Janet's body language is so aggressive. She holds her head as if she's looking for a fight! Yet her voice is so mellow! Jim didn't waste any time. True fletch the lech fashion! Haha!
I know Louise Le Nay was up the duff while she was filming, so obviously she needed to take time off, but god Sandy is one person i'd have loved to have returned in the future.
Once those mishaps in Lizzie's garden and those odd phone calls start happening, you can tell that it won't be roses on the outside. Could it be that someone is after the house and will try and set Lizzie up to get it? The fact that she is still being followed day to day in the storyline tells that she won't be on the outside for long. Sometimes things just happen and bad luck prevails.
Sandy looks like a cool customer who can look after herself and that trick she played upon arrival was awesome. Meg was clutching at straws to think that the V.J would regard her report and show any sympathy towards Doreen. In the first place, Doreen was a fool to escape and can have no complaints of the outcome, and secondly that Goodwin rarely acts like anything other than a swine anyway. Poor Lizzie isn't having the best time of it since being released. I hope that seemingly nice postman isn't going to become a nuisance to her.
6:56 - "Yes, and if I had my way, there'd be no such things as braille projects." Wow! What has Powell got against blind people?! 😳 9:40 - Who is the snippy, new officer with all the lines? How come poor Officer Barfield never gets a line? She's been in the background for ages and there could be a riot in progress and the poor woman has to stand there like a deaf mute.
I can't understand what's bad about Bea having a worth while project. Also, a project that helps the blind. Mrs Powell isn't very likable in these episodes. Her character is all over the place
The arrival of one of my all time favorite characters Sandy Edwards. Funny behind the scenes info... Kate and Sandy were introduced to distract the audience from so many of the main cast taking time off to film other projects. The producers worried ratings would take a hit without the familiar faces but the ratings actually improved during the Sandy/Kate era. Louise Le Nay who played Sandy was offered a longer contract but discovered she was pregnant and left when her original commitment was fulfilled. Production left the door open for her to return.
Well she was by far the most popular which is why ratings never recovered to what they were after she left. And she was invited back twice by producers before they finally killed off her character. I actually enjoyed the Myra Desmond era. I didn't mind Rita but I hated the final 70 episodes. If it hadn't been for Kath Maxwell (played by the phenomenal Kate Hood) I'd have stopped watching. I found myself rooting for Kath against both Rita and Lurch.
@@PaulDoe79 Kath was a great character in a mediocre era. The same with Nola, great character but some of the 1983 episodes around that time weren't good. I wish Kath had come into the show years earlier nd Nola had stayed much longer. They both deserved better material.
@Ryan williams agree 100%. Nola was one of the best villains and by far the most dangerous cuz she had nothing to lose. And I don't know if the writers/producers intended for the audience to empathize with Kath since they were having her in direct conflict with the main protagonists but I actually rooted for her against Lurch and Rita. When she finally snapped and shoved Lexie I was so happy!
The beginning of a golden period, never bettered. It's a pity the show couldn't quite remember how it had successfully introduced new characters and moved away from the cliche core when the core cast had actually gone around the the 400's ( although I do love 400-450)...Oh, Lizzie, you are out for keeps, you poor demented thing, well I say "keeps" if staying out for keeps is staying out for a couple of hours. Good luck with that babe.
In real life, Sheila wore the scarf on her head at home whenever she was housecleaning or with her three children when they were young. I like it when Lizzie wears one.
Delicious looking onion/dirt/cowpat soup you've got there Dor. "Today on Masterchef, Mrs O Reagan is making Organic Dirt Soup with a crust of stale breaded crisp square, accompanied by a lard foam."
Imagine Mouse as an architect ,she just about got out of that tunnel lmao Doreen the hypocrite,moans about Bea having a hobby and leavin them now she's goin to be the next Tracey Emin !
Enter Sandy Edwards and Kate Peterson .not trying to be a spoiler this is one of the few times when inmates came in together and whose lives would be intertwined and eventually come to a rip-roaring climax.
Isn't it a bit daft that Powell is listed in the credits as 'Officer Powell' even though we know her name is Colleen and she's been in it for ages? whilst newcomer Conway is 'Janet Conway'.
Henessey and Goldman are so funny having a go at each other. Well, well, well - its Sandy and Kate Peterson. Things are looking up. This was the point where I started watching each week.
Olivia Hammett who played Dr Kate Peterson was born in St Helens in Merseyside, uk. Does anyone from St Helen’s know the exact part of the town she came from? She must still have relatives in the area. St Helens was in Lancashire before 1974 so Olivia Hammett is a Lancastrian.
When Jim and Janet are talking about Kate and Sandy, Betty Bobbitvsaid in her book that Olivia wrote on the back of her script a reciept for Avocado Crepes. With tons of sugar, eggs and almost an entire bottle of Grand Marnier.
Fun random scene inconsistency sequence: At around 32:22, just prior to muster and lunch, one of the new prisoners (Peterson the doctor) was sporting a poodle 'do' with dreadful tight curls. Directly after lunch (35:53) her hair was combed out in a completely different style.
When the new prisoners, Kate and Sandy, arrive in reception Janet reads out their charges to them. Would she really do this with another prisoner, Judy, standing only metres away and able to listen in !! 36:27 Knickers !! LOL
They could be bashing each other up in the back of that van. You'd think they'd either be handcuffed or there would be an armed police officer in the back with them.
Val Lehman didn’t like the brands the producers had on set, so arranged sponsorship with Dunhill cigs for her and fellow chain smoker Sheila Florance. It’s clear Smith smokes more than ever these last few months
The 2 new prisoners have been inside Wentworth for 5 minutes and I already can't stand them! I suspect that Sid's son Gordon and family are messing with Lizzie and moving the flowers around and making the crank phone calls!