By Charlotte Hastings
Directed by Guus de Koster
Season: 18 - 28 March 1981
Kate, a prisoner sentenced for killing her very sick child, has been attacked and driven to attempt suicide. The prison authorities discover that the attack was made by an inmate, Gow, who has a lesbian attachment to another prisoner, Valentine, and who is insanely jealous of Kate's innocent friendship with Valentine. The investigations also reveal that Kate's husband had killed the child and that Kate, herself innocent, is shielding the man she loves.
Cast:
Kate Walmer, a prisoner - Miriam O'Connor
Probyn, Chief Officer - Averill Taylor
Collins, Prison Officer - Glen O'Callaghan
Francis Treadgold, Deputy Governor - Mary Gray
Marcy, a prisoner - Mary de Koster
Marian Oates, Governor's clerk - Kerry Lang
Laura Fenn, the Governor - Jackie Shields
Janet Graham MD, Medical Officer - Nicole Nicholson
Gow, a prisoner - Juliette Brodie
Rev John Shillitoe, Chaplain - David Bridges
Valentine, a prisoner - Angela Simpson
Tom Walmer, Kate's husband - Russell Holmes
Directed by Guus de Koster
Season: 18 - 28 March 1981
Kate, a prisoner sentenced for killing her very sick child, has been attacked and driven to attempt suicide. The prison authorities discover that the attack was made by an inmate, Gow, who has a lesbian attachment to another prisoner, Valentine, and who is insanely jealous of Kate's innocent friendship with Valentine. The investigations also reveal that Kate's husband had killed the child and that Kate, herself innocent, is shielding the man she loves.
Cast:
Kate Walmer, a prisoner - Miriam O'Connor
Probyn, Chief Officer - Averill Taylor
Collins, Prison Officer - Glen O'Callaghan
Francis Treadgold, Deputy Governor - Mary Gray
Marcy, a prisoner - Mary de Koster
Marian Oates, Governor's clerk - Kerry Lang
Laura Fenn, the Governor - Jackie Shields
Janet Graham MD, Medical Officer - Nicole Nicholson
Gow, a prisoner - Juliette Brodie
Rev John Shillitoe, Chaplain - David Bridges
Valentine, a prisoner - Angela Simpson
Tom Walmer, Kate's husband - Russell Holmes