Prisoner season 3
Prisoner | |
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Season 3 | |
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No. of episodes | 81 |
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Original network | Network Ten |
Original release | 4 February 11 November 1981 | –
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The third season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 4 February 1981. It consists of 81 episodes and concluded on 11 November 1981.
The season is notable for the conclusion to the tunnel escape storyline which ended the previous season; the departure of Vera Bennett ("Vinegar Tits") when she accepts the position of governor of Barnhurst; the kidnapping of Erica Davidson; the arrival of new prisoners Sandy Edwards, Kate Peterson and former inmate and top dog of H Block – Marie Winter; Bea Smith's amnesia, and later, her mysterious illness which sees her step down as top dog, only to be replaced by Sandy Edwards.
Cast
Main
Special guest
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Central supporting
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Recurring
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Episodes
No. overall | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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166 | Episode 1 | Alistair Sharp | Rod Hardy & Juliana Focht | 4 February 1981 |
167 | Episode 2 | Denise Morgan | John McRae | 10 February 1981 |
168 | Episode 3 | Margaret McClusky | John McRae | 11 February 1981 |
169 | Episode 4 | Ray Kolle | Leigh Spence | 17 February 1981 |
170 | Episode 5 | George Mallaby | Leigh Spence | 18 February 1981 |
171 | Episode 6 | Denise Morgan | Mike Murphy | 24 February 1981 |
172 | Episode 7 | Alastair Sharp | Mike Murphy | 25 February 1981 |
173 | Episode 8 | Dave Worthington | Juliana Focht | 3 March 1981 |
174 | Episode 9 | Bryon Williams | Juliana Focht | 4 March 1981 |
175 | Episode 10 | Denise Morgan | Leigh Spence | 10 March 1981 |
176 | Episode 11 | Margaret McClusky | Leigh Spence | 11 March 1981 |
177 | Episode 12 | Ian Bradley | Mike Murphy | 17 March 1981 |
178 | Episode 13 | Barbara Ramsay | Mike Murphy | 18 March 1981 |
179 | Episode 14 | Ray Kolle | Marcus Cole | 24 March 1981 |
180 | Episode 15 | Dave Worthington | Marcus Cole | 25 March 1981 |
181 | Episode 16 | Denise Morgan | Juliana Focht | 31 March 1981 |
182 | Episode 17 | George Mallaby | Juliana Focht | 1 April 1981 |
183 | Episode 18 | Bryon Williams | Leigh Spence | 7 April 1981 |
184 | Episode 19 | Margaret McClusky | Leigh Spence | 8 April 1981 |
185 | Episode 20 | Denise Morgan | Mike Murphy | 14 April 1981 |
186 | Episode 21 | Barbara Ramsay | Mike Murphy | 15 April 1981 |
187 | Episode 22 | Alastair Sharp | John McRae | 21 April 1981 |
188 | Episode 23 | Ian Bradley | John McRae | 22 April 1981 |
189 | Episode 24 | Dave Worthington | Juliana Focht | 28 April 1981 |
190 | Episode 25 | Ray Kolle | Juliana Focht | 29 April 1981 |
191 | Episode 26 | Denise Morgan | Leigh Spence | 5 May 1981 |
192 | Episode 27 | George Mallaby | Leigh Spence | 6 May 1981 |
193 | Episode 28 | Margaret McClusky | Geoffrey Nottage | 12 May 1981 |
194 | Episode 29 | Bryon Williams | Geoffrey Nottage | 13 May 1981 |
195 | Episode 30 | Denise Morgan | Marcus Cole | 19 May 1981 |
196 | Episode 31 | Barbara Ramsay | Marcus Cole | 20 May 1981 |
197 | Episode 32 | Dave Worthington | Juliana Focht | 26 May 1981 |
198 | Episode 33 | Ray Kolle | Juliana Focht | 27 May 1981 |
199 | Episode 34 | John Harper | Leigh Spence | 2 June 1981 |
200 | Episode 35 | Denise Morgan | Leigh Spence | 3 June 1981 |
201 | Episode 36 | Peter Brennan | Geoffrey Nottage | 9 June 1981 |
202 | Episode 37 | Bryon Williams | Geoffrey Nottage | 10 June 1981 |
203 | Episode 38 | Ian Bradley | Marcus Cole | 16 June 1981 |
204 | Episode 39 | Margaret McClusky | Marcus Cole | 17 June 1981 |
205 | Episode 40 | Barbara Ramsay | Juliana Focht | 23 June 1981 |
206 | Episode 41 | Ray Kolle | Juliana Focht | 24 June 1981 |
207 | Episode 42 | Dave Worthington | Leigh Spence | 30 June 1981 |
208 | Episode 43 | Alastair Sharp | Leigh Spence | 1 July 1981 |
209 | Episode 44 | David Minter & Margaret McClusky | John McRae | 7 July 1981 |
210 | Episode 45 | Bryon Williams | John McRae | 8 July 1981 |
211 | Episode 46 | Peter Brennan | Kendal Flanagan | 14 July 1981 |
212 | Episode 47 | David Stevens | Kendal Flanagan | 15 July 1981 |
213 | Episode 48 | Ray Kolle | Juliana Focht | 21 July 1981 |
214 | Episode 49 | Barbara Ramsay | Juliana Focht | 28 July 1981 |
215 | Episode 50 | Dave Worthington | Leigh Spence | 4 August 1981 |
216 | Episode 51 | Alastair Sharp | Leigh Spence | 5 August 1981 |
217 | Episode 52 | Bryon Williams | John McRae | 11 August 1981 |
218 | Episode 53 | Denise Morgan | John McRae | 12 August 1981 |
219 | Episode 54 | Margaret McClusky | Kendal Flanagan | 18 August 1981 |
220 | Episode 55 | Peter Brennan & Coral Drouyn | Kendal Flanagan | 19 August 1981 |
221 | Episode 56 | Barbara Ramsay | Juliana Focht | 25 August 1981 |
222 | Episode 57 | Ray Kolle | Juliana Focht | 26 August 1981 |
223 | Episode 58 | Alastair Sharp | Wayne Cameron | 1 September 1981 |
224 | Episode 59 | Dave Worthington | Wayne Cameron | 2 September 1981 |
225 | Episode 60 | Bryon Williams | Gary Conway | 8 September 1981 |
226 | Episode 61 | Denise Morgan | Gary Conway | 9 September 1981 |
227 | Episode 62 | Margaret McClusky | Kendal Flanagan | 15 September 1981 |
228 | Episode 63 | Coral Drouyn | Kendal Flanagan | 16 September 1981 |
229 | Episode 64 | Peter Brennan & Wendy Jackson | Juliana Focht | 22 September 1981 |
230 | Episode 65 | Ray Kolle | Juliana Focht | 23 September 1981 |
231 | Episode 66 | Ian Bradley | Wayne Cameron | 23 September 1981 |
232 | Episode 67 | Barbara Ramsay | Wayne Cameron | 29 September 1981 |
233 | Episode 68 | Dave Worthington | Lex Van Os | 30 September 1981 |
234 | Episode 69 | Christine McCourt | Lex Van Os | 30 September 1981 |
235 | Episode 70 | Alastair Sharp | Rod Hardy | 6 October 1981 |
236 | Episode 71 | Bryon Williams | Rod Hardy | 7 October 1981 |
237 | Episode 72 | Denise Morgan | Greg Shears | 13 October 1981 |
238 | Episode 73 | Margaret McClusky | Greg Shears | 14 October 1981 |
239 | Episode 74 | Coral Drouyn | Leigh Spence | 20 October 1981 |
240 | Episode 75 | Ian Bradley | Leigh Spence | 21 October 1981 |
241 | Episode 76 | Ray Kolle | Lex Van Os | 27 October 1981 |
242 | Episode 77 | Wendy Jackson | Lex Van Os | 28 October 1981 |
243 | Episode 78 | Michael Freundt & Andrew Kennedy | Kendal Flanagan | 3 November 1981 |
244 | Episode 79 | Barbara Ramsay | Kendal Flanagan | 4 November 1981 |
245 | Episode 80 | Rick Maier | Juliana Focht | 10 November 1981 |
246 | Episode 81 | Dave Worthington | Juliana Focht | 11 November 1981 |
Accolades
- Logie Award for Best Lead Actress in a series – Val Lehman (1982)[1]
- Logie Award for Most Popular Actress – Val Lehman (1982)[1]
- Logie Award for Most Popular Drama Series – Prisoner (1982)[1]
Home media
The following is a list of DVD sets which contain individual episodes from season three or the complete season as a whole.
Title | Episode(s) | Release date | Format | Country | Rating | Ref. |
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Prisoner[c] | 166 | 18 February 2002 | VHS & DVD | AUS | ACB: M | [3] |
22 September 2003 | DVD | UK | BBFC: 15 | [4] | ||
30 November 2004 | DVD | USA | NR | [5] | ||
Volume 11 | 166–176[d] | 18 August 2007 | DVD | AUS | ACB: M | [6] |
Volume 12 | 177–192 | 20 August 2007 | DVD | AUS | ACB: M | [7] |
The Complete Collection | 166–246 | 29 September 2007[e] | DVD | AUS | ACB: M | [9] |
Volume 13 | 193–208 | 20 October 2007 | DVD | AUS | ACB: M | [10] |
Volume 14[f] | 209–224 | 20 October 2007 | DVD | AUS | ACB: M | [11] |
Volume 15 | 225–240 | 3 November 2007 | DVD | AUS | ACB: M | [12] |
Volume 16 | 241–246[g] | 3 November 2007 | DVD | AUS | ACB: M | [13] |
Volume 6 | 166–192[h] | 21 February 2011 | DVD | UK | BBFC: 15 | [14] |
Volume 7 | 193–224[i] | 18 April 2011 | DVD | UK | BBFC: 15 | [15] |
Volume 8 | 225–246[j] | 27 June 2011 | DVD | UK | BBFC: 15 | [16] |
The Complete Season Three | 166–246 | 8 February 2017 | DVD | AUS | ACB: M | [17] |
Notes
- ^ David Andrews is listed as a recurring character from his first appearance in episode 171. He becomes a central recurring character from episode 187
- ^ Colleen Powell, originally credited as Off. Powell, was credited as a recurring character, then a main character from episode
- ^ All content is identical in Australia, UK and U.S. aside from different cover art. The set was released as "Prisoner: Cell Block H" in the UK and as "25th Anniversary Collector's Edition" in the U.S. Re-released in UK with new packaging on 21 October 2013,[2] while the same re-packeged set was released in Australia.
- ^ Contains the remaining 5 episodes of season 2 (161–165).
- ^ "The Complete Collection" was made available in Australia before the remaining 28 volumes had been released. The set was re-released on 5 October 2011.[8]
- ^ Released as "The Vera Bennett Edition" in Australia.
- ^ Contains the first 10 episodes of Season 4 (247–256).
- ^ Contains the remaining 5 episodes of Season 2 (161–165). An identical set was released in Australia on 1 February 2012 when their original releases went out-of-print.
- ^ An identical set was released in Australia on 7 May 2012.
- ^ Contains the first 10 episodes of Season 4 (247–256). An idential set was released in Australia on 4 July 2012.
References
- ^ a b c "1982 Logie Award Winners". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "The Best of Prisoner Cell Block H [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner: Set 1 DVD". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner: Cell Block H DVD". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner: Cell Block H DVD". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner Cell Block H (Volume 11 - Episodes 161 - 176)". Booktopia.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner Cell Block H (Volume 12 - Episodes 177 - 192)". Booktopia.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner: Cell Block H DVD (reissue)". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner: Cell Block H DVD". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner Cell Block H (Volume 13 - Episodes 193 - 208)". Booktopia.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner Cell Block H - Volume 14 - Episodes 209-224 [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner Cell Block H - Volume 15 - Episodes 225-240 [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner Cell Block H (Volume 16 - Episodes 241 - 256)". Booktopia.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner Cell Block H - Volume 6 Episodes 161-192 [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner Cell Block H - Volume 7 Episodes 193-224 [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Prisoner Cell Block H - Volume 8 Episodes 225-256 [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "PRISONER - SEASON 3". Amazon.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2020.