Season 4

E1. Episode 1

Feb 9, 1982 · 47m

Jim and Meg escape just as the rioting women take control of the prison but Steve and Janet are trapped inside. The inmates bicker amongst themselves - Marie stirs everyone up, Margo mouths off and Sandy tries to keep control of the situation. Outside the jail, Erica won't allow the police to storm the building, to Jim's disgust. Steve manages to get to a phone and tell the police they are still inside but he ends up having to hide up in the roof from the prisoners. The women give Erica their list of demands. In hospital, Bea hears of the riot on TV and phones the prison to speak to Erica, but Ted Douglas won't let her. The marauding women finally track down Steve, separated from Janet, in the Governor's office. On Sandy's orders, they pin him to Erica's desk and start to strip him.

E2. Episode 2

Feb 10, 1982 · 47m

The almost-naked Steve is locked up in a cell. Janet finds him, but he tells her to leave him there and find a way out. Bea phones the prison again and gets to speak to Erica this time. She agrees to let Bea talk to the women. Kate is sent out to speak to Bea, with Colleen sent into the prison in her place temporarily as a trade. Lizzie is sent outside with the women's latest list of demands, only to be grabbed by the cops and taken away for her trial. The police prepare to send Jim in, commando-style, through the roof after dark to find Steve and Janet. The women read Janet's file and learn she is an ex-prisoner. They manage to catch Janet, strip her and dress her in an old prisoner's uniform. The police blackout the jail: Jim scales the wall and finds Steve and Janet safe. He radios the police to tell them, but the women stumble upon him. As they give chase, the riot squad lob tear gas into reception and storm the prison.

E3. Episode 3

Feb 16, 1982 · 47m

Sandy tries to seduce Steve, but they are distracted by all the commotion and he overpowers her. He finds Jim and they manage to regain control of the situation. Cops swarm into the prison. When they find Janet, they assume she is an inmate and knock her out. Marie tries to escape dressed as an officer but is caught by Erica. In the aftermath of the riot, Kate lets Sandy know the women think it was a waste of time. Sandy is sent to solitary and security measures are increased. Jim applies for another job. Marie siezes control as Top Dog and takes over Sandy's laundry racket, asking Fitzwater to pay them in drugs rather than money. At Lizzie's trial, Colleen testifies against her but is demolished by the defence. Gordon Humphrey admits he wanted to demolish the house and have the land rezoned, prompting an outburst from Lizzie, who is ultimately acquitted of the arson charges.

E4. Episode 4

Feb 17, 1982 · 47m

Lizzie enjoys her freedom while tensions between the staff and the department reach boiling point.

E5. Episode 5

Feb 23, 1982 · 47m

The staff agree to strike with tensions reaching crisis point between the department and the prison. While Lizze falls for a conman.

E6. Episode 6

Feb 24, 1982 · 47m

Janet thinks that Meg is having an affair with Jim and accuses her of betrayal. Sandy makes moves to consolidate her romantic meeting with Steve.

E7. Episode 7

Mar 2, 1982 · 47m

The women suspect that Bea and Sandy have set Marie up, but there is no proof. Meg learns that the Board is due to review Lizzie's parole following her arrest for non-payment of bills.

E8. Episode 8

Mar 3, 1982 · 47m

Judy's parole hearing is finally here as Sandy gets threats against her. While Jim tells Meg that things between him and Janet are over.

E9. Episode 9

Mar 9, 1982 · 47m

Judy is out of Wentworth and embarks on a new life on the outside. In her loneliness, Doreen attempts to befriend the guard dogs.

E10. Episode 10

Mar 10, 1982 · 47m

Erica announces to Jim his promotion and transfer to a youth remand centre. Jock Stewart finds out where Judy is and that her daughter has married into money.

E11. Episode 11

Mar 16, 1982 · 47m

The dog handler is concerned when the dogs appear to have lost their appetite. On exercise period Marie causes considerable distress by throwing Doreen's teddy bear to the dogs.

E12. Episode 12

Mar 17, 1982 · 47m

Ian apologises to Meg for embarrassing her in front of the women. Judy visits Doreen in Wentworth and asks her to find out from Sandy where she can get a gun.

E13. Episode 13

Mar 23, 1982 · 47m

Doreen's escape is ruined. Ian and Meg have a drink and Meg makes it very clear to him that she is not interested in him at any level, except as a colleague.

E14. Episode 14

Mar 24, 1982 · 47m

Competition intensifies between Meg and Colleen Powell. A 16-year-old is inducted into Wentworth, where she is bewildered by her new surroundings. A murder is being plotted.

E15. Episode 15

Mar 30, 1982 · 47m

Meg puts her marriage before promotion to Deputy Governor. The Department investigates possible fraud in the kitchen and Bea begins to suspect Kate.

E16. Episode 16

Mar 31, 1982 · 47m

The police arrive to question Judy.

E17. Episode 17

Apr 6, 1982 · 47m

Kate learns the truth about her witness. Susie plans her escape.

E18. Episode 18

Apr 7, 1982 · 47m

Sandy and Marie are in dispute about who will deal the death blow to Kate. Janet finds herself attracted to Ian Mahoney.

E19. Episode 19

Apr 13, 1982 · 47m

Suspicions grow when Sandy is found to be missing. Hazel breaks down when she hears that her husband is applying for custody of their children.

E20. Episode 20

Apr 14, 1982 · 47m

Marie realises how Kate got rid of Sandy, and Hazel realises what her chances are of stopping George's custody application.

E21. Episode 21

Apr 20, 1982 · 47m

Marie starts throwing her weight around, and Susie begins her escape attempt.

E22. Episode 22

Apr 21, 1982 · 47m

Ian tells Janet he's not pressing her, while Judy is baffled by an apparent alliance between Bea and Marie.

E23. Episode 23

Apr 27, 1982 · 47m

Kate's in for a surprise as two characters receive a transfer.

E24. Episode 24

Apr 28, 1982 · 47m

Bea and the other women are puzzled by the disappearance of Marie and Kate. Janet and Ian's affair becomes increasingly obvious.

E25. Episode 25

May 4, 1982 · 47m

Susie flees into the woods to escape a rapist. The women of Wentworth start work on their prison paper.

E26. Episode 26

May 5, 1982 · 47m

Meg agrees to act as matron-of-honour at Janet and Ian's wedding, and Helen returns to Wentworth on a prostitution charge. There is an attack on Judy's life.

E27. Episode 27

May 11, 1982 · 47m

Kate is finally taken to an asylum, and Susie insists that one of the new prisoners is her mother.

E28. Episode 28

May 12, 1982 · 47m

Susie longs to be with the new prisoner who she thinks is her mother, and an outrageous birthday surprise is organised for Bea.

E29. Episode 29

May 18, 1982 · 47m

Bea suspects that her birthday has been forgotten, and Joanne tries to persuade Susie as gently as possible that she is not her mother.

E30. Episode 30

May 19, 1982 · 47m

Jennifer Powell is taken to the bank robbers' hideout. Erica Davidson takes a lenient view of Bea's birthday celebrations.