Basic Info
- Network:
- Channel 10, ITV, Five
- Season:
- 1978 to 1986
- Genre:
- Drama Series, Soap Opera
Detailed info
- Website:
- http://www.prisonercellblockh.com
- Starring:
- Elspeth Ballantyne, Betty Bobbit, Sheila Florance, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Val Lehman, Patsy King, Gerda Nicolson, Anne Phelan, Glenda Linscott, Amanda Muggleton, Fiona Spence, Maxine Klibingaitis, Judith McGrath, Peita Toppano, Kerry Armstrong, Maggie Millar
- Written By:
- Coral Drouyn, Dave Worthington, Ian Smith, Denise Morgan, Fay Rousseaux, Andrew Kennedy
- Directed by:
- Kendal Flanagan, Steve Mann, Leigh Spence, Sean Nash, Tony Osicka
- Awards:
- 1986 - Penguin Award (Glenda Linscott)
1985 - Logie: Most Popular Show
1983 - Logie: Best Lead Actress (Val Lehman)
1983 - Logie: Best Supporting Actress (Sheila Florance)
1982 - Logie: Best Lead Actress (Val Lehman)
1982 - Logie: Most Popular Actress (Val Lehman)
1981 - Logie: Best Lead Actress (Sheila Florance)
1981 - Logie: Most Popular Drama Series
1981 - Logie: Most Popular Show
1980 - Logie: Best Lead Actress (Carol Burns)
1980 - Logie: Best New Drama Series - Plot outline:
- Long running (1978-1986) Australian television drama series based in the Wentworth Detention Centre for Women. The series is centred around the lives of the inmates and officers and the struggle for survival on both sides of the bars.













