Best Of Prisoner Cell Block H (3 disc) only £7.99 @ HMV

For all of you now humming the theme tune here you go
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xX8MmykJgvQ

WOW i loved this when it was on, Cult hit Prisoner started in 1979 and ran for an impressive 692 episodes the famous iron gates finally shut on Cell block H several dramatic years later in 1986 , just before the world of Australian soap got lighter in tone beaches and safe suburban streets and actors were employed for their sex appeal over their acting ability, Prisoner came about at a time when Australian drama was more character driven shows like Matlock police Division four Cop shop (to start off with ) had successfully combined melodramatics with realistic plots real and raw real men and women without make up . Prisoner serves real women better then a thousand words from fellow OZ export Germaine Grerer ever could, here woman fight real and deal mean with each other in the same way that countless numbers of screen tough guys have for decades the struggles for the position of top dog was the main focal point for the drama and tension which kept the show ticking over and would often climax in a set two between the challenger and the top dog of the time. However this DVD box set can not compare to the excitement of the original run part of the excitement of watching Prisoner was the cliff hangers and getting to know the mulit layered characters over weeks here episodes like the Riot ep 600 and the fire that sees Ferguson and The original top Dog Bea Smith go head to head for the first time lose the dramatic pay off built up over the previous weeks. For a new viewer this might not be a good way to start or appreciate why Prisoner became the cult it was. It would have been much better to release a complete series one at a time much in the same way that Dallas has been released.
There are three land mark episodes here each starting three of the four top dogs thankfully the boring Nora Flynn(the third top dog 84-85) era was left out the preachy slow almost pacifist tone of those episodes was perhaps the lowest period of the shows story lines. The final episode is here too but it disappoints this time around (all to neat)
Key moments like Myra final hour and Ferguson and fourth top dog Rita corners forced by a rioting mob of women to fight hand to hand for the last women standing are not so captivating when stood alone and out of sequence from the original run however UK Prisoner junkies in search of a nostalgic fix and have long erased their vhs copies will no doubt enjoy this scrap book of contrasting eras in the shows history.

heres the whole lot a tad expensive tho http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prisoner-Cel...3002285&sr=8-6

Cheers what i wanted have just ordered cheers

174 DVDs across 40 volumes, all housed in an exclusive and limited edition embossed metal collectors case
£1,137.00 + £1.21 shipping
Think i'll order 2 at such a good price!!!!

eeks I used to love that programme, thought iwas ever so grown up staying up that late to watch it. Mind you I the music used to give me nightmares. I used to ru to the tv to turn the music off. Tempted to look at the youtube vid but i may scare me,,,,,

think i'll be ordering this. hells yeah! Long live bea! I loved this show so much. Favourite characters anyone? Anyone remember des barnes? the pimp!

I used to love Bea, and that prisoon officer the freak used to scare me , can't remember her proper name though

Thought he was in Corrie !

I already have this, and if you love prisoner you will love this

Great buy

They should bring it back on the tele, but they want to much

is she the one vera bennet?

£745 delivered from Fleabay from Aus member located in Greenford, saving a few £100

it contains 179 DVD's and is 32524 minutes long! and it's over 22 days continuous viewing how long would it take to watch from start to finish under normal viewing circumstances?

http://cgi.fleabay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAP...m=110339554853 (link isn't correct as I've put fleabay)

EzyDVD do it for around £570 but don't offer International Shipping on this item but maybe someone has relatives over their who could send it

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/790842

Joan “The Freak” Ferguson (Maggie Kirkpatrick)

What a load of Ozzie nonsense!!!!!

You'll be hunting for Neighbours deals next ;)