- 05/06/2025
Episode 17 of Prisoner Cell Block H.
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00:00They'll be picking up the keys about now.
00:06Oh?
00:06Marilyn and Eddie, they'll be moving into the shop.
00:08Oh, I must have been out of my mind letting you talk me into giving them the place.
00:12Imagine my shop being run by a pro.
00:15Ex-pro.
00:16Yeah.
00:16Well, I wonder how long it'll take her before she's giving massages in the back room.
00:20Oh, shut up and play.
00:22Marilyn's alerted, listen.
00:23They'll turn that place into a little gold mine.
00:25You wait and see.
00:26And all you'll have to do is sit back and rake in the profits.
00:28There's a lot of good it's going to do me in here.
00:31I mean, what am I going to spend it on?
00:32Well, you could always hire yourself an expensive lawyer.
00:35Of course, he'd have to be good-looking, eh, Karen?
00:38Hmm?
00:38I said she could hire herself an expensive, good-looking lawyer.
00:43Hmm.
00:45You know, she's just about as good company as you are.
00:47Karen, I want you to collect your things from your cell.
00:50You're moving in with Smith and Ferguson.
00:52Why?
00:52Governor's orders.
00:53Oh, there's some new prisoners arriving today.
00:55I'm sure you remember how keen you were to have a single cell when you first arrived.
01:00Don't worry, love.
01:01You'll be nice and cozy in with us.
01:03Sleep like a baby.
01:04Yeah, if you can see I'm the snoring.
01:05Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:17Right, get the doctor.
01:18Sorry, thank you.
01:44Quick, press hard on here.
01:51Open the back, Karen.
02:00Where is she?
02:03Looks like she's only cut the superficial veins.
02:05She's lost a lot of blood.
02:06How long has she been like this?
02:07I don't know.
02:07We just found her.
02:09The ambulance is on its way.
02:11All right.
02:11Tell the governor to make sure it's not held up at the gates.
02:13Right.
02:14And get her blood group from records.
02:16Does she live?
02:17Depends.
02:18Get her to hospital in time.
02:20Karen, go to your cell and collect your things.
02:22Then come back here and clean up this mess.
02:25Hello, main gate.
02:27Mrs. Davidson here.
02:28We've had an attempt at suicide.
02:30An ambulance is on the way.
02:31Will you make sure it gets through without delay?
02:34The second floor.
02:36Warner.
02:36Lynn Warner.
02:38Yes, what is it?
02:39Excuse me, Mrs. Davidson.
02:40The new arrivals have been checked in.
02:41Well, one of them has asked to see you.
02:43Well, I can't see her now.
02:45Put them through the normal procedure.
02:46I'll see them all tomorrow.
02:47Well, she did ask especially to...
02:48Mrs. Manson, I know you're new here,
02:50but surely you can handle a routine matter such as this.
02:55Hello, Auntie Erika.
03:03Well, what's going on?
03:04Where's Auntie Erika going?
03:05That is none of your business.
03:06Sit up straight and put that down.
03:10Did you hear what I said?
03:13Thank you, Mrs. Manson.
03:16What happened?
03:17Did someone get hurt?
03:18That's no concern of yours.
03:20Well, this is a nice mess you've managed to get yourself into, isn't it?
03:23Oh, I couldn't help it, Auntie.
03:24It was a mistake.
03:26Don't take me for a fool, Barbara.
03:27It's all here on your record.
03:28You know exactly what you were doing.
03:31I don't know what's possessed you.
03:33You've had every advantage.
03:35A good education, a mother and father who doted on you
03:37and gave you everything you ever wanted.
03:40Well, don't think you'll get the same sort of treatment in here.
03:43You never did like me, did you?
03:45Well, it's not my fault none of the family will talk to you.
03:48That has nothing to do with it.
03:52Whilst you're in here,
03:53you'll be treated exactly the same as any other prisoner.
03:56But I strongly advise you not to tell them you are my niece.
03:59Why not?
04:00Are you ashamed of me?
04:01I'm not thinking of myself.
04:04Look, it's an entirely different world in here.
04:08Believe me,
04:09the other women could take it the wrong way
04:11and make things pretty impossible for you.
04:13I know it's going to be hard for you,
04:15but it's not easy for me either.
04:18I know, Auntie.
04:20I'm sorry.
04:21Honestly, it was a mistake.
04:23You don't hide five kilograms of marijuana
04:25in your suitcase by mistake.
04:27Now you're paying the penalty for it
04:29and there's nothing I can do about it
04:30except give you some good advice.
04:33Don't tell the other women you are my niece
04:35or why you are in here.
04:36You could find their reaction impossible to live with.
04:39Come in.
04:40Oh, I'm sorry, Mrs. Davidson,
04:43but Dr. Miller asked me to tell you
04:44that he'd phoned from the hospital as soon as he could.
04:47Oh, Mrs. Jackson,
04:48this is one of the new prisoners,
04:50Barbara Davidson.
04:51Would you show her to her cell, please?
04:52May, look after her for me.
05:01She's my niece,
05:03but I'd rather that information were known
05:05by as few people as possible.
05:13Silly little fool.
05:15Bloody months she was in here for no reason
05:17and when she gets a second chance,
05:19what does she do with it?
05:21Oh, well, some people just can't take her, can they?
05:23Yeah, well, she should have thought of that
05:24before she got involved with that bloke.
05:26I mean, she's neurotic,
05:28but she's no bad, kid.
05:30I just don't understand.
05:31What do you expect
05:32after losing a baby and a husband?
05:34Yeah, but do on yourself either.
05:35I mean, that's not the answer, is it?
05:37Haven't you finished cleaning up yet, Karen?
05:40What happened?
05:41Did someone get hurt?
05:42I'm quite sure you'll hear the gossip soon enough.
05:44Got nothing to do, ladies?
05:46We were waiting for the dinner bill.
05:47You'll hear it quite clearly from your own cell.
05:49Out.
05:55Karen, this is Barbara Davidson.
05:57I want you to show her around.
05:59Now, your cell is the next one down.
06:01Dinner will be shortly.
06:03Karen will show you where the dining room is.
06:08What did happen?
06:10One of the girls tried to kill herself.
06:13Oh, well, I'll be in my room when you're finished.
06:15Not exactly the Southern Cross, is it, love?
06:32Oh, sure, it won't take me too long to settle in.
06:34Nah, of course not.
06:35Um, this is Monty and I'm Bea.
06:37Your, uh, your name's Barbara, isn't it?
06:39Yeah.
06:40What are you in for, love?
06:41Uh, two years.
06:42It's the truth.
06:44What'd you do?
06:44Kill someone?
06:46Well, there's no need to be shy about it.
06:47I mean, some people deserve it.
06:49Ask Bea, is she had good enough reason?
06:51Yeah, but you don't look like the violent type.
06:53Accident, was it?
06:54Manslaughter.
06:55Oh, there are no secrets in here, love.
06:57No one gives us stuff.
06:58And we've all lost our halos.
07:00Oh, it was all a mistake.
07:01Well, I'll be out of here soon anyway.
07:03Mrs Davidson's going to speak for me.
07:05Why?
07:05She's going to help me get out.
07:06Yeah.
07:07Lovely woman, the governor.
07:08Spends all her time getting young girls up a hook.
07:10Oh, she's having me released on Monday.
07:11Isn't that true?
07:12No, really, she is.
07:14She is going to help me.
07:16Well, I'm Barbara Davidson.
07:18Erica's my aunt.
07:30Oh, hi, Meg.
07:33Hasn't been a bad day.
07:34I've been holding Mum sit up a new flash.
07:36You know they're settling in really well.
07:41Well, what's up?
07:44Oh, you don't know.
07:45It's Lynn Warner.
07:46She tried to kill herself.
07:48What?
07:49What happened?
07:50She slashed her wrists.
07:52Is she going to be all right?
07:53I hope so.
07:54I should have realised the state of mind that she was in.
08:00It's too busy with Mum and Marilyn being released.
08:03I should have seen how depressed she was.
08:05It's hard not to take everything personally.
08:07You've got to learn to or you'll never survive.
08:10Oh, well, I'd better be going.
08:11I want to be home at the usual time just in case Marty rings.
08:13Yeah, of course.
08:15Hey, do you want a lift home?
08:17Are you sure?
08:19No trouble at all.
08:21Well, as long as you stay to dinner.
08:24I've got plenty of food.
08:25Can't get used to shopping for one.
08:27Great.
08:28So long as you let me bring a bottle of wine.
08:30I think we could both do with a drink.
08:33Amen to that.
08:36Oh, God.
08:37Not this old chestnut again.
08:39That movie's been on more times in the epilogue.
08:41Wouldn't be so bad if it was in colour.
08:43Oh, that sort hasn't been the same ever since Frankie smashed the joint up.
08:46It's about time they've replaced it.
08:48Good idea, Monny.
08:50Here, what do you say, Barbara?
08:52Well, yes, it would be nice to have a new set.
08:55Reckon you could swing it, then?
08:56What do you mean?
08:57Well, there's not much point having a governor as your aunt if you can't swing a few extra privileges for your friends now, is there?
09:02It's not what you know.
09:04It's who you know, I was, sir.
09:05Oh, well, I can certainly have a word with her.
09:07Oh, it's good to have a friend like Barbara, Monny.
09:09I knew it the minute I saw her.
09:11I said, now there's a girl who looks after her friends.
09:13Oh, of course I can't promise anything.
09:16But I know Auntie Erica will listen to me.
09:18We were always very close.
09:20Well, I used to stay with her and Uncle Michael when I was a child every summer holidays.
09:24She used to spoil me quite a lot.
09:26I'll bet.
09:27Oh, that's real nice.
09:28It's real nice to have a close-knit family, isn't it, Bea?
09:32So they tell me, Monny.
09:33So they tell me.
09:43Shouldn't be long now.
09:45Oh, no rush.
09:46I've got the whole evening.
09:47It's good to have company.
09:49Quite a change.
09:50You know, I still feel guilty about Lynn Warner.
09:52It's supposed to be my job to help people like her.
09:54The great help I was, putting her in that room with that lawyer, Mr. Wilson.
10:00You know, if I ever see him again, I think I'll...
10:02Oh, Jean.
10:03I'm sure that's got nothing to do with it.
10:05If it's anyone's fault, and it isn't,
10:07then we officers should have kept a closer eye on her.
10:09But we've been very short-staffed, especially with Vera being suspended.
10:13Vera?
10:14Vera Bennett, one of the senior officers.
10:16Oh.
10:18Oh, yes, we've met.
10:20Oh, come on, Jean.
10:21She's not that bad.
10:23She's had a hard time.
10:25People just don't understand her.
10:27Come to think of it, neither do I.
10:30Ah, that'll be Greg.
10:31Dr. Miller?
10:32I asked him to call around and tell me how Lynn was going.
10:38Ah, Greg, come on in.
10:39How is she?
10:40We've got her there in time.
10:42It's going to be a while before she's up and about.
10:43Well, at least she's all right.
10:45Oh, Greg, do you know Jean Vernon?
10:46I've heard about you, of course.
10:47Hi.
10:48Like to stay for dinner?
10:49Well, thank you.
10:50Hey, didn't you try to get Steve Miller to take on Lynn's case?
10:56Don't remind me.
11:04Doug.
11:08Doug.
11:12Did you come?
11:13Do you want a cup of coffee, Monty?
11:37Yeah, thanks.
11:38Well, where's your coffee, Tim?
11:42Well, what's wrong with yours?
11:43I'm waiting on you, aren't I?
11:54I don't know what she's in for.
11:56Hey.
11:56Barbara.
11:58Doesn't look the violent, huh?
12:00Especially being the governor's niece.
12:02What difference does that make?
12:04Anyway, how do you know she is the governor's niece?
12:07Well, her name's Davidson, isn't it?
12:09How many Davidsons do you think there are in Melbourne?
12:11They're not all related.
12:14What do you think, Boo?
12:16I don't know.
12:17Don't trust her, though.
12:18I don't know.
12:19Oh.
12:20Feeling.
12:21Just a feeling.
12:23I don't think she's as sweet and innocent as she makes out.
12:26Why don't you just leave her alone?
12:28No, I can't do that.
12:30I mean, there are certain women in this prison who, when they find out she's the governor's
12:33niece, might try and take advantage of her.
12:35And listen, how are you getting on with that lawyer friend of yours?
12:38He's not just a lawyer.
12:39He's a barrister.
12:40Oh.
12:41He going to appeal?
12:43Maybe.
12:44What?
12:45After all this time?
12:46What makes you think you get away with it?
12:49Look, I get cross-examined by him every time he comes in here.
12:52I don't have to put up with it from you, too.
12:53Well, pardon me for breathing.
12:55Yeah, that's a real bad habit you got there, Bea.
13:06I suppose you think you can teach me some new manners.
13:22Don't get too big for your boots, schoolteacher.
13:35So, Greg, how does a prison doctor compare with private practice?
13:39Oh, not exactly favorably.
13:41One long queue of hypochondriacs bringing everything from aspirin to valium.
13:44The infamous pill parade.
13:46Yeah, sometimes wonder why I bother.
13:47Oh, I know what you mean.
13:49Working for the welfare department is like bashing your head against a brick wall.
13:53I feel like I'm working for an alien race most of the time.
13:56But then you always have the success stories which make it all worthwhile.
14:00Like mum.
14:00Yeah, I suppose so.
14:02Anyone for coffee?
14:03Oh, yes, please.
14:04Oh, look, um, I'll give you a hand.
14:06No, no, you stay and entertain, Greg.
14:08I'll do it.
14:10I was glad things worked out for mum.
14:13I was sorry to see her back inside.
14:15I'm sorry to see any of them back inside, but they so often are.
14:18Prisons have no contact with everyday life.
14:21They have no friends.
14:23Their families develop different lives for themselves.
14:25When they're released, they're completely alone.
14:27Yes, I know.
14:28What's the answer?
14:30More work-release programs for a start.
14:33At least then they'd have some contact with everyday life.
14:36No, I don't think that'd work for most of the women.
14:37There's a deep psychological barrier to overcome.
14:41What's your answer then?
14:42Just give up.
14:43Oh, I think it's a bit unfair of you to accuse me of that.
14:46Well, I've tried to help.
14:47You've only just arrived at the prison.
14:49There was a woman in here not long ago, Helen Masters.
14:51I persuaded her to give cosmetic classes.
14:54The morale-boosting effect was almost visible,
14:55and then when she was released, they just all gave up.
14:59And so did you.
15:03Karen?
15:09You awake?
15:12Yes.
15:15You really going to appeal?
15:18I told you.
15:19Maybe.
15:20Maybe.
15:24Funny the things you keep quiet about at your trial.
15:26What do you mean?
15:31Take mine, for instance.
15:33The first one.
15:35I told the judge that I hit that woman in a fit of temper.
15:40Got off lighter than if it had been premeditated.
15:44I said we had an argument about...
15:47No, I don't know, something or other.
15:49I just saw Redden bashed her one.
15:50And you didn't?
15:55No.
15:57I've been thinking about it for weeks.
16:00Ever since I caught her carrying on with my husband.
16:06And you killed her?
16:09Yeah.
16:12Stupid, really.
16:14Should have killed him.
16:16Would have saved a lot of time later.
16:17What happened, Bea?
16:35Was it the beach?
16:38We used to go to the beach every Sunday.
16:40Regular as clockwork.
16:41Him and me.
16:45And Debbie.
16:50Anyhow, I caught him behind the sheds with this woman I used to work with.
16:54Or it would have been anywhere else, it wouldn't have mattered so much.
16:59But the beach.
17:02Well, it was sort of our special place.
17:05Know what I mean?
17:06Very close, Debbie and me were.
17:14Real close.
17:17Oh, she got it right with her father, I suppose.
17:20He treated her all right.
17:22But he never bothered to spend much time with her.
17:24When I got put inside, she started to hang around with a bunch of weirdos.
17:36John never stopped her.
17:39He was too busy with his fancy women.
17:41And she got hooked on drugs.
17:50She couldn't stop.
17:53Got into the moor.
17:55Moor.
17:59She used to visit me and she'd say,
18:01Please, help me, Mum.
18:10You've got to help me.
18:15What could I do stuck in here?
18:21They wouldn't even let me go to a funeral.
18:23Oh, shut up, you bloody great ox.
18:37Come on up.
18:59Everybody get a move on.
19:00Oh, come on up.
19:04Oh, come on up.
19:07Come on, time to get up.
19:20Get up, Davidson.
19:21Didn't you hear the bells?
19:28Davidson, are you deaf?
19:29Get up at once.
19:30Oh, go away.
19:31It's far too early.
19:32You'll be in solitary if you don't move.
19:34Oh, leave me alone.
19:35I'm sleeping.
19:36You better leave her alone or you'll be fine.
19:37I wore it.
19:38What are you talking about?
19:39Special dispensation.
19:40Yeah, she's the governor's niece.
19:42You upset her and you'll be in it right up to the neck.
19:52She gone?
19:53Yeah, but you're lucky it was the new screw and not old Vera.
19:56She would have been a bit harder to convince.
19:58Yeah, now she's gone.
19:59Things will be a bit different around here.
20:00Yeah, with Barbara in and Vera out,
20:02things are really looking up.
20:03Oh, leave me alone, you two.
20:05I want to go to sleep.
20:06Davidson?
20:08Out.
20:09I want you up and dressed in exactly two minutes.
20:13I'm taking you to the governor.
20:14Sit down, Barbara.
20:19Thank you, Mrs. Jackson.
20:22How are you this morning, auntie?
20:25I have just been talking to Miss Manson,
20:27an excellent officer with impeccable references
20:30who has just recently joined us from Sydney.
20:32And she has just told me she would rather resign from the service
20:35than work in a prison where the governor grants special dispensations
20:38for members of the family.
20:40I don't find it at all amusing, young lady.
20:42What do you have to say for yourself?
20:45Oh, auntie, it wasn't my fault.
20:47It was Bea and Monica.
20:49They told her not to bother me because I was your niece.
20:51Didn't I tell you not to tell anyone we are related?
20:54Oh, but it's all right.
20:55The other women don't hold it against me.
20:58Now, listen to me.
21:00Whilst you are an inmate in this prison,
21:02you will be treated exactly the same as everyone else.
21:04Do you understand?
21:06We have rules to be obeyed here,
21:07and if you do not obey them, you will end up in solitary.
21:11You wouldn't.
21:13Well, not this time.
21:15But stay out of trouble.
21:16Do you understand?
21:19The officers have the authority to punish you,
21:21and I cannot and will not countermand their decisions.
21:25Is that clear?
21:27Yes, auntie Erica.
21:29Stay away from Bea Smith and Monica Ferguson.
21:31They're nothing but trouble.
21:33Didn't Mrs. Jackson ask Karen Travers to look after you?
21:35Yes.
21:38Then I suggest you go and wash your face
21:41and stay out of trouble for the rest of your stay here.
21:45Why should I?
21:46What does it matter if I go into solitary?
21:48You don't care.
21:48Nobody cares.
21:49Yes.
21:49Well, well, look who's here.
22:13Sleeping beauty back among the workers.
22:15How did you go with auntie Erica?
22:17Yeah, what happened?
22:18No trouble.
22:19What'd she say?
22:21Oh, nothing much.
22:22She saw the funny side of it.
22:23Well, she's got a sense of humour too, you know.
22:25Oh, yeah.
22:26Well, she wasn't too thrilled about that officer threatening to resign, though.
22:30Resign?
22:30Wanted to toss it in, did she?
22:32Yes.
22:32I think you went a bit too far, Bea.
22:35Listen, love, when I want to go too far, you'll know all about it.
22:38Anyone else feature in your little chat with auntie?
22:41No one.
22:42I accepted full responsibility.
22:44I can look after myself.
22:46With a little help from your friend.
22:47She should have been here when we gave Vera the toss.
22:51Vera?
22:52One of the screws.
22:53You mean to say you actually got rid of an officer?
22:55Oh, yeah.
22:56Shut up, Bea.
22:57Oh, no, tell me.
22:58Just drop it, Princess.
23:00You've only been in the joint five minutes.
23:02Life stories come a bit later.
23:12Lizzie, you've got to tell me.
23:14Well, I told you what happened to me, didn't I?
23:17You heard what Bea said.
23:18Oh, never mind her.
23:20Well, I know it must have been your idea.
23:22Well, of course.
23:23Oh, of course it was.
23:24Now, you tell me what you did to this Vera.
23:27Well, I know it's just going to be brilliant.
23:33It's about Karen Travers, Mrs. Campbell.
23:36I need some information, and I thought you may be able to help.
23:40No, I just want to talk.
23:42Well, perhaps you could come round to my office sometime later today.
23:46Excuse me.
23:48Yes?
23:49Jean Vernon here to see, Mr. Wilson.
23:52Right.
23:53Send her in.
23:57Hello, Mrs. Campbell.
23:58How does two o'clock sound?
24:01Yes, all right.
24:02I'll see you then.
24:03Good, thank you.
24:04Bye-bye.
24:04I just thought you might like to know that Lynn Warner slashed her wrist yesterday.
24:08She's in a very bad way.
24:10Really?
24:12Yes, really.
24:14Is that all you've got to say?
24:16What do you want me to say?
24:17I hope you realize that it's our fault.
24:19What do you mean it's our fault?
24:21I blame myself as much as I do you.
24:24Oh, well, that's really very big of you.
24:28Don't be so bloody cynical.
24:30I'm not being cynical.
24:31I just don't know what you're talking about.
24:33All I did was give the girl some advice.
24:35Oh, yes, good old legal advice.
24:38You might as well have whacked her over the head with a law book you were so damn superior.
24:42You couldn't have cared less.
24:44This is a legal practice, Miss Vernon, not a lonely hearts club.
24:47I gave the girl the facts.
24:50Yeah, the facts.
24:52Why didn't you give her a little thing called hope?
24:55That's the most important thing to these women.
24:57Sometimes it's the only thing that they have to hang on to.
25:00You don't have to be a genius to see that.
25:02Oh, no, just the Jean Vernon, eh?
25:06Very funny.
25:08No.
25:09I blew it, too.
25:11I should have realized what she was going through.
25:14I was too busy with other things.
25:16Well, I happen to be rather busy myself.
25:18So, uh...
25:20If you'll excuse me.
25:23I forgot.
25:24Time is money, right?
25:27I hope Karen Travers makes it worth your while.
25:30Oh, I'll do my job, Miss Vernon.
25:31You do yours.
25:33Is that advice free?
25:34If it makes you feel better, I'll send you an account.
25:38Don't tell me you need the money.
25:47Barbara tells me that Vera did not strike Monica Ferguson.
25:50Bea Smith set up the whole thing.
25:52Thought it might be something like that.
25:54Will I get them in?
25:54Well, if you do, they'll know how we found out.
25:56She'll have to be safe then, will she?
25:59No.
25:59What do you mean I won't be safe?
26:03Well, you're the governor, auntie.
26:04You can make sure I'm all right.
26:07You're in charge here.
26:08The prisoners, your fellow prisoners, don't take kindly to what they call snitches or laggers.
26:13At the very least, they'll make the rest of your time here as miserable as they possibly can.
26:17Don't think anyone will thank you for what you've done.
26:19I take it I don't get any thanks from you either.
26:25Look, Mrs Davidson is trying to give you some good advice.
26:28I only told you because I wanted to make up for the trouble I caused this morning.
26:32I didn't want you to think I was like them.
26:35Well, don't you understand?
26:36I thought you'd be grateful I was helping you.
26:39That'll be all, Barbara.
26:40Go back to work.
26:47Well, at least we know the truth.
26:49Yes.
26:50We must get Vera back straight away.
26:53Smith and Ferguson, weren't they in prison together once before?
26:57Yes.
26:58I think I'll make a few inquiries.
27:06Well, where have you two been?
27:08Nature called.
27:09Well, nature takes a whole lot longer than it used to.
27:11Why is there some work around here?
27:13The doc wouldn't see me, not unless I'm really ill, he says.
27:16And look, I've got lumps all over me.
27:19Yeah, well, I'll give you lumps if you don't lend a hand.
27:21Smith, Ferguson, Birdsworth, I want you to come with me.
27:23What for?
27:24The governor wants to see you.
27:25Now move.
27:27Don't quiet up, girls.
27:38I wonder what's going on.
27:40We'll soon find out.
27:41I suppose you thought you were clever setting up Miss Bennet like that.
27:47Don't know what you're talking about.
27:49Well, I'll tell you, Smith.
27:50I happen to know it was you who struck Ferguson, not Miss Bennet.
27:54Well, who told you that?
27:55Your past record.
27:56What?
27:57All it took was a phone call.
27:59The three of you did exactly the same thing to an officer the last time you were all in prison together.
28:05Remember Miss Watson?
28:06Never heard of her.
28:08Well, she remembers you, Ferguson.
28:10The last time you had a black eye, not a cut lip.
28:14The governor told me all about it.
28:16Couldn't resist a repeat performance, could you?
28:19Well, you're not as clever as you think.
28:21I don't think it's at all funny trying to ruin the reputation of a good officer.
28:24I thought we were talking about Vera.
28:26I think it would be a good idea for all concerned if Ferguson and Smith were separated.
28:33Ferguson, you can move out.
28:35Oh, figure.
28:36And if there is any repetition of this behaviour, you will all be dealt with severely.
28:42Now go and think yourselves lucky.
28:44L-U-C-K
28:56Yeah, I can spell it. I'm not stupid.
28:58Yeah, but you said you wanted me to help you.
29:00Yeah, blind leading the blind.
29:01It's finished.
29:02Here, read it.
29:05Dear Karen.
29:06Go on.
29:08Well, you're doing real good.
29:10Sorry I'll give you a hard time.
29:12Good luck.
29:12Yeah, that's fine.
29:13How does she know who it's from?
29:15She'll know.
29:17Hey, let's sign it and give our love to B and everyone.
29:19Don't be bloody stupid. You know the letters get read. You want the cops onto us.
29:22I was only joking.
29:24Anyhow, I've got no love for bloody B Smith.
29:26This letter's for Karen and no one else.
29:29Goose.
29:30We'll have to post this a couple of miles away from here in case they check it out.
29:33Well, what are you two girls up to now?
29:35I've been writing a letter to a friend.
29:37What are you all dressed up for?
29:38It's my birthday.
29:40Yeah?
29:41Fantastic.
29:42Going out in the town then?
29:43Oh, no, I couldn't afford that.
29:45I just give myself a little treat every year by putting on my glad rags and having the odd sherry or two.
29:50How old are you, Miss McBride?
29:5271.
29:54Gee, how about that, eh?
29:56Not everyone gets to be 71.
29:58No.
29:58Well, I reckon we should have a real party.
30:02Here?
30:02Yeah, why not?
30:03Wouldn't that be lovely?
30:04Perhaps you'd like to invite some friends.
30:06Got no friends.
30:07What about the one you're writing the letter to?
30:09We could get her on the telephone.
30:11She's a girl I met inside.
30:14By the time she gets out, we'll be having a party for her 71st birthday.
30:17Mrs. Gamble, I don't understand why you didn't give information to the police or come forward during Karen Trevor's trial.
30:28After all, you were there the day she killed her husband.
30:31There was no point.
30:32She admitted she was guilty.
30:34Besides, I hardly wanted my husband to know that he'd been having an affair with his best friend.
30:38You can understand that, surely?
30:40Yes.
30:43Oh, now, tell me what happened that day.
30:47Everything, please.
30:50We were in bed together.
30:52Wayne said his wife was at work.
30:55When I was getting dressed, she came into the room.
30:57Was she just walked in?
30:59No, she was in like kind of a trance or something.
31:02She was just staring at me and holding this knife.
31:04What did you do?
31:06Ran.
31:07Ran out of the house.
31:08I've never been so scared in all my life.
31:10You didn't try and warn Mrs. Trevor's husband?
31:13No.
31:13Why not?
31:14She was why not.
31:16She was like some sort of zombie, like something out of one of those old horror movies.
31:20If you'd seen the look on her face.
31:21Yes.
31:21Well, tell me about Mr. Trevor's.
31:23What was he like?
31:25He was okay in bed, if that's what you want to know.
31:28What sort of relationship did he have with his wife?
31:31How should I know?
31:32Well, he must have told you something about her.
31:34She was a teacher.
31:36She was very religious, always talking about the kids at school.
31:40He was just bored with her, I think.
31:43He was a very demanding man.
31:45He needed someone else.
31:47So did I.
31:48Happens every day.
31:50Women don't kill their husbands every day, Mrs. Campbell.
31:54So she was crazy.
31:55How should I know?
31:57Have you finished?
31:57I've told you everything I know.
31:59Did Mr. Trevor's ever hit you?
32:01Hardly.
32:02I don't spend my time with that kind of man, thank you.
32:04Would it surprise you to know that he beat his wife?
32:07That's what she says.
32:08She's had cigarette burns all over her body.
32:10Well, if it's true he never tried anything like that on me, she should have left him, not killed him.
32:17I would have left him if he was really like that.
32:21Yes.
32:22Your governor's done us a favour, but as you knew it.
32:25What do you mean?
32:26Well, I don't listen to your snoring for a start.
32:28Oh, thanks a lot.
32:29You seem to find out who your friends are around here.
32:31How did Auntie Erica find out what you did with this Vera?
32:34Oh, there are ways.
32:35I'll tell you.
32:36It's because this big know-all...
32:38Who are you calling big?
32:41This know-all here comes up with a bright idea of using the same trick we used on some other rotten screw in the old jail.
32:47All they had to do was check up on us and they did.
32:49Yeah, you should have thought of something new.
32:51When's the last time you had a thought?
32:54Well, surely this Vera woman can't be as bad as you all make up.
32:57Oh, no.
32:59Well, she must have some good point.
33:00Oh, yeah.
33:03Now, now, girls, let's be fair.
33:04I have always found Carl and Miss Bennet to be a most restraining influence on the more uncouth elements in the prison.
33:13But to wee wound of reading, she has always been a real soulmate.
33:17Soulmate?
33:19Who can ever forget that musical voice, that gentle smile, the soft touch of her hand.
33:24You know, fear brought tears to her eyes the day I found out she even used the starch in those stockings.
33:28So many bright, smiling faces.
33:33We'll soon fix that.
33:34Get back to work, all of you.
33:35Thank you for coming, Dr. Barrett.
33:43Let's just sit down.
33:49You are familiar with the Karen Travers case, of course.
33:51Yes, I was really quite shocked about it.
33:53She always seemed such a gentle sort of a girl.
33:55Did you ever treat her for burns or bruises or anything like that?
33:58No, not really.
33:59Not that I can recall.
34:00She never came to see you at any time, looking as if she'd been struck.
34:04Yes, there was one time.
34:06She had a black eye.
34:07Did she tell you what happened?
34:08No, not really.
34:09She said she bumped into a door.
34:10Her eye was quite swollen.
34:12No, she really came to talk about the baby.
34:15The baby?
34:16Yes, I recommended her to a specialist.
34:18And she was pregnant?
34:20Oh, Mr. Wilson, that is usually the way it happens.
34:22Yes, she seemed quite happy about it at the time.
34:24I suppose she'd be about seven months pregnant now.
34:28Pity the poor little nipper's got to be born in jail.
34:29Dr. Karen Travers is no longer pregnant.
34:32Really?
34:34She seemed perfectly fit.
34:38An abortion?
34:39Out of the question.
34:41She really wanted that baby.
34:45Turn that off, Travers.
34:47Why?
34:48Do as I say.
34:49The Governor ordered no privileges for two days.
34:52The Governor said no privileges for Monty and Lizzie and me.
34:55The others didn't do anything, Miss Bennett.
34:57Oh, no.
34:58Butter wouldn't melt in anyone's mouth in this place.
35:01Now, you listen.
35:01Ferguson, all of you.
35:03Some of you might like to think that you run this place.
35:06But let me tell you, ladies, that you're sadly mistaken.
35:09All of you will do what you're told, when you're told, and you will do it at once.
35:13Well, I hope I make myself clear.
35:15For all your sakes.
35:17Now, Ferguson, get your things out of Smith's dormitory.
35:19You won't be told again.
35:21Move!
35:22Well, everything all right?
35:29It better be.
35:31Well, I'm glad we've got that other ugly business cleared up.
35:33Oh, yes, sir.
35:34Thanks for your help.
35:35Nothing to do with me, Vera.
35:37Who, then?
35:38Did someone talk?
35:39Does it matter?
35:40It does to me.
35:41The Governor just said I was reinstated.
35:43If you know something, Meg, I think I have a right to be told.
35:46Was Karen Travis pregnant when she arrived here?
35:59What?
36:00She was examined when she arrived.
36:01Well, not for pregnancy.
36:03According to a doctor, she should have been in her seventh month.
36:07Well, you've seen her.
36:08She certainly isn't.
36:10She said nothing about her?
36:12Yeah, not a damn thing.
36:13Not that that's unusual.
36:14Well, could she have had the pregnancy terminated?
36:19Karen wanted children more than any woman I've ever known.
36:22If she was pregnant, she would never have had an abortion.
36:25What makes you so sure?
36:27I just know.
36:29I take it you knew her well before all this happened?
36:31I know what sort of person she is.
36:33She's well enough to pay for my services,
36:35and now to tell me that you're sure she wanted to have children.
36:37You must have been on fairly intimate terms with her.
36:39I don't see what any of this has to do with her appeal.
36:42Well, frankly, I don't see that it's any of your business.
36:45No.
36:46Perhaps not.
36:49Well, if you'll excuse me,
36:50I think it's time I went and had another meeting with my client.
36:56Thanks for your help.
36:58I'll keep you posted.
36:59Please do.
37:00Dr. Lizzie Birdsworth is outside again.
37:04She got that damn medical book with her.
37:06I'm afraid so.
37:07Well, tell her to forget it.
37:07I'm not going to spend the rest of the day
37:09listening to her prattle on about imaginary lumps and bumps.
37:11Right, doctor.
37:12Mrs. Travers,
37:20don't you think it's about time you told me the full story?
37:23I can't go on picking up bits and pieces of second-hand information
37:27from your doctor, your friends, and whoever else.
37:31Look,
37:32I want to help.
37:35From what I know,
37:36I think you've got a very good chance.
37:38But I must know everything.
37:40Otherwise, I might as well leave now and forget about the whole thing.
37:43And you don't want that.
37:47How about it?
37:51Good.
37:56When Dr. Barrett told me I was pregnant,
37:58I couldn't wait to tell my husband.
38:04I thought he'd be as happy as I was.
38:07He wasn't.
38:09He wasn't going to have the baby,
38:13and he wasn't going to listen to what I wanted.
38:19He told me to get rid of it.
38:23I've been brought up to believe that abortion is murder.
38:30I went to see the priest.
38:34Wayne still wouldn't listen.
38:36That's when he...
38:38That's when he...
38:39He started beating me.
38:46I...
38:46What could I do?
38:49I couldn't divorce him.
38:51He was my husband.
38:54So I started to think that...
38:56If I did give up the baby...
39:00Maybe later, in a year or two,
39:05things would be different.
39:09When it was over, I felt so sick.
39:11I felt as if I was going to die.
39:16God, I wanted to die.
39:22All the way home, I kept trying to feel there was still life inside me.
39:27There wasn't.
39:29I'd lost it.
39:32Turned my back on God.
39:33That I got her, but...
39:39You found him with that woman.
39:43No, no, dear.
40:02One, two, three.
40:03One, two, three.
40:04Well, that's better.
40:06One, two, three, one.
40:07Oh, no, no, no, dear.
40:08Let me lead.
40:10One, two, three.
40:11One, two, three.
40:12One, two, three.
40:15What are you?
40:16Oh, come on, Frankie.
40:17You want to have a go?
40:18No, too much excitement for me.
40:22I wonder who that could be.
40:23The Red Cross came last week.
40:25We'd better scram.
40:26Oh, yes, I think you girls better duck into the kitchen for a bit.
40:29What if it's the cops, Frankie?
40:30They'd have kicked the door in, wouldn't they?
40:31Now, shut up and keep cool.
40:33Remember, Miss McBee, we'll be listening.
40:34Oh, if you like, dear.
40:37Yes.
40:38Yes, I'm coming.
40:40I'm coming.
40:46Trevor.
40:46Hi, how are you?
40:49Well, happy birthday, Aunty.
40:52This is for you.
40:53Can't stay long.
40:54Just thought I'd pop in and see how you work.
40:56Well, it's the right day, isn't it?
40:57Oh, yes.
40:58Well, open it up.
41:01Yes.
41:03Yes, you've got some lovely stuff here, haven't you?
41:04Lovely.
41:05Yes, I know I have.
41:07There, you see?
41:08I knew it was the right day.
41:10You had me worried for a minute.
41:11Look.
41:12Got yourself a birthday cake and everything.
41:15Got guests, haven't you?
41:16No, no, they've just left.
41:17They've gone.
41:18Some time ago.
41:19Oh.
41:19Trevor, it's been lovely to see you again, and thank you for the delightful present.
41:25We haven't even had it.
41:26Look, I'll just pour myself a drink while you finish unwrapping it.
41:29Fresh glass through here, isn't it?
41:30No, don't.
41:33G'day.
41:35G'day.
41:37Trevor, these are my friends.
41:39This is Doreen, and this is Frankie.
41:42We've been having a little party.
41:44I didn't know you had any friends called Doreen and Frankie.
41:48Well, you do now, don't you, Trevor?
42:03Vernon.
42:03Didn't you hear me call?
42:09I've said all I've got to say to you.
42:10Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm very...
42:12You're in a hurry, yes?
42:13What do you want?
42:15Well, I've been thinking over what you've said, and I know a good lawyer who would be willing
42:19to spend some time, when he has the time, to help these women.
42:24Why the sudden change of heart?
42:26That's not really fair.
42:27You hardly know me.
42:29I'm not sure I've wanted to up until now.
42:31Well, business is business, Miss Vernon.
42:34And people are people, Mr. Wilson.
42:37I'll see Lynn Warner again if she wants me to.
42:41Peace.
42:43Peace.
42:45Right.
42:55Having a quiet little read, are we?
42:57Oh, anything the matter with that, Miss Vernon?
42:59No.
42:59How are you getting along in here, Davidson?
43:03All right.
43:04No trouble with the others?
43:06No.
43:07Good.
43:09Well, they tell me you're the governor's niece.
43:12Yes.
43:13And it's because you did the right thing, the wise thing, that I'm back here doing my duty.
43:18Is that correct?
43:20Yes.
43:21Well, I think we'll get on very nicely, Davidson.
43:26I hope so, Miss Bennett.
43:27And, uh, how did you two get to know my aunt?
43:30We get around.
43:31Oh, um, I met Doreen and Frankie when they were working for a doorknock appeal.
43:35They do a lot of work for charity.
43:37Yeah, we take from the rich and give to the poor.
43:40I asked them in for a cuppa and we've been good friends ever since.
43:43Yes.
43:43Well, uh, that's what it's all about, isn't it?
43:46Good friends and a bit of company.
43:48I'm usually, uh, too busy.
43:49Oh, look, I'll just change the record and then we'll really have a celebration, eh?
43:54How long are you going to be with them matches?
43:56I'm getting mad.
43:57Give them to me.
43:58No.
43:59Give us them.
43:59You couldn't light it with a flamethrower.
44:01Oh, get off.
44:02Now, girls, I don't mind 20, really.
44:06Uh, I've just got to make a phone call to my boss and tell him I might be a bit late in the morning.
44:19Hello, uh, put me through to the police.
44:23Yes, it's an emergency.
44:28Hello, look, look, I've got to talk fast.
44:33You'll have to talk faster than that, Trevor.
44:49Well, you can inform me for a minute.
44:53I know who you two are.
44:54I've seen your photos in the paper.
44:56And you're holding my auntie a prisoner in her own home, aren't you?
44:59Yeah, that's right.
45:00We're holding a prisoner.
45:01Think you're clever, don't you?
45:02Yeah.
45:03It was dead easy, silly old cow.
45:05All we had to do was move in.
45:06Nothing she could do about it.
45:09Well, what are you going to do now?
45:11Can't have you two talking to the cops, can I?
45:16Put him in here, Frankie.
45:17There's lots of room in here.
45:18And it's got a key, too.
45:22In.
45:25One word out of you, Trevor, and they'll be calling you Sally.
45:32Better tie the old bed up and gag her.
45:44Here you are, dear.
45:45Oh, and take this, too.
45:47You'll need it, I should think.
45:48Oh, Miss McBride, you shouldn't.
45:50Don't be stupid.
45:51Thanks, Aunty.
45:53See you around.
45:53Come on, you.
45:55It's been terrific, really.
45:58Yes.
45:59Bye.
46:00Bye.
46:01Bye.
46:15Bye.
46:16He used to give me roses.
46:22I wish he could again.
46:25But that was on the outside
46:31And things were different then
46:36On the inside the sun still shines
46:40And the rain falls down
46:46But the sun and rain are prisoners too
46:50When morning comes around
46:55Last night I dreamed we were together
47:00Sharing all the love ignored
47:05Till I had to face the nightmare
47:11Of waking up alone
47:16On the inside the roses glow
47:20They don't mind the stony ground
47:25But the roses here are Christmas too
47:30When morning comes around
47:35When morning comes around
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