Prisoner is an Australian
soap opera set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. In the United States and United Kingdom it was known as
Prisoner: Cell Block H, with the same title and
Caged Women in Canada. The series, produced by the
Reg Grundy Organisation, aired on
Network Ten for 692 episodes between 27 February 1979 and 11 December 1986. Originally, it was planned as a 16-part series.