Val Lehman (Bea), still going strong as I write aged 80, was the beating heart of this show. And this episode is a prime example of that. Superb acting. ❤️

This episode shows Val Lahman (Bea) How much of a great actress she is, She really put her heart into this show.

@tefllife2024

3 жыл бұрын

That's why the early years of prisoner was the best.

@jhibberd6290

3 жыл бұрын

@@tefllife2024 Definitely

@baronmeduse

Жыл бұрын

@@tefllife2024 After 1981 it was pretty much a circus.

@zelmumanin9671

10 ай бұрын

She always does in every episode

@lamontbradford4630

8 ай бұрын

In 1981 Denise Morgan left the show with Vera and that idiot Coral Drouyn took over.

Poor Bea. The pain of unrequited love hurts like hell.

@beardsgirl

5 жыл бұрын

It certainly does

@stevenmcghee6649

Жыл бұрын

Yep.

@lamontbradford4630

8 ай бұрын

Bea and Ken were never romantic. Bea just fantasized about the possibility of hooking up with Ken and the fact it will never happen is what crushed Bea. But it’s karma for bullying the other ladies who couldn’t see their men.

Ken is a real blockhead not realizing that Bea has romantic feelings for him. He hurt her badly. Good riddance to him, his wife and idiot daughter.

@tonyboleno8191

6 жыл бұрын

sometimes you just dont realise. but yes bea can do better, even though she is in gaol lol.

Brutal episode. I feel so bad for Bea. I don't think Chrissie's relationship is going to end any better. You can already tell it won't work.

Applauds the end credits scene. And Sheila Florance! Lizzie is bereft that she can't comfort her friend. What brilliant acting from Val and Sheila.

@rebeccastegner3851

9 ай бұрын

❤@

It's a horrible feeling when you have really strong feelings for sombody and you have to let go. We all been there at some point I guess.

@Halfscotboy_39

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree. There was someone I truly got stuck on but eventually got over it 9 years ago. It's all too easy to get "involved" when you have strong feelings for someone and you can't get them out your head. Its truly over and im relieved! The person was very good looking and they have a pretty solid married life now with a kid in toe.

@samisticlife

8 ай бұрын

Most definitely

@AnitaSharma-os4cr

2 ай бұрын

We all want someone just to care and do the sweetest things what emotional episode this is why val said Denise Morgan was the best writer

The end breaks my heart. The theme song would have been enough, but Bea's collapse in tears kills me every time. Hard to watch without getting choked up.

@Nacho-Mamma

7 жыл бұрын

Mazzano Blue I love Bea Smith. Val Lehman was truly amazing, and knew how to bring it to the table. I have seen some wonderful actors over the years, that are extremely talented. But, I don't think there is anyone who could play Bea Smith as good as Val.

@jamesquinn3715

7 жыл бұрын

Nacho Mamma U softie

@ajs41

6 жыл бұрын

There are only a very small number of spoiler comments after each episode, thankfully.

@idiedoflaughterinc.4418

4 жыл бұрын

Oh pull yourself together Mamma.

@sheriheffner2098

4 жыл бұрын

Betty Bobbit said Val could look at the script just one time and remember every word she had. She would ask Val if she was taking her script home to read, but she'd tell Betty " No I don't need too." I wish I had a photographic memory like she does. Val got along with Betty and her two sons Christopher and Oliver who were sixteen and seven at the time. She said the families would eat together sometimes, Val's two daughters and son and Betty's boy's.

Vera can be insufferable. At times we see a softer side but she is such an unhappy miserable person that she relishes others pain and misfortune. Fiona is a terrific actress and so good in this role.

@MoonOverYou

6 жыл бұрын

This is why Fiona left the show. Her character had really started to expand by the 150s, but then they drew her back into a one-dimensional, nasty person. As she said, she couldn't take the aggression she had to express and to take as well. The show's producers obviously had it in for her and John McRae was planning to write off Vera, despite her popularity. Perhaps he couldn't deal with her relationship with Denise Morgan. I read that McRae and Phil East were both abusive to the show and the players (such as the brilliant George Mallaby), which may be why there was such a turnover post-Vera. It was far too gracious of her to walk away from a hit show without saying anything except that she needed a break. Something bad was going on behind the scenes, and that made work miserable for her.

@ajs41

6 жыл бұрын

They should have let more of the actors and actresses write episodes, like George Mallaby did.

@marycalmeiro1135

Жыл бұрын

The only way Ken and Vera are dragging their business into the prison, is through Vera's big mouth. Vera needs a puppy That's the only time I've seen Vera show kindness

@AnitaSharma-os4cr

2 ай бұрын

Better than the freak

How messed up for Ken to bring his daughter to see Bea when he knew it was an unsupervised visit. Come on! Bea wanted some alone time with her man!

11:37 Love the closed captions on these episodes, it refers to Ken Pierce as ‘King Piss!’ 😂😂

@jamessky9155

Жыл бұрын

Kinky! 😆😂

@samisticlife

8 ай бұрын

​@@jamessky9155shame they're no longer available 😂

Poor Bea. Feel so bad for her and Chrissie doesn't give a damn about the guy who's trying so hard to make her happy.

“Why don’t you eat some poison cheese Mouse”! 🤪🤪🤪best one liner from Chrissy!

@Halfscotboy_39

Жыл бұрын

What about her other liners...'piss off margo ya making me gums bleed'..'all men are barrrrrstads.

One of the few episodes where we don't have the usual end credits, showing an officer locking the gates. Felt so sad for Bea, especially after seeing the smirk on Vera's face after Bea left Ken in the Library

It's good to see a different guard with Bea and Ken's visit. Instead of Vera flapping around, ready to eat their souls

Amazing how Meg is working to help Chrissie after what she did. Meg has a heart of gold. Amazing and a bit hilarious also how Chrissie only seems to recall--at 17:58--what she did to Meg's husband, as if she'd never thought much about it and her memory was jarred by the association of the word "husband", whereas Meg is no doubt fully aware and unable to forget, yet is still willing to help. Like I said, heart of gold. Her taste in music is total Muzak and her taste in clothes is about as sexy as your grandmother's living room curtains, but--heart of gold.

I think we can all relate to Bea's love for Ken. There are those that we can't ever attain or have the courage to tell them "I love you".

@karennicholls8532

4 жыл бұрын

True.

BEA OH BEA!What a stellar performer in the 80s.

Love the scene at 18:00 with Meg and Chrissie and Bill Jacksons murder is brought back into it.

A Denise Morgan classic. Many of the scenes were beautifully crafted and there were some sublime touches of dialogue. It was a shame that Denise only wrote two more episodes.

@amykjorlien326

8 жыл бұрын

Denise wrote this one!? That's fabulous...cannot wait to see her name in the credits. i read an article written just after she passed away and from what it said it sounded like she was an amazing writer. I have a feeling she worked on more episodes tho...at least I'd assume so. I think it is so romantic that that is where she and Fiona met! At least I assume that's where they met. They were together for 32 years and Denise died in 2011 so the math is right.

@Mosie926

7 жыл бұрын

Wait, they were a couple?

@Imjustlurkingidk

6 жыл бұрын

yea fiona is gay

@kop1986

6 жыл бұрын

saltana_gaming Really! Vera?

@Imjustlurkingidk

6 жыл бұрын

yes kop the person that plays vera is lesbian and she was engaged with denise morgan untill denise died of cancer

Ken certainly has a type :p

@NativeMoon

6 жыл бұрын

Vera really is a meddling shrew. So is Debbie. But Ken really is ridiculously oblivious about Bea’s feelings for him. You can see that Chrissie is incapable of having and appreciating a good relationship. She’s her own worst enemy. But I would like to see her knock the taste out of Vera’s smirking mouth.

@cuccicucci4480

5 жыл бұрын

Wow you did a great job! Your comment is spot on with everyone you mentioned. I found your description brilliant, couldn't have said it better any other way. Looking forward to see what's in store for all involved.

Brilliant acting by Val Lehman, as usual. And such a great episode could only have been written by Denise Morgan.

42:59: That look on Meg's face tells that she knows what the viewer can observe--that Chrissie's marriage and parole won't last 5 minutes on the outside, what with the "Look! Will you stop treating my like I'm some sort of flamin' invalid?" display. If they keep following the Chrissie storyline day by day and episode by episode, then we'll know that she will soon be back--in Wentworth that is. Her character is good for dramatic tension, especially her confrontations with Bea--she's too good a character to let go in other words.

@ajs41

6 жыл бұрын

No spoilers please.

Bea looks so pretty in her day dream scenes

How sad Vera's world is, lapping up other people's miseries. Hanging around listening to other people's conversations. Living vicariously through others. Even sadder to think there are people walking around in real life exactly the same..

That was quite a grim episode really. I think Bea has every right to be upset but it was a no win situation for her really. After all, she must have known deep down that Ken wouldn't wait all those years till she is released. Doreen has gone from being a selfish cow to a grumpy one, dunno which is worse!

@tefllife2024

3 жыл бұрын

Even her Teddy's sick of her farting in bed. Lol.

Really hate Vera at the moment. Her mother must have psychologically damaged her beyond repair.

Chrissie is one on my favourites, she's one of a few women who stood up to bea.

I think bea and Ken would have made a lovely couple 😊

I feel sad for Bea. She never even got to kiss him. She looked so beautiful in her make up etc. Never saw her look so good. That's tough. But guess what? I know these things. I won't be surprised if he ends up right back with Bea.

There are all kinds of Vera's in real life, in all kinds of professions and occupations. The sad thing its often with vulnerable people. Teachers, Nurses, ect.

Glad that's the Bea/Ken storyline ended now (I hope).

One of the 1st times i watched the end credits till the end....heartbreaking...

I can't concentrate on what Debbie says because of that walnut whip thing on her head

Why do they allow Vera to verbally abuse the inmates like that??

Debbie Pierce is the worst...

@saxongreen78

8 жыл бұрын

+James Cannon Hard to watch, isn't she?

@nevermore380

8 жыл бұрын

+Saxon Greene like how ungrateful can you get?! Bea set her on the right path, yet she has this pathological need to hurt someone who helped her....

@nevermore380

8 жыл бұрын

***** I get where you're coming from....but Ken and her mum had been separated the majority of her life, she's borderline delusional to think they would work out as a couple after all this time just because they're her parents. They have nothing in common other than her. Bea and Ken (while there would be a lot if obstacles if they ever cemented a romantic relationship just due to one of them being inside) have so much in common intellectually and personality wise. You'd think she'd grow the hell up and see that.

@teresa2845

8 жыл бұрын

She is an adult that is about to be married and she acts like a child.. wanting mommy and daddy back together again. Its not fair to expect her father to give up his work that is important to him to make her mother happy.

@ccgrey8731

7 жыл бұрын

But Debbie isn't 12 years old. She is a young adult at least she is supposed to be. She behaves like an obnoxious child.

I love the character of Chrissie, but okay, she murdered a prison staff member less than 2 yeas ago, and is out on parole?? Ken's so boring. Don't know what Bea would see in him.

@oktobersodyssey

7 жыл бұрын

they apparently don't take murder seriously. When bea first came back after blowing away her husband she said she would never get out, now she has a top sentence of 15yrs(i think?). And that was premeditated, well planned out. Must be sweet to kill as you please and live in a country club prison like Wentworth.

@LittleMissJmoo

6 жыл бұрын

You must not be aware of our shitty justice system. This is just a show, though pedophiles in Australia walk away with a $500 fine and 6 month probation period, then placed next to schools and kindergartens. Pedophiles stick together in these circumstances, hence why nothing gets done till these types of people are knocked down from society and control!

@tonyboleno8191

6 жыл бұрын

i really dont like the chrissie character. she is selfish and manipulative, yet mysteriously a caring, concerned saint when it comes to her child.

@ajs41

6 жыл бұрын

The 1970s and early 1980s was quite a lenient time as far as sentencing was concerned.

@tefllife2024

3 жыл бұрын

@@ajs41 it's worse now. Murderers and rapists get 6 months or maybe just a fine.

wow vera sinking to new lows, enjoying mrs peirce and beas convo

Good episode but I can't see Ken sticking it out with his wife - Think it's the right move for Bea ,she lost her way being all loved up - Chrissie starts havin a tear up as soon as she's out of the gate lol

Got to be the best ever scene acted by Bea. She was just fantastic. Brilliant stuff!

Bea should have just came out and told Ken she loved him. Then maybe he would have divorced his wife and married her.

I totally adore Bea Smith - she's on of my favourite characters on this show. But it would be lovely to Bea happy for once. But we all know with drama shows like this that it will not happen. 😐🤔I always felt when Bea does leave this show - that her exit from the show was very very poor. She deserved a better ending than what she got sadly.😔😔Bea Smith is a legend.

@nevermore380

8 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. It's tragic how little happiness she was allowed...

@howtopress1978

8 жыл бұрын

I reckon we should of had an episode based on the Barnhurst fire and at the end we see Bea die, saving the other prisoners and wardens When the exit collapses and Bea gets stuck inside the prison while it burns

@ccgrey8731

7 жыл бұрын

I wish when Val decided to leave the show that they had let Bea escape a final time for good.

poor bea. as others have said its a great performance from the top dog bea, her and lizzie are the cogs that make prisoner so watchable.

Such great characters. This show had soul, that's why it was such a success. Bea is brilliant as top dog, and then the amazing Lizzie, Judy, Doreen etc. All great characters that make up a top team. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

A broken Bea is heartbreaking.

Till i had to face the nightmare of waking up alone

Oh Vera give it a rest for god sake she never shuts up 😅

Wow!!! I love the Chrissie and Meg conversation, especially at 18:00, It was the exact thing she said to Meg when she stabbed Bill Jackson with the scissors. Nice flashback moment!!!

Oh my god! That one made my heart hurt!

Cannot stand that Debbie. She reminds me of that Tracy.

I love Vera!Her characters fantastic!I also have a soft spot for Fletch:)

Quite a good script for this one. Having Ken's wife visit Smith in prison is exceptional. One battle you lose Bea...

I wish Saint Meg would butt out! I get she's the welfare officer but my god, pushing Chrissy into a marriage she doesn't want is just barmy.

@karennicholls8532

4 жыл бұрын

Especially since she married Bob after 5 minutes. That doesn't appear to be going well.

MAN, is Ken one clueless S.O.B. That rec room scene was torturous😥

Poor Bea :( Chrissie finally has someone trying to take care of her and she's being a snotty little brat about it, look at those arm-folded pouty tantrums she's showing - You aren't mature enough to mother a young human, you lil snot! Doreen crying about others visits, she shoulda worked for her marriage and had a bit o Kevin in the shed from time to time.

LMFAO @ ''Words of wisdom from Miss frozen features'' ~ 22nd February 2023.

The last scene there really epitomizes the theme song. (Jeeziz, I think I'm going soft in the head!)

I see Fiona's wife wrote the episode and her brother directed it.

And if you weren't suicidal before then the closing sequence will ensure you're reaching for the razor blades....

@jasonyatescreative9707

9 жыл бұрын

It's a joke Jack.

Awww Poor Bea.. That's heart breaking

Why do people give spoilers in the comments section on episodes not yet seen? Some of us are watching this for the very first time. Ugh.

@lampshade8818

9 жыл бұрын

Sydnee Poitier I know- it really F****ING pisses me off!!!

@rayman760

9 жыл бұрын

+Lamp Shade to be fair guys the show ended in 1986 so you've got a bit of a task ahead of you to stop people talking about what happens lol

@lampshade8818

9 жыл бұрын

rayman760 Er, no. Not really. It's only the odd person here and there that posts spoilers- most people are actually respectful of others that are watching for the first time.

@rayman760

8 жыл бұрын

+Episode692 agreed, how can you stop people discussing the show when it ended 30years ago lololol most people know anyway. Even I knew how it ended before the show had even anywhere near reached its conclusion

@sydneepoitier6132

8 жыл бұрын

+rayman760 I wasn't even alive 30 years ago...nor have I heard of this show until recently, so your most people comment is presumptuous and asinine.

Vera at her vindictive best.

I can't bear to see Bea Smith crying. I really feel sad for her.

@mcguire202

8 жыл бұрын

Same here, Bea deserves to be happy🙂. But knowing with tv drama's it's very rare that you get happy endings. I always felt when Bea Left this show - that she had a poor exit and they killed her character off later on. Her character deserved a happy ending😔😔.

@k8lynmae

7 жыл бұрын

Ꭿmanda Jonεs interesting yet disturbing to see so many root for hard criminals...

Uncanny how much Kens wife looks like Bea

@sarahkorver2439

3 ай бұрын

I noticed that

Chin up Bea !!

Poor Bea, so much love to give, and every time she tries, it ends in tragedy. And then we have Crissy, who is a murderer of a prison officer… and yet she's out on parole?

There’s never any other cars parked when someone pulls up to the parking spots in front of the gates.

@absoluteb22

4 жыл бұрын

Sid Humphrey

I'm happy with the ending. Selfish Bea deserved what she got there. Love that Vera smirk.

@ccgrey8731

7 жыл бұрын

I don't agree. At this point Vera is wearing thin with her hateful, self-loathing persona. The smirk has become ugly.

@elizanne6660

7 жыл бұрын

@ Creatann Grey, yeah, the smirk is pretty weak, really. It never did work for me. I liked Vera, but the smirk, nup.

@charlottewebb582

3 жыл бұрын

Vera is bitter and in some cases jealous that a man wud be interested in bea and she hasn't got anybody not even friends

Ken's wife and Bea look quite similar.

That's right Smith.....Ken's not coming back!

I'm in shock that Fletch wasn't doing the rosters, or was he?

i feel so sorry for bea :( god val lahman is such an AMAZING actress its so hard to cry like that

That bloody Debbie is doing my head in xx

31:51 there was a drama series in the uk called the Agatha Christie Hour which was being made during this period. I reckon that the composer of the theme tune must have watched Prisoner as the theme tune to the series is extremely similar to the music being played at this point.

Bea is such a strong woman but damn this kind of stuff hurts like hell ! Val is such a great actress xx

micks wife looks just like bea brilliant casting im addicted poor bea making me cry now xx

The outro went well matching how bea felt like the way she was in it

Learn something new every time I watch... just read that Doreen & Debbie are sisters in real life. Dunno how I didn't see it before, they're identical, except Dor's a bit rounder!!

@simonsmelling6570

7 жыл бұрын

Tracy Mann who played the deaf bird, Georgina Baxter is their sister too.

@stephenpovey-jones6520

6 жыл бұрын

Bettie Joseph Really? Well I never....

@MoonOverYou

6 жыл бұрын

They aren't sisters. Both were born in 1950, Colette on 17 February, Dina unknown.

@LittleMissJmoo

6 жыл бұрын

I cant find anything that states they are related and same with Georgie. Sounds more like Chinese whispers. They have the same last name, they could be related though maybe not sisters. Who knows, though nothing states otherwise

@bernadettemcinerney7284

6 жыл бұрын

The actresses that played Doreen and Debbie are not related at all. Collette Mann (Doreen) stated this on her twitter page.

aaaah..... pre freak prisoner...... vera might be petty, vindictive, mean and spiteful but ferguson makes her look like mother theresa! can't wait but must watch until must watch until must watch until.........

@k8lynmae

7 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Lawley Mother Theresa was not the innocent person people believe.

@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587

7 жыл бұрын

yes i'm well aware of this. However I don't recall Chris Hitchens or Penn & Teller never accused the money grabbing old ghoul of donning black leather gloves and strangling people or assault extortion and murder? So I think I'll let the comparison stand?

Sorry but I had to laugh at Vinegar Tits' wickedness around Ken and Bea... just brutal! lol

Chrissie is so damaged she doesn't even know how to have a reasonably decent relationship. I know she's hard to like sometimes but I do have a soft spot for her.

Anyone else think that Marion Pearce is just a brunette Bea of sorts? I find they look slightly similar to one another.

Bea's in prison and the friendzone!

Val Leahman was a powerhouse as Bea,going to miss her when she leaves

Poor Bea. My heart goes out to her. Mick isn't going to fare any better. It's hard to choose the biggest bitch at the moment - Vera or Chrissie.

Vera is one jealous woman. She can't stand to see others happy because she can't get anyone to genuinely love her. That's why she constantly ruins everything 😒

Omg poor Bea, that had me in tears 😢😢😢😢😢

I don't think Ken was romantically interested in Bea. Maybe good friends, but that's it.

Kens ex wife looks a bit like Bea......His daughter is a right troublemaker...

How on earth has Chrissie only got 5 years left to serve? It was only a year ago she killed Bill Jackson.

@jiggarypokery

9 жыл бұрын

John Smith I know, and just before the prison was set on fire she had 18 months to serve, and a few episodes later she was due for parole, I know the storylines move fast on Prisoner but that just doesn't make sense.

@amykjorlien326

8 жыл бұрын

I cannot remember....do we actually see her kill Bill? I thought the whole thing was an accident

@jiggarypokery

8 жыл бұрын

No, we don't actually see her kill him but one of the other characters did, Bea found out she did it and forced her to confess to the screws.

Doreen pushing Lil back... Lil should have yanked her back by the scalp of her hair and punched her in her throat. So tiring watching Doreen get brave to tougher women knowing that they won't hit her because Bea coddles her.

With all the smoking that went on then I’m amazed they didn’t die of lung cancer

Yep, that was a sad one!

Vinegar for top dog

This is beas' more softer side

@absoluteb22

4 жыл бұрын

Yes i agree, particularly fighting with Chrissie and threatening to beat up the others.

Outrageous dream sequence. Would love to see Eastenders attempt that!

Haven't Bea and Chrissie had more than their normal quota of visits within a week?

@samisticlife

8 ай бұрын

Yeah but Vera authorises it as she likes to see Bea suffer

Awwwwww poor bea :-(

me too, these last few episodes have been the first timein the entire series that it's been dull.

Poor Bea ❤️ x