plot involving Lou having a crush on Chook, and then they decided against it
Nah I don't think so, Lou just cares about some people, although it doesn't seem like it, she is generally friends with Alice until 603, she friends on and off again with Julie, Daphne and Lexie, She was also good friends with Reb until she double crossed her
An's daughter and men. one man she plays with , sends him home , the next she ends up hating , and what happened to the Japanese man, and then her friendships. holy cow, I need a score card
🙉 2:43 Cover your ears. This episode is a landmark - for the first time ever in Prisoner, someone says "F**k off". Previously, Bobbi Mitchell said "F**"ing" once.
@@helenkelly4355this is 4 years later but ill bet you remember.... I miss them too, including Judy but i dont miss the version of Jude the way she was written in that last season before she left Wentworth. You could tell it was new writers when that change occured even though it was amongst other awful nonsensical ideologically opposed changes to characters and to the general character of Wentworth around that time....
11:59 That "Bubbles" story was very funny; especially the way Nora nods and smiles sympathetically. :-) 20:20 The girl falls down and then immediately, without any cry of pain, announces "I've busted me foot". Not a good moment.
The second smartest thing i ever heard Pippa say to her Mom was her remark explaining to Anne why she's going out with Mr. Hero-EgoTestical-Sellout☆Attorney at Law☆ ♤♤♤Australia Edition♧♧♧ even though the 2 cant stand each other: If a man wants to gravel at my feet who am 8 to walk away...😂
A whole lot of the comments in Prisoner would have had the show cancelled immediately these days! LOL. All the fat shaming, discrimination against lesbians and gays, everything! But it was an 80s dark cult drama, and us Prisoner fans understand that. Hehe
And to think that swearing was considered offensive back then, and they weren't allowed to use any big swear words in the show. The times have changed! lol
@@glenysnewchurch7957 LOL. And I remember when hardened maximum security criminals scolded young Susie Driscoll for "swearing" in the laundry. It wasn't even a hardcore swear word either haha. Yet Susie referred to Judy as "the fat lady" and that was fine! Different times!
I don't mind the current top dog as a secondary cast member, but as a lead, she's just totally miscast, how did it come to this that there's almost no characters of any interest, except Joan (and her stories have dried up at the mo); I'm really trying to get to the last ep, didn't make it when it was on the tele, but it's a struggle ;-)
15:59 that's the second time they've used that Mark Gillespie poster. The first time was an episode or two ago when Hartley's lawyer phoned Inspector Grace from a pub. I looked him up and apparently he was a popular artist in Melbourne in the late 70's and 80's
Love the way Lou scared Lisa Straight, like she knows she has messed up but would never admit that to her fellow prisoners or the screws, yet more than happy to set those on the wrong path on the straight and narrow. 29th October 2023.
She got one over on the Freak there tho. Even the likes of Queen Bea and Len Murphy didn't manage to do that lol. Then again,maybe she should be assigned solely to Nikki. Old Joan would have scared Chopper Read straight lol.
nikki thinks the whole world owes her something for how her life has turned out kids blame everyone for what they have done always have to blame someone instead of themselves
The thing with Lou is, she isn't acting (her character). This makes her either dangerous af or helpful. It depends on the delinquent's personality, which way they take her words and actions.
That punk Nikki needs to be taken to solitary and kept for the remainder of her so called sentence. If it were now, all they would have to do is take away her I Phone and her Vapes. She wouldn't last a day without a breakdown.
This show has gone so far down hill since episode 509 it's painful. The sudden addition of a few teenagers is ridiculous and irritating. I'm trying so hard to make it to the end and the ONLY thing keeping me going at this point is Lou Kelly ❤ Almost EVERYTHING else about the show sucks at this point and Lexie is the WORST.
Tricky Nicky Regardless, Lexie is a still an immature, irresponsible little slag bitch who needs a good arse kicking every day for her personality, behaviour and attitude. 😜😄
"Are you sure it's Australian"? Stuck up little minx. Australia and New Zealand produce some fantastic award winning wines. If I were the sommelier I'd piss in the bottle.
it's a pity we did get to see more of officer Wendy Ward she could of been a much bigger character like Meg and Joyce (of course that was not always the case in the earlier episode's as we hardly ever saw Joyce when Colleen was in it).
I knew the prison was larger than just H Block, but really, JUST 47 prisoners? That's too tiny for words! Certainloy not worth all that security and staff!
Sue Brown And not that many episodes ago, there were 50 prisoners in Wentworth. Either the continuity went out of the window when this show began, or 3 inmates have been released in the past number of episodes. Haha. 😄
Willie's story about inmate "Bubbles" and how she got that nickname was the first time she'd said anything entertaining...hilarious! Especially from a character i usually find really nauseating.Nikki = bad news,glad she's only in it for a short while.
Hopefully a genuine Australian fan old enough to know can answer me this.. Is 💥Wrack Off💥 a real expression people in Australia used to use instead of directly uttering the f word? Or was it a PCBH created expression to use instead of the F word? It's pretty effective as a substitute... I'm going to post this question on every episode till someone who knows answers or I've finished the last episode.....😊
Do an exchange, Bring back Vera Bennet and transfer Ann to Barnhurst, Vera and Joan could run it way better. Vera would have those teenagers scrubbing floors all day on their hands and knees, like she used to make the women do. And Joan could give bitch slaps to them like she slapped Shane that time.
LOL.. the way they got so defensive was hilarious, like it was some kind of top notch rehab ranch the kids were privileged to be in. It's a bloody brutal max security prison with murderers and shit! 🤣🤣
I need a 2nd side-app to go with my UA-cam Premium on Android. So i could keep my episode number & place in PCBH in a side app with no hassles while browsing my dailys and my independent progressive media shows, politics, oh and MSM so that i know what corporations are spoon feeding Americans.
The way Lou Kelly holds Lisa on her arm like a ventriloquist’s dummy is just brilliant.
Lou Kelly has her moments sometimes, she sure spices things up.
She is the only reason to keep watching at this point. Louise Siversen is the best actress that ever appeared on Prisoner.
Love it when Nikki says some of my mates wud kill for a place like this and Lou replays some of mine did love her quick responses...
How Elspeth Ballantyne kept a straight face when she said, "It's probably one of the best run prisons in Australia" i'll never know!!!
The thing is that it probably was! There was a famous investigation into the conditions in Australian prisons around that time and the results were appalling.
Ooh I half take back my comment from an hour ago about lack of research on the show. Mervyn mentions not being allowed to drive a vehicle due to epilepsy. And THAT is definitely true.
I only came to YT to watch the terrorist seige episodes and now I'm hooked all over again just like back in the day. I kinda wished I had started at the beginning, but PCBH is just too darn addictive!
Same
@@stephanfraser5325 The only way to do it, watch from Series 1!
@@KenyanBunnie that's a fair choice but I don't really like the beginning, I start liking it more just before Bea goes to Barnhurst, to be clear I have watched the whole thing beginning to end about 6 times
IVE DONE IT THE WHOLE THING SEVARAL TIMES, NOW I JUST DIVE IN AT RANDOM. LOVE EM ALL SO MUCH!
Nikki should be doing the scheme in Blackmoor not Wentworth.
"Wentworth is probably one of the best run prisons in Australia!"
This must be one of the most laughable lines in the whole series!!
It WAS 40 years ago, after 569 full episodes in our beloved fictitious Australian prison....
For all we know it is better than that.....😮
Yes, Meg was talking a lot of rubbish to Lisa Snell in Ann’s office.
I'd hate to see the worst one in Australia then 😂
Lou has some great one liners these days.
Lou Kelly is the only reason to keep watching at this point.
3:42 - "You will be" - great read of that line.
Pippa is telling Ben he has a rotten personality? Pot,this is kettle over lol.
The little thugs are scarier than the actual prisoners
That's true for sure, the current top dog and prisoners are like a knitting club. I'd say Lou Kelly is slightly scary.
They've turned May into a joke
Would like to see those punks up against Bea and Nola McKenzie. Holy shit... there'd be nothing left of them. LOL
@@josephd.2725 bea nola would throw them about
So even when Lexie sits on a chair normally, she puts her frigging leg up on the table. Grrr, what a pain she is
I'd knock it off
The Simpsons Chief Wiggum is more competent than Inspector Grace lol
Book him Lou 😂
How does he have his job still, he's wrongly arrested at least 50 people lol
Inspector Grace has practically filled Wentworth with all his innocent victims 😂😂 meanwhile the real culprits are on the outside 😂😂
I wouldn't mind if Fergo arranged a little "accident" for Darling Nikki.
Seriously… lol
It would be justified haha
Those young girls are bad actors Nikki and that other tough girl.
Nikki needs the freaky glove treatment lol
Lmao @ the freaky glove treatment 😂😂😂😂
Last couple episodes have been effin awesome!
I have a good feeling about this one!
Why didnt the govner arrange for nite delivery when pickiters were snug in their beds.
Anne's not exactly known for being intelligent is she
We're almost reaching 'Crossroads' level of banality with some of the storylines now. But I'm 569 episodes in now with no skipping this go through. So I'm in it for the duration!
I can only conclude that the show couldn't afford such luxuries as researchers back in those days. Trying to convince us that a prison could be starved out by peed off delivery drivers.
Yeah, I am struggling now. The show does have its dips but this is one of the worst if not the worst, which is highlighted further still by the brilliance that was the 15 eps stint with the fantastic villain Ruth Ballinger played by the extremely talented Lindy Davies. I am finding myself maybe prepping food whilst these lot of episodes are on and just listening, and if anything catches my ears then I look at the screen, ha. Like you I am in it for the duration (this is my first outing from 001 to 692). Eps 536 that lead into the whole Ruth Ballinger era was such a joy to watch (the flashback episode) seeing all of those old familiar faces. Oh how I do miss Sheila Florance in it. Fancy leaving us the viewers like that, the rotten mongrel, lol.
29th October 2023.
EDIT: Just hunted this scene out, for me the most memorable to date, certainly the most powerful. Judith McGrath knocked it out of the park here, an absolute masterclass;
ua-cam.com/video/wGErVwIPB3g/v-deo.html
Yes, but I know I also watched Crossroads, religiously. 😜
Dissappointed in Lou getting peaked by upstart Nikki. Thought if anyone could give a good hiding LK would.
Lou once again showing a "nice" side by taking pride in her page layout and being nice to Chook. Hmmm. Almost like when she was seen being affectionate to Chook in the hallway a few episodes ago - totally out of the blue and kind of jarring! I wonder if the writers were sowing the seeds of a plot involving Lou having a crush on Chook, and then they decided against it
Nah I don't think so, Lou just cares about some people, although it doesn't seem like it, she is generally friends with Alice until 603, she friends on and off again with Julie, Daphne and Lexie, She was also good friends with Reb until she double crossed her
An's daughter and men. one man she plays with , sends him home , the next she ends up hating , and what happened to the Japanese man, and then her friendships. holy cow, I need a score card
She's like a skanky high school cheerleader who thinks it is funny to tease all the boys and kick them to the curb
How could Meg keep such a straight face? She gave Po-Face a run for her money! - GOD, I MISS COLLEEN :(
I miss both Colleen and Vera, they were the best screws
🙉 2:43 Cover your ears. This episode is a landmark - for the first time ever in Prisoner, someone says "F**k off". Previously, Bobbi Mitchell said "F**"ing" once.
I think she says "bug off".
I miss bea, Judy , lizzie and doreen
and vera....
@@helenkelly4355this is 4 years later but ill bet you remember....
I miss them too, including Judy but i dont miss the version of Jude the way she was written in that last season before she left Wentworth.
You could tell it was new writers when that change occured even though it was amongst other awful nonsensical ideologically opposed changes to characters and to the general character of Wentworth around that time....
I don’t miss fat Bryant.
I miss Bea, but no one else
11:59 That "Bubbles" story was very funny; especially the way Nora nods and smiles sympathetically. :-)
20:20 The girl falls down and then immediately, without any cry of pain, announces "I've busted me foot". Not a good moment.
I loved the "Bubbles" thing. One of the best things about Prisoner was that apparently the writers had a great sense of humour.
The second smartest thing i ever heard Pippa say to her Mom was her remark explaining to Anne why she's going out with Mr. Hero-EgoTestical-Sellout☆Attorney at Law☆ ♤♤♤Australia Edition♧♧♧ even though the 2 cant stand each other: If a man wants to gravel at my feet who am 8 to walk away...😂
“Some of my mates would kill to have a place like this.”
“Some of mine have.”
Nice to see the softer side of lou every now and then even if it's just a fleeting glimpse
How the heck did Nikki get a knife into the prison? What about security?
Joyce must've done the search
She hid it in her prison purse
@@phantomlagger5363 🤭
Yeah, and the pills. I'll bet it was Joyce Barry... she's a useless shite that woman! lol
going to see it through to the end ..this is the show so far
"Jeeze, I'm scared", "you will be"
Meg: "In fact Wentworth is one of the best run prisons in Australia" -- with a perfectly straight face as well! The place is a calamity
@jnyc.....it truly is! I actually laughed when Meg said that!
LOU IS ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGHT SOMEBODY AND ENDS UP WITH THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.SHE JUST WILL NOT LEARN
Daphne making a statement like that about the starving kids in Africa would have caused a public uproar in today's world.
A whole lot of the comments in Prisoner would have had the show cancelled immediately these days! LOL. All the fat shaming, discrimination against lesbians and gays, everything! But it was an 80s dark cult drama, and us Prisoner fans understand that. Hehe
And to think that swearing was considered offensive back then, and they weren't allowed to use any big swear words in the show. The times have changed! lol
@@josephd.2725 Lol aint that the truth!
@@josephd.2725 Right? Lol thats so weird but! All the different type of topics that they covered yet no swearing hahaha!
@@glenysnewchurch7957 LOL. And I remember when hardened maximum security criminals scolded young Susie Driscoll for "swearing" in the laundry. It wasn't even a hardcore swear word either haha. Yet Susie referred to Judy as "the fat lady" and that was fine! Different times!
Great scene from 2 matriarchs jackie woodbourne (susan kennedy in neighbours) debra lawrence (pippa fletcher in home and away)
@Mark Henry.....i totally agree with you!
LOL and that's why we called her bubbles didn't we girls that's a riot
I laughed.
I don't mind the current top dog as a secondary cast member, but as a lead, she's just totally miscast, how did it come to this that there's almost no characters of any interest, except Joan (and her stories have dried up at the mo); I'm really trying to get to the last ep, didn't make it when it was on the tele, but it's a struggle ;-)
Chillmax keep watching, it gets better once Rita the beater joins... these episodes are a snooze fest I agree!!
Lou Kelly livens things up later. My fave actress.
Poster of Mar Gillespie where they sang
" you should be grateful for small mercies " 😂
LOL Lou to Nikki about how some of her mates have killed to get a place like that 😄😄😄😄
15:59 that's the second time they've used that Mark Gillespie poster. The first time was an episode or two ago when Hartley's lawyer phoned Inspector Grace from a pub. I looked him up and apparently he was a popular artist in Melbourne in the late 70's and 80's
Nikki's mum also played that miserable matron wen susie Driscoll is in hospital
Love the way Lou scared Lisa Straight, like she knows she has messed up but would never admit that to her fellow prisoners or the screws, yet more than happy to set those on the wrong path on the straight and narrow.
29th October 2023.
pippa is a right snob
More am dram acting from Nikki tonight, I am sure she is reading from a script somewhere. Come on folks - let the freak lose on them.
She got one over on the Freak there tho. Even the likes of Queen Bea and Len Murphy didn't manage to do that lol. Then again,maybe she should be assigned solely to Nikki. Old Joan would have scared Chopper Read straight lol.
Lou has a great attitude towards the Rugrats..hahha
thank god for lou kelly- best and funniest in at the moment. Still like julie a bit.
I'm sure missing the times when Paul and Wally were the ones hanging around at mrs Reynold's home instead of Pippa and Ben.
For the first time I am liking Lou Kelly, she is really given the delinquent girls a taste of what's to come.
nikki thinks the whole world owes her something for how her life has turned out kids blame everyone for what they have done always have to blame someone instead of themselves
@22 min And THATS why young people gets into more trouble than they need. A grown up whos covering for them!
18:07
"Anyone coming?"
"Nah"
Apart from all those cars we can hear going up and down the street behind the camera...
Is the woman playing Nicky's Mum the same actress that played the Unfortunate Irene, the one that got killed in the tunnel?
11:40 what the heck is it they've been served for dinner?
The thing with Lou is, she isn't acting (her character). This makes her either dangerous af or helpful. It depends on the delinquent's personality, which way they take her words and actions.
Lou's little helper.. oh I can't wait for Christmas x
I know some don't go much on the character Jennifer Hartley but the actress herself in my opinion is quite beautiful
That punk Nikki needs to be taken to solitary and kept for the remainder of her so called sentence. If it were now, all they would have to do is take away her I Phone and her Vapes. She wouldn't last a day without a breakdown.
True.
i do like ann renolds shes a classy lady and dont suffer fools i loved it when she dealt with fry the head of the department xx good old reno xxx
She sure was one classy lady . Elegant and graceful too. She does so young. Bless her. RIP Gerda NIcholson
She also managed to get 2 heads of department arrested for corruption and attempted murder Ted Douglas and Geoffrey chaucer
I LOVE HOW MANY TIMES THE B WORD IS USED. BUGGER IT! BEAUTY! GET KNICKED???
I wish episode 585 would hurry up!!
Nikki talks like she's reading direct from the script, the other girl is actually a half decent actor that has/had potential.
This show has gone so far down hill since episode 509 it's painful. The sudden addition of a few teenagers is ridiculous and irritating. I'm trying so hard to make it to the end and the ONLY thing keeping me going at this point is Lou Kelly ❤ Almost EVERYTHING else about the show sucks at this point and Lexie is the WORST.
Pippa don’t believe in PMS. What a lady !!
Bubbles... LOL
That was a great scene
That was funny.
Wentworth the best run prison in Australia? Surely not 😂
The actor portraying Harry the union leader reminds me of Michael Elphick.
I think he looks like Family Guy! 🤣
34:43 That girl must be so stupid to touch stuff that isn't hers! I'm not surprised Lexie got angry.
Tricky Nicky Regardless, Lexie is a still an immature, irresponsible little slag bitch who needs a good arse kicking every day for her personality, behaviour and attitude. 😜😄
I had a "Motion" about five minutes ago. I flushed it down "The Toilet" That's "Action For You!"
That pot bellied razor lips union guy cracks me up... he looks like Family Guy! LOL
Just when I was starting to really dislike that little cow, she turns around and puts Joan in her place!
"Are you sure it's Australian"? Stuck up little minx. Australia and New Zealand produce some fantastic award winning wines. If I were the sommelier I'd piss in the bottle.
LOU KELLY --- how does she have any hands left?!!
Bullies like Nikki wouldn't last long. Pippa telling Ben he stinks, the irony.
Wish bea myra Judy nola were here
After all these years, they finally give Officer Ward lines
it's a pity we did get to see more of officer Wendy Ward she could of been a much bigger character like Meg and Joyce (of course that was not always the case in the earlier episode's as we hardly ever saw Joyce when Colleen was in it).
@@deanhall4064thank god we didn’t see more of that gorgon officer Maguire, she would have given Medusa a run for its money
That Nikki is a bad actress. She sounds to choppy to rehearsed.
Yeah, and you just want slap her face.
Lol look at way joan looks in dining room lol
the African baby thing was so bloody hilarious good on your Daphne . probably only something that people from the 70s and 80s would understand
Give me the original with bea lizzy Doreen Judy
I knew the prison was larger than just H Block, but really, JUST 47 prisoners? That's too tiny for words! Certainloy not worth all that security and staff!
Sue Brown And not that many episodes ago, there were 50 prisoners in Wentworth. Either the continuity went out of the window when this show began, or 3 inmates have been released in the past number of episodes. Haha. 😄
47 inmates was plenty for a women’s prison back in the 80s.
Really? I've never been in prison, however, I would have thought heaps more people.
Nikki looks like a young Kate Bush 🤔
Willie's story about inmate "Bubbles" and how she got that nickname was the first time she'd said anything entertaining...hilarious! Especially from a character i usually find really nauseating.Nikki = bad news,glad she's only in it for a short while.
Agree about both things.
lol lou being nice about the printing
lol Lou stuck in a cell that looks like a nursery
I think Pat Slattery would have looked good with a beard
Captain Haddock
She looks like a Cabbage Patch doll!
Hopefully a genuine Australian fan old enough to know can answer me this..
Is 💥Wrack Off💥 a real expression people in Australia used to use instead of directly uttering the f word?
Or was it a PCBH created expression to use instead of the F word?
It's pretty effective as a substitute...
I'm going to post this question on every episode till someone who knows answers or I've finished the last episode.....😊
Rack off is a genuine Australian expression said by many. My granddad used it when he was young and that was way before Prisoner even was invented
Little River Band. Music for Aussie hard-cases.
What's this Patterson Wentworth gel club lol
Poor kid only took a couple of biscuits
Reyno and Megsie are a bit defensive about Wentworth, aren't they? Best run Prison in the country... Really???
Not genuinely defensive per se, more of a put on for the juvie.
How hard could it be to run a prison with just 50 prisoners (as mentioned a few episodes back) lol
Do an exchange, Bring back Vera Bennet and transfer Ann to Barnhurst, Vera and Joan could run it way better. Vera would have those teenagers scrubbing floors all day on their hands and knees, like she used to make the women do. And Joan could give bitch slaps to them like she slapped Shane that time.
LOL.. the way they got so defensive was hilarious, like it was some kind of top notch rehab ranch the kids were privileged to be in. It's a bloody brutal max security prison with murderers and shit! 🤣🤣
Aso, the cliff-hangers are getting weaker & weaker - sad!!
15:51 BAFTA nomination acting.
Nora is such a wimp ... she should have took Nikki down straight away...
i love kelly print the press on lisa's face PMSL
33:25 ''And the winner of 'The Wearer Of The Most Boring Jumper In The World' goes to....''
Lou and Daphne living in a jungle 🌿🌱🎋🌴😂
I need a 2nd side-app to go with my UA-cam Premium on Android.
So i could keep my episode number & place in PCBH in a side app with no hassles while browsing my dailys and my independent progressive media shows, politics, oh and MSM so that i know what corporations are spoon feeding Americans.
Should make story's like this get young ones in and for older ones show them ropes