Within These Walls 50 years old
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.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Rosalind Knight She was 40 , now 90 years old | |
| John Rhys-Davies He was 29 , now 79 years old | |
| Liz Smith She was 52 , 95 years old when she died | |
| Michael Culver He was 35 , now 85 years old | |
| Roger Lloyd Pack He was 29 , 69 years old when he died | |
| Kathleen Byron She was 52 , 88 years old when she died | |
| Tony Steedman He was 46 , 73 years old when he died | |
| Sandra Voe She was 37 , now 87 years old | |
| Michael Sheard He was 35 , 67 years old when he died | |
| Joan Hickson She was 67 , 92 years old when she died | |
| Bernice Stegers She was 21 , now 71 years old | |
| Susan Brown She was 27 , now 77 years old | |
| Michael Byrne He was 30 , now 80 years old | |
| John Franklyn-Robbins He was 49 , 84 years old when he died | |
| Jamila Massey She was 39 , now 90 years old | |
| Richenda Carey She was 25 , now 76 years old | |
| Pat Heywood She was 43 , now 93 years old | |
| Anthony Ainley He was 41 , 71 years old when he died | |
| Tom Chadbon He was 27 , now 78 years old | |
| Sheila Kelley She was 9 , now 59 years old | as Jill |
| Gwen Taylor She was 34 , now 85 years old | |
| Freda Dowie She was 45 , 91 years old when she died | |
| Lynda Bellingham She was 25 , 66 years old when she died | |
| Hilary Mason She was 56 , 89 years old when she died | |
| Pamela Stephenson She was 24 , now 74 years old | |
| Stephanie Cole She was 32 , now 82 years old | |
| Stanley Lebor He was 39 , 80 years old when he died | |
| Fiona Walker She was 29 , now 79 years old | |
| Googie Withers She was 56 , 94 years old when she died | |
| Tim Woodward He was 20 , now 70 years old | |
| Sarah Thomas She was 6 , now 56 years old | |
| Frances Cuka She was 37 , 83 years old when she died | |
| Ann Mitchell She was 34 , now 84 years old | |
| Forbes Collins | |
| Julie Dawn Cole She was 16 , now 66 years old | |
| Sheila Keith She was 53 , 84 years old when she died | |
| Anna Keaveney She was 24 , 55 years old when she died | |
| Timothy Bateson He was 47 , 83 years old when he died | |
| Simon MacCorkindale He was 21 , 58 years old when he died | |
| Martin Jarvis He was 32 , now 82 years old | |
| Molly Weir She was 63 , 94 years old when she died | |
| Cheryl Campbell She was 24 , now 74 years old | |
| Bernard Horsfall He was 43 , 82 years old when he died | |
| Angharad Rees She was 29 , 68 years old when she died | |
| Joolia Cappleman | |
| Sherrie Hewson She was 23 , now 73 years old | |
| Linda Robson She was 15 , now 66 years old | |
| Tim Barlow He was 38 , now 88 years old | |
| Caroline Mortimer She was 31 , now 82 years old | |
| Joan Benham She was 55 , 63 years old when she died |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Bryan Izzard Directing | Director |
| Jim Goddard Directing He was 37 , 77 years old when he died | Director |
Within These Walls (50 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1974-01-04
- Runtime: [25] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 72
