TV series
Prisoner
Overview
Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.
Details
- First air date
- 1979-02-27
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 8 seasons
- Episodes
- 692 episodes
- Genres
- Soap, Drama
- Network
- 10
- Production
- The Grundy Organization, Grundy Television Productions, Network Ten
- Country
- AU
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Joy Westmore as Joyce Barry / Joyce Pringle
- Terry Gill as Jack Grace
- Bryon Williams as Dr Eric Weissman
- Elspeth Ballantyne as Meg Morris
- Caroline Gillmer as Helen Smart
- Anne Phelan as Myra Desmond
- Betty Bobbitt as Judy Bryant
- Jane Clifton as Margo Gaffney
- Sheila Florance as Lizzie Birdsworth
- Val Lehman as Bea Smith
- Colette Mann as Doreen Anderson / Doreen Burns
- Judith McGrath as Colleen Powell
Creators and crew
- Reg Watson - Creator
- Coral Drouyn - Director
- Chris Adshead - Writer
Seasons
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