I was lucky enough to have a small role in Prisoner in 1982 at 21 . I played Paul White the boyfriend of Kerry Brodie episode 320 .I Remember going to that cast reunion in 2000 and caught up with all the cast it was great. I am 63 now , the years have flown by. I am so proud to have been part of such an iconic show. I was very lucky.
@@garrypatrick6097 I did manage to see you when you played the part of Paul White 😀. you was absolutely brilliant..👏👏 your cell mates really wasn't nice to you was they haha bless ya.. Paul and Kerry were made for each other ❤ shame you never got to see each other again 😢 Thanks again and for posting your recent update .. Take good care mate.. all the best 👍 xxx
@@ShaneC27 Every true word spoken 👏 🙌, the vibes theses two have is real true friendship.. so so sad now they have left the world behind 😢 and I do hope wherever they both are, they are still enjoying their golden memories together ❤ xxx
An early Christmas present to all Prisoner fans and so lovely to see Annie and Betty together again, may they rest in peace and continue to cause havoc in heaven. Huge thanks to Ken, Barrie, Chris, Noel and Kim for allowing Talking Prisoner to share this special treat with us fans, brilliant.
The chemistry is still very much there, you can tell they cared for each other a great deal. What a great time-capsule for us to be able to look back on and see two old mates talking about their fond memories of a show we all love. I’m sure they’re both up in heaven still laughing and joking now, RIP Betty & Anne, class acts. 👏
@@TalkingPrisoner in Birmingham in 2016 (I think 🤔) It was my first Screenstars event. Although I had met Maggie K back in the 90s when she came to my home town. But Betty was lovely. Such a gentle lady X
@@joiejojob9082 oh wow how wonderful! What an amazing experience !! Everyone on the comments have all said how wonderful Betty was.. she seems such a fun beautiful human being to chill out with.. R.I.P to both wonderful beautiful ladies.. gone but never forgotten ❤❤❤ xxx
Judy was my favourite character I loved her and myra Desmond best top dog after the legend bea smith my absolute favourite characters rest in eternal peace Betty and Annie your very missed still can’t believe there gone 😢 ❤
They both still looked great. Watching this with tears in my eyes now both of them have gone 😢 I still watch prisoner and I can relate to it so well, just constantly reminds me of my boarding school! We even got locked in our dorms at night, so boys and girls wouldn't wonder and mix....though it didn't stop us getting out of the windows 😂
I loved Anne Phelan in Prisoner but a couple of years ago I saw Anne in " The harp in the South" and she was Fantastic and Betty aka Judy was so loved in Prisoner and a lovely character.
And I loved The brides of Christ which had a few ex Prisoner Stars and I never knew until Anna Hruby talked about her mum being on it and that was a great drama series also.
Great interview and brilliant ladies, both missed. The conversation seems very authentic and natural, probably as it's conducted in Betty's home. Two of my favourite ever Prisoner characters! Thanks for uploading this, Matt.
Great to see these Podcasts back. What a great piece of work putting this interview together for us Prisoner fans, thanks to all those involved. I'm sure if both ladies were still alive today they would have been happy to be interviewed by Matt. Lovely to see this interview.....so sad to think they died within a very short time of one another.....RIP the lovely Betty and Anne...well done Matt for all your continued hard work.
This was a lovely interview with Annie and Betty, I throughly enjoyed it. I have Betty’s book and got it just before she passed away and recommend it to any Prisoner fan. Thank you so much for sharing this interview with us.
@@TalkingPrisoner yes I did thank you Betty was one of my favourite actress's her dry sense of humour came through into Judy. I loved Betty's book too. Thanks
Thank you for sharing this, Betty and Annie, were fantastic actors/ actresses, and two of my favourite characters, was lovely to hear and see their memories of Prisoner.
An amazing find! well done guys! I love the idea of this kind of set up for Talking Prisoner moving forward, throwing 2 cast members together as they really bounce of each other.
@@TalkingPrisoner I'd say when Jude was handing over top dog to Myra working to overthrow Margo. Jude hadn't yet let go and Myra were very committed. They were very team focused.
i went to a Prisoner reunion party at Channel 10 studios in 2003 (or 2004) it was fantastic, lots of the cast there... we got to walk around the grounds outside channel 10 we were all had dinner sat on tables in one of the studios, which they had cleared to allow the tables etc at least one of the cast was sitting at your table and had dinner with you (there was about 7/8 people to a table), the cast shared a lot of behind the scenes stories with us while having dinner, then after dinner we all just mingled and chatted to them all through out the night, it was a great night....there was quite a lot of fans there.
Nice to see you back with a new upload. Nice fun interview. Good nostalgia. Thanks for making available. Props to Anne Phelan for wearing the Aboriginal Flag of Australia.
Thank you for posting this interview. Really enjoying it. 👍 Was the series ever screened in it's entirety in the US? I was led to believe the show stopped being screened on American telly after the "Tunnel Cave in" finale of 1980 - much to the US audience's dismay. But the lovely Betty mentions in this interview about Judy trying to kiss Georgie Baxter and the US viewers thoughts on this. Although probably filmed towards the end of 1980 wasn't this scene from 1981? (Season 3). Anyway, thank you again for the transfer across from the BETAMAX tape and immortalised now. Kind of weird hearing Annie say the series debuted "21 years ago". Which really doesn't sound that long ago in today's terms 😮
It never screened in it's entirety in the US but did screen past the initial few seasons in some states, New York for instance screened the show into 1982. Someone will have more info I'm sure.
Love the look Betty gives at 26:18 when she hears the words "buy their autograph". This must have been around the time things were changing and autographs and photo-op had to be paid for (they were always free in the 90s as far as I remember!)
Wow! what a great interview !kudos to you Matt--great introduction. and kudos to Ken also for all you've done with talking prisoner. The most moving thing is the fact that we lost both of them in the past few years and that they were on this interview together--what a coincidence .I thought the comment from Betty about why America wouldn't tolerate the lesbian scenes was interesting , given the fact that she was born in America and was the only American in the show .I always said that if you watch the series somewhere all of the male pinups disappeared and were replaced with James Dean and Marlon Brando posters. I think that's because when it came to America the censors wouldn't tolerate stuff like that on American television. And I'm speaking as an American who was there in the Eighties when it came on American TV. Kudos again Matt and Ken.
I hate how everyone says England were great fans, the UK 🇬🇧 consists of more countries than England. Scotland 🏴 had Prisoner cell block H and I seen the reruns in the 90s with my Gran as I was born in 83 and I loved it. Now I've introduced Prisoner to younger people who have lapped it up, it's better than Wentworth the new program. Sometimes there's no need to update a series, Sometimes it's perfect as it was. ❤
I'm from Ireland, I remember watching in the early 80s with my Granny, she loved it. Wentworth was good to show the backstory of Bea, but could never live up to Prisoner cell block H ❤
@@leeleef I 100% agree with you. You can never beat an original. Yet people do try, sometimes it works, most often it doesn't though. God bless our Irish 🇮🇪 cousins. Hope life is treating you well 🙏 ♥
fantastic find Matt! In the clip Betty makes reference to a novel she wrote. Apart from her autobiography, that she kindly signed for me when I meet her, I can't find information about the novel on the internet. Does anyone have a copy? was it ever published?
It's funny how we all have wildly different opinions on the same characters. I loved Myra Desmond, she was my favourite top dog, she definitely had flaws but I think that's what made her so loveable.
This was a fun interview, had me laughing many times. Thanks for uploading it:-) Towards the end of the interview, Betty was about to give the reason she got back into acting. She was cut off and never told the story. Does anyone know it?
Very interesting interview. I loved both of the characters in the show. Judy / Betty looks a little uncomfortable at times, however I realise she had been retired and a lot of time had passed since the days of the show. Anne / Myra comes across as very campy. I wonder if she was a lesbian in real life, not that it particularly matters, but it's just the vibe I get from her. It must have been weird how something from so long ago was, and still is, talked about so much. I really loved the strong characters, and how Prisoner managed to be so many different things. It was realistic, yet it wasn't, it was relatable, and yet it wasn't, it was funny, and yet it wasn't, it was brilliantly acted and written, and at times it wasn't. It was rubbish, and yet it wasn't. Watching it is like going back in time! I absolutely LOVED it, and as someone who doesn't care for TV, I was really gutted after I watched the final episode. I felt like I'd lost a family. Best programme ever, bar none! I think it had a very down-to-earth quality about it that I liked, and a curiosity factor to it and a style all of its own. I also loved the way it was filmed and directed. I have visited Nunawading and toured around some of the locations.
Prisoner returns back on TV but not as Prisoner give it a new name what is called Behind Bars but it has the same thing music some of the same characters and some of the same cast so with the new cast set in a mixed prison with men and women actor episode more exciting didn't know that we could pull it off but we did more update about behind bars as a new series with the same thing music of Prisoner state change❤
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I was lucky enough to have a small role in Prisoner in 1982 at 21 . I played Paul White the boyfriend of Kerry Brodie episode 320 .I Remember going to that cast reunion in 2000 and caught up with all the cast it was great. I am 63 now , the years have flown by. I am so proud to have been part of such an iconic show. I was very lucky.
Awww that is absolutely wonderful.. I'm gonna have to look out for you .. thanks for sharing your little story .. ❤xxx
What an awesome experience! Prisoner is still popular in the UK.
@@garrypatrick6097 I did manage to see you when you played the part of Paul White 😀. you was absolutely brilliant..👏👏 your cell mates really wasn't nice to you was they haha bless ya.. Paul and Kerry were made for each other ❤ shame you never got to see each other again 😢 Thanks again and for posting your recent update .. Take good care mate.. all the best 👍 xxx
Such a lovely pair, heartbreaking to think they’re no longer with us. RIP to them both
They were. Their banter and closeness comes across. R. I. P both.
@@ShaneC27 Every true word spoken 👏 🙌, the vibes theses two have is real true friendship.. so so sad now they have left the world behind 😢 and I do hope wherever they both are, they are still enjoying their golden memories together ❤ xxx
An early Christmas present to all Prisoner fans and so lovely to see Annie and Betty together again, may they rest in peace and continue to cause havoc in heaven. Huge thanks to Ken, Barrie, Chris, Noel and Kim for allowing Talking Prisoner to share this special treat with us fans, brilliant.
It’s being rerun on my5 again after 44 years it’s still being shown. I’ve watched 692 episodes 9 times now. Fantastic show.
Rest In Peace Eternal To Anne Phelan & Betty Bobbitt . Two angels 👼🏻 👼🏻 reunited in Heaven ❤❤
The chemistry is still very much there, you can tell they cared for each other a great deal. What a great time-capsule for us to be able to look back on and see two old mates talking about their fond memories of a show we all love. I’m sure they’re both up in heaven still laughing and joking now, RIP Betty & Anne, class acts. 👏
My thoughts exactly
Amazing comment; sums it up…
Beautiful ladies. Met Betty Bobbitt and she was lovely. Bless them both XX
I 100 Percent agree. Where did you meet Betty ?
@@TalkingPrisoner in Birmingham in 2016 (I think 🤔) It was my first Screenstars event. Although I had met Maggie K back in the 90s when she came to my home town. But Betty was lovely. Such a gentle lady X
@@joiejojob9082 oh wow how wonderful! What an amazing experience !! Everyone on the comments have all said how wonderful Betty was.. she seems such a fun beautiful human being to chill out with.. R.I.P to both wonderful beautiful ladies.. gone but never forgotten ❤❤❤ xxx
Judy was my favourite character I loved her and myra Desmond best top dog after the legend bea smith my absolute favourite characters rest in eternal peace Betty and Annie your very missed still can’t believe there gone 😢 ❤
great inteview rip both pased now love watch prisoner reruns❤
Great ladies, lovely to see them. Both of them - especially Betty- have such recognisable voices, brilliant memories.
Fantastic interview. They both come across as such lovely, down to earth actresses.
Thanks so much Jeff.
This is pure gold, thank you so much, Matt. I can't believe these two beautiful ladies are no longer with us. RIP
I can't believe I still watching prisoner h block
When I first heard Betty's voice, it was like hearing an old friend. Thank you to all who made it possible to share this
They both still looked great. Watching this with tears in my eyes now both of them have gone 😢
I still watch prisoner and I can relate to it so well, just constantly reminds me of my boarding school! We even got locked in our dorms at night, so boys and girls wouldn't wonder and mix....though it didn't stop us getting out of the windows 😂
I loved Anne Phelan in Prisoner but a couple of years ago I saw Anne in " The harp in the South" and she was Fantastic and Betty aka Judy was so loved in Prisoner and a lovely character.
And I loved The brides of Christ which had a few ex Prisoner Stars and I never knew until Anna Hruby talked about her mum being on it and that was a great drama series also.
I will have to check that movie out again, it’s been so long since I have seen it
Betty hasn't changed .. she looks amazing xx
She's dead
This was 24 years ago.
May they both rest in peace
Great interview and brilliant ladies, both missed. The conversation seems very authentic and natural, probably as it's conducted in Betty's home. Two of my favourite ever Prisoner characters! Thanks for uploading this, Matt.
I love PCBH I watch everyday ♥️ Great actresses Continue to Rest peacefully Betty and Anne ♥️
Thank you, did you enjoy the interview?
Great to see these Podcasts back.
What a great piece of work putting this interview together for us Prisoner fans, thanks to all those involved.
I'm sure if both ladies were still alive today they would have been happy to be interviewed by Matt.
Lovely to see this interview.....so sad to think they died within a very short time of one another.....RIP the lovely Betty and Anne...well done Matt for all your continued hard work.
rip to two legends ,great interview
RIP...
two legends gone now 😥
This was a lovely interview with Annie and Betty, I throughly enjoyed it. I have Betty’s book and got it just before she passed away and recommend it to any Prisoner fan. Thank you so much for sharing this interview with us.
2 of my favourite ladies and characters , they definely carried the show after Val left.
2 lovely ladies you were both very good 👍🏻 xxxx
Two very engaging ladies. Wonderful interview.
Thank you, We are so lucky to have been able to see this.
The whole 692 episodes are on RUclips. I’m up to 422 - just loving it.Reb Keen has just arrived RIP Janet Andrewartha x
What an interview!!!! Truly amazing! Thank you Talking Prisoner!!!!
Thanks so much for uploading. Two great ladies. RIP
rest easy to two of the most brilliant actors...pcbh was huge to us here in the states...still watching and the admin for this group pcbh...
Can you share this to your group please
Marvellous interview. Merry Christmas Matt, Ken and Coral. Hope you are all well. Lewis x
This is fantastic. Thanks so much for finding the footage and putting it on this channel. Andrew, UK
Two lovely ladies. Thanks for sharing
Did you enjoy the interview?
@@TalkingPrisoner yes I did thank you Betty was one of my favourite actress's her dry sense of humour came through into Judy. I loved Betty's book too. Thanks
Fabulous interview,Thank you for showing this.
'Judy' was my favourite character. Both Betty and Annie still looked great.
Thank you for sharing this, Betty and Annie, were fantastic actors/ actresses, and two of my favourite characters, was lovely to hear and see their memories of Prisoner.
Thank you, I was so happy that I was able to share it with everyone
Great upload! RIP! Both Anne and Betty ❤
How wonderful.
Lovely to see the firm friendship between Anne and Betty
The banter is adorable and very funny!! What a find. Thanks for publishing.
An amazing find! well done guys! I love the idea of this kind of set up for Talking Prisoner moving forward, throwing 2 cast members together as they really bounce of each other.
So so happy to see these ladies again. Thank ypu so much for sharing.
It was amazing to see them both. Did you have a favorite storyline with Myra and Judy ?
@@TalkingPrisoner I'd say when Jude was handing over top dog to Myra working to overthrow Margo. Jude hadn't yet let go and Myra were very committed. They were very team focused.
This is awesome 2 lovely ladies now lost but we have them forever in prisoner. Was the charity night recorded is it on RUclips?
Thankyou for sharing, amazing interview 👍👍
i went to a Prisoner reunion party at Channel 10 studios in 2003 (or 2004) it was fantastic, lots of the cast there... we got to walk around the grounds outside channel 10 we were all had dinner sat on tables in one of the studios, which they had cleared to allow the tables etc at least one of the cast was sitting at your table and had dinner with you (there was about 7/8 people to a table), the cast shared a lot of behind the scenes stories with us while having dinner, then after dinner we all just mingled and chatted to them all through out the night, it was a great night....there was quite a lot of fans there.
Those 2 were and still one of my favourites actresses in prison h block
Great interview, and good transfer too - I'm glad someone held onto the tape!
still both easily recognisable,. and great characters on and off screen
Agree. Both Fantastic.
Well, this is fantastic. Great characters.
What a great interview. Very funny ladies
Who was your favorite top dog ?
@@TalkingPrisoner Ooh, tough question. Bea and Myra I'd say.
When you coming back? 😂we miss these amazing interviews 😀
Two true prisoner legends ❤
Definitely, did you enjoy the interview
@@TalkingPrisoner absolutely loved it , what great fun they were , I enjoy all the interviews, hope there is a Glenda one ✌🏼
Such a shame to see this channel stall, your interviews were great
Stall? People have day jobs, and a family.
Fabulous interview, so nice to hear them talk about their time on Prisoner 😊
Both Fantastic actresses and characters in Prisoner ❤️❤️
Thanks for uploading 😊👍🏻
Hope both ladies are flying high
That was wonderful, thank you! 👍😊
Amazing to see this. Thank you so much for sharing the whole recording.
Nice to see you back with a new upload. Nice fun interview. Good nostalgia. Thanks for making available. Props to Anne Phelan for wearing the Aboriginal Flag of Australia.
Fantastic interview !! Thank you for the upload!! 😁
Thank you. :-)
Great interview, thanks so much for sharing ❤
Thank you, Happy to hear you enjoyed.
Such a gem! TY so kindly for sharing it.
Thanks so much Bonnie. It was amazing to watch this myself.
Thank you for posting this interview. Really enjoying it. 👍
Was the series ever screened in it's entirety in the US? I was led to believe the show stopped being screened on American telly after the "Tunnel Cave in" finale of 1980 - much to the US audience's dismay. But the lovely Betty mentions in this interview about Judy trying to kiss Georgie Baxter and the US viewers thoughts on this. Although probably filmed towards the end of 1980 wasn't this scene from 1981? (Season 3).
Anyway, thank you again for the transfer across from the BETAMAX tape and immortalised now. Kind of weird hearing Annie say the series debuted "21 years ago". Which really doesn't sound that long ago in today's terms 😮
It never screened in it's entirety in the US but did screen past the initial few seasons in some states, New York for instance screened the show into 1982. Someone will have more info I'm sure.
Wonderful!!!!!
"Is this gonna take much longer?" LOL!!!!!!! Love their banter!
Incredible.
Thanks Philip, I was totally blown away when i was given this interview to share, it was amazing to watch both Betty and Anne. RIP.
@@TalkingPrisoner No doubts. Would've been amazing watching this back.
@@philiphayes6733 It was just so real and authentic.
I love these TP installments. I keep coming back to them again and again
The harp of the south and Poor man’s orange was fantastic too I only watched them because Annie Phelan starred in them.
Thank you so much for this 💗
Love the look Betty gives at 26:18 when she hears the words "buy their autograph". This must have been around the time things were changing and autographs and photo-op had to be paid for (they were always free in the 90s as far as I remember!)
They seemed an absolute hoot.
Loved this - with thanks
Great stuff 👍😀
OMG Betty hasn't aged a minute! What is her secret. Anne looks great too of course, but Betty! love you cats
Its great to see these two after all these years. Its now 11/23/2024 and I've been wondering where these ladies are now.
You know they've both passed away now.
@@antpoo71 No I didn't know. I'm in the USA so I am not up to date on Aussie actors. Thank you.
Wow! what a great interview !kudos to you Matt--great introduction. and kudos to Ken also for all you've done with talking prisoner. The most moving thing is the fact that we lost both of them in the past few years and that they were on this interview together--what a coincidence .I thought the comment from Betty about why America wouldn't tolerate the lesbian scenes was interesting , given the fact that she was born in America and was the only American in the show .I always said that if you watch the series somewhere all of the male pinups disappeared and were replaced with James Dean and Marlon Brando posters. I think that's because when it came to America the censors wouldn't tolerate stuff like that on American television. And I'm speaking as an American who was there in the Eighties when it came on American TV. Kudos again Matt and Ken.
Fantastic
I hate how everyone says England were great fans, the UK 🇬🇧 consists of more countries than England. Scotland 🏴 had Prisoner cell block H and I seen the reruns in the 90s with my Gran as I was born in 83 and I loved it. Now I've introduced Prisoner to younger people who have lapped it up, it's better than Wentworth the new program. Sometimes there's no need to update a series, Sometimes it's perfect as it was. ❤
I'm from Ireland, I remember watching in the early 80s with my Granny, she loved it.
Wentworth was good to show the backstory of Bea, but could never live up to Prisoner cell block H ❤
@@leeleef I 100% agree with you. You can never beat an original. Yet people do try, sometimes it works, most often it doesn't though. God bless our Irish 🇮🇪 cousins. Hope life is treating you well 🙏 ♥
fantastic find Matt!
In the clip Betty makes reference to a novel she wrote. Apart from her autobiography, that she kindly signed for me when I meet her, I can't find information about the novel on the internet.
Does anyone have a copy? was it ever published?
I will ask Chris her son as I was curious also to the novel Betty wrote
@@TalkingPrisoner thank u for sharing this and did u ever find out about the novel that betty wrote
@@meepanderson3617I saw a cook book on Amazon in the name of Betty Bobbitt called Teen Cuisine but that’s all I could find.
It's funny how we all have wildly different opinions on the same characters. I loved Myra Desmond, she was my favourite top dog, she definitely had flaws but I think that's what made her so loveable.
Their intelligence radiates out of them.
Been missing these. Great find. Any news on when another interview will drop?
I remember Betty was in blue heelers and so was Anne
2 things ! I’d love to read bettys book and I wanna hear Po Face sing !
If only they had royalty payments!
The producers made a lot of money from this
I am a 72 born baby, I watched prisoner later on
This was a fun interview, had me laughing many times. Thanks for uploading it:-)
Towards the end of the interview, Betty was about to give the reason she got back into acting. She was cut off and never told the story. Does anyone know it?
Was just wondering that myself
Hi, do you not post any new interviews anymore? I used to love watching them on a Friday but there haven’t been any for ages?
The interviews ruled. With the actors and some others. Become a bit toxic especially with the soap box. Still I will watch some of these again.
Very interesting interview. I loved both of the characters in the show. Judy / Betty looks a little uncomfortable at times, however I realise she had been retired and a lot of time had passed since the days of the show. Anne / Myra comes across as very campy. I wonder if she was a lesbian in real life, not that it particularly matters, but it's just the vibe I get from her. It must have been weird how something from so long ago was, and still is, talked about so much. I really loved the strong characters, and how Prisoner managed to be so many different things. It was realistic, yet it wasn't, it was relatable, and yet it wasn't, it was funny, and yet it wasn't, it was brilliantly acted and written, and at times it wasn't. It was rubbish, and yet it wasn't. Watching it is like going back in time! I absolutely LOVED it, and as someone who doesn't care for TV, I was really gutted after I watched the final episode. I felt like I'd lost a family. Best programme ever, bar none! I think it had a very down-to-earth quality about it that I liked, and a curiosity factor to it and a style all of its own. I also loved the way it was filmed and directed. I have visited Nunawading and toured around some of the locations.
Prisoner returns back on TV but not as Prisoner give it a new name what is called Behind Bars but it has the same thing music some of the same characters and some of the same cast so with the new cast set in a mixed prison with men and women actor episode more exciting didn't know that we could pull it off but we did more update about behind bars as a new series with the same thing music of Prisoner state change❤
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When are we going to get new interviews? I hope there is going to be more Corals
soapbox.
I’m just trying to balance another project I’m working on and will be back to this really soon
@@TalkingPrisoner thank you for your reply ♥
Any word on when Lynne McGranger's interview will be uploaded or anymore Neighbours?
11.32;- Anne argues jails are much worse than in Prisoner, i heard the opposite, that jails in real life were not as bad as portrayed in TV drama
I think Jails in real life are much worse than Cell Block H 😀
@@TalkingPrisoner just going on what i heard which was the opposite of what Anne was saying
They were funny lady’s.
Ladies, or WOMEN.
why did Betty Bobbitt leave Prisoner ?
She wanted to do other things.
Both taken far far too soon.
So Jude was into men?
Betty was straight.