First viewed : 26 September 1988
This is another reminder of my Prisoner Cell Block H obsession. The original mini-series about cane cutters in Queensland just prior to World War Two had passed me by but this continuation was advertised in the TV Times and I learned that Peta Toppano ( Karen Travers in Prisoner ) was joining the cast. I thought I'll have to tell Steve Taylor about this. Steve was a fairly senior colleague at work who watched Prisoner and particularly admired Peta's boobs. The problem was that I was on a three week block release at Liverpool at the time and wouldn't see him until after the series finished. I photocopied the article and, not knowing his home address, sent it to him at work. He wasn't ungrateful but somewhat bemused and it had become something of an office talking point. No one admonished me but I got the feeling it hadn't done my reputation any favours.
Anyhow I watched it and found it reasonably enjoyable. Peta played Gina, an Italian immigrant after the war who becomes mistress to one of the guys. Now in her late thirties, she did look appreciably older but was still attractive and hot in the bedroom scenes. The series mainly focused on a group of hunky guys with suitably Ausssie names like Bluey, Whacka and Jacko and highlighted historical developments such as the disastrous importation of the cane toad. I also remember one of them had a Polish wife, distressed at the post-war betrayal of her country and the Communist takeover.
I'm not sure if the third series was broadcast here; I didn't see it if it was.
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