Within These Walls (1974)

Within These Walls

Within These Walls is a British television drama programme made by London Weekend Television for ITV and shown between 1974 and 1978. It portrayed life in HMP Stone Park, a fictional women's prison. Unlike the later women-in-prison TV series Prisoner and Bad Girls, Within These Walls tended to centre its storylines around the prison staff rather than the inmates. The lead character was the well-groomed, genteel governor Faye Boswell, and episodes revolved around her attempts to liberalise the prison regime while managing her personal life at home. Another prominent character was her Chief Officer, Mrs. Armitage. Googie Withers left after three series; in Series Four her character was replaced as governor by Helen Forrester, who in turn left to be replaced in the final Series Five by Susan Marshall. The creator and writer of the programme, David Butler, played the prison chaplain, the Rev Henry Prentice, in some episodes. As of November 2011 Network DVD have released all five series in the UK, with the exception of "Nowhere for the Kids", an episode from Series Two which appears to have been wiped from the archives.

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Jerome Willis
Jerome Willis
as
Googie Withers
Googie Withers
as
Denys Hawthorne
Denys Hawthorne
as
Mona Bruce
Mona Bruce
as
Floella Benjamin
Floella Benjamin
as
Tony Steedman
Tony Steedman
as
Simon MacCorkindale
Simon MacCorkindale
as
Ann Mitchell
Ann Mitchell
as
Pik-Sen Lim
Pik-Sen Lim
as
Sarah Thomas
Sarah Thomas
as
Pamela Stephenson
Pamela Stephenson
as
Caroline Mortimer
Caroline Mortimer
as
Ann Davies
Ann Davies
as
Linda Robson
Linda Robson
as
Elizabeth Adare
Elizabeth Adare
as
Liz Smith
Liz Smith
as
Jo Warne
Jo Warne
as
Jane Freeman
Jane Freeman
as
Joanna David
Joanna David
as
Annet Peters
Annet Peters
as Prison Officer as WPC
Elizabeth Estensen
Elizabeth Estensen
as
Tim Barlow
Tim Barlow
as
Ursula Hirst
Ursula Hirst
as
Stephanie Cole
Stephanie Cole
as
Gabrielle Blunt
Gabrielle Blunt
as
Shirley Cheriton
Shirley Cheriton
as
Dennis Burgess
Dennis Burgess
as
Myfanwy Talog
Myfanwy Talog
as
Freda Dowie
Freda Dowie
as
Gwen Taylor
Gwen Taylor
as
Elizabeth Cassidy
Elizabeth Cassidy
as
Cheryl Campbell
Cheryl Campbell
as
John Franklyn-Robbins
John Franklyn-Robbins
as
Tessa Wyatt
Tessa Wyatt
as
John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies
as
Joanna Van Gyseghem
Joanna Van Gyseghem
as
Hetty Baynes
Hetty Baynes
as
Angela Thorne
Angela Thorne
as
Stanley Lebor
Stanley Lebor
as
Daphne Heard
Daphne Heard
as
Charmian May
Charmian May
as
Roger Lloyd Pack
Roger Lloyd Pack
as
John Crocker
John Crocker
as
Joan Benham
Joan Benham
as
Kathleen Byron
Kathleen Byron
as
David Hanson
David Hanson
as
Sandra Voe
Sandra Voe
as
Jill Gascoine
Jill Gascoine
as
Bernard Horsfall
Bernard Horsfall
as
Jo Kendall
Jo Kendall
as
Forbes Collins
Forbes Collins
as
Kathy Staff
Kathy Staff
as
Tom Chadbon
Tom Chadbon
as
Rosalind Knight
Rosalind Knight
as
Paul Darrow
Paul Darrow
as
Cheryl Murray
Cheryl Murray
as
Angharad Rees
Angharad Rees
as
Hilary Mason
Hilary Mason
as
Charles Hyatt
Charles Hyatt
as
Jennifer Hill
Jennifer Hill
as
Fiona Walker
Fiona Walker
as
Richenda Carey
Richenda Carey
as
Margery Mason
Margery Mason
as
Ann Way
Ann Way
as
Michael Byrne
Michael Byrne
as
Anna Keaveney
Anna Keaveney
as
Molly Weir
Molly Weir
as
Joolia Cappleman
Joolia Cappleman
as
Gillian Raine
Gillian Raine
as
Stephen Yardley
Stephen Yardley
as
Carmen Silvera
Carmen Silvera
as
Tim Woodward
Tim Woodward
as
Julie Dawn Cole
Julie Dawn Cole
as
Lennard Pearce
Lennard Pearce
as
Jamila Massey
Jamila Massey
as
Anthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley
as
Joanna McCallum
Joanna McCallum
as
Pam St. Clement
Pam St. Clement
as
John Bryans
John Bryans
as
Richard Aylen
Richard Aylen
as
Patricia Haines
Patricia Haines
as
Jeanne Watts
Jeanne Watts
as
Rosalind Lloyd
Rosalind Lloyd
as
Susan Brown
Susan Brown
as
Frances Cuka
Frances Cuka
as
Rosalind Ayres
Rosalind Ayres
as
Sorcha Cusack
Sorcha Cusack
as
Helen Worth
Helen Worth
as
Barbara New
Barbara New
as
Myra Frances
Myra Frances
as
Michael Culver
Michael Culver
as
Sheila Keith
Sheila Keith
as
Martin Jarvis
Martin Jarvis
as
Geoffrey Chater
Geoffrey Chater
as
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers
as
Timothy Bateson
Timothy Bateson
as
Kenneth Watson
Kenneth Watson
as
Theresa Watson
Theresa Watson
as
Elizabeth Bell
Elizabeth Bell
as
Cheryl Hall
Cheryl Hall
as
Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham
as
Sherrie Hewson
Sherrie Hewson
as
Bernice Stegers
Bernice Stegers
as
Joan Hickson
Joan Hickson
as
Jenny Laird
Jenny Laird
as
Jay Neill
Jay Neill
as
Pat Heywood
Pat Heywood
as
Marji Campi
Marji Campi
as
Michael Sheard
Michael Sheard
as
Liane Aukin
Liane Aukin
as
Lucy Griffiths
Lucy Griffiths
as
Antonia Pemberton
Antonia Pemberton
as
Sheila Kelley
Sheila Kelley
as Jill
Judith Paris
Judith Paris
as
Diane Mercer
Diane Mercer
as Linda
Sharman Macdonald
Sharman Macdonald
as
Peter Baldwin
Peter Baldwin
as Mr. Simms
Peter Spraggon
Peter Spraggon
as Mr. Rudd
Elizabeth Benson
Elizabeth Benson
as Mrs. Smithson
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Cause for concern

  • 1x2

    Lesson number one

  • 1x3

    The walls came tumbling down

  • 1x4

    In her own right

  • 1x5

    Prisoner by marriage

  • 1x6

    The group

  • 1x7

    One step forward, two steps back

  • 1x8

    Failing to report

  • 1x9

    Tea on st. pancras station

  • 1x10

    Guessing game

  • 1x11

    When the bough breaks

  • 1x12

    Labour of love

  • 1x13

    A sense of duty

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    When the door opens

  • 2x2

    Remand wing

  • 2x3

    Nowhere for the kids

  • 2x4

    The slap

  • 2x5

    Playground

  • 2x6

    The truth game

  • 2x7

    Debate

  • 2x8

    Protest

  • 2x9

    Let the people see

  • 2x10

    Skivers

  • 2x11

    Coming home

  • 2x12

    The good life

  • 2x13

    For life

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    To reason why

  • 3x2

    Prison cat

  • 3x3

    Deception

  • 3x4

    Babyface

  • 3x5

    Long shadows

  • 3x6

    The keys

  • 3x7

    A lurking doubt

  • 3x8

    Mother's girl

  • 3x9

    A free woman

  • 3x10

    Getting out

  • 3x11

    Windows

  • 3x12

    Get the glory down

  • 3x13

    My dad was called charlie

  • 3x14

    Inside out

  • 3x15

    The animals went in two by two

  • 3x16

    On the second day of christmas

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Catalyst

  • 4x2

    The man with the magic touch

  • 4x3

    The complaint

  • 4x4

    The line of duty

  • 4x5

    K block

  • 4x6

    A way of loving

  • 4x7

    Love and the chaplain

  • 4x8

    The mystery

  • 4x9

    A sentence of death

  • 4x10

    Vacuum

  • 4x11

    On trial

  • 4x12

    Visitors

  • 4x13

    Transfer

  • 4x14

    Someone's got to do it

  • 4x15

    Islands in the heartline

  • 4x16

    Invasion of privacy

  • 4x17

    Silent night

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    Mixer

  • 5x2

    Arrivals, departures

  • 5x3

    Raft

  • 5x4

    Public opinion

  • 5x5

    Sisters

  • 5x6

    Love me, love my bear

  • 5x7

    The inquest

  • 5x8

    The governor

  • 5x9

    Freedom

  • 5x10

    New girls

  • 5x11

    One for the road

  • 5x12

    Nemesis

  • 5x13

    Is there anyone there?

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