Premiering on Network Ten on 27 February 1979, Prisoner ran for eight years and 692 episodes. Following its immediate success in Australia, the Grundy production became an international hit spawning several remakes and re-imaginings " including the award-winning Foxtel series, Wentworth. Ground-breaking at the time, Prisoner followed the lives of the inmates and staff at Wentworth Detention […]
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 10:53PM on February 22, 2019