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Intro
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Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
Part 16
 Epilogue


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PRISONER:

CELL BLOCK H



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OTHER BOOKS BY TERRY BOURKE
CROCODILE (with Olaf Ruhen) 1979
LITTLE BOY LOST (with Olaf Ruhen) 1980
STARS OF HOME AND AWAY 1988
 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Terry Bourke is Australia's most prolific showbiz writer, having been a chronicler and participant in his country's TV since its introduction in 1956, and a prominent member of the film industry from the early 1970s renaissance.  He has written, directed or produced eight movies and more than 700 hours of television drama, comedy and sport and written columns for all the major media owners Down Under, directing many of the top Australian actors and actresses or meeting them as a working journalist.  He has also tutored more than 1,000 classes in scripting and film and TV production in Australia, Hong Kong and Hawaii.


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Prisoner: Cell Block H

Behind the scenes

<Photo of Chrissie, Lorna, Franky and Lizzie shouting through a security gate during the riot in episode (3)>

Terry Bourke

Angus and Roberton

A division of HarperCollins



 
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For Bob Gordon and Ben Mitchell, the lost two maverick TV editors in Australia.  They don't breed 'em any more
 
 

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to all the fine folk at News Ltd, Sydney - Warren Beeby, Peter Wylie, photo librarian Dell Courtney, reference librarians Lurline Campbell, John Knight, and my midnight shift mate Clive Powell; Alan Farrelly (founding editor, Sunday Herald, Melbourne), Edith Lesser, photo librarian, Australian Consolidated Press, Sydney, all the guys and gals who worked on 'Prisoner' and gave so much of their time and memories; and their agents, especially Garry Stewart; the 'real' prisoner, Sandra Willson; and Val, in London.

Unless otherwise stated all black and white photographs are reproduced courtesy of News Limited, Sydney, and all colour photographs courtesy of Australian Consolidated Press, Sydney-
 

AN ANGUS & ROBERTSON BOOK

Angus & Robertson (UK)
16 Golden Square, London, WIR 4BN United Kingdom

<Usual copyright information and British Library cip record>

ISBN 0 -207-16873-3


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CONTENTS

 
1 Prologue: The Beginnings of a Cult 7
2 The idea, The Realisation  8
3 Looking for Franky, Bea and Vinegar Tits 12
4 Lizzie: Dead Men Do Tell Tales  24
5 The Final Countdown 31
6 The Australian Verdict  38
7 The First Inmates 46
8 Recognition and Imitation 58
9 The First Keepers 60
10 The Winning of America  71
11 Enter the Freak 79
12 Crisis 88
13 The Keepers II 93
14 The End of the Three Musketeers  104
15 The Final Turn of the Key  113
16 Epilogue: By the Real Prisoner 120
Where to Write to the Stars 125
 


Intro
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
Part 16
 Epilogue


Updated ~ 08 March 1998