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''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'' (aka ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'', original run 1979-1986) and ''Bad Girls'' (1999–2006), ''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 (Googie Withers), 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 (Mona Bruce). Googie Withers left after three series; in Series Four her character was replaced as governor by Helen Forrester (Katharine Blake), who in turn left to be replaced in the final Series Five by Susan Marshall (Sarah Lawson). The creator and writer of the programme, David Butler, played the prison chaplain,〔(Hayward, Anthony. "David Butler—Writer of TV historical dramas" (''The Independent'', 8 June 2006) )〕 the Rev Henry Prentice, in some episodes. As of November 2011 Network DVD have released all five series in the UK,〔(Network DVD Series 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 sets )〕 with the exception of "Nowhere for the Kids", an episode from Series Two which appears to have been wiped from the archives. Ironically, one audience unable to watch the series were real-life prison inmates: The programme was broadcast at 9:00 p.m., but prisoners were locked in their cells 30 minutes earlier. ==Cast== *Googie Withers as Prison Governor - Faye Boswell *Katharine Blake as Prison Governor - Helen Forrester *Sarah Lawson as Prison Governor - Sarah Marshall *Mona Bruce as Mrs. Armitage *Jerome Willis as Charles Radley *Denys Hawthorne as Dr. Peter Mayes *Beth Harris as Miss Clarke *Elaine Wells as Prison Officer Spencer *Sonia Graham as Martha Parrish *Miranda Forbes as Prison Officer Parsons *Janet Lees Price as Janet Harker One successful alumnus from this series was actress Helen Worth, now widely known for her role of Gail Platt on ''Coronation Street''. Worth appeared in an episode of season 1 alongside Cheryl Murray. The two would be reunited as flatmates in Coronation Street in 1977, when Murray joined the cast as Suzie Birchall. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Within These Walls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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