Created by Reg Watson and screening a total of 692 episodes between 1979 and 1986, Prisoner was one of the first television series to tackle issues such as sexul assault, homosexuality and violence. It did this through the relationships between a cross-section of women and the women who work around them at the Wentworth Detention Centre. This groundbreaking serial, funded by the Grundy Organisation, was screened in countries throughout the world and was remade in Germany and the U.K. The complete title of the series overseas was Prisoner: Cell block H.
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Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - Australia
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Prison films
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Prison violence
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Prison wardens
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Prisoners
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Prisons
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Prisons - Australia
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Women prisoners
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
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