Prisoner (1979)★ 8.2/10
- Crime
- Drama
Directed by: Kendal Flanagan, Pauline Walker, Steve Mann, Leigh Spence, Sean Nash
Written by: Kevin Anderson, Angela Barr, Ian Bradley, Peter Brennan, Michael Brindley
Follows the lives of inmates and staff at Wentworth, a high-security women's prison in Australia, exploring their backstories, daily struggles, and interpersonal relationships within the harsh realities of incarceration.
- Original title
- Prisoner
- Storyline
- This Australian series has, after 692 episodes, received cult status all over the world. The series takes place in Wentworth, a prison in Australia. Wentworth is a high-security female prison. The women are there for all sorts of crimes. The viewer gets to follow how they got there, their life in the prison, and what becomes of them afterwards, as well as following the staff, their work in the prison, and their personal relationships.
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 · 2,535
- Companies
- Grundy Television Productions, Network 10, Network Ten, Ten Network, The Grundy Organization, Border Television, Channel 5 Television, Grampian Television, ITV Network, The Fremantle Corporation, UTV - Ulster Television, Yorkshire Television (YTV)
- Release dates
- AU February 27, 1979
- US August 8, 1979
- GB October 8, 1984