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Release Date:
8 August 1979 (USA) See more »
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Tagline:
The cult phenomenon from down under.
Plot:
This Australian series has, after 692 episodes, received cult status all over the world. The series takes place in Wentworth... See more »
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Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 8 of 957)
Elspeth Ballantyne ... Meg Morris / ... (669 episodes, 1979-1986)
Betty Bobbitt ... Judy Bryant (429 episodes, 1980-1985)
Sheila Florance ... Lizzie Birdsworth (403 episodes, 1979-1984)
Maggie Kirkpatrick ... Joan "The Freak" Ferguson / ... (389 episodes, 1982-1986)
Val Lehman ... Bea Smith (376 episodes, 1979-1983)
Patsy King ... Erica Davidson (352 episodes, 1979-1984)
Gerda Nicolson ... Ann Reynolds / ... (319 episodes, 1981-1986)
Colette Mann ... Doreen Burns / ... (293 episodes, 1979-1984)
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Series Directed by
Kendal Flanagan (113 episodes, 1979-1986)
Steve Mann (67 episodes, 1982-1986)
Leigh Spence (55 episodes, 1979-1983)
Sean Nash (48 episodes, 1985-1986)
Tony Osicka (37 episodes, 1985-1986)
Juliana Focht (36 episodes, 1980-1983)
Marcus Cole (35 episodes, 1979-1982)
Chris Adshead (28 episodes, 1982-1985)
John McRae (27 episodes, 1980-1983)
Lex Van Os (22 episodes, 1981-1983)
Rod Hardy (19 episodes, 1979-1981)
Gary Conway (17 episodes, 1979-1986)
Philip East (12 episodes, 1979-1981)
John Gauci (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
Ross Jennings (12 episodes, 1983-1984)
William Templar (12 episodes, 1983-1984)
Colin Budds (12 episodes, 1984)
Mike Murphy (11 episodes, 1980-1981)
Michael Pattinson (11 episodes, 1980)
Mandy Smith (10 episodes, 1982-1985)
Alister Smart (7 episodes, 1986)
Godfrey Philipp (6 episodes, 1979-1984)
Julian Pringle (6 episodes, 1979-1980)
Leon Thau (6 episodes, 1979)
Bill Hughes (6 episodes, 1980)
Wayne Cameron (6 episodes, 1981-1982)
John Duncan (6 episodes, 1982)
Brian Lennane (6 episodes, 1984)
Julian McSwiney (6 episodes, 1984)
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (5 episodes, 1979-1985)
Graeme Arthur (5 episodes, 1979)
Simon Wincer (4 episodes, 1979-1980)
William Fitzwater (4 episodes, 1979)
Greg Shears (4 episodes, 1981-1983)
Geoffrey Nottage (4 episodes, 1981)
Sam Simmonds (4 episodes, 1982)
Mark Piper (4 episodes, 1983)
Catherine Millar (4 episodes, 1984-1985)
Chris Shiel (4 episodes, 1986)
Simon Hellings (3 episodes, 1979)
Alan Coleman (2 episodes, 1979)
Brian Faull (2 episodes, 1979)
Peita Letchford (2 episodes, 1979)
Brian McDuffie (2 episodes, 1979)
Peter Sharp (2 episodes, 1982)
Mark Defriest (2 episodes, 1983)
Chris Langman (2 episodes, 1985)
Brendan Maher (2 episodes, 1986)
 
Series Writing credits
Coral Drouyn (64 episodes, 1980-1985)
Dave Worthington (55 episodes, 1979-1986)
Ian Smith (52 episodes, 1980-1986)
Denise Morgan (45 episodes, 1979-1981)
Fay Rousseaux (44 episodes, 1983-1986)
Andrew Kennedy (41 episodes, 1981-1986)
Ray Kolle (33 episodes, 1979-1984)
Ian Coughlan (31 episodes, 1979-1986)
James Wulf Simmonds (28 episodes, 1983-1985)
Wendy Jackson (26 episodes, 1981-1984)
Bryon Williams (25 episodes, 1980-1984)
Alister Webb (25 episodes, 1984-1986)
Margaret McClusky (23 episodes, 1979-1981)
Ian Bradley (22 episodes, 1979-1983)
Gail Meillon (15 episodes, 1985-1986)
Betty Quin (14 episodes, 1983-1985)
Sheila Sibley (13 episodes, 1979-1980)
John Upton (13 episodes, 1979-1980)
Barbara Ramsay (13 episodes, 1980-1982)
John Mortimore (13 episodes, 1982-1983)
Neil Luxmoore (13 episodes, 1985-1986)
George Mallaby (12 episodes, 1980-1981)
Patrea Smallacombe (12 episodes, 1982-1985)
Kit Oldfield (12 episodes, 1985-1986)
Quincey McQuade (12 episodes, 1986)
John Wood (11 episodes, 1979-1980)
Marcus Cole (9 episodes, 1979-1984)
Alastair Sharp (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Marie Trevor (9 episodes, 1985-1986)
Sean Nash (9 episodes, 1986)
Alison Nisselle (9 episodes, 1986)
Anne Lucas (8 episodes, 1979-1983)
Michael Brindley (8 episodes, 1979)
Chris Milne (8 episodes, 1980-1985)
John Orcsik (8 episodes, 1984-1985)
Sally Webb (8 episodes, 1984)
Bevan Lee (8 episodes, 1986)
Lex Van Os (7 episodes, 1983-1984)
David Phillips (7 episodes, 1984-1985)
Lyn Ogilvy (6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Peter Brennan (5 episodes, 1981)
Merle Thornton (5 episodes, 1985-1986)
Gail Smith (5 episodes, 1986)
Graham Foreman (4 episodes, 1982)
Billie Morton (4 episodes, 1983)
John Coulter (4 episodes, 1985-1986)
Kelly Lefever (4 episodes, 1985-1986)
Tony McDonald (4 episodes, 1985-1986)
John Smallbone (4 episodes, 1985-1986)
Gwenda Marsh (4 episodes, 1986)
John Drew (3 episodes, 1979)
Reg Watson (3 episodes, 1979)
John Wregg (3 episodes, 1979)
David Stevens (3 episodes, 1981-1986)
Sydney Jackson (3 episodes, 1983)
Michael Joshua (3 episodes, 1984-1986)
Noelle Cahill (3 episodes, 1984)
John Powers (3 episodes, 1984)
Peter Copeman (3 episodes, 1986)
Terry Finch (3 episodes, 1986)
Ron McLean (2 episodes, 1979)
Maree Teychenne (2 episodes, 1979)
Michael Freundt (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
Barry Main (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Angela Barr (2 episodes, 1983)
Madga de la Pesca (2 episodes, 1983)
Liddy Holloway (2 episodes, 1983)
Frank Howson (2 episodes, 1983)
John Clifford White (2 episodes, 1986)
Robert Greenberg (2 episodes, 1986)

Series Produced by
Ian Bradley .... producer / executive producer (28 episodes, 1979-1982)
Godfrey Philipp .... executive producer (21 episodes, 1979)
Philip East .... producer (6 episodes, 1980-1981)
Reg Watson .... executive producer (4 episodes, 1979)
Ian Smith .... associate producer (3 episodes, 1984-1985)
Marie Trevor .... producer (2 episodes, 1985)

John McRae .... producer (unknown episodes)
Lex Van Os .... producer (unknown episodes)
 
Series Original Music by
Allan Caswell (30 episodes, 1979-1985)
 
Series Cinematography by
Graeme Sutcliffe (unknown episodes)
 
Series Film Editing by
Brenda Driscoll (unknown episodes)
 
Series Casting by
Kerry Spence (25 episodes, 1979)
Suzette Jauhari (15 episodes, 1979)
Maura Fay (4 episodes, 1980-1981)
 
Series Production Design by
Ian Costello (29 episodes, 1979-1981)
Mal Nichols (15 episodes, 1979)
Geoff Hatton (4 episodes, 1983-1985)
 
Series Set Decoration by
Tom Heading (191 episodes, 1981-1984)

Wayne Wilcox (unknown episodes)
 
Series Costume Design by
Kim Sharp (unknown episodes)
 
Series Makeup Department
Vivienne Rushbrook .... makeup artist / make-up (29 episodes, 1979-1981)
Gilbert Broadway .... hair stylist (25 episodes, 1979)
Carolyn Garbett .... hairdressing / make-up/hairdressing / ... (3 episodes, 1981-1984)
Vanessa Temperley .... hair stylist / hairdressing (3 episodes, 1981-1982)
Patricia Payne .... makeup / makeup artist (2 episodes, 1980)
Lois Jorgensen .... make-up / make-up/hairdressing (2 episodes, 1983-1984)
 
Series Production Management
Valerie Unwin .... production manager (28 episodes, 1979-1981)
Martin Brook .... production manager (3 episodes, 1981-1983)
 
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Hellings .... first assistant director (5 episodes, 1979)
Bob Gillow .... first assistant director (4 episodes, 1980-1981)
Graeme Wright .... first assistant director (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Bob Villinger .... first assistant director (2 episodes, 1985)

Pippa Sugg .... assistant director (unknown episodes)
 
Series Art Department
David Smith .... props (24 episodes, 1979)
Graham Davies .... staging (12 episodes, 1979-1980)
Stephen Walsh .... props (4 episodes, 1979-1981)
Mark Collins .... props (4 episodes, 1982-1985)
Terry Wilcock .... staging (4 episodes, 1982-1985)
Peter O'Connor .... set dresser / props (3 episodes, 1982-1984)
Phil Simon .... props (2 episodes, 1980)
Nick Kellett .... props (2 episodes, 1981)
John Busija .... set dresser (2 episodes, 1985)

Ray Palin .... props (unknown episodes)
 
Series Sound Department
Greg Gurney .... audio (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Rob Saunders .... audio (12 episodes, 1979-1985)
Gary Hayes .... audio (12 episodes, 1979-1981)
David Keates .... audio (3 episodes, 1979-1981)

David Shellard .... sound (unknown episodes)
 
Series Special Effects by
Vivienne Rushbrook .... special effects (unknown episodes)
 
Series Stunts
Szumai Anderson .... stunts / stunt double: Meg / ... (5 episodes, 1984-1986)

Phil Brock .... stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Mark Hennessy .... stunt double (unknown episodes)
Arthur Hoadley .... stunts (unknown episodes)
Maureen Jones .... stunt double (unknown episodes)
Arch Roberts .... stunts (unknown episodes)
Anthea Roordink .... stunts (unknown episodes)
Glenn Ruehland .... stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Lana Williams .... stunt double: Rita (unknown episodes)
 
Series Camera and Electrical Department
Stuart De Young .... lighting director (165 episodes, 1979-1980)
Ken Mulholland .... studio cameraman / camera operator: studio / ... (32 episodes, 1979-1985)
Noel Penn .... studio cameraman / camera operator: studio / ... (28 episodes, 1979-1981)
Peter Hind .... studio cameraman / location cameraman / ... (27 episodes, 1979-1984)
Joe Battaglia .... location cameraman / location camera operator (25 episodes, 1979-1985)
Steve Mann .... location cameraman / location camera operator (25 episodes, 1979-1981)
Les Swift .... lighting / lighting technician (12 episodes, 1979)
Wayne Lavender .... studio cameraman / studio camera operator (7 episodes, 1980-1985)
Mario Petri .... lighting (6 episodes, 1979)
Harry Myers .... lighting (5 episodes, 1979-1981)
Simon Hellings .... camera operator: studio (4 episodes, 1979)
Geoff Biggs .... location cameraman (3 episodes, 1979-1981)
Reginald D. Smith .... lighting / lighting director (3 episodes, 1979-1981)
Colin Christmas .... location cameraman (3 episodes, 1981-1984)
Rod Harbour .... lighting director (3 episodes, 1981-1983)
Keith Ferguson .... lighting director (2 episodes, 1980-1985)
Barrie Pullen .... location camera / studio cameraman (2 episodes, 1980-1985)
George Vernon .... lighting director (2 episodes, 1982-1984)
 
Series Casting Department
Jan Russ .... casting (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
 
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jenny Carmen .... wardrobe (20 episodes, 1979-1980)
Jennifer Harper .... wardrobe (12 episodes, 1979)
Jan Petersen .... wardrobe (7 episodes, 1979-1981)
Kim Sharp .... wardrobe (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
Lucinda McGuigan .... wardrobe (2 episodes, 1983-1985)
 
Series Editorial Department
David Jaeger .... videotape editor / editor: video tape (20 episodes, 1979)
Libby Scheinpflug .... vision switcher (9 episodes, 1979)
Jenny Williams .... vision mixer / vision mixer: studio (5 episodes, 1982-1985)
Barrye Dickenson .... video tape editor / videotape editor (4 episodes, 1979-1980)
Peter Barton .... videotape editor (4 episodes, 1979)
Brenda Driscoll .... videotape editor (2 episodes, 1981)
Beverley Hare .... vision mixer (2 episodes, 1981)
Chris Branagan .... videotape editor (2 episodes, 1983-1984)
 
Series Music Department
William Motzing .... conductor (30 episodes, 1979-1985)
Tony Kolodziejczyk .... music editor (22 episodes, 1979-1985)
Brett Popplewell .... music editor (2 episodes, 1983-1984)
 
Series Other crew
Ray Lindsay .... floor manager (34 episodes, 1979-1985)
Bob Gillow .... floor manager (25 episodes, 1979)
Howard Simmons .... technical director (20 episodes, 1979-1983)
Pam Pearce .... production assistant (18 episodes, 1979)
Barry Shaw .... technical director (11 episodes, 1979-1984)
Julie Bates .... director's assistant (10 episodes, 1979-1984)
Kelly Lefever .... storyline (10 episodes, 1985)
Juliana Focht .... director's assistant / assistant to director (9 episodes, 1979-1980)
Pam Inglis .... assistant to director / director's assistant (9 episodes, 1979)
Maura Fay .... production assistant (7 episodes, 1979)
Natalie Barfield .... production assistant (6 episodes, 1979)
Fay Rousseaux .... production assistant / production coordinator / ... (6 episodes, 1980-1983)
Bob Donaldson .... floor manager / production coordinator (5 episodes, 1980-1983)
Jack Brown .... technical director (4 episodes, 1980-1983)
Ian Smith .... script editor (3 episodes, 1979-1986)
Brian Jackson .... technical director (3 episodes, 1979-1981)
Mark Wills .... floor manager (3 episodes, 1979-1980)
Peter Coe .... technical director (3 episodes, 1984-1985)
Lindsay Cornick .... technical director (2 episodes, 1979)
Ian Kenny .... floor manager / staging (2 episodes, 1981-1983)
Jane Lindsay .... continuity / director's assistant (2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Linda Wilson .... production coordinator (2 episodes, 1985)
Patrick Amer .... script editor (1 episode, 1980-1981)
Coral Drouyn .... story editor (1 episode, 1983-1985)

Dave Worthington .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1979-1983)
Anne Lucas .... script editor (unknown episodes, 1979-1980)
Margaret McClusky .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1979-1980)
Alastair Sharp .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1980-1981)
Andrew Kennedy .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1981-1984)
Michael Freundt .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1981-1982)
John Mortimore .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1981-1982)
Peter Brennan .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1981)
Patrea Smallacombe .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1982-1983)
Barry Main .... script editor (unknown episodes, 1982)
Alister Webb .... script editor / storyline (unknown episodes, 1983-1986)
Billie Morton .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1983)
Ysabelle Dean .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1984)
Ray Kolle .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1984)
Christine Madafferi .... script editor / storyline (unknown episodes, 1984)
Betty Quin .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1984)
John Couter .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1985-1986)
Robert Juckes .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1985-1986)
Bevan Lee .... story editor / storyline (unknown episodes, 1985-1986)
Neil Luxmoore .... script editor / storyline (unknown episodes, 1985-1986)
Tony McDonald .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1985-1986)
Pauline Clayton .... script editor (unknown episodes, 1986)
Robert Greenberg .... storyline (unknown episodes, 1986)
Gwenda Marsh .... story editor (unknown episodes, 1986)
Quincey McQuade .... script editor (unknown episodes, 1986)
Alison Nisselle .... story editor (unknown episodes, 1986)
Morgan Smith .... script editor (unknown episodes, 1986)
Rick Maier .... storyline (unknown episodes)
Susan Nichols .... assistant to director (unknown episodes)
Andrea Parkes .... assistant to director (unknown episodes)
Jenny Sharp .... assistant to director (unknown episodes)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Caged Women" - Canada (English title)
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Runtime:
50 min (692 episodes)
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Language:
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Certification:
UK:15 | UK:12 (some episodes) | Australia:M

Did You Know?

Trivia:
The warders performing the night-time lock-up during the end-credit sequence are: Anne Yates (Kirsty Child, 1-4), Officer Grahame (Susan J. Arnold, 5-294), Joan Barfield (Delva Hunter, 295-481) and Gail Brown (Geraldine Girvan, 482-692).See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Franky Doyle:She bumped into me.
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Soundtrack:
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5 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Brilliant, Absolutely Brilliant!!, 22 January 2005
Author: riley453 from United Kingdom

Excellent, gripping, funny and over the top. Inside the gates of Wentworth Detention Centre are housed the most dangerous criminals in H Block. From the camp style of true English upper class snobbery of Erica Davidson, who is Govenor, to the evil, sadistic, cruel ways of the "Freak" Joan Ferguson.

From episode one the main story line has you gripped, and through out all 692 episodes you will be a fanatic. Riots, fires, murders, LSD trips, bashings - everything you could ask for in a prison drama and more.

Well worth renting or buying, you will NOT be sorry! 12 out of 10! A+++

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