Prisoner Cell Block H - Final Episode - Scottish Televison
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- Final episode of Prisoner Cell Block H as seen on Scottish Television on Tuesday 19th November 1996.
This episode is from an old VHS tape. 
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I'm in my late 40s and still love it. My younger brother and I used to stay up really late just to watch it. We'd be absolutely knackered in school, the following day.
Good memories.
Haven't heard of a VCR?
@@JohnLee-pt5jzwhere's the fun in that?
So true ey, I used to sneak the T.V. on so Mum and Dad didn't know I was watching it.
a mates school had sent letters to parents , asking them not to let their kids stay up so late to watch prisoner as the kids were falling asleep in class, and playing out roles from the programme.
A classic of classics.
Can't believe it's over 25 years since I watched this, when TV showed classic programmes, life was so different when I was young, always loved prisoner, especially this final episode.
Wentworth is good also and just about to end.
@@VictoryRRR i no I have watch them both so many times
a mates school sent letters to parents, to ask them not to let their kids to stay up so late watching prisoner cell block h.
Damn I remember the last episode I was so glad when Fergusson got caught.
Best thing ever to be on ITV in the UK
I use to watch this every night back in 79 and 80 on TV after star trek knowing I had school the next day. ... great memories! !!!
+Jamal McCoy I do like Prisoner Cell Block H but I'm not a Star Trek fan im afan of doctor who
What great memories late night showing every Thursday nights
Yep, remember it being on after Married...With Children
In Sydney it was on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 8.30.
Loved it prisoner was my Thursday nights thanks for putting this on RUclips
Amazing to think out of all the cast who've passed away, Mary Ward who played Mum Brooks at the start of the series is still alive and 105! :o)
They're dropping like flies, I only wish I knew what vaccine "Mum" has to the disease that's killing them
Still going at 106!
Born in 1915 she was 64 when she first appeared on Prisoner. Imagine if she'd known that she'd go on to live for at least 42 more years. 😐😮
Rip mum died recently
@@acelister16 What an amazing age tho 😭
A old show now, but one of the BEST I ever saw. I will say THE BEST I ever saw! I'm American and I remember when I first started watching this, I thought it was British. Now I can tell a difference between the 2 accents. Sometimes haha but especially how the Aussie's say YOUuuuuuu etc I like it ;) but this show is so fantastic. I like Australia and Aussie people. This was the best show about jail I ever saw. You got so wrapped up in all the lives of all these women mostly that came and went ..wow so great and a perfect ending!
You should try watching Wentworth it's absolutely brilliant
@@dopedup222 I actually have seen Wentworth. For me its an ok show. but just too weird with all the names from the Prisoner Cell block H show and being used by all new people in a much different prison. Cell block H if you remember had poor lighting. did you ever notice? the cells all seemed like they could use a lot more light, the hall ways as well. but it was a much different show and people came and went and you got so wrapped up in the people. I did watch Wentworth, almost all of it, and I just never got the same attachment as the original. although it wasnt bad.
@@kystars I agree with you. As a huge Prisoner fan from back when it was actually on TV I tried my hardest with Wentworth but it didn't work for me.
People seem to have a fascination with women in prison, there was a male version made called punishment, but it was a huge flop.
@@karennicholls2296 Yes me too. Just something very special about Cell Block H. You get so wrapped up in all the lives of the people.. So Amazing a show. So many episodes as well. WOW
I can’t believe it is the last episode 😭😭
1987 this aired in Australia & I remember it was broadcast at 10.30pm for the last few months. I rushed home from lectures to get ready to watch it - ending was brilliant !!!!
was it not 86?
@@shanefolan Channel 10 here in Australia. I was at Lectures & would get home in time to watch it. I was exhausted at work but it was shoved from 9.30pm to 10.30pm because of ratings but we loved it.
@@matthewbrown6163 I am in Ireland so watched it in the mid-90s on ITV when they reran it. Everybody watched it. I loved it as I was a kid but when I rewatch them now I realise how dreadful and laughable they were haha.
@@shanefolan Yes the Detention Centre was the back of the Studio - they were on a budget I guess. 40 years ago we had different tastes. Collette Mann (Doreen Burns) went on to be in Neighbours
@@matthewbrown6163 yea she played Cheryl in it too back in the 90s when the actress was ill. I have not watched Ozzie soaps in decades now but was hooked as a kid. Shane and Angel from home and away were so iconic back in the day. Pure nostalgia value is what keeps me coming back to look at old clips.
Last esposide am sad it's come to end my 4th time watching am watching it o my phone no doubt I'll watch it again been watching it since Xmas thank RUclips.
I always thought how ironic it was that Ferguson stole the cash so she'd escape the grueling and depressing life of being in a prison for so much of her life yet doing so meant she ended up back in jail and this time she was unable to leave.
Also felt it was ironic that Ferguson wanted the money to get away from the prison job when she reveled in it and loved the power and authority. It was her life.
A big thank you for uploading this. I never got to see the last episode. 28 years on and I finally did. I actually felt sorry for the Freak. Then again, no i don't.
Glad you enjoyed it....finally
Loved this so much, brings back memories of me staying at my friends house and staying up late to watch it, even though we had school the next day, just makes me feel all cosy watching it. bea, lizzy, the freak, brilliant
fergo finally getting her deserved punishment serves thefreak right
I wonder why they decided to Joan up, in the past Ann Reynolds was against it.
@@JohnLee-pt5jz I guess Ann really had had enough of Joan despite Ann and Meg being too naive and too lenient with her in the past. 😃
Co-written by Ian Smith who also played Ted Douglas. He's in this episode, too - That's him @48:25 .
Thanks for uploading this, that shows everyone how good ITV was back in the day. :)
Yes, you're right. However, ITV and it's regional variations did give a lot of viewers of Prisoner a poor deal when it was being shown as Val Lehman has said. She also pointed out the inconsistencies in the scheduling around the UK regions and the tampering of certain episodes. It may all be old hat now, and this is certainly not meant to be any stain on the nostalgia, but it is with thanks to years of campaigning that fans wishes finally paid off. I have to point out that some DVD releases still contain cut scenes from certain episodes which have been subject to tape deterioration and lawful cases of copyright. RUclips contains full versions of all 692 episodes thanks to PrisonerCellBlockH95 making the show an online treasure, but for how long is anyone's guess.
ELLA HORNBY Yes, there needs to be a new release of the whole series on DVD without edited scenes, due to tape deterioration, or copyright reasons, if they can find those better quality master tapes out there.
Some episodes up to episode 165 have been blocked on RUclips, despite a few episodes before then slipping through the net.
The Emily Perry poisoning case would be no problem in Australia now as she died some years back after Shock released a DVD of the Edna Pearson Story and with permission of Fremantle. 😃
The only problem is with that release is that episode 470 is missing a scene, but apart from that all of the episodes in that DVD release are intact. 😃😊👍🏻
ELLA HORNBY Also, if you check out Dailymotion, you will the other episodes before episode 165 on there. 😃😊👍🏻👋🏻
Bullshit Busted Yes, it seems as though the show is gradually disappearing due to apparent copyright grounds on the part of Fremantle.
Summer21 Thanks for the feedback there Summer. We know this is a VHS tape recording of the final broadcast on Scottish, and it’s great nostalgia. The RUclips versions from PrisonerCellBlockH95 have been great and uncut, but I wonder how much longer it will be before Fremantle begin blocking more episodes beyond 165.
great ending .i watched the series from start to finish
Anyone noticed how 'Wentworth' (brilliantly, in its dying embers as it sadly heads towards its last 15 or so episodes) has several key character names in common with Prisoner's last episode? I know Wentworth was a 'reimagining', but you've got to see some Merle in Boomer (character-wise) and the way she hates Ferguson. And the fact we now have Ann Reynolds. And a doctor studying inmates. And two sniffing about cops. And Rita Connors escaping and Mr Jackson being sympathetic to inmates all over the place but struggling with his own being. A double dealing officer Mr Adams (maybe a few Smiles to be had here) and a certain Kath Maxwell enters the plot? If you're unfamiliar with Prisoner: Cell Block H, its very last episode is iconic. Rita Connors realises her cancer isn't terminal. The ultimate beater. Joan Ferguson ends up incarcerated and a certain....Kath Maxwell becomes top dog! Twists and turns, twists and turns!
How do u come the realisation that Rita's cancer isn't terminal she says I'll be the oldest biker in the world but it means she is gonna fight it doesn't mean her cancer isn't terminal don't think all her doctors and specialist's wud of got it THAT wrong unfortunately 🤔🤔
+Gavin Powers this Reyno wasn't as psychotic as the Wentworth one
brill last ep. watched it at 14 stayed up to se this couldnt believe it was the end. but what a way to go.
Gee I remember this so well never thought Id see the STV into again tho !
Oh my ,Been Years now since I remember this last Episode from 1986 ,Maggie Kirkpatrick was memorable as Joan The Freak Ferguson ,The fact that she was memorable as her psychotic character made her perfect for her role ,Too see her break was satisfying and Watching Rita Conners Bringing her meal was shocking , Great TV from Down Under from 1979 -1986.
The very last episode and ITV still didn’t play the full version of the theme!! (Central didn’t either). Thanks for the upload all the same: interesting to see the STV continuity and adverts. 🙂👍
I think the end part of the credits featured some australian sponsor advertising, which wouldn't have been allowed in the UK at the time, so was edited out
Great show, retro adverts brilliant as well.
I’m 42 and love prisoner started watching down south but was really sad when it stopped airing around ep 580. But luckily the following year it started on channel 5 so got to watch it all again the again via RUclips.
A great twist would have been Colleen Powell being the governor of the prison Joan was transferred to
I use to watch prisoner cell block h
Loved the old adverts, great series too.
4th time watching the whole series. My first time I cried like a baby with the Rita scenes in the final episode.
Realisitically, they would never take a former screw to the prison where they used to work, the inmates would tear them apart.
I think Joan was there for the night. The next day she was shipped off to a prison western Australia.
@@JohnLee-pt5jz You’re right about all of the above. 😃
Satisfying though wasn't it?
I was in my teens during the original series & used to catch glimpses of it. I watched it on Grampian when they reshowed it & my Brother had STV which was ahead about 20 or so episodes. So I could see what was coming up. It was always on about 11.pm. When C5 reshowed it in 2001 it always ended up being shown at 4.40am.
Used to be on ITV/UTV in the early 90's on a Monday night after Married With Children and on a Friday night before The James Whale Show and Tropical Heat... Most of our class in 2nd and 3rd year used to be half asleep on Tuesday morning in the first class because of it...
I watched on the Ulster UTV region too. It often aired on Sundays and Wednesday nights too. It’s a shame UTV dropped it in 1997 with some 130 episode remaining.
OMG I MADE IT TO THE END!WOW!2 years!
Yes. And the Freak finally got what she finally deserved when she was finally charged and disgraced. She finally fell from grace to disgraced ex prison officer to in house jail bird come prisoner.
Did it take you that long to get through all the episodes? That's a while.
I remember this being on grampian television at 11.30pm on a Sunday and Monday
Brilliant wish it was on telly again
Even adverts were better love cell block h
Omg I though I would never see the day the freek being nice
She seemed to be nice to only her dog until someone poisoned it. I really only felt sorry for her when that happened. The rest of the time she was horrible.
Hi Inverness Stuart (doesn;t seem to let me send you a message) - I was just wondering on the off chance if you had any more Prisoner episodes from scottish television that you may consider posting up?
Hi, only got the last 6 episodes unfortunately.
+Inverness Stuart Thanks for replying. I am trying my best to trackdown all the eps end gateslams and it is quite hard to get them all. The general dvds released have them all cut out which sometimes cuts the music etc. The first slam occured when Maxine was shot.
I was in CA when this show came on such a classic
Skip to the end, thanks! An obscure channel, That's TV2, have started showing this series from the start, but as they made like 500 episodes I don't want to watch them all. It was a great series though. "He used to buy me roses...I wish he could again"
Your Announcer Is The Late Steve Hamilton For Scottish Television
wonder if her cancer was as bas as they said or was it to trick joan
Pretty sure a doctor would not be allowed to do that.
Good old Radio Rentals haha !
Wish they would show the series again. Can't see it ever being on STV again but plenty of channels such as UKTV Gold or Drama or something like that.
You'd think one channel would have repeated again given its popularity and number of channels we have. Perhaps its the cost.
@Paul Doherty Someone should show Prisoner again (with better master tapes, which are out there, apparently) on a television channel that everyone can receive, or at least that we can find recordings of later on, online. 😃😊👍🏻
Yeah, you're right. I mean, all we ever get on Gold is just the same things day in day out, year in year out. I think the internet is perhaps where PCBH will stay, although many episodes do seem to have fallen victim to copyright grounds on RUclips UK. I believe this is a Fremantle International issue, and not RUclips intentionally blocking content on their own accord.
Another good point, although DVD and RUclips have been pretty good alternatives to catch up with the show again. There has been some campaigning for a few years to have the show come to Netflix, but nothing has happened there. As the uploader has said, you'd think one channel would have repeated it again, given it's popularity and number of channels we have. I'me not sure of your region, but PCBH seems to be slowly disappearing from RUclips UK now, which is clearly the action taken by Fremantle International to block infringing episodes on grounds of copyright.
@@invernessstuart9996 My5 (the website and the app) is streaming seasons 1 and 2 of Prisoner so far in better video quality. 😃
Great show xx😃😃😃😃😃
I really wish there'd been a scene with Anne and Meg when the call came through that Joan had been arrested. Meg had been trying just as hard to as any of the inmates at getting rid of Joan after all!
Did STV air episode 588 in October 1995?
How sad about Rita.
Love the incidental music! 😎
Where are kath and Lisa in that final scene
I found myself chanting FERGUSON !! Along with the prisoners!!
Lol
nice
this was on at 3 o clock in the morning or something
they should of had bea hand her the food, then morph her into Rita
Best soap ever to leave Australia. Shame the remake was poor
I've got every single episode on volume box sets on dvd the full 8 years of cell block All on dvd👌👌🙂🙂best thing i ever saw as A kid in my life & still love watching now as A adult👌👌nothing beats prisoner cell block h its the best thing in the world👌👌fact👌👌👌👌🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧
Meridian cut off Prisoner quite a few episodes before the end and unfortunately the South didn't have Channel 5 for years so I didn't see lots of episodes until the internet.
The last time an episode of Prisoner was shown on ITV was in Southern region Meridian (formerly TVS), again still on their initial run, who finished on episode 586 on Monday 12 July 1999 at 11.50pm.
Channel Television also stopped Prisoner at this point as they followed Meridian's schedules. Would this region not have had Channel 5 at this time?
Channel 5 was an odd beast, as you had to turn in your video recorders to receive it? Very odd.
Accidentally started watching this at 13. Never did see the ending or
Bea's demise. Watching the last
Episode 40 something years later
Only reminds me what a lucky escape I had from watching cell
Block H from beginning to the End.
You'd need to be a juvenile to watch it. It was honestly like watching a very cheap documentary of people with learning difficulties. Very painful to watch, kept my finger on fast forward only because I was curious about the ending 😂 won't
Ever watch it again !! 🤮
Were did Rodney go and delia go
Rodney was there until the end. As for Delia ... that's one of Prisoner's great mysteries.
@@naparry4772 she left in 678 as was not needed
@Cathrine Halfpenny Rodney must have been working inside of Wentworth when the Freak was given the walk of shame to the police car, by the police, in front of Ann, Meg, some of the other officers (Joyce and Marty included) and the inmates. 😃
At what time did Scottish show the last episode? Meridian and Westcountry (the only other regions to show Prisoner on 19th November 1996) both started at 11:40pm
11.10pm
Thanks again. Surprised to see Tyne Tees move an episode to a Monday on 03/08/1992 even with Thursday not available. I think they started using Mondays from October 1992 and dropped Sundays in November 1992. Who's Who has the start time for Border, Grampian, Tyne Tees and also Granada and TSW as 00.05 on 27/09/1992.
Why did Border have to miss 71 episodes to catch up with Granada in November 1993? I don't think Border merged with Granada in the way Yorkshire and Tyne Tees merged.
I believe Border made a booklet for Prisoner fans as they missed some significant moments. Do you have the dates for the remainder of 1992 for Border, Grampian, STV, Tyne Tees and YTV?
I can't see Oct-Dec
The last year of this show was totally crap. Hence the low ratings , you could tell it becoming more comical , the bikie nonsense also the Freak would NEVER have fallen for that despite her hatred of the system . They should have ended it would Smith coming back to get revenge on the Freak for what they went through . They had a much more longer rivalry than Connors did with Ferguson. Also it was much darker and realistic as a prison back then.
I couldn’t agree with you more on all of the above. 😃
Good riddance to the Freak, and on Granada the full theme was played out, February 1995
ALICE, WHO THE FUCK IS ALICE?
Also do you when Scottish showed episode 326 of Prisoner?
326 was aired in early 1994
Would it be early 1993? I saw elsewhere that 372 was aired in July 1993, 400 in October 1993 and 416 in November 1993.
your right, it would have been early 93, because bea was still in it, she left it in 94 at some point and it went downhill from then on
My initial guess for 326 would have been around late 1992
well lets try and work it out, they showed 2 a week, it ended in November 96, 692 - 326 = 366 then divide by 2 = 153 weeks, so 326 would have aired in 1993
The Indian version of Janet Street Porter @ 15:26
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well she finally got it, all the dirty treatment she enforced on the women, bea and crissy are happy now, goodbye freak
Strange how Rita is dead but comes back to give Ferguson her food and see her leave.......
Rita's 'death' was a trick, a sting to get Ferguson. That's why Reynolds had a quiet chat with the detectives.
That's what I thought, she didn't actually die did she? Because how did they know Joan was off to the finance company at that given time when they caught her with the bag, Rita must have told them when and where so they be waiting for her.
Clever acting to the end, and so compelling, each episode was unique and kept you gripped, nothing like that on tele nowadays.
these later episodes the characters are not as interesting as the first 4 years !
Och aye the noo
nobody actually says that in real life