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Episode 475 of Prisoner Cell Block H. The end and pre-advert gate slams, incidental music and Network 10 logo have been restored as originally broadcast. The officer locking up has also been replaced with one wearing the correct uniform!
Bobbie wins a prize in Bev's raffle.
Bobbie wins a prize in Bev's raffle.
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00:00Joan Ferguson's been involved in everything from bashings to blackmail since she's been in Wentworth and a whole lot of other things.
00:07And now she's finally gone. I, for one, couldn't be happier.
00:25I've decided to go into business, and I've decided you're going to help me.
00:29Yeah, sure, sure.
00:31Okay.
00:32I thought so.
00:33What percentage do we get?
00:35Work it out with Lou. Three ways.
00:37Eh? There's four of us.
00:39I don't want a cut.
00:42Why are you getting mixed up in it, then?
00:44Amusement.
00:46When can you get me some knives?
00:48What kind?
00:49Carving.
00:50Kitchen, I guess.
00:52But you can't just walk out with them.
00:54You'll think of something.
00:55That way you'll get your percentage, and I'll get my amusement.
00:59She's nothing but trouble.
01:01Can't you see Mrs. Reynolds again?
01:03There's no point, Judah.
01:04Hands are tied.
01:05Well, what are we going to do if we can't get her transferred?
01:07I don't know.
01:08But we're going to investigate every angle.
01:10There has got to be something we can do.
01:12They want Joan back.
01:14And until she's reinstated,
01:17we're on strike.
01:19From when?
01:20As of now.
01:21Are you telling me that you're expected to go on strike
01:24to get Joan Ferguson back her job?
01:27I told them how we felt about Joan,
01:42but Mr. Bolton kept saying the union had to take a stand on the issue no matter what.
01:46I see.
01:47And his bottom line?
01:48Well, I'm afraid it's Joan's reinstatement,
01:50and an apology from the department,
01:52admitting that they dismissed Joan unfairly.
01:54I certainly can't see the department handing him that on a plate.
01:57No, Bolton's obviously digging in for a long campaign.
02:00Well, there's another meeting with the department tonight.
02:02Perhaps something will come of that.
02:03But if the union won't back off,
02:05we're stuck with Joan here.
02:07Oh, damn it.
02:08It's the first good decision the department's ever made.
02:10Oh, I know, Mrs. Reynolds, I'm awfully sorry.
02:12I did try to explain to them...
02:13No one's blaming you, Joyce.
02:14Right now, my main worry is getting the women back to their cells.
02:18Look, I'll ask some of the officers to stay back.
02:20It's the least we can do.
02:21I'd appreciate that, Joyce. Thank you.
02:23I really feel awful about leaving you two on your own.
02:26Good night and good luck.
02:31Looks like we're in for a long night.
02:33Yeah, you know, Don could have said that she had this incredible pain in her chest
02:36instead of putting up with it for so long.
02:37The trouble is, no one would have believed her.
02:39Well, she's got a handy choice. She's got guts.
02:42No, I reckon.
02:43I reckon Dot must be a massacre.
02:45I doubt it.
02:46I doubt it.
02:49Oh, Mrs. Myers, how's Dot?
02:50Sister Kelly thinks it could be an ulcer.
02:52I told you I know my business.
02:54Quiet, please.
02:56You'll all be finishing dinner early tonight.
02:57So leave your plates and your cutlery where they are
03:00and file quickly and quietly back to your cells.
03:03Bloody hell, don't we even get to eat now.
03:05Yeah, what's all this about?
03:07Sorry, Judy, it can't be helped.
03:08I'm as giddy as a rake.
03:10What's my market?
03:11Shut up, Marlene.
03:11It must be an officer's party.
03:13I thought I told you to put down your plates.
03:16Now hurry up.
03:16There, Mrs. Lee.
03:18What about the dance trial?
03:19I'm sorry, Marlene.
03:20You're going to have to forget all about the dance marathon until this strike...
03:23What?
03:24Until this matter has been resolved.
03:26Mrs. Morris, this little migration wouldn't have anything to do with an officer's strike, would it?
03:30You'll be told anything you need to know in good time.
03:33Yeah, well, now we don't need to know anything.
03:35Come along.
03:36We haven't got all night.
03:37Judy.
03:38Mrs. Reynolds wants to see you.
03:40Come on, ladies.
03:41You heard the order.
03:42Get moving and be quiet.
03:43We've heard.
03:44And nobody gives us stuff about the dance trials.
03:46It's not fair.
03:47I'm afraid I have to warn you, it's no small job serving breakfast to 40 cells.
03:51Don't you worry, Mrs. Reynolds.
03:53Ray Proctor is always ready to help out in a crisis.
03:56If there's anything else I can do, just let me know.
04:00Uh, Bryant's outside, Mrs. Reynolds.
04:01I'll show her in.
04:02Thanks, Ray.
04:03We certainly need all the help we can get.
04:04My pleasure.
04:05I'll be off.
04:06There's lots to do.
04:07Right.
04:08Right, Judy.
04:10Well, having some staff problems, are you?
04:12Ex-officer Ferguson have anything to do with it?
04:15The women guess what's going on, Mrs. Reynolds.
04:16Yeah, well, you wouldn't have to be an Einstein to work that out.
04:19What'd she do?
04:20Explanations will have to wait, Judy.
04:22In the meantime, I need your help to make sure things run smoothly.
04:25So, I'm granting you emergency trustee status.
04:28You'll be working with Dot Farrah, serving meals under Mr. Proctor's direction.
04:32Any chance of Myra helping us?
04:34Not on, I'm afraid.
04:35Too soon after her escape.
04:37Now, our dot will be well enough to return to work in the morning,
04:40and since she's already a trustee, that'll minimise our problems.
04:42Oh.
04:43Um, Mrs. Reynolds, how long are the women going to be locked up for?
04:47They get a bit stroppy when they're in their cells.
04:48Not long, I hope.
04:50But until we get relief staff, we can't afford to take any risks.
04:53For the women's sake, as well as our own.
04:55Yeah.
04:56Well, I don't envy you handling all this on your own.
04:58Oh, we've got no choice.
05:00Well, that'll be all, Judy.
05:01I'm sure we can count on you.
05:03Sure can.
05:03You know, it's funny, isn't it?
05:07We finally get rid of Miss Ferguson, here she is causing more trouble than ever before.
05:14But the man can't listen to reason he shouldn't be in the job in the first place.
05:17But Mr. Bolton is the elected union secretary, Dennis.
05:21Who's representing us, then?
05:22We want to get rid of her, and he's pulling out all stops to get her back in.
05:26Well, I tried to point all that out to him,
05:27but Mr. Bolton was quite adamant that it's not just Joan, it's the principal that counts.
05:32Joan? A principal?
05:33She doesn't even know what a principal is.
05:35Well, according to Bolton, it's the fact that the department took the word of a prisoner over that of an officer.
05:40Now, what happened to Joan could happen again, well, to any one of us.
05:44Except we don't provoke the women the way Joan does.
05:46Not just the women, either.
05:48Surely we should try and see it from both sides?
05:53And it all boils down to it.
05:55I don't suppose any of us really want to see Joan back, do we?
05:58We're supposed to be celebrating the fact that she's gone,
06:00and here we are going out on strike for her.
06:02You wouldn't read about it.
06:06The place is like a morgue.
06:08What a hand of yucca.
06:09Break the boredom.
06:10Thanks, but no thanks.
06:12Old maid.
06:14Save your breath, Baker.
06:15You'll need it if we're going to be cooped up in here for a while.
06:17Such an angry answer to such a friendly question.
06:23Perhaps what we need is a little diversion.
06:25I'm sure you'll find something to amuse yourself with.
06:28I'm afraid you're the only thing in this cell I find amusing, Myra.
06:32Cut it out, lady.
06:33I don't scare as easy as Marlene.
06:36Suppose not.
06:38You're shaking because it's cold in here, right?
06:40It takes more than you to give me the shakes, Baker.
06:47Confidence like that could come in quite handy
06:50when you get around to trying it.
06:53Trying what?
06:54To kill me.
06:55You are planning to, aren't you?
06:59What gave you that idea?
07:01Call it instinct.
07:04I would if I were in your shoes.
07:06Killing's not the answer to everything.
07:11Unless it's the only answer.
07:13Wouldn't you say?
07:18Yes, I would.
07:20So you might be wise to remember that.
07:22I think I'd sleep with one eye open tonight
07:36if I were you, Myra.
07:47Yes, well, since you're here,
07:48I suppose you'd better sit down.
07:49Thanks for the hospital.
07:50Telling, we do need to look after each other's interests now,
07:53don't we?
07:53I do hope you don't mind us barging in on you like this,
07:56Miss Ferguson,
07:56but Mr Bolton and I thought we should discuss the situation.
07:59Yes, I suppose you heard we called the members out.
08:01They're all right behind you.
08:03Oh, yes.
08:03I can just see my comrades at Wentworth
08:06dying to get me back.
08:08I hope those reporters outside aren't driving you mad.
08:10You didn't say anything to them.
08:12Course not.
08:13And frankly, Mr Bolton,
08:14I prefer to fight my own battles without the union's help.
08:16But the department's done you a grave injustice.
08:19We'll show them they can't ride roughshod over us
08:21and get away with it.
08:22Where would we be if our predecessors
08:23hadn't fought against injustices like this?
08:27Supposing I go along with this strike,
08:29what are the chances of getting my job back?
08:30As good as done.
08:32We won't break off the struggle
08:33until the department fully backs down.
08:35I run a tight ship.
08:37Just how long do you expect this struggle to last?
08:40Time.
08:41That all takes time.
08:42Oh, the time.
08:44Oh, dear, I do hope Norm's remembered to put the roast on.
08:46First things first, Mrs Barry.
08:48Let's not forget we've got a long night of negotiations ahead of us.
08:51Yes, of course.
08:52I'm sorry.
08:54Look, um, I'm not sure I can go along with this.
08:57You must.
08:58We're not asking much.
09:00Just that you sit tight for the moment
09:01and when the right time comes,
09:02you give a prepared statement to the media.
09:04Nothing more.
09:06Miss Ferguson, we need you as a symbol of our struggle
09:08against bureaucracies who victimise employees like yourself.
09:11Mr Bolton, I'm not interested in being a symbol of anything.
09:15You just get me my job back
09:17and then I'll be happy.
09:19It all happened so fast.
09:21Oh, that's the way it is with strikes.
09:23One minute on the job, the next all out.
09:25I suppose there'll be all those pickets and banners and things.
09:29It reminds me of that big strike they had down there in Hay Street
09:32at the shoe factory just after the war.
09:35Nasty one, that.
09:36All over the newspapers, it was.
09:39Milk, dear?
09:40No, thanks.
09:41I think I'd mind black.
09:43Can't say that I blame you.
09:46Ah, well, if you want a top-up,
09:48I'll just be out in the kitchen.
09:51I'm damned if I'm going to wave placards in a picket line.
09:55Oh, well, perhaps it won't come to that.
09:56You never know.
09:57They might see reason and have us back.
09:58I don't know, Dean.
09:59Unions can be pretty stubborn when they want to.
10:02Anyway, I thought you ponds were always going out on strike
10:04to get more holidays.
10:05Well, at least we used to get a fair say
10:07whether we came out or not.
10:08This Bolton character doesn't even seem interested,
10:11in our opinion.
10:11Yeah, seems like a pretty tough nut, all right.
10:14Yeah.
10:15You know, I can't help feeling I'm letting the women down,
10:18not being there.
10:19I think it'd get a bit nasty
10:20if someone like Baker decided to cause trouble.
10:23I wouldn't want to be in Myra Desmond's shoes
10:24being locked in with her.
10:26Oh!
10:27Dennis!
10:28Hello?
10:29Oh, would you like to stay for tea, dear?
10:31Mark's out, so there'll be plenty for us.
10:33Oh, well, that's very kind, Mrs Rogers, but...
10:35I can't turn on another Yorkshire pudding,
10:38but I've got some lovely lamb chops from Mr Gardner's.
10:41What do you say?
10:42Uh, well, that would be right bonzer, Mrs Rogers.
10:46Oh, good.
10:49I tell you what,
10:50why don't we try and rope in some sponsors
10:52for that dance marathon?
10:53Have you got any ideas?
10:54No, but leave it till after dinner.
10:56I can't think on an empty stomach.
10:59Look, can't you people understand plain English?
11:02No comment!
11:08Look, I thought I told...
11:09Hello, Joan.
11:11Father!
11:13Well, aren't you going to invite me in?
11:15Oh, yes, yes, I'm sorry.
11:16I thought you were those damn reporters again.
11:18Joan, I, uh, I know what's happened.
11:27Oh, I see.
11:28Yes, I heard on the news
11:29that there'd been some kind of trouble at Wentworth,
11:31and, uh, well, I was going to call you anyway,
11:33and when I rang the prison, they, uh,
11:35well, they told me the situation.
11:38Yeah, I'm sure they did.
11:39Did they tell you about the strike?
11:41Oh, yes, I heard on the way down.
11:42Joan, I must say I was very pleased to hear
11:44the union had gone into bat for you.
11:48You, um, you must be very disappointed
11:52saying I've lost my job.
11:54Nonsense!
11:56I didn't come here to reprimand you, Joan.
11:59I've come here to offer you a little friendly support.
12:03That's if you think you need it.
12:08Why don't you take a rest,
12:09and you can look off your tongue.
12:10No, if only I could.
12:12I feel as though I'm running a shuttle service
12:14between the toilets and the dormitories.
12:16Not to mention Mitchell in solitary.
12:19Yes, I've got my own problems over in maternity.
12:21Looks as though Sharp could go to labour shortly.
12:24Just how long does the department think
12:25the two of us can run this place?
12:27Well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about, Meg.
12:29They phoned to say we're getting relief staff
12:31in the morning after breakfast.
12:32Not before time.
12:34Yes, well, unfortunately,
12:35they're not sending the staff we asked for.
12:38None of the mental institutions or children's homes
12:40could spare any trained staff,
12:42so the department, in its wisdom,
12:44is sending us social workers.
12:47You're joking?
12:48I'm afraid not, and that's not all.
12:50Some of them are trainees.
12:52Oh, that's ridiculous.
12:54I mean, even with the best intentions,
12:55how could they possibly cope with running a prison?
12:58Well, it was them or nothing.
13:00Beggars can't be choosers, right?
13:02And so they gave me my marching orders.
13:06Just like that.
13:10You haven't said very much, Father.
13:14Do you want to know about the attack on Cain?
13:16If you were responsible,
13:18the thought never hit at my head.
13:19Another one, Joan?
13:22No.
13:24Oh, Father.
13:26You've been talking so much about me,
13:27I haven't had a chance to ask how you are.
13:29Me?
13:29Oh, I'm fine.
13:30Fit as a malley ball.
13:32The leukaemia is well and truly in remission.
13:35That's very good news.
13:37Well, I'd better clear some of Cain's things
13:39out of the spare room for you.
13:40Oh, yes, I meant to ask.
13:42What's the situation with the boy?
13:44Well, that father of his is still causing trouble.
13:48The animal.
13:49From what you've told me,
13:50Shane really needs protection.
13:52Oh, the kid should never have been treated like that.
13:55You know, I could give him a good home
13:57and treat him properly.
14:00Well, don't you worry.
14:01Between us, we'll make damn sure
14:03that we do whatever's best for the boy.
14:06Now, what about that spare room?
14:07I think I might turn in.
14:08Oh, yes, you must be exhausted
14:09after all you're travelling.
14:10You will stay a while
14:14and let me look after you, won't you?
14:16I'm here for as long as you need me, Joan.
14:20Remember that.
14:25I warned you not to drift off, Myra.
14:28You should have taken more notice.
14:31Careful.
14:33This raises just an eighth of an inch
14:35from your jugular.
14:37Do a lot of damage if you're too energetic.
14:40Why don't you use it?
14:44Might just do that.
14:47Then, they'd probably ship me off to Blackmore if I did.
14:51I'm not sure I'd like that all by myself
14:53without you to amuse me.
14:56No.
14:57It'd be too easy.
15:00Waiting here in the cell
15:02for them to come and get me in the morning
15:04with the corpse on my hands.
15:07It's the thrill of the chase.
15:10Look,
15:10if you're not going to use that thing,
15:13perhaps I'll work.
15:14Perhaps I'll save my energies for something new.
15:18Something different.
15:20Give you time to try everything.
15:23Hey, Myra?
15:23We want out.
15:41Right on duty, we'll start with Warren.
15:43Are you sure it's okay to open the doors, Mrs. Thomas?
15:45So long can we walk?
15:46Well, we're only opening one at a time.
15:49We'll be perfectly safe.
15:50Now, let's get on with it, shall we?
15:51We want out.
15:53Now, where are we?
15:55I'm going bananas.
15:57Well, this will take your mind off.
15:59It's porridge au naturel.
16:00It's not a bit of a horse.
16:01Hey, Mrs. Em, here's how Bobby is.
16:03She'll be out later this morning.
16:04Now, no more noise.
16:05Round of water.
16:07We want out.
16:08We want out.
16:09We want out.
16:10We want out.
16:11Oh, I'm sorry, Mrs. Joyce.
16:13I said to be in those bucket figures this morning.
16:15Oh, never mind.
16:16Just pick them up.
16:18Oh, will you stop this racket?
16:20You'll be let out of your souls out for breakfast.
16:22Now, keep it going.
16:24We're giving room service.
16:25I don't even thank you.
16:26We'll do a bakery and desing mix, okay?
16:31Meals on wheels.
16:33Ray Proctor Express.
16:37Are you all right?
16:38Well, for somebody who didn't get me sleep last night, I'm fine, I think.
16:42I keep telling your friend she should do something for her and so now.
16:46Well, the camera is on its way.
16:47You'll be out of here soon.
16:49Pity.
16:50Just when we were starting up a good relationship.
16:53What's the load up to?
16:53Nothing, nothing.
16:54I'm on my way.
16:55We want out.
16:56We want out.
16:57We want out.
16:58We want out.
16:59We want out.
17:00We want out.
17:00We want out.
17:06Reporters again?
17:07Oh, yes.
17:08I never give up.
17:09Yeah, I see what you mean.
17:10They're a tenacious lot.
17:12I'll handle this.
17:16Will Miss Ferguson be appealing to her department over her special, sir?
17:20Miss Ferguson will talk to the media when she chooses and not before.
17:23And until then, if you don't mind, I'd like you all to move off.
17:26Are you a relative of Miss Ferguson?
17:27Yes, I'm her father and I'm very concerned...
17:28I'm just turning this way a bit.
17:29Look that thing down.
17:30Keep your pants on, sir.
17:31Now, look, this has got to stop.
17:33My daughter's been under severe strain.
17:34Is it true that Miss Ferguson's sacking was linked to an incident in which a prisoner was hospitalized?
17:38I'm quite sure the police can tell you that no such charges have been made.
17:42Now, no more questions, please.
17:43Oh, come on, couldn't we talk to Miss Ferguson for just a minute?
17:45Look, I'm sorry, gentlemen, but enough is enough.
17:48Now, I want you to respect our privacy and leave.
17:51I'm quite prepared to have you forcibly removed if you refuse.
17:54What's the use?
17:55Now, don't worry.
17:58We'll give you all the help you need.
18:00Now, if you'd just like to sign in.
18:01Yes, thank you.
18:03Depressing-looking place, isn't it?
18:05Well, it is a prison.
18:07All here?
18:09Fade soap.
18:10Excuse me, everyone.
18:11This is our governor, Mrs Reynolds.
18:13Good morning, everyone.
18:14First of all, I'd like to thank you all for helping us out.
18:17We really didn't have much choice, Mrs Reynolds.
18:20Be that as it may, there's a lot to be done.
18:22Now, you'll be replacing our trained officers,
18:25so if you'd like to come through to the staff room,
18:27we'll give you a full briefing on what that'll entail.
18:29Mrs Morris?
18:29Yes.
18:30This may be.
18:31Oh, Mrs Reynolds,
18:36have the prisoners begun their work for the day yet?
18:39Yes, I...
18:40Oh, nothing.
18:40I was just hoping we could hold a group therapy session.
18:43Touch therapy,
18:43to really get to know each other.
18:46Believe me,
18:46I'd recommend other ways of getting to know these women.
18:50That's a list of the prospects,
18:52and if we don't get some sponsors out of that law...
18:54Oh, where's my keys?
18:56I never thought there'd be so many interested.
18:58They're interested in the publicity.
18:59A few old scroogers knocked me back, though.
19:01I wonder what I did with them.
19:02Here's lunch.
19:05Well,
19:06I thought you might want a nice little picnic somewhere.
19:09Oh, so, it looks delicious.
19:11Mum, we're going out on business, not for a picnic.
19:14Oh, but it's such a nice day.
19:16You should enjoy yourselves a bit.
19:18Have you seen my keys anywhere?
19:20Yes, I'll put them away for you, dear.
19:24Oh, I wonder I can never find anything.
19:27Well, have a lovely day.
19:30Enjoy your lunch.
19:32No matter how many times I tell her,
19:34she's still trying to marry us off.
19:36Well, it doesn't sound so bad to me.
19:37Dennis!
19:37You look a bit jaded, Myra.
19:42I'm surprised you can keep your eyes open.
19:45Nothing like a little fear to keep the adrenaline running, eh?
19:48You're making a point, Baker, or just exercising your mouth?
19:51That's amusing myself, killing time.
19:54If you'd rather I killed something more tangible...
19:56Baker, I am sick and time...
19:57There you go, Bev!
19:59You've given us the heebie-jeebies!
20:00Are you putting in a word for the top dog?
20:04Yeah!
20:06I know.
20:08I mean, you're always trying to scare us all the time
20:10and telling them about killing people...
20:12Well, then, leave it, will you?
20:13No.
20:13Go on, Marlene.
20:14I'm interested.
20:17I reckon you all talk.
20:19I reckon you're just trying to bluff us.
20:22You're right.
20:23I should set the record straight.
20:26Kill the next person who walks in here.
20:28My bloody hell, you will.
20:30Over your dead body, eh, Myra?
20:33Hello.
20:35My name's Rita.
20:36I'm one of the relief staff.
20:38Hi.
20:39I hope to get to know a few of you while I'm here.
20:41Help out in some way, you know.
20:43Yeah, fine.
20:43Let's start with the intros.
20:44I'm Myra Desmond.
20:46Judy Bryant.
20:48Marlene Warren.
20:49Friends call me Rebbit.
20:50Rebel Warren, see?
20:51Oh.
20:52Oh, nice to meet you, Marnie.
20:54And what do you mean for me?
20:58Ansela.
20:59I said it was an accident.
21:00I didn't mean to kill anybody.
21:02I'm Bev Baker.
21:04Perhaps you read about me in the papers.
21:07Beast.
21:08Yes, I think so.
21:08You'd know that my victims aren't exactly accidents.
21:13Come on, you love.
21:14Over here we have Pam, Ronnie, Tina.
21:17Hi.
21:17And this, as you can see, is the laundry.
21:20Not exactly your usual laundromat.
21:22But in here we don't charge.
21:24You work in here every day?
21:26Yeah, yeah.
21:26You know sometimes we work in a kitchen, something like that.
21:29This is the press.
21:29It addresses the mornings.
21:32What's going on in here?
21:33Oh, just our own little brand of humour.
21:38Is that right, Bev?
21:40Oh, I see.
21:42Well, I'm ready to go in.
21:44I hope we get a chance to talk more later on.
21:46Yeah, sure.
21:49You're from real at time, aren't you?
21:51Yes, I was.
21:52Yes, I was.
21:56Touché.
21:59I wouldn't wait too long to play executioner.
22:03He who hesitates.
22:04Oh, poor little tyke.
22:20Oh, I'll get it, love.
22:21Here, let me give you a hand.
22:22Oh, thanks.
22:23I could use a couple.
22:24Get on to the social worker in the corridor.
22:27What a spark.
22:28Oh, anybody would be better than the freak.
22:31I should have listened to you.
22:32I'm sorry.
22:33It's okay, love.
22:34I just feel so bloody useless.
22:36Oh, come on.
22:36We all need a helping hand now and then.
22:38Yeah, maybe sooner than you think.
22:41Yeah, I think you might be right.
22:43Why can't you just leave it?
22:44You only beat her once in the laundry.
22:46That was a warm-up.
22:48Better eat up.
22:49You're going to need all the strength you can get.
22:52You're one of them socialist workers, aren't you?
22:54What's the trouble?
22:55Bugger me a yank.
22:57Well, I went to school there,
22:59but I'm as true blue as you are.
23:00Born in Queenscliff.
23:01Queenscliff, New York.
23:03Well, you better get down to that Wentworth General
23:05and tell them bloody doctors a thing or two
23:07about how to treat their patients.
23:08Pardon?
23:09Well, they're not getting me back there.
23:11I was pushed, pulled, prodded.
23:13I get better treatment at the meat works.
23:15I'm sure the governor will deal with any complaints you've got.
23:18Now, you better get your lunch or you're going to miss out.
23:19I can't eat just anything, you know.
23:21Not in my condition.
23:22I've got to have a special diet.
23:24Ah, you must be fairer.
23:25Mm-hmm.
23:26There's a boiled meal on the trolley for you.
23:27Oh.
23:29Boiled rubbish.
23:30Probably a plate of leftovers.
23:32While some people eat like royalty.
23:35Two sponsors already,
23:36and they're both prepared to put in up to $10,000.
23:38It's marvellous, isn't it?
23:39Hey, you better eat up here.
23:42It's getting cold.
23:43You're trying to shut me up.
23:44I'm not talking too much.
23:45I'm taking a breath all morning.
23:47Ma'am, stop.
23:48I'm going to speak to your mate today.
23:51Bye.
23:53No, I'm sorry.
23:54It's all this trouble at mill.
23:56Don't worry.
23:57They'll go back soon.
23:58Probably be at work tomorrow.
24:00Well, I hope so.
24:01It just makes me so bloody angry.
24:04Why?
24:04I'm the one that should be upset.
24:06I did help get Ferguson sacked.
24:08It's got little to do with her.
24:09You know that as well as I do.
24:10What do you mean?
24:11It's just an excuse for the union
24:13to flex its muscle with a department.
24:14Oh, come on.
24:16It's true.
24:17I've seen it all before in England.
24:18Just because the Poms can't get themselves organised
24:21doesn't mean it's the same here.
24:22We still have rights and principles.
24:24Rights and principles?
24:25We're talking about Joan Ferguson.
24:27We're being bullied into supporting something
24:29we don't believe in.
24:30How do you explain that?
24:31You're missing the point.
24:34This country wouldn't have one of the best living conditions
24:36in the world if it wasn't for the unions.
24:39They exist for the benefit of the workers.
24:41If we don't follow their rulings,
24:43they've got no strength.
24:44We might as well be back in the Dark Ages.
24:45All right, fine.
24:46But who's existing right now
24:48for the benefit of the prisoners, eh?
24:49What about their rights to survive?
24:51Oh.
24:51I feel like a lost puppet and have to do with me, sir.
25:00I don't see why I should be bussing my boiler
25:02while other people are doing nothing.
25:04Your attention, ladies.
25:07You don't mind.
25:09I'll hear what you've got to say first,
25:11then I'll let you know.
25:11I've decided to keep you all amused.
25:16Relax, Marley.
25:18I've decided to run a numbers game.
25:20Shut up and listen.
25:22Take it easy, Lou.
25:23We don't want anyone to think
25:25they're going to be forced to play.
25:26I've lost enough money in this place
25:28to start a spare prison.
25:30No one's going to be taken for a ride.
25:33It's 50 cents a ticket
25:34and the winner gets five dollars.
25:36Sounds a bit different to the usual numbers, Rick.
25:38Are you kidding?
25:39There's got to be a catch.
25:41No catch.
25:42Who's got the tickets?
25:44There are only 30,
25:45so the odds aren't too long.
25:46What do you reckon, Myra?
25:48Can't hurt it.
25:50Sounds all right.
25:52Can't think of other ways to amuse myself.
25:54Would you rather I did?
25:56I'll go along with the game
25:58as long as it's straight up.
26:01All honesty and integrity.
26:04You'll see.
26:05It had better be.
26:08Right, ladies.
26:09Step right up.
26:11You know, they've built their own
26:12special kind of world in here.
26:14One that they can understand
26:15and come to terms with.
26:17I felt like an intruder.
26:19Well, they need someone to intrude.
26:20Make them take a damn good look at themselves.
26:23What if they don't like what they see?
26:25Well, it's the only way.
26:26An alcoholic has to admit to the sickness
26:28before it can be cured.
26:29Well, it's the same here.
26:31These women have to be made
26:32to look at their faults and eradicate them.
26:34Yes, but they've got to learn to like themselves
26:35and to gain the motivation
26:37to want to take their place in the community.
26:39It's no use Molly coddling.
26:41I've got any tea towels.
26:43How's prison life treating you?
26:45Not very often.
26:46You're a farer, aren't you?
26:48Not to me, friends.
26:50You can call me farer.
26:51You've been in here a long time, haven't you?
26:53You could say that.
26:55Doesn't it bother you?
26:56What do you think?
26:58The food's terrible.
26:59They work us to death.
27:00I've had a bad back for 15 years
27:02and no bugger cares.
27:04Well, is that all that worries you?
27:05No.
27:06Me right shoulder's playing up
27:07and I'm constipated.
27:08No, that's not what I mean.
27:11I'd like to know how you really feel
27:12about being incarcerated.
27:14Aye.
27:15Well, do you consider you're being prepared
27:17to rejoin society?
27:19I've never been in a society
27:21since I was drummed out of the brownies
27:22for smoking in the dunny.
27:24Don't you ever want to get out of here?
27:27What's wrong?
27:28Bloody appetites.
27:30What was that all about?
27:37Oh, I just asked a few questions.
27:39What about?
27:40About how she feels.
27:42You see, I believe it's essential for me
27:44to get to know how these women think
27:46so that I can help them when they get out.
27:48You picked the wrong one there.
27:51Why?
27:51Farrah's a true recidivist,
27:53totally institutionalised.
27:54I can't see her ever getting out.
27:56Surely that can't be true.
27:57I'm afraid so.
28:00And take a tip from me.
28:01I know what you're trying to do.
28:02But don't try to get too close to these women.
28:05Makes it hard to be objective.
28:07Objectivity isn't everything.
28:09In this place, it's another word for self-defence.
28:26Come on, lass.
28:27It's a lot of fuss about nothing.
28:30Let's just, just forget it, eh?
28:32Not until you apologise.
28:34What for?
28:35Just because we happen to disagree about something
28:37that there's no need for you to feel insulted.
28:40I am.
28:42I misjudged you then.
28:44I expected you to be adult enough
28:45to allow me to have my own opinion.
28:48You can have it.
28:49I've had enough.
28:50Heather.
28:58If you want me, I'll be back at Wentworth.
29:01You want to break that strike?
29:03No, lass.
29:04I'm just going to work.
29:05I have to get the team together
29:21and start organising proper rehearsals real soon.
29:23Yeah, well, let's see who wants to be on it first.
29:25Half these lazy buggers won't want to know.
29:28Dig out your tickets, ladies.
29:29Eyes down and look in.
29:31It's lottery time.
29:32Oh, we're going to get nowhere to list lots over with.
29:35We'll give the numbers a good shake-up
29:36and we'll ask Dot Farah to make the draw.
29:40That way, everyone will know it's on the up and up.
29:43Oh, George, yourself.
29:44I can't get up to that level of my crook's shoulder.
29:48Then I'll bring it down to your level.
29:51You wouldn't want to disappoint me, would you?
29:54At least we can see you don't fiddle it.
30:01Number 11.
30:02That's fine!
30:03Here's my ticket!
30:05Well, there you are, Marlene.
30:06How about that?
30:08Want any more proof that it's on the level?
30:10There's got to be a sting in the tail somewhere.
30:12Jeez, I never won rapid before.
30:14Yeah?
30:15Where'd you get that head, then?
30:16Hang on, Dot.
30:20Draw another number.
30:21Oh, let's make a welter of it.
30:24I didn't know there was a second prize.
30:27This is more of a consolation prize.
30:30Lucky number seven.
30:33Hey, that's mine!
30:34Oh, gee, can you get it out of your pocket, please?
30:36Oh, no.
30:36Seven.
30:37Seven it is.
30:39Oh, great.
30:40Your lucky day, Bobby.
30:41Cut the sales talk.
30:45What does she win?
30:46Ah, that's a surprise.
30:48But don't worry.
30:49She won't have to wait long.
30:51I think this is where the sting comes in.
31:01And I think we're going to have to keep an eye on Bobby.
31:05Sorry, I was trying to be quiet.
31:07Oh, that's all right.
31:07Oh, I should be the one apologizing for sleeping on Juicy.
31:12Coffee?
31:13Yes, please.
31:15Straight black.
31:17It's a good title to grab a few winks, while there are others around to keep an eye on things.
31:21Oh, I doubt whether the minister would agree with you.
31:25The minister knew his job as well as you know yours, and had half your dedication, the whole system would be better off.
31:31How are the women reacting to you?
31:33They're giving me a bit of a ribbing.
31:34I think they expect me to be full of American hype, but they're okay.
31:39I was just rolling a few ciggies for young Bobby Mitchell.
31:41Her hands, you know.
31:42Well, I think all that could have been avoided with a bit more understanding.
31:46I feel sorry for the kid.
31:47Still, she's in better shape than the last time I saw her.
31:50Did you know her on the outside?
31:52I spent some time in St. Kilda a couple years back, working with the street kids.
31:56Saw a lot of Bobby, but she doesn't remember me.
32:00I had a full beard, hair down to here.
32:03I was the original corduroy kid.
32:05Went by the name of Wolfman.
32:06I can't imagine it.
32:09It's true.
32:10Bobby was hanging out with a group of kids.
32:12They were almost like a family, just trying to stay alive.
32:15She must have only been about 15.
32:16Around that, I suppose.
32:18She's one of the lucky ones.
32:20Lucky?
32:21Hmm.
32:22She hadn't found her way in here.
32:23She'd probably be dead now.
32:24Most of her mates are.
32:26Suicide.
32:27O.D.
32:27Dirty smack.
32:28God, it doesn't bear thinking of, does it?
32:30Yeah.
32:32Still, I think Bobby's going to make it.
32:34And she's changed, developed a strength now.
32:37You know, an independent spirit that was never there.
32:40Well, I hope so.
32:42I'm amazed she's lasted this long without any parents to visit her.
32:45You don't know about her parents?
32:46No, they've never even tried to see her.
32:49I suppose she hasn't heard then.
32:51Her mother died six months ago of cancer.
32:53Oh, no.
32:55Well, she'll have to be told, but I think we'd better wait.
32:58We don't know what effect this will have on her.
33:00Hmm.
33:00If it'll have any effect at all.
33:02Who knows?
33:03Bobby's parents have probably been dead in her mind for a long time.
33:07We keep you safe, make our jobs safe.
33:11We keep you safe, make our jobs safe.
33:15We keep you safe, make our jobs safe.
33:18Do you think they'll turn nasty?
33:20Don't worry, Miss.
33:21We'll handle it.
33:21We keep you safe, make our jobs safe.
33:25We keep you safe, make our jobs safe.
33:55Did you score?
34:02Bit of this and that.
34:03Listen, we'd better move it or we'll miss out on dinner.
34:05Relax.
34:07This won't take long.
34:08Besides, it's safer with everyone down there eating.
34:12What'd you get?
34:15Hmm.
34:16Might be handy.
34:18What else?
34:21I knocked it off at lunch.
34:22Alice gave it an edge on the workshop grinder.
34:26Hmm.
34:27Not bad.
34:29It isn't a carving knife, but it'll do for the less intricate jobs.
34:33A pair of pliers, soldering arm.
34:37And this little beauty.
34:40You've done well, Lou.
34:41Not exactly the finest equipment for an artist, but adequate for the project I have in mind.
34:49There's ten bucks left over from the numbers game.
34:52What do you want to do with it?
34:53Put a dollar in Kitty and split the rest with Alice and Frances.
34:57Gee, ta, Bev.
34:58But what about you?
35:00Oh, don't worry about me.
35:01Young Bobby won the consolation prize, remember?
35:06Yes, so?
35:07So I get Bobby.
35:18I thought they were going to roll the car over for a moment.
35:21It's terrible.
35:21I'm glad you got through without getting hurt.
35:23Well, those sort of types mostly back down if you stand up to them.
35:25I understand what you're trying to do, Dennis, but it could get you into all sorts of trouble.
35:28I've been through it all before in England.
35:30I've not much time for unions.
35:32Perhaps, but they have achieved a lot for the average working man over the years.
35:35Aye, but they forget that in this business we're dealing with people.
35:38Not cars or buildings or whatever.
35:40It's just, well, it's always the inmates who suffer most.
35:43You're right there.
35:45Uh, Miss Prentice, Mrs. Forley, I'd like to introduce you to Officer Crookshank.
35:49These are two of our helpers.
35:50Well, hello.
35:51How are you?
35:52Nice to meet you both.
35:53How are you managing?
35:54No problems.
35:54You've no need to worry about us, Governor.
35:56I'm pleased to hear it.
35:57If you do strike any hitches, just ask Mr. Crookshank.
36:01He'll put you right.
36:02Come to my office when you're reading, would you, Dennis?
36:03Right on, Mrs. Reynolds.
36:05Got a lot of confidence in social workers, hasn't she?
36:07Oh, I wouldn't worry about that.
36:09She just realises that working in a prison isn't everybody's cup of tea, that's all.
36:12Oh, can I get you a cup of?
36:14Oh, no, thank you, Miss Prentice.
36:15Marion.
36:16Right, I'll be off, uh, Mrs. Frawley.
36:19Miss, uh, Marion.
36:21Okay, ladies, let's pair off for a start.
36:26Oh, listen, Dot, you go with Jude, please.
36:28I can't drag her around.
36:29She's too big for me.
36:30She can be the bloke.
36:32Well, just you watch out, because I'm not well, you know, and I don't want you jumping
36:36all over my corns.
36:38Yeah, well, don't worry.
36:39I know what it feels like to have your corns stepped on.
36:41Listen, Bob, are you going to be in it?
36:43Get out.
36:43I don't want you luck swinging on these.
36:45We'll be careful.
36:46Forget it.
36:46I'm not interested.
36:48Okay, let's, uh, choose a team.
36:50Oh, no, we've got no music.
36:51Where's Ben?
36:52I don't know and I don't care.
36:54You're just going to have to play for us.
36:55Now, how am I going to play the piano when I'm dancing with Dot?
36:58What do I look like, Peter Allen?
37:01Look, if you're not going to dance, you'll just have to hum Blue Danube for us.
37:05The blue what?
37:07The Blue Danube.
37:11I know it.
37:11I'm not into folk music.
37:13Okay, if you know it, you hum it.
37:17Righto, ladies, uh, take your partners.
37:20Getting organised, Desmond?
37:21A bit early to say, Mrs Reynolds, but I think so.
37:24Good.
37:25In case you're wondering why Mr Crookshank's with us, he's decided not to support the strike
37:30because of his concern for you.
37:31In a pig's ear.
37:32That's enough, Kelly.
37:33Well, while I'm here, I might as well tell you the good news.
37:36Miss Rogers and I have managed to tee up a couple of sponsors for your world record attempt.
37:40Right.
37:41They both agree to go as high as $10,000 each.
37:45Wow.
37:46Thank you, Mr Crookshank.
37:48And thank Miss Rogers for us too, will you?
37:49All right, I'll do that.
37:51Do you reckon we need help from a bloke who's too chicken to back up his mates?
37:53I'm warning you, Kelly.
37:55Discipline will be much harsher during the strike.
37:58Watch your step.
37:58Mind you, you have to break the world record to get that much money, though.
38:04Yeah, well, we haven't got many Fred Astaire's here, but we'll do our best.
38:07That's right.
38:07Just polish off my shoes and call me Ginger.
38:10All right, everyone.
38:11That's all.
38:12We'll let you get on with your practice.
38:13Okay.
38:13Bad enough being a pawn without being a scab.
38:15Why don't you shut your mouth?
38:17Forking it.
38:19Okay, ladies.
38:21Let's see if we can separate those sponsors from that 20 grand.
38:25Come on, Marlene.
38:26Come on.
38:26Well, I've made a provisional roster to make the best use of our temporary helpers.
38:39Well, I doubt I can improve on that.
38:41Better have it typed up and posted in the staff room.
38:44But the picket is still hanging around the main gate?
38:46Yes, unfortunately.
38:48Apparently, they gave Dennis a hard time when he arrived.
38:50So he told me.
38:51Well, I just hope they can keep their heads.
38:53I mean, it won't help anything if they tip over someone's car
38:55or I'll start a brawl with the police.
38:57Heaven forbid.
38:58Mind you, the latest strike news won't make them feel any better.
39:00How bad is it?
39:01About as bad as you can get.
39:02Talks between the union and the department have broken down.
39:05Oh, surely they've got enough brains to keep trying.
39:07It seems pointless.
39:08The department flatly refuses to reinstate Joan
39:10and the union won't accept anything less.
39:11And now the officers at Barnhurst, Woodridge and Blackmore
39:15have voted to come out in sympathy.
39:16Oh, no.
39:17I hoped it wouldn't get that bad.
39:26What are you lot doing in here?
39:28Take it easy, kid.
39:29We was looking for you.
39:30Yeah, well, you found me.
39:31So what?
39:32We've just come to fetch you so I can get your numbers prize.
39:35Why didn't you just bring it in here?
39:36Bev's got it in her cell.
39:38She wants to give it to you personally.
39:40What is it?
39:41You'll find out.
39:42You'll be all right, kid.
39:43You know you can trust us.
39:47One, two, three, four, one.
39:53Oh, hang on.
39:54We've got to have a break.
39:55We've got to have to be fit if we've got to be in it.
39:58And what about you?
39:59You're not exactly as fresh as the days even now.
40:01I've been coming, haven't I?
40:02Okay, ladies.
40:03Now, at the moment, none of you are fit enough to be on the team.
40:07Well, it ain't my fault.
40:09That twit's got two left feet and hammer toes
40:11and she's worked out all over my court.
40:13Come on, Dot.
40:14You won't believe it, Marlene.
40:16She might not make the team, but we are going to let her down gently, okay?
40:19Yeah, well, you go and sit down, Dot.
40:20Now, okay, ladies, if we're going to break this record,
40:23we're going to have to try a bloody lot harder.
40:25Come on, we can do it.
40:26Let's keep practising.
40:27Mrs Morris told me about your waltz-a-thon
40:30and I think it's a wonderful idea,
40:32but you're going about it the wrong way.
40:35Look, it's hopeless trying to practise without proper music.
40:38It's the rhythm that's important.
40:39The dance steps will fall into place then.
40:41Yeah, you were right about that.
40:43You know, we tried to get the Sydney Philharmonic,
40:46but they hadn't been sentenced yet.
40:49There's no need for sarcasm.
40:51I mean, surely some tape music could be arranged.
40:53We had thought of that,
40:54but at the moment we're choosing the team.
40:56The dance practice will come later.
40:59Yes, of course.
41:00It's just constructive criticism.
41:04Look, I think your choice of charity is commendable,
41:07but I don't see why you're not raising funds for yourselves.
41:09Oh, no.
41:10I doubt we'd get sponsors if we pocketed the proceeds.
41:14That's not what I meant.
41:16You should be raising funds to help prisoners rehabilitate themselves
41:20once they're released from here.
41:22Now, I think the best idea would be...
41:23We don't care what you think.
41:27Now, you bloody social workers,
41:28you're all the same.
41:29Your heads are stacked full of theories.
41:32I bet you've never met a crim before today.
41:35You're just a professional do-gooder,
41:37so take your magic theories and peddle them somewhere else.
41:39Okay, ladies.
41:47Where's me prize?
41:50You'll get it, Bobby.
41:51I've just got to work out what's most suitable.
41:56Is it shampoo or something like that?
42:01You're a bit personal, aren't you?
42:04Patience, Bobby.
42:07Oh.
42:09We must be careful of these hands.
42:14Oh.
42:15You poor nails.
42:18Well, that settles it.
42:27Relax.
42:33I'm a trained nurse.
42:36Remember?
42:36A special prize for you, Bobby?
42:43It's the full manicure.
42:46Ow!
42:47He used to give me roses.
43:06I wish he could again.
43:11But that was on the outside.
43:14And things were different then.
43:19On the inside, the sun still shines.
43:24And the rain falls down.
43:29But the sun and rain are prisoners too.
43:33When morning comes around.
43:35When morning comes around.
43:40Last night I dreamed we were together.
43:45Sharing all the love we'd know.
43:49Till I had to face the night.
43:51Till I had to face the nightmare.
43:52Till I had to face the nightmare.
43:54I'm waking up alone.
43:56I'm waking up alone.
43:58On the inside, the roses glow.
44:02They don't mind the stony ground.
44:06But the roses here are Christmas too.
44:09But the roses here are Christmas too.
44:13When morning comes around.
44:19When morning comes around.
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