Prisoner (known in the UK and the US as Prisoner: Cell Block H) is an Australian television soap opera, which broadcast on Network Ten (originally The 0-10 Network) from February 27 (Melbourne) February 26 (Sydney) 1979 to December 1986 (Melbourne) though the series finale would not screen until September 1987 in Sydney as a 3 hour film condensed as 3 1 hour episodes at the much later time-slot of 10.30pm, running eight seasons and 692 episodes. The series was the first to feature a primary female-dominated cast and carried the slogan "If you think prison is hell for a man, imagine what it would be like for woman!"