Prisoner Cell Block H Theme

[anglehunter83]

omg i found a dvd of this at a friend house i used to watch it when i has a kid omg i used to hate that song but know it reminds me of the good old days

THANK SO MUCH

[nvstewart]

Kevin Bridges brought me here!

[jcotter1888]

@nvstewart Me too!!!! Although I used to watch the program as a kid.

[aaronzebaron]

but the roses feel like prisioners too, when morning comes around.

[JoolsyB]

Kevin Bridges reminded me of this, it's sad and hilarious all at once.

[MrPaulkoussoulos]

This tune is a classic, i can always remember the show, always seemed to be on late at night or early in the morning. Memorys.

[supermoe1985]

Aw yeah.

[fyaqueen1]

@123mrwilletts so true i so miss this show love the theme still dats y im here today,blessing sound to i ears

[TheAngeloftherealm]

used to love watching this x

[Derwentcub]

I love this and miss it like mad.. My Mum summed it up when she said "It's so bad that it's good.." lol Nothing like it around now, sadly..

[TomthatiscalledTom]

The faces of those women alone were enough to warrant a prison sentence

[castlebar67]

brill want it bob sulley always said it was his favourite programme rip and to my exs as well and my uncle john and pat and vera kelly huddersfield in them days and to all have gone including the cast good old vera and b smith was it "bloody well leave me alone b" aw to the days that were pb manchester

[19MisterT84]

one of the best themes EVER to a tv series

[darrenmarc78]

lesbian jail it should have been called lol

[fairfax17]

what year did this show come on in the states....its was one i use to watch on a regular and was shock they took it off. it taught me to not go to jail even though it is much worse here.

[MsPerogi]

@fairfax17 1978-1980

[MsPerogi]

@fairfax17 Fairfax It aired on US Televison from late 1979 to early 1981. And Due to controversial topics of a violent nature it aired late evenings 11:00-2:30 in the mornings. Also the major networks refused to carry the show. Instead it aired on the smaller networks.

[MsPerogi]

@fairfax17 It started to Rerun in 1985. By 1990 Cable networks obtained control over the reruns and Broadcasted the show at earlier in the day.

[stoojkm]

any sign of this ever being show again on virgin/sky in the uk?

[cue1cole]

bring it al back please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrsJackson221]

love this show, i remeber haveing a shower mum making us tea as i sat by her feet watching :(...........

[MyJackdempsey]

PCBH is the only Aussie soap I like! All the others r cheesy & boring

[tiasarahellielorna]

i was about 10 when this was aired on 3 i used to really fancy doreen lol

[stoojkm]

@tiasarahellielorna yeah me to haha, i remember when for some reason but came back.....good times

[MrSmifffy01]

Top Dog of a show.Bonzer top sets;easilly escape sets; One up on our homegrown soaps which have become shit from the dunny could do with a good repeating ,"The thoughts Of Chairman Smifffy01" DAG,DAG,DAG, If yah know what I mean

[MrSmifffy01]

Top Dog of a show.Bonzer top sets;easilly escape sets; One up on our homegrown soaps which have become shit from the dunny could do with a good repeating ,"The thoughts Of Chairman Smifffy01"

[deliciousdazmo]

Bring cell block h back to the UK! Its about time.

[jemdave13]

What a beautiful song.

[123mrwilletts]

miss this good old tv not like the crap on to day

[SuperYellow1989]

@123mrwilletts

its such a myth , this idea of a golden age of television, its nonsense.

There was just as many rubbish tv shows back then as there is now. And think of all the amazing shows we have now.

Looking at past years we always pick out the best shows of that time, thats why it seems so great, you leave out all the rubbish.

[VegassTrades]

@SuperYellow1989 well said

[Nabend1402]

@SuperYellow1989 Spot on. In thirty years people will say "The 2010s, that's when telly was still great... Downton Abby, Matt Smith as the Doctor, QI. So much better than the rubbish that's on now. Blessed be our robot overlords!" Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be...

[DaveyC95]

Good grief, it will be 20 years next month since Sheila Florance who played Lizzie Birdsworth died...And the same next year since the lovely Gerda Nicolson who played 2nd Wentworth Governor Anne Reynolds passed...Wayne Jarratt (Steve Fawkner), 23 years ago..I am going to stop there as it is sad to think that he was only 31 years old back in 1988 when he passed..Also the DVD boxsets I am watching at the moment feature Wayne's episodes.

[stoojkm]

@DaveyC95 yeah i bought tickets to see the stage show in Glasgow with Lizzie being one of the stars to appear but she passed away before they hit the uk, was still a great show with Bea Chrissie and vinegar tits doing an interview on stage instead

[DaveyC95]

@stoojkm Good, I would have been about 7 or 8 back then lol..Did you see Carol Burns who played Franky Doyle there?..I ask Because she did the Derby one with Val Lehman, Sheila and Amanda Muggleton back in 1990.

[hunkydaboyz]

Hmmmm caged heaaaaaaaaaaaaat

[billyboi85]

Reb Keane was as cool as fuck

[justin26UK]

This show was before its time. Crazy good television.

[Avilennon]

I cried at the end of every episode because of this song. As a child it was one of the only shows that every one in the house watched.

[spreadthelove77]

Miss Lizzie, Bea, Fletch the Letch, Meg etc, what a show. Loved it

[jaxx1102]

beautiful song with beautiful lyrics.......bring back prisoner cell block h.......whose wiv me?????????

[dalekcatcymru]

The Freak :)

[Debbie0349]

OMG memories........ shocking I still know all the lyrics, wicked sing along.... he used....

[deldelxxx]

Who sang this lol

[squeakyba11s]

@deldelxxx Lynn Hamilton

[harriettewinslow]

@deldelxxx I find it pretty odd that you asked that when it's revealed right at the start of the video where it says "Prisoner Cell Block H theme: On the Inside by Lynne Hamilton.

[deldelxxx]

Vinegar tits LOL

[icoolirock2011]

im only 10 and i love prisoner!! :)

[garynumanfanforever]

rotten bloody mongrel lizzie birdsworth

[Scrabbler27]

My brother was a big fan of this in the 1990's.

[threecanal]

WTF!!! Memories....

[holysmoke45]

TOP DOG

[suffolknwatt]

Lizzie died October 12, 1991 aged 75

[pogah1985]

i love this show!!how long did it go for??from 1979 till??

[harriettewinslow]

@pogah1985 It lasted from 1979 to 1986.

[NickFreakD999]

Vera was a idiot. No one liked her

[katesayereastment]

amen! Bring back our ladies! x

Lizzie, Doreen et al.

[craigcelticmurphy]

i loved this show,

[BetamaxBabe]

I saw this on our PBS affiliate here in the States, and this show scared the shit out of me as a child, the lady guards in particular!

[14212288]

I love this show! Im *re watching it on 111 hits on foxtel!!!!!

[PanMan19702010]

@JacquesZupp lolololol

[NikkiIsChillin]

Brings back memories and makes me a little melancholy....but I loved this series. Used to watch it faithfully in the Bahamas.

[39mishy]

Im currantly watching prisoner on dvd i wish too it would come back to tv

[jonathanmaroon]

0:34 I hate that bitch

[gavinpow77]

If it's on again in Oz, I'm guessing one day soon it will be broadcast in the UK. I believe the reason behind the repeats embargo previously was a rights issue after Grundy TV became part of Pearson International. Now it's all part of Freemantle. Freemantle is highly operational in the UK. Let's hope it gets a well deserved re-run. I have the first 100 episodes on DVD (got them as a press release while working on a newspaper) but I wouldn't mind seeing them all. Peak time on ITV1 I say. lol!

[o900junior]

Any one know the guitar chords for this?

[10guitars]

ah good old bea smith, the top dog, there is not a day goes by where i do not quote one of her many threats.

[louisejaneclarke]

shes wants to see the Governor, she wants to see the governor, she wants to see the governor, shes gone to get the governor LMAO!! classic!

[MrBogie91]

The only girls I can pull look like Cell Block rejects!

[ironklad2001]

im so glad this is back on, loving every minute of it

[gaz141]

@ironklad2001

where is it on? in the uk?

[ironklad2001]

@gaz141 Its on again in Australia

[jonathanmaroon]

@ironklad2001: I am watching it day by day

[MrBuckley123]

@gaz141 it was on uk gold my friend

[Kelendria4Life]

Brilliant programme!

[bahiyakurdi]

Brilliant series ever.. Watching all over again. I grew up watching it... Only now do I realise how inappropriate it was for a kid to watch... Always loved the theme song :-)

[JohnnyBee90]

Love it!!! <3 Best theme tune EVERRRR!!!!!

[tidal50]

I remember them all. They were like friends.I had a crappy job at Burger King among others in San Francisco, it was the mid 1980's. I watched everynight at midnight. It helped me through some hard times. Sharing their heart breaks and victories helped me face my own in time. Of course I dont carry a steam iron around with me.

[123Sarrah]

@EveHenleySpread,cheers for that!

[slickwillywize]

GOING SLEEP WATCHING THIS WAS HEAVEN FOR ATIME

[123Sarrah]

is lizzie still alive?

[EveHenleySpread]

@123Sarrah Afraid not - she died in 1991 aged 75

[The31415927]

So that's WatAppaned... Unfortunately Japan is on the other side of the planet from Canada, not Australia. You can dial 666 all you want to , you'll just NEVER get the Australian police. Just, maybe if you're licky, Nurse Taylor...

( o)( x)

[missclaret]

great show, seems to get better as the years go by. my favourite charactors were vera bennett and bea smith.

[DaveyC95]

Sheila also worked on stage in the UK with the likes of Dame Sybil Thorndyke and Sir John Gielgud and during WWII in an air raid,she was stepping off a train in Temple Meads station in Bristol,when a bomb dropped nearby blowing her baby daughter from her arms.They never found the body. Sad,but true.

[MsRebant]

Love it!!! So glad that Foxtel are starting the series on the 7th March!!! Woo hoo, I'll be watching every single episode, just like I did back in the 80's !!!

[harriettewinslow]

@MsRebant You know many of the episodes are on here right?

[boogiefever1985]

@MsRebant I've been watching it too on foxtel for the first time - I'm 25 years old so was born too late to watch it. Really enjoying it!

[darkemosteve]

who sang this song please inbox me

[DaveyC95]

I think they mean the roses in the prison garden.Even nature is imprisoned by walls,fences and bars. Most women are behind bars because of a man. Men tend to be the gender that initiates a crime,yes there are plenty of exceptions. But worldwide there are per ratio more men than women incarcerated.

[jwjh1269]

i remember watching this here in Arizona late at night back in the early '80s with my mum and sister. the only ones i remember in it though, are Bee and Franky. "Franky was looking at my bum". lol

[NedsMissingTeeth]

Vinegar Tits : )

[lutsk572]

I loved this show . It used to air in NY at 2;30am on WPIX .

[rmdmplce8]

wow i know all the words, altho some dont make sense,roses arent prisoners

.. i love meg and even vera in her own way

[rmdmplce8]

wow i know all the words, altho some dont make sense,roses arent prisoners

[colinhealy2010]

what a show

[FaisalNE34]

This TV show was fab.....

[thesalful]

Brilliant ... still love this tune ;)

[bipolarman001]

but things were different then.....

[DramaQueen1956]

My mom and I watched the syndicated show here in the States.

[kohstamojahn]

i remember staying up late to watch

[gorde112]

prisoner cell block h a classic programme bring it back

[dcs002]

This music is so amazingly beautiful! The vocal melody (composer) and performance (singer) are the best in theme music that I've heard. The lyrics, well, mostly great with some cheesy clunkiness to them - I give them a C+. But the music! A++! (If you can believe it, I'm a die hard fan of hard rock too!)

[Moschovitis]

I am Greek and when I was going on holiday to London I was watching that Australian show.

[GibbletsMcGinty]

There could have a mass break out if some one had smuggled a pair of scissors into the jail

[gordonw01]

Last night i dreamt we were together.

[PURPLEBEATTIE1]

I loved this programme.My friends and I used to watch this programme together sometimes.Great memories

[TheJimbojetset1]

get a life you soppy load of toads ,but then again what the hell am i on here for lol

[MyJustified]

You would have thought the theme would have been grittier

[1queencollector]

Why was this put on really late at night in the UK? it was a great show at the time, same for me, really late nights then school in the morning.

[tonymontana1974]

@1queencollector Yeh it was usually on around 11.00p.m. to 1 a.m. the time changed quite a bit.

[stuartpatto1976]

it youster come on 1130 night tuesday and thursday s i was 12 now 34 where dose the time go

[rmdmplce8]

i watched prisoner for years, got to nz and nooo prisoner,,, have seen last episode but not the same

[knicky241177]

This is why I was always tired in school. Up late watching this with me dad!

[TheJonBoy81]

i used to watch this with my mum when i was little, happy memories! miss you mam RIP

[wallerpaul70]

Just simply beautiful.........sorry,lookin­g at the girls is making me cry

[mightyleeds1990]

just love the song its mint xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[04prestonm]

This is a wee song for Lynne my pal oot in oz. Memories.

[craiglouden]

This was and still is the best prison drama that was on the telly, I remember getting up early for school to watch this on a Tuesday and Wednesday morning xx my mum and dad would tape it for me and my brother and sisters to watch. On of my favourite characters was Bea Smith the best topdog wentworth detention centre had the whole series xx bring back prisoner cell block h please xx

[southamptongayguy]

What a excelent program,and great theme tune.

[gsogoz]

Beautiful piece of music. Classic Aussie TV : )

[RMCKIE]

One of the greatest tv series ever.

[musicmanoo]

congrats to lizzie who just became 100 yrs old xx

[pl1sk3n]

@musicmanoo Pitty IRL she died in 91 @ 75 :(

[musicmanoo]

@pl1sk3n oh did she ooops RIP lizzie xx

[pl1sk3n]

@musicmanoo Did you know she was in Mad Max too?

sad but I loved Cell Block H while growing up, miss it actually LOL

[aircrewuk]

@musicmanoo she died in 1991

[calibrababa]

@musicmanoo she wasn't born tin 1916 so therefore she would only have been 95 but she sadly passed away in 1991 anyway, so you have been misinformed

[calibrababa]

@musicmanoo lizzie died in 1994!



[MenCap7]

ahhh so many memories, hows about that merl jones eh, that bugger kath maxwell?

[glasgowlad69]

class show, with it's dodgy wobbly sets, an institution on british tv

[MrBuckley123]

bring it back on tv

[alslevie1986]

The actress Foina Spence who played Vinegar tits played Celia in Home and Away.

[MrBuckley123]

my mom loved this

[MrDilly27]

for sharon. I know it means so much x

[paulowenrussell]

BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER, BRING BACK PRISONER.

[IntertubeTr0ll]

@paulowenrussell They will, and there will be all sorts of product placements in it, also cameos! Maybe Karl cocksuckersandylands will be there! How awesome! A TV show that has finished, has it's heritage ruined by modern TV! YEH! FUCK YEH! BOOBS!

[dougieboy28]

@paulowenrussell Alright hold ya friggin horses it's back on!

[PCBHLOVER]

@paulowenrussell it is back in aus

[cybergillcybergill]

@paulowenrussell i am going out on a limb here but do you want prisoner to come back on tv

[acdcjm12]

@paulowenrussell Get AUSTAR, and watch 111 HITS every weeknight at 6:30. We are up to about episode 80 by now, but there's still so much to go!

[NickFreakD999]

@paulowenrussell it is back

[squeakyba11s]

@brownaleboy where you get boxset of dvd from?... are they original dvds or copies.

just enquiring

[MrDFH1960]

I love the song but I think The USA Band Alabama owes you something. The put a song out called Christmas In Dixie You might want to hear!

[iamwhoiamwhoiammark2]

@MrDFH1960 Yes Alabama totally ripped it off ROTTEN MONGRELS !

[expat54321]

I am an new Australian and I like this song very much, even though I have not viewed this TV series.

Thank you for uploading this great song.

[leaza100]

put it back on tv

[rmdmplce8]

thank you, wat a beaut song, and tune

[SuperKcim]

loved this program.

[MrBuckley123]

good old tv

[MrBuckley123]

my mom love this

[engdefleague2009]

my mate used to come round at 10ish and we used to watch this with my mum lol while we were getting stoned fucking class bea hated vinegar tits lmao

[JOHNBODEN007]

Yeah my mom always let me stop up just to watch this

[mikey42]

I remember when one of the prisoners called Vera the guard "vinegar tits." That was thirty years ago.

[andreacuthbert]

Hahaa me too, we loved it. Was the best thing ever..

[s14man]

@ jeeverdelamole .Did any body besides Ravers, Splif heads watch Cell Block H.?

[torchyification]

I love this song and the series! Broadcasts of the series, showed up here in Canada early on in the tapings in Austrailia. I loved the episode where Lizzie steals Frankie's smokes, and Frankie responds by taking her teeth, in season 1! Talk about a Charwomens' brawl! To think I was nine when this show aired. For it's time, it was amazing, even for nowadays. Nobody spoke about women in prison, let alone wrote about it. Thanks for sharing!

[FUITUYO]

great song and show

[FUITUYO]

i used to watch this with my daughter

[gordonw01]

My mum used to make me stay up and watch this with her.Queen Bea was a legend,but wee Lizzie was the best i loved that wee wumin.Always sad when this came on at the end.Great telly.

[gordonw01]

loved this programme.

[davidmayne]

Great theme, great program. Favourite character has to be The freak. I love her.

[clickhick]

no no its big bea all the way

[callmemayble]

Ooh, i've never heard this song before, wheres it from?

[LaReginaPatrizia]

I can't believe this song is on youtube. I used to watch this series in the 80's here in the United States. My mother and I loved this song. I wish she were alive to hear it again.

[MrWelshbabe]

I used to love watching this in Uk in early 90s. Would have my toddler with me and we'd enjoy watching it - not really kids TV but we enjoyed it - especially the 'freak'!

[AdzTurner]

Our nan let us watch it in the late 80s. I was only about 4 when it first aired in 1987 on ITV! I remember watching it up and until the last episode in about 1998, when I was 15, so I basically grew up with it..

[mrmtuck]

i remember staying up all night to watch the final episode!!! Brilliant :D