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Prisoner - Season 3

The third season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 4 February 1981. It consists of 81 episodes and concluded on 11 November 1981. The season is notable for the conclusion to the tunnel escape storyline which ended the previous season; the departure of Vera Bennett ("Vinegar Tits") when she accepts the position of governor of Barnhurst; the kidnapping of Erica Davidson; the arrival of new prisoners Sandy Edwards, Kate Peterson and former inmate and top dog of H Block – Marie Winter; Bea Smith's amnesia, and later, her mysterious illness which sees her step down as top dog, only to be replaced by Sandy Edwards.

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  • Gerda Nicolson

    Gerda Nicolson

    Ann Reynolds

  • Maggie Kirkpatrick

    Maggie Kirkpatrick

    Joan "The Freak" Ferguson

  • Janet Andrewartha

    Janet Andrewartha

    Reb Kean

  • Elspeth Ballantyne

    Elspeth Ballantyne

    Meg Morris

  • Louise Siversen

    Louise Siversen

    Lou Kelly

  • Glenda Linscott

    Glenda Linscott

    Rita Connors

  • Lois Collinder

    Lois Collinder

    Alice "Lurch" Jenkins

  • Julia Blake

    Julia Blake

    Nancy McCormack

  • Pepe Trevor

    Pepe Trevor

    Lexie Patterson

Overview

The third season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 4 February 1981. It consists of 81 episodes and concluded on 11 November 1981. The season is notable for the conclusion to the tunnel escape storyline which ended the previous season; the departure of Vera Bennett ("Vinegar Tits") when she accepts the position of governor of Barnhurst; the kidnapping of Erica Davidson; the arrival of new prisoners Sandy Edwards, Kate Peterson and former inmate and top dog of H Block – Marie Winter; Bea Smith's amnesia, and later, her mysterious illness which sees her step down as top dog, only to be replaced by Sandy Edwards.

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