Pippa

Prisoner: Cell Block H Theme Tune

'On The Inside'

Sung by Pippa Garner.


Possibly one of the most famous things about Prisoner: Cell Block H is the theme tune. Unusually there is no opening theme for the series, which also makes it quite unique. The theme tune 'On The Inside' was played over the closing credits of all but one of the 692 episodes (we'll come back to that later).

Sleeve of the On The Inside singleWonderfully sung by Lynne Hamilton (who also sung on a handful of other theme tunes), 'On The Inside' was written by Allan Caswell especially for the series. When the original cast first heard it, word has it that there were tears aplenty because the lyrics were so appropriate.

In the early days, we were lucky enough to hear many different versions of the theme tune - sometimes also featured as background music in some scenes. There was even a moment when Judy Bryant played a very simple version of it on the piano in the Recroom during a scene!

The track was even released as a single here in the UK in 1989 - check out the sleeves! It did incredibly well in the singles charts and made it into the top 5 and we even managed to get an appearance from Lynne Hamilton singing live on Top of the Pops!

Back of the single sleeveThe original 7" vinyl release of the single is incredibly hard to come by these days but you may be lucky and find a copy at a car boot sale where they seem to pop up now and again! Keep a hold of your copy if you have one!

Of course, in true television style, we never heard the full version of the song and normally heard it arranged as Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 3, New Chorus.

Plus we know that even that version of the theme tune was scaled down in the UK and we rarely got the whole of the New Chorus played. This was due to the adverts on the credits, which British TV stations didn't like to show!

Earlier, you may remember that we said that the theme tune was played at the end of all but one episode. Why was this then? Pixie's Song. Judy Bryant's last storyline in the series was when she was snapped up as a songwriter after penning Pixie's song, which was almost stolen by fellow prisoner, Sheila Brady.

source:http://www.prisoner-cellblockh.co.uk/themetune.html

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[pippagarner]

also i'd like to make a mention that Allan Caswell is one of my best friends...NOT only did he write this song..but played it with me....he believed when i sang this song.... i sang it like a love song...he said....it was as if he'd written it for me Allan also co wrote my EP with me...including Find another fool....

he'd be very hurt by your comments....

light n love to all...xxx

[pippagarner]

to all my fans!!!!!

what i find very funny is that i didn't post this my brother in law did....and i'm certainly not a model...just did ok with awesome looking parents....these are only promo shots..oh and one at a party....

[filthyphil67]

Beautiful voice though.

[filthyphil67]

Thought this song was written in 1977...so if this was written for you, you wouldnt look like that today!!!

[jlenoconel]

Good on you for doing this. Great effort on this track.

[1106musicman]

Hi my friend,

Great job, ignore those idiots with no talent or taste. 5***** kEEP UP YOUR GREAT SINGING. Pass by the fools, who know nothing.

Tommy B.

[mignonhenne]

hi , would u like to sing an orignal?

good luck paul

[jsilence418]

Kangaroo mucus maudlin and horrible best of luck bruce!

[moogwoo1]

wat a painfull poor cover

[davidofdanica]

please, take this off, its cheesy egomania beyond belief