Within These Walls

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Set in HM Prison Stone Park, Within These Walls focused on its newly installed governor, Faye Boswell, as she set out to liberalise the firmly run institution. She quickly realised that all would not be plain sailing and she met resentment not only from the inmates but from the staff too.

The impact on her personal life was also scrutinised. Boswell lasted three years before making way for a new governor, Helen Forrester, who was in turn succeeded by Susan Marshall in 1978.

The series was the inspiration for the Australian soap opera Prisoner (Cell Block H) which proved much more durable.

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Faye Boswell Googie Withers Charles Radley Jerome Willis Chief Officer Armitage Mona Bruce Dr Mayes Denys Hawthorne Miss Clarke Beth Harris Helen Forrester Katharine Blake Susan Marshall Sarah Lawson