The BEST episodes of Prisoner: Cell Block H

Every episode of Prisoner: Cell Block H ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Prisoner: Cell Block H!

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Episode 449
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#1 - Episode 449

Season 6 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/8/1984

Cass gives Phyllis, Frances and Alice a taste of their own medicine, whilst Pixie is relieved when the police drop the charges against her.

Directors: Steve Mann
Episode 460
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#2 - Episode 460

Season 6 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/14/1984

The end of the fete spells disaster for some of Wentworth's inmates.

Directors: Kendal Flanagan
Episode 459
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#3 - Episode 459

Season 6 - Episode 43 - Aired 6/12/1984

Myra's escape plan is further hindered by Reb, who gets her drugs in only to lose them again. Ann meets an old friend.

Directors: Kendal Flanagan
Episode 458
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#4 - Episode 458

Season 6 - Episode 42 - Aired 6/7/1984

The escape committee continues with plans to get Myra out. The Goodies gang up on Joan. And Reb has her revenge on Leigh.

Directors: Steve Mann
Episode 457
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#5 - Episode 457

Season 6 - Episode 41 - Aired 6/5/1984

Tensions mount between Joan and Meg as the latter takes over as Deputy Governor; Rachel avenges the death of her dad; Rick is offered a job he can't refuse.

Directors: Steve Mann
Episode 456
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#6 - Episode 456

Season 6 - Episode 40 - Aired 5/31/1984

Bobbie makes a mistake when she forgives Cass, and an unfriendly visitor causes problems for the inmates. The warders hold a farewell party for Colleen.

Directors: Julian McSwiney
Episode 455
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#7 - Episode 455

Season 6 - Episode 39 - Aired 5/29/1984

Cass, still under post-hypnotic suggestion, is determined to finish off Bobbie. Colleen has to decide how to spend the money from the sale of her house. Hannah receives some shattering news about her application for residency.

Directors: Julian McSwiney
Episode 454
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#8 - Episode 454

Season 6 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/24/1984

The women organise a petition lobbying for Hannah to be granted residency in Australia. Ann hears Jonathan's tape concerning Meg. Bobbie is in great danger from Cass.

Directors: Colin Budds
Writer: Coral Drouyn
Episode 451
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#9 - Episode 451

Season 6 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/15/1984

Hannah is distraught by her detention at Wentworth; Reb is overcome by her `cocaine' trip; while Cass attempts to strangle Pixie.

Directors: Kendal Flanagan
Episode 450
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#10 - Episode 450

Season 6 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/10/1984

Rick confronts Meg about her behaviour and Erica Davidson heads the strike negotiations. Edmonds hypnotises Cass to kill Bobbie.

Directors: Steve Mann
Episode 461
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#11 - Episode 461

Season 6 - Episode 45 - Aired 6/19/1984

Joan finds Phyllis and insists that Cass must be responsible. Lou gives Reb an alibi for the crime. Judy tries to clear Cass' name. On the outside, Myra and Alan look for Kay with little success. Hare-brained new inmate Marlene Warren arrives and new officer Heather Rogers starts work. The women learn Phyllis has permanent brain damage. Marlene realises she knows Heather from school, plays a string of practical jokes on her and gets told off by Judy. Marie Winter arrives back in Wentworth, with a stash of cocaine in her luggage. She wastes no time in taking over as Top Dog. Myra finds Kay and takes her to Wally's place in the country. Marie tries to recruit Reb to deal for her. Judy smears a statue with red paint and hides it in Reb's bed. Joan arrives home to find her house has been broken into.

Directors: Colin Budds
Episode 448
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#12 - Episode 448

Season 6 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/3/1984

Myra is knocked unconscious by Margo. Pixie confesses to Ann that she accidentally killed a man. Rick is hijacked by Detective Mears.

Directors: Julian McSwiney
Writer: Coral Drouyn
Episode 447
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#13 - Episode 447

Season 6 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/1/1984

The women go out on a general strike. Pixie stuns Judy by confessing to killing Ralph. And Sonia's disappearance is swathed in mystery.

Directors: Julian McSwiney
Episode 446
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#14 - Episode 446

Season 6 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/1/1984

Myra is shocked by the result of her trial. The women punish Margo for her nasty tricks. And Bobbie's stay in Sydney is doomed.

Directors: Godfrey Philipp
Episode 445
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#15 - Episode 445

Season 6 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/26/1984

Eddie risks his life to rescue Sonia and Bobbie. In Sydney, Joan relives the saddest experience of her life. Myra realises that the cards are stacked against her at her trial.

Directors: Godfrey Philipp
Episode 444
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#16 - Episode 444

Season 6 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/24/1984

Myra is punished for scalding Gloria and the Freak is victorious once more. Pixie is high for her trial and there's a showdown to see who will be Top Dog.

Directors: Kendal Flanagan
Episode 443
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#17 - Episode 443

Season 6 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/19/1984

Renner gives Bobbie a chance to prove her worth to the Fellowes Organisation. Gloria is injured and Myra is put on a charge. Drugs are getting into Wentworth again, but Myra can't prove anything.

Directors: Kendal Flanagan
Episode 442
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#18 - Episode 442

Season 6 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/17/1984

The Fellowes gang chew over what to do about Sonia and Bobbie. Myra nurses her anger with Gloria. Margo returns to Wentworth all ears.

Directors: Steve Mann
Episode 441
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#19 - Episode 441

Season 6 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/12/1984

Cass defends her idol against the accusation of rape, and Doreen and Helen make plans to humiliate the Freak. An infamous ex-inmate is about to stage her return.

Directors: Steve Mann
Episode 440
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#20 - Episode 440

Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/10/1984

Reb and Phyllis outsmart the Freak and Colleen is caught drunk on duty. Bobbie accuses Rick of trying to rape her.

Directors: Julian McSwiney
Episode 471
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#21 - Episode 471

Season 6 - Episode 55 - Aired 7/24/1984

Marie denies attacking Reb, but is sent to solitary anyway. Shane and Nicky are rescued from the storm drain, but the police diver drowns in the rescue attempt. Judy and Myra realise Joan set Dot up to make it look like she poisoned the staff room tea urn. A new camp cook, Ray Procter, arrives. Marlene mocks him and starts pinching things from the kitchen. Rachel berates her but it turns out anything she hasn't stolen, Ray has! At the VJ hearing, Joan gives evidence against Marie and extra time gets added to Myra, Bobbie, Dot, Reb and Marie's sentences. Heather tells Dennis she thinks Joan doped the urn. Joan takes Reb to the shower block and keeps watch while Marie bashes her. When Heather finds her badly injured, Reb claims Joan did it. Marie scales the fence during exercise period and makes a spectacular escape from Wentworth aboard a waiting helicopter.

Directors: Mandy Smith
Writer: Coral Drouyn
Episode 480
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#22 - Episode 480

Season 6 - Episode 64 - Aired 8/23/1984

Diedre tells Judy it was Marie who really bashed Reb. Angel finds a magnet in a drawer and uses it to play havoc with Judy's pacemaker. Ann gets another threating phone call at work. Lou and Alice bully Diedre. The dance marathon begins and the women are dead on their feet after only the first night. At Shane's custody hearing, he says he would rather live with ""Auntie Joan"" than his father. Ann tells Heather that Marie has made a statement implicating her in drug smuggling and aiding her escape. Shane is taken away from his father, but is made a ward of the state rather than being given into Joan's custody.

Directors: Brian Lennane
Episode 479
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#23 - Episode 479

Season 6 - Episode 63 - Aired 8/21/1984

Doris Cruickshank wants Dennis back. Marie is recaptured but sent straight to Blackmoor. Angel causes more trouble between Myra and Judy. Joan plans to move away with her father. Reb and Diedre are brought to Wentworth - Reb refuses to see her mother. Ann gets another threatening letter and calls in the police. Angel sets off the fire alarm and drives a wedge between Marlene and Dot. She also tells Joan that if she comes near her again she'll say she tried to molest her. A mad PR woman, Barbara Krantz, arrives to handle the dance marathon. Ann gets a round-the-clock guard. Phil tells Bobbie she has a little sister and her father wants to see her. Special guest athlete Cliff Young arrives to support the marathon attempt. Dennis is suspended for breaking the strike. Joan threatens Reb again. Ann finds another threatening letter on her mantelpiece despite the police guard on her flat.

Directors: Brian Lennane
Writer: Ian Smith
Episode 478
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#24 - Episode 478

Season 6 - Episode 62 - Aired 8/16/1984

Myra tells Joan she won't find it as easy to get her own way now, as they are all united against her. Diedre hides Reb at the family's holiday home. The waltz team is chosen: Myra, Judy, Bobbie, Marlene, Angel and Alice, with Dot as coach. Reb tells Diedre she won't be getting any of her money after all. Heather and Dennis spend the night together. Angel stirs it between Myra and Judy by telling Judy that Myra warned her to be careful she doesn't seduce her. The Major suggests Joan give up her job and come to live with him. An anonymous death threat arrives at Wentworth addressed to ""the person in charge."" Dennis's wife Doris turns up unexpectedly. Diedre is worried that Reb is so ill and calls the police, who recapture her. Reb vows to kill her mother.

Directors: Colin Budds
Writer: Coral Drouyn
Episode 477
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#25 - Episode 477

Season 6 - Episode 61 - Aired 8/14/1984

Judy, Dot and one of the social workers find the body under Dot's bed. The hunt is on for Bev, but when she is caught she injects herself with an empty hypodermic and dies in Dennis' arms. Joyce resigns as union rep. Phil tries to ask Meg out. The union agrees to the officers returning to work. The seemingly naive Angela Adams arrives on a six week sentence on forgery charges, claiming to have been set up by her boyfriend. Diedre knocks out the policewoman on duty at the hospital and whisks Reb out in a wheelchair. The dance practice is interrupted by Joan's unexpected return to work.

Directors: Colin Budds
Writer: Sally Webb