Oh my the memories. I was born in 81 so Prisoner Cell Block H was very popular in the UK. I used to watch it with my mum but at the end when your song came on, I used to have to go up to bed. I used to be so scared, I don't know if it was because the song was so beautiful and i felt overwhelmed❤
My 20 month old daughter is obsessed with this song. We are watching the entire original Prisoner: Cell Block H series and every time it comes on, she stops whatever she is doing and stares at the screen wistfully… it’s so cute.
Same here. My mum used to watch prisoner and man she hated Bee! I was a young kid and everytime I heard this song I felt emotional! Now it reminds me of my mum. Over 15 years ago she passed away! ❤
Aww this is brake’s my hart my mum n dad n all my brothers and sisters would watched it my mums being gone dead over 20 years I miss her my best friend bee smith came to Glasgow to a bingo hall sign autograph and I asked her to sign it from top dog and she said I’m not aloud the song brings so meany memories
Just commented exacty the same I was born 81 n my mum who is gone now watched it religiously the other 1 was my granny more than my mother if truth be known golden girls theme song thank you for being a friend tkcr x😂
I remember my mum and gran, watching this, i was a little boy, my dad would play league darts and they would wait for him and they would watch this series , this was in South Africa late 80s i think or early 90s. Grans long gone , mum has Alzheimer’s and dad now takes care of her, i shared this video with my dad, and asked him to show mum hoping she would remember those days.
Watched them as a kid, then again as an adult on Channel5 in the UK, then got them all on DVD and still watching the very violent and sweary 'Wentworth'. It was a magical show.
@@mitchellbriscoe4328 Thank you for that. Genuinely brilliant bit of trivia I didn't know about and just listening to it now. The reimagining series 'Wentworth' signed out of its last ever episode with a cover version of the song, but I'd never heard of the Living End version! Cheers.
Myself and my partner have just finished watching all 692 episodes, starting when we were all on lockdown in Scotland. Have loved every moment of the show. Will give it a year and I’m going to watch it all again 😊. Thank you Lynne
My nan was obsessed with Prisoner, and being close got me into it, and we often spent hours talking about it. This song was so much to us. Nan died in 93, 30 years ago this December. But as soon as I hear this song, I am catapulted back to us discussing the show. Memories are made through music and song. Like they keep those memories strong and unbroken.
not very often a show can have such a powerful theme song that it put u in a mood before the show even starts, this was one of those rare songs. me and mum used to watch prisoner together when I was a kid, great show timeless.
It was on after midnight when I was a kid. And I was way too young for Mum to let me watch it with her (especially as it was a school night), but if I was ever still awake when I heard this song, I sneaked out of my room to sit and listen from the top of the stairs
Yet another who used to watch it with their mother! I used to stay up late with my mum to watch it on Yorkshire Television in the late 80s and early 90s and I'm still a bit obsessed with it now lol
Takes me back to the summer of 1980. Prisoner: Cell Block H (as it was called in the United States) was on WGN late night. Never missed an episode. Great song and show. The episode where Edith, the homeless little old lady, died in her sleep the night before she was to be released tore me apart at 13.
MrCzechers I was born in 1983, but have a vague recollection when I was a nipper of my mum watching Prisoner: Cell Block H (as it was called here in the UK) late at night and thus why I'm watching the complete series now. I'm only up to episode 87....only 605 to go! My mum, like yourself remembers crying when the lovely old dear Edith passed away and the scene where the camera floats away from Lizzie crying on her bed remains one of the most powerful scenes in tv history. Lynn Warner, Karen Travers and the forever crying and incessant whinger Doreen of all the characters so far, have pecked my head the most. Lizzie and Bea though are great. Lizzie is adorable....
MrCzechers I remember that PRISONER CAME ON RIGHT AFTER THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW WHICH WAS A HELL OF A LEAD IN FOR PRISONER AND MIKE EVEN HAD THE CAST ON.
I skipped well over 20 afternoons of high school in grade 12 watching Prisoner which was on at 130pm and we didn’t have a VCR recorder so if I missed an episode I really missed it! My parents weren’t impressed that a 17 year old boy was addicted to the show lol
Watched it on its second British broadcast across Yorkshire TV and Tyne Tees TV when I was about 13-16, because in Doncaster you could receive both regional opt out channels. At one point I was engrossed in the storylines on both regional channels even though there was a three-year gap in their broadcast dates. Had a holiday in Tenby, Wales, with family and discovered HTV was broadcasting the programme at yet another point in its history, so I just gave up and watched the Yorkshire TV transmissions which ended with the Ferguson jailing around 1993/4 I think. Then watched the whole bloody thing again when Channel 5 launched and had the rights to it lol. Now I watch Wentworth and have learned to adore that equally.
I know Lynne Hamilton personally and she is a amazing woman who I love dearly she now is a Leader of a church on the Gold Coast Australia and fame isn’t her thing she’s interested in perusing Jesus Christ and telling the lost about him and about his saving grace for mankind xoxo 😃❤️
Julie Little thats lovely i was wondering where she was. I saw her as a child singing this song and others. Such a soul felt voice. Shed be an asset to God at church.
@@sargonsblackgrandfather2072 why? Because i feel if i wanted to be religious im capable of making my own mind up without some God botherer spouting nonsense
@@stephenm8898 now now. That's not how I interpreted what she said. You've got your opinion and you're fine having it, but should never risk offending someone with it.
Possibly the best show ever made in Australia and with over 600 episodes it must be. The acting was exceptional the tension palpable. A very emotional theme song too that takes me back to happy times watching it with mum no longer here.x
I owe my life to that show. I used to be shiftless and refused to work. When I got hooked on that show I wanted to work in the prison system real bad. I got a job there. Never stopped working and that was decades ago. I eventually went to college and got my degrees and shit and went elsewhere..but my heart always belongs to Prisoner: Cell Block H.
Netflix’s Wentworth brought me here. Just finished watching Season 9. This song played at the very end. Was an awesome show. Aussie talent just amazing.
I grew up watching Prisoner: Cell Block H as a kid in the early 2000s. My mom and I loved every second of it. This song has always stuck with me 😍🥰 My mom showed me Prisoner and in return, I showed her the reboot Wentworth Prison and she loves it 😎🙏 I cried my eyes out at the final ever episode of Wentworth last week because they played this song at the end 😫😭 #FarewellWentworth
I Used to watch the show in the uk,it used to follow the Equaliser on itv,my wife used to shout to me from the bedroom,are you coming up,yeah i would say,after prisoner,never missed an episode,god bless bea smith,franky,the freak and all those wonderful wentworth ladies.
Wow, blast from the past! Absolutely loved watching prisoner cell block H. Beautiful song, brings back some very happy memories, ♥️♥️ still listening to this in October 2023, classic! ♥️♥️
Oh I loved PCB H here in the UK back in the 1980"s ... but the song, so gentle but strong at the same time, it has to be one if not my all time favourite .. Thank you .
June 2021 reminiscing about the 80's and days gone by, what a powerful song that, To me will always be timeless and bring a tear to my eye and a lump in my throat.. The only theme song that has an impact on me like that..
Those we dream that will be our life partner, most of the time they don't turn to be. I used to listen to this song with my first love in the early 90s. It has special memories for me.....
OMG!! My family and I watched this Show back in the Day and LOVED this Song so much!! I had an Australian pen-pal when this song was released as a 45, and they sent me the single. I played it to death. lolol. This Song was so Mesmerizing!! It still reminds me of the closing credits with the silhouette of Vera locking the gates. For the record, Lynn was my favorite character with Bea and Frankie coming in a close second. Thank you for Posting this!!
This is a beautifully written and produced song. I remember every word because we sang it at school singing. I remember it being a very sad song. Besides Bea, Bryant, Doreen, Lizzie, Bryant, Vera, The Freak, Fletch etc. I also remember the TV film set being very dimly lit with lots of brick walls and bars.
Beautiful song, so touching my Mom and Dad's favorite, I'm sure their are dancing in heaven together just like I remember them to your beautiful song....❤
I love this song. I remember waking up anxious late in night during my final year before siting my GCSE exams. This was the only thing I watched. For some reason, it takes me back to the 70s although I was very young to remember anything and much further than that.
Can remember the TV show 'Prisoner CBH" and this lovely song, recently found this TV show on that's TV 2...and now I'm hooked..Great stories, characters actors..
This song always reminds me of my Mummy..she passed away 2002.. she suffered from mental illness but always sang this song alot when I was a child and she sang it so beautifully..❤❤❤❤❤
Grew up watching Prisoner in Oz. Even now, so many years later, I tell friends here in the US about the show. It was, and still is, the ultimate show for women. It was an almost entirely female cast. And it got there 30 years before Orange is the New Black. It was always so raw and honest. And with the hands down best theme music ever. Since listening to this again, the theme is correctly my brain's favourite music worm. And I don't mind that at all!!!
One of my fave shows as a teenager in the 80s… a beautiful song and great acting and storylines . You know time is mooching on when the Freak looks young and attractive, lol 🤣
