IslandGuru
Who payed the critics
Blucher
One of the worst movies I've ever seen
Protraph
Lack of good storyline.
GetPapa
Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible
brian_m_hass
This Australian television series is a drama set in an Australian women's prison called Wentworth Detention Centre. The series depicts the lives of the female inmates and prison staff, with emphasis placed on the inmates. The series is essentially a soap opera, with stories continuing from episode to episode.The drama in this series is always riveting. The characters are well developed with their own individual stories. The mood of the show can quickly alternate between fear and humor. The series is never boring.When the series was first broadcast in the United States during the early 1980's, it was often shown late at night on local television stations. Some of the language used on the series was often too vulgar to be aired during earlier hours on American broadcast television. The series also frequently depicted intense situations as well as physical violence.The series was broadcast under different titles outside of Australia. In both the United States and the United Kingdom, the title used for the series was "Prisoner Cell Block H." In Canada, the title that was used was "Caged Women."This television series has an addictive quality. It is easy for viewers to become caught up in the continuing stories; and, the cliffhangers keep the viewers coming back for more. Because of language, violence, and adult situations; the series is not recommended for young children. Overall, this is a fascinating television series which has developed a cult following for a very good reason. The show is highly recommended.
cool_cool_1
Prisoner Cell Block H was a mainstay on T.V here in the U.K, back in the 80's/early 90's it was shown every week, it was great fun, it had everything, great characters (good and bad), brilliant story lines and it was very addictive, it was truly great, lots of the actors have since appeared in programmes like Home and Away and Neighbours.In this day and age we have a prison drama series called "Bad girls", it try's to be like Prisoner in many ways, but there will only ever be one "Prisoner Cell Block H", this was a classic and i will never forget it.If you're a younger person and are a fan of prison drama's or generally great T.V programmes then i urge you to seek out the awesome Prisoner Cell Block H, you will soon become addicted.
smokiebear1999
It's been 19 years since the first run of Prisoner was shown on Australian TV. Although Channel 10 did attempt to repeat the series after it complete, the time slot continually changed and then it disappeared forever.As a TV show Prisoner was before its time not only for tackling issues not seen before on TV but it would be considered to be one of the first TV shows where women held the all the major roles and the male actors a supporting role.Many of the actresses to have appeared in Prisoner where either household names in TV, movies, theatre or song or became household names as result of appearing in the show.It was a historical moment in Australia television that will never be repeated. Looking back at the first episodes the acting may not have been Hollywood but the actresses grew into their roles and they became real people. This is highlighted by the lack of model looking actresses who appeared in the show.Enjoy the characters and the story lines as it is a series that only comes along once in a life time.
jezzacla
I have a unique affection for "Prisoner: Cell Block H". It was first shown on English TV in 1984 (Yorkshire Region only), directly after the olympic games of that year had ended. In previous weeks to stop people watching said games, ITV put on sci-fi show 'V' for the first time, and it was my love of 'V' which made me tune in to see its mysterious replacement, cryptically called : 'Prisoner' in the one line programme listings ITV served up after midnight in lieu of 24 hour programming. Within weeks I was hooked and from '84 - '87 I saw it once a week. Then I moved to Stoke (Central TV region) and was overjoyed to find Prisoner beginning its first showing in that region, what's more it was on three times a week! Two years of bliss till I returned to Yorkshire region and had to put up with a miserly 2 episodes a week. The up-shot of my moving locations in Britain being that I was probably the only person in England to have watched the majority of episodes twice! When by the mid to late nineties Yorkshire finally showed the last episode I had been avidly watching it for 10 years. Ahh, bless!The reason it works so well is because it solves 2 of the many soap-opera's trickiest problems. WHY DO THE CHARACTERS KEEP MEETING EACH OTHER? No silly pub, postbox or neighbours been good friends, simply because they have no choice. They've all got to be together all of the time! WHY DO THE CHARACTERS HAVE SUCH MELODRAMATIC LIVES/WHY DO SO MANY OF THEM DIE? Prison offers us a uniquely brutal demographic, 1000s of ways to leave the series. Anyone could be killed off, and the joy of it been a 5 year old series by the time it reached England was that there were no spoilers in the press, only me and a cat in Durham watched it - or so it seemed!To top it all, the machinations of the dreaded 'department' were very like 'Hill Street Blues' in showing the politics of the workplace and the corruption of the state - gave a sinister sense of panic while you were watching, no one, from the minister down to the new inmate could ever be completely trusted.OTT Storylines ruled: terrorism, mafia, serial killers (at least two), deranged hypnotherapists, bomb disposal experts blowing up... those were the days! 'Bad Girls' never really has that escapist excess!
