Episode 1
Aired Feb 27, 1979
Karen and Lynn arrive at the prison, where Lynn, convicted of kidnapping a child, faces threats.
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Episode 2
Aired Feb 27, 1979
An old friend visits Bea bearing gifts; Bea visits her daughter's grave.
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Episode 3
Aired Feb 28, 1979
When Bea returns to the prison, Franky starts a riot in the dining room.
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Episode 4
Aired Mar 6, 1979
Rosie gives birth to her son prematurely; Bill Jackson dies from a stabbing that occurred during the riot.
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Episode 5
Aired Mar 7, 1979
After Lynn faints during her hunger strike, doctors discover she is pregnant from the man who raped her.
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Episode 6
Aired Mar 13, 1979
Meg goes to the Bentley's to get some answers.
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Episode 7
Aired Mar 14, 1979
Franky's brother visits.
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Episode 8
Aired Mar 20, 1979
The girls teach Helen the ways of the prison.
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Episode 9
Aired Mar 21, 1979
The prison releases Lynn.
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Episode 10
Aired Mar 27, 1979
Helen's presence splits the others' loyalties.
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Episode 11
Aired Mar 28, 1979
Franky awakens from a nightmare about her brother.
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Episode 12
Aired Apr 3, 1979
Doreen, Franky and Lizzie attempt to escape.
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Episode 13
Aired Apr 4, 1979
Karen has her first visitor, her mother.
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Episode 14
Aired Apr 10, 1979
Monica reunites with her old friend Bea.
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Episode 15
Aired Apr 11, 1979
Lynn gets caught by the cops during the unsuccessful payroll grab.
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Episode 16
Aired Apr 17, 1979
Karen relates the reasons for murdering her husband.
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Episode 17
Aired Apr 18, 1979
Barbara plants drugs in Monica's cell.
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Episode 18
Aired Apr 24, 1979
Erica's work is interrupted by the arrival of a new prisoner.
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Episode 19
Aired Apr 25, 1979
Franky and Doreen stay with Bill, a factory worker.
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Episode 20
Aired May 1, 1979
Catherine Roberts arrives at the prison.
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Episode 21
Aired May 2, 1979
Doreen continues to act tough after Franky's death.
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Episode 22
Aired May 8, 1979
Catherine refuses to have her daughter Sarah testify in her case.
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Episode 23
Aired May 9, 1979
Erica's exhusband Michael visits.
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Episode 24
Aired May 15, 1979
Greg takes the stand at Karen's trial.
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Episode 25
Aired May 16, 1979
Lynn starts her work-release program at the nursery.
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Episode 26
Aired May 22, 1979
The women have a celebration party for Karen after her re-trial.
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Episode 27
Aired May 23, 1979
Susan Rice becomes enraged when her husband serves her divorce papers.
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Episode 28
Aired May 29, 1979
Lizzie talks Doreen into forging Erica's signature on official papers.
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Episode 29
Aired May 30, 1979
Yates and Bea get into a fight.
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Episode 30
Aired Jun 5, 1979
Yates' body is found in the drier.
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Episode 31
Aired Jun 6, 1979
Bea drugs a police guard and tries to escape.
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Episode 32
Aired Jun 12, 1979
George tells Vera that he is in too much danger to stay.
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Episode 33
Aired Jun 12, 1979
Bea tracks down Val.
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Episode 34
Aired Jun 19, 1979
Col visits Noelene and tells her about the money situation at home.
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Episode 35
Aired Jun 20, 1979
Col holds the wife of the Woods home hostage after an attempted burglary.
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Episode 36
Aired Jun 26, 1979
Meg gets injured during a fight; Clara gets released from solitary.
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Episode 37
Aired Jun 27, 1979
Marianne de Vere agrees to back the halfway house project.
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Episode 38
Aired Jul 3, 1979
Irene, a Greek woman who can't speak English, arrives at the prison.
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Episode 39
Aired Jul 4, 1979
Erika tells the officers that the prison will face an official inquiry; Vera sees this as an opportunity to get Erika's job.
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Episode 40
Aired Jul 10, 1979
Jim Fletcher gets appointed the new Deputy Governor and arrives at the prison.
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Episode 41
Aired Jul 11, 1979
Doreen steals drugs to plant in Lynn's cell to keep her from being paroled.
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Episode 42
Aired Jul 17, 1979
Lizzie finds out that Doreen framed Lynn and confesses to the crime herself to free Lynn from solitary.
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Episode 43
Aired Jul 18, 1979
Lynn and Monica learn of their release, and a party takes place in their honor.
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Episode 44
Aired Jul 24, 1979
Bea finds out that Lynn has been kidnapped.
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Episode 45
Aired Jul 25, 1979
Doreen is upset after an incident with Peter; Monica returns to the prison.
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Episode 46
Aired Jul 31, 1979
Doreen withdraws from reality.
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Episode 47
Aired Aug 1, 1979
Jim runs into problems when he accepts Denise's offer.
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Episode 48
Aired Aug 7, 1979
Detective Grace charges Monica with being an accessory after the fact of armed robbery.
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Episode 49
Aired Aug 8, 1979
Edith and Lizzie reminisce about old times.
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Episode 50
Aired Aug 14, 1979
A new prisoner arrives and the women are kept locked up.
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Episode 51
Aired Aug 15, 1979
The women force Erica to release the "mystery woman" from solitary.
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Episode 52
Aired Aug 21, 1979
Martha makes friends with Bella and vows to protect her from the other inmates.
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Episode 53
Aired Aug 22, 1979
Bella is found dead in the showers.
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Episode 54
Aired Aug 28, 1979
Bella's murderer confesses.
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Episode 55
Aired Aug 29, 1979
Karen's parole is granted and she leaves the prison.
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Episode 61
Aired Sep 19, 1979
Greg returns to the prison, which pleases Erica, who expresses her opinions about Doreen.
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Episode 62
Aired Sep 25, 1979
Bea learns Toni is involved with drugs; a dining room confrontation ensues.
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Episode 63
Aired Sep 26, 1979
Bea usurps Toni's power by forcing Jim to back down over a proposed movement of inmates to other cells.
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Episode 64
Aired Oct 2, 1979
Roslyn returns to Wentworth, but is sent to solitary confinement.
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Episode 65
Aired Oct 3, 1979
Meg recognizes a new transfer as the woman who killed her husband.
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Episode 66
Aired Oct 16, 1979
Jim agrees to the officers' demands and resigns; Erica withdraws her resignation.
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Episode 67
Aired Oct 17, 1979
Alice Hemmings plans to confess that she is Doreen's mother.
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Episode 68
Aired Oct 23, 1979
Karen transfers from Mum's flat to to the halfway house.
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Episode 69
Aired Oct 24, 1979
A pregnancy test confirms Chrissie is pregnant.
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Episode 70
Aired Oct 30, 1979
Pregnant Chrissie, planning an abortion, is returned to the general population.
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Episode 71
Aired Oct 31, 1979
Roslyn thinks the jury feels she was justified in killing Antonia; she is sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Episode 72
Aired Nov 6, 1979
Doreen and Alice continue their tentative pursuit of a relationship.
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Episode 73
Aired Nov 7, 1979
Doreen regrets her attitude after Alice dies; Doreen and Karen plan the funeral.
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Episode 74
Aired Nov 13, 1979
The women take interest in staging a Christmas play as a way of getting back at the staff.
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Episode 75
Aired Nov 14, 1979
On parole, Pat goes to her mother's home to see her children; the officers learn about the Christmas show.
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Episode 76
Aired Nov 20, 1979
Pat urges David to turn himself in, but instead he breaks into a toy shop.
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Episode 77
Aired Nov 21, 1979
Pat returns to prison for breaking parole; the police find stolen toys in her house.
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Episode 78
Aired Nov 27, 1979
Meg accepts Greg and Karen's engagement.
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Episode 79
Aired Nov 28, 1979
The women hear of Karen's shooting; Janet Dominguez goes to solitary upon entering Wentworth.
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