Babe 2 - Pig in the City

Australia, Film, 1998

A much darker film than the original, Ric Herbert plays one of the raiders that empties the hotel of animals, and Babs McMillan her now customary 'Posh Woman in a fluster' in the Charity Dinner scene.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Ric Herbert ..... Raider
Babs McMillan ..... Matriarch

Back of Beyond

Australia, Film, 1995

A rather strange film with an unexpected ending. Glenda Linscott appears briefly as a woman who drives through a roadhouse and gives some advice.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Glenda Linscott ..... Mary Margaret

Bad Blood

UK / New Zealand, Film, 1981

I know nothing about this film - sighting contributed by Kathy Cardone - but the film was featured in Sam Neill's portrait of New Zealand films 'A Cinema of Unease'.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Carol Burns ..... Mrs Graham

Balanced Particle Freeway, The

Australia, Film, 1997

Most of the sightings in this film were not actually sightings at all! Being partly animated, most of them only appeared as voices for various creatures.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
David Armstrong ..... Pilot
Randall Berger ..... Passenger #1
Doug Bowles ..... Drew
Peter Hosking ..... Mizuchi's voice / Spud's voice
Dawn Klingberg ..... Hermit
Sheryl Munks ..... Esmeralda the Cat
Anne Phelan ..... Highest Tree

Bangkok Hilton

Australia, Miniseries, 1989

A lavish production starring Nicole Kidman as a woman who is tricked into carrying drugs and gets caught and sent to prison in Thailand. Gerda Nicolson appears briefly in the first episode as the woman's grandmother.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Gerda Nicolson ..... Lady Faulkner

Battle of the Sexes

Australia, Quiz Show, 1998

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Tottie Goldsmith

Beauty and the Beast

Australia, Gameshow

A celebrity edition of the gameshow.

Not Past Their Cell-By Date - Cell Block H Stars on 'Beauty and the Beast'.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Jane Clifton ..... Celebrity Contestant
Paula Duncan ..... Celebrity Contestant
Maggie Kirkpatrick ..... Celebrity Contestant
Val Lehman ..... Celebrity Contestant

Bellbird

Australia, Soap, 1967-

Has anyone got any more information about this series, or know of anyone who does - if so, please get in touch. Ian Smith played a policeman and Ann Phelan a woman who became his wife. A fair few other future Prisoners must also have been in the cast. Tom Oliver played Tom Grey for about 75 episodes. There was also a film version which featured Gerard Maguire and Sheila Florance.

I'm Harold's First Wife! - Interview with Ann Phelan.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Peter Aanensen ..... Jim Bacon
Elspeth Ballantyne ..... Lori Chandler
Carl Bleazby ..... Colonel Emerson
Evelyn Bowie ..... Marlene
Michael Carman ..... Andy
Beverley Dunn ..... Mary? Hill
Stewart Faichney ..... Mike Cochrane - bikie leader
Maurie Fields ..... John Quinney
Sheila Florance ..... Mrs Bacon (Film version)
Alan Hopgood ..... Dr Reed
Bruce Kilpatrick ..... NK
Val Lehman ..... NK
Gerard Maguire ..... NK (Film version)
Gerda Nicolson ..... Fiona Davies
Tom Oliver ..... Tom Grey
Ann Phelan ..... Kate Murray / Ashwood
Ian Smith ..... Russell Ashwood
Bryon Williams ..... Adam Lockhart

Betty's Bunch

New Zealand, TV, 1990?

A New Zealand children's TV series starring Maggie Kirkpatrick as the foster mother of some children. She gets kidnapped and taken from New Zealand to Australia and the children follow and try to find her.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Maggie Kirkpatrick ..... Betty

Big Breakfast

UK, TV Show, 1993

A breakfast show on the UK's Channel 4. Both Val Lehman and Maggie Kirkpatrick have been interviewed. Maggie about the Prisoner Cell Block H Musical, and Val about the Blockade Prisoner Weekend in the UK in 1998. Val was determined to get her anecdotes in, even when the presenter insisted on playing with a steam press while she was being interviewed.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Val Lehman
Maggie Kirkpatrick

Big Girl's Blouse

Australia, TV, 1994

Jane Turner was a comedienne on this show.

Big Ideas

Australia, Children's TV, 1992

I don't know anything about this, but Peter Criddle tells me it's a children's show.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Genevieve Lemon ..... Beth Draper
Glenda Linscott ..... Liz Dixon

Big Steal, The

Australia, Film, 1990

A teenager has an ambition to own a Mercedes, but when he buys one he is ripped off by the dealer and a good engine is swapped for a bad, so he decides to get his revenge. Frankie J Holden plays the owner of the car dealership, Tim Robertson the father of the girl the teenager is trying to impress, and Sheryl Munks is the best friend of the girl.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Roy Edmunds ..... George
Reg Gorman ..... Neighbour
Mark Hennessy ..... Jimmy
Frankie J Holden ..... Frank
Robert Morgan ..... Stewart
Sheryl Munks ..... Pam Schaeffer
Tim Robertson ..... Mr Desmond Johnson

Bill, The

UK, TV Cop Show, 1980s-

Bryan Marshall played a boxer's shifty manager in a publicity stunt where they were locked in the cells for charity. Transmitted 1 July 1999.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Bryan Marshall ..... Max Weir ('Confessions of a Zoo Keeper)

Bite, The

UK / Australia, TV Miniseries, 1996

Another drug smuggling miniseries very much in the style of Bangkok Hilton. Shane Connor plays the man from the ministry who gets the couple involved in trying to catch the heroin smugglers, while Frank Gallacher plays the man who is the go-between between the smugglers and the dealers - complete with dodgy accent (I have a feeling this may actually be his real accent but it is seriously dodgy anyway!).

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Bruce Alexander ..... Campbell
Shane Connor ..... Thompson
Frank Gallacher ..... Larry Schofield
Peter Hardy ..... Pete
Kevin Hopkins ..... Defence Barrister
Jeff Kovski ..... Al
John Murphy ..... Marcus
Steve Payne ..... Geoff
John Powell ..... Smith
George Vidalis ..... Customs Officer #3

Black Box

Australia, Film, 19??

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Paul Dawber ..... Nigel Blake

COMMENT - "Australian movie - Starring role - About an airline disaster." - Yan Xu

Blackrock

Australia, Film, 1997

Film about a rape and murder in a small town. Kate Sheil appears only briefly (with shocking white hair) as a doctor treating the main character's mother for breast cancer.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Kate Sheil ..... Doctor

Blackwater Trail

Australia, Film, 1995

A writer returns to his hometown for the funeral of a childhood friend. His sister claims he was murdered and they go on to investigate. Rowena Wallace plays her mother.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Rowena Wallace ..... Beth

Blue Fire Lady

Australia, Film, 1977

Film about a girl's love for horses and the racehorse she ends up buying to showjump when it is mistreated at the racing stables. Syd Conabere and Irene Hewitt are the nice next-door neighbours, and Leila Hayes as a woman who answers the door when the girl goes to look for a flat to rent - she wasn't actually old! - only in relation to an 18-year-old schoolgirl.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Lisa Aldenhoven ..... Office Receptionist
Richard Butler ..... Judge
Liddy Clarke ..... Betty
Bill Collins ..... Broadcaster
Syd Conabere ..... Mr Bartlett
Peter Cummins ..... McIntyre
Lloyd Cunnington ..... Mr Grey
Leila Hayes ..... Old(!) Lady
Clive Hearne ..... Judge 1
Irene Hewitt ..... Mrs Bartlett
Telford Jackson ..... Chief Steward
Les James ..... Rodeo Man 1
David John ..... Curtis
Jack Mobbs ..... Postman
Jo-Anne Moore ..... Girl 2
John Murphy ..... Vet
Terry Trimble ..... Man at Track

Blue Heelers

Australia, Soap, 1994-

Ongoing Australian soap, now one of the most popular programmes in Australia. It has now returned to the UK, so there are tonnes more spottings to be had ...

Prisoner spottings tend to be guest appearances rather than regular roles. Our old friend Terry Gill makes repeated appearances as another policeman. Samantha Bews guested in the episode 'Close Encounters' as Kerryn Davies, a character name also used in Prisoner.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Peter Aanensen ..... Merv Poole ('Piece of Cake')
Bruce Alexander ..... Bob Barker ('Moving House')
Janet Andrewartha ..... Detective from City (Semi-Regular)
Lesley Baker ..... Grandma Kenny ('The Civil Dead')
Don Barker ..... Jack Buckley ('Buckley's Chance')
Rodney Bell ..... Jerry Freer ('Counting Chickens')
Samantha Bews ..... Kerryn Davies ('Close Encounters')
Pat Bishop ..... Marriage Celebrant
David Blackman ..... Lance Irvine ('Paranoia')
Doug Bowles ..... Det Sgt Les Bennett ('Our Patch')
Roger Boyce ..... Priest ('Containing the Rage')
Sue Brenchley ..... Mrs Wright ('Left in Trust')
Norma Brown ..... Mrs Bell ('Fair Crack of the Whip')
Norma Brown ..... Pamela Saunders ('Moving House')
Barbara Burder ..... Mrs Whintle ('King of Hearts')
Carol Burns ..... Gladys Frazer ('Like Father Like Son')
Susanne Chapman ..... Michelle Tomminello ('Random Breath')
James Condon ..... Klau Schulz ('Letting Go')
Fiona Corke ..... Thea Copeland, Hypnotist (Guest)
Lisa Crittenden ..... Julie Lewis ('Smoke Gets in Your Eyes')
Paul Dawber ..... Warren Jones ('Close Encounters')
Maggie Dence ..... Elizabeth Schulz ('Letting Go')
Stefan Dennis ..... Colin Ducker ('Poetic Justice')
Rod Densley ..... Steven Wyndham ('Playing Games')
Laurie Dobson ..... Bert Cole
Reg Evans ..... Keith Purvis ('Once Only Withdrawal')
Marcus Eyre ..... Terry Darcy ('In the Gun')
Vince Gil ..... Griff Hockstra ('Counting Chickens')
Terry Gill ..... Clive Adamson (Semi-Regular)
Paul Glen ..... Bob Callahan
Vic Gordon ..... Harry Quinn ('Safe as Houses')
Chris Gregory ..... Alan Bunton ('Collateral Damage')
Clive Hearne ..... Judge Williams ('No Means No')
Frankie J Holden ..... Jack Woodley
Kate Hood ..... NK (Guested recently)
Kevin Hopkins ..... Detective Stan Lazar ('King of Hearts')
Peter Hosking ..... Frank Davis, Jim Tully
Jenny Jarman-Walker ..... Yvonne, Retirement Home Manager (Guest)
Judy Johnson ..... Mrs Ogmore ('Brotherly Love')
Sue Jones ..... June Allenby ('Can't Take a Joke')
Sue Jones ..... Janet Lennox who abducted a child (Guest)
Paul Karo ..... Dr Fielding, an abusive dentist
Linda Keane ..... Citizen 1 ('Collateral Damage)
Christine Keogh ..... Helen Bremmer (Guest)
Jeremy Kewley ..... Tony Timms
Steve Kidd ..... Stephen Buckley ('Buckley's Chance')
Dawn Klingberg ..... Mrs Mundy ('Sisterly Love')
Margot Knight ..... Mrs Matthews (Guest)
Jeff Kovski ..... Bob Marrow ('Brotherly Love')
Laine Lamont ..... Frances McPhee ('Left in Trust')
Debra Lawrance ..... Debra Williams ('Lies and WHispers')
John Lee ..... Arthur Starling (Guest)
Val Lehman ..... Bonnie Crossing ('Bit of a Biff')
Brad Lindsay ..... Bert Cole ('In the Gun')
Jenny Lovell ..... Gail Russell, wife of a Vietnam Vet (Guest)
Patsy Martin ..... Dorothy Buckley ('Buckley's Chance')
David McLean ..... Graham Foster ('Moving House')
Iain Murton ..... Jock Hennessy ('Safe as Houses')
Julie Nihill ..... Chris Reilly, landlady of Local Pub (Regular)
Peter O'Brien ..... Martin Bridport ('King of Hearts')
Merfyn Owen ..... Fr Brian Hegarty (Semi-Regular)
Geoff Parry ..... Leo McPhee ('Left in Trust')
Ann Phelan ..... Cook at the Pub (Guest)
Tony Porter ..... Inspector Don Davidson ('A Piece of Cake')
John Raaen ..... Raymond Harding ('Paranoia')
Gregory Ross ..... John McMurtrie ('The All-Seeing Eye')
Deidre Rubenstein ..... Magda Lopescu ('The All-Seeing Eye')
Peter Sardi ..... Lionel Jenkins ('The Civil Dead')
Rob Steele ..... George Ambrose ('Playing Possum')
Neville Stonehouse ..... Dave ('Fair Crack of the Whip')
David Swann ..... Detective (Guest)
Kim Trengrove ..... Natalie Finch ('When Love Isn't Enough')
Pepe Trevor ..... Maria ('Fair Crack of the Whip')
Terry Trimble ..... Chick ('Brotherly Love')
Chris Waters ..... Steve Parsons ('The Scarecrow')
Nick Waters ..... Ted Faulkner
Paul Wentford ..... Michael Scott ('Playing Games')

Blue Murder

Australia, Miniseries, 1995

A 'based on true life' miniseries starring most of Australia's male acting population. Notable appearances here are Steve Bastoni, Les Dayman and Bill Hunter on the other side of the law as policemen and Bryan Marshall as a Task Force Officer.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Steve Bastoni ..... Michael Drury
Les Dayman ..... Commissioner Avery
Barry Donnelly ..... Judge Staunton
Bill Hunter ..... Angus McDonald
Bryan Marshall ..... Task Force Officer
Robert Morgan ..... Brian Hansen
Stephen O'Rourke ..... Jim Willis
Graham Rouse ..... Mal James
Peter Sommerfield ..... Assistant Commissioner

Body Melt

Australia, Film, 1994

An exceedingly appalling film, worth seeing only because of the number of recognisable soap stars who get to die in a variety of amusing and messy ways - heads exploding into green gunge being the standard method. Ian Smith playes the doctor up to his neck in a behavioural experiment. Vince Gil and Lesley Baker (doing her usual one-scene appearance) appear as inbred people deformed and outcast as the result of the experiments. I got a mention from Bill Buckley of Channel 5 at the end of the Prisoner credits for telling him about this film - fame at last ...

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Lesley Baker ..... Mack
Lucinda Cowden ..... Andrea
Graham Dow ..... Doctor
Tommy Dysart ..... Sergeant
Regina Gaigalas ..... Shaan
Vince Gil ..... Pud
Gerard Kennedy ..... Sam Phillips
Jillian Murray ..... Angelica Noble
Ian Smith ..... Dr Carrera
Adrian Wright ..... Thompson Noble

Born Yesterday (stage)

Australia, Theatre, 1999

The following people are appearing in the Melbourne Theatre Company production of Born Yesterday that started on 26 March 1999. Thanks to Karris in W Australia for the info.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Betty Bobbitt ..... NK
Terence Donovan ..... NK
John McTernan ..... NK

Boundaries of the Heart

Australia, Film, 1988

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Norman Kaye ..... Billy Marsden
Julie Nihill ..... June Thompson

Box, The

Australia, Soap, 1974

Again, I know virtually nothing about this programme, so if anyone does have any information on it could they contact me. Again there was also a film version.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Stuart Finch ..... Debbie Chester's father - eaten by sharks
Cornelia Frances ..... NK (Film version)
Ken James ..... Tony Wild
Paul Karo ..... Lee Whiteman
Dina Mann ..... Debbie Chester
Judy Nunn ..... Vicki Stafford
Lois Ramsay ..... Tea lady

Boy in the Bush, The

Another set of sightings that I know nothing about from Matt in America!

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Celia de Burgh ..... Mary
Kim Deacon ..... Hilda Blessington
John Frawley ..... Mr George
Sigrid Thornton ..... Monica

Boys from the Bush

UK, TV Series, 1980s

I only vaguely remember this TV series from a few years back, so there may be other spottings.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Nadine Garner ..... NK
Lisa Crittenden ..... NK

COMMENT - "In BFTB there was one sequence where somone hitched a lift from a rather butch truck driver and, if memory serves, the driver was Lisa Crittenden." - Mitchell Sandler

Breakers

Australia, Soap, 1997

New Aussie soap set in Sydney and featuring loads of young people, hence the distinct lack of actress spottings so far. Our first spotting comes in episode 8 courtesy of Douglas Hedge, who plays a council health and safety bloke who comes and threatens to close the arcade down.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Paula Duncan ..... Karen Fairbarn
Douglas Hedge ..... Mereweather

Brides of Christ

UK/Aus, TV Series, ~1990

I now have the cast for the whole of this series, so this list is now as complete as it is going to be. A lot of ex-cons have now turned very religious as most of the senior church are murderers, cheats and downright weirdos. Mentions must go to Sandy Gore as Mother Ambrose, Caroline Gillmer as Sister Philomena, and Pat Bishop as Mary Maloney, as they appeared throughout the series.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Pat Bishop ..... Mary Maloney
Caroline Gillmer ..... Sister Philomena
Sandy Gore ..... Mother Ambrose
Syd Conabere ..... Da (Mother Ambrose's Father)
Stuart Finch ..... Father Riordan
John Frawley ..... Bishop
Frank Gallacher ..... Irish Dean
Russell Newman ..... Brother Louis
Louise Pajo ..... Jean Markham
Rob Steele ..... Senator Kearney
Michael Winchester ..... Martin Tierney - A Vicar

Brilliant Lies

Australia, Film, 1996

A film about a sexual harrassment case presented from both points of view, although more detailed from the complainant and her family's point of view. Beverley Dunn plays the President of the tribunal, Jenny Jarman-Walker the woman's lawyer, and Lisa Aldenhoven the boss's wife. Tim Elston plays the woman's father in a flashback to her childhood.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Lisa Aldenhoven ..... Stephanie Fitzgerald
Beverley Dunn ..... President
Tim Elston ..... Young Brian
Jenny Jarman-Walker ..... Ruth Miller
Brad Lindsay ..... Registrar
Neil Melville ..... Vince
Iain Murton ..... Mr Hall

Brookside

UK, Soap, 1982-

According to the Channel 5 quiz show 100% in their Prisoner special, Nigel Bradshaw appeared in early episodes of Brookside. I am doing my best to get more info on this.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Nigel Bradshaw ..... NK