Talking Prisoner – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Welcome to Episode 6 of Corals Soapbox, where Coral Drouyn, a seasoned veteran of Australian television, delves into the depths of iconic TV shows. Coral's extensive resume includes work on beloved series like Neighbours, Home and Away, and, notably, Prisoner. As a script writer, Script Editor, Story Liner, and Story Editor on Prisoner, Coral shaped some of the show's most memorable characters and storylines.

In this episode, Coral joins Matt to explore the captivating Barnhurst 5 storyline from Prisoner. They delve into Coral's creative process behind crafting these characters and the pivotal flashback episode 536, which Coral penned. They dissect why certain characters, like May Collins portrayed by Billie Hammerberg, may not have been as robust as others, while Coral reveals her original vision for the Barnhurst 5.

Coral and Matt engage in a comprehensive discussion on each member of the Barnhurst 5, including Sonja Tallis, Jackie Woodburne, Kirsty Childs, Billie Hammerberg, and Debra Lawrance. They explore the complexities of characters like Nora Flynn and dissect the motivations behind their actions.

Throughout the episode, Coral addresses fan questions, offering insights into the creative decisions behind the Barnhurst 5 storyline. Matt also shares his theories on why the Barnhurst 5 were introduced into the series at that particular time.

In addition to their exploration of Prisoner's rich history, Coral and Matt touch on current events, including the Trial of President Donald Trump.

Don't miss this captivating episode of Corals Soapbox, and be sure to like and subscribe to the Talking Prisoner YouTube Channel for more engaging content.

Introducing Our New Co-Host: Director Tim Burns
We're thrilled to announce that Matt Batten will now be joined by a new co-host on Talking Prisoner—none other than independent filmmaker Tim Burns! With a portfolio of cinematic gems that encapsulate Australian culture and history, Tim is no stranger to compelling storytelling.
His cult classic film, "Boronia Boys, perfectly captures the essence of Australian suburbia in the late 2000s. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. His creative prowess extends to a myriad of projects, including "Mondo Maniacs," "The Honey Suckle Sisters," "Sizzle 77," "Boronia Backpackers," "Moonlight and Magic," and "Nancy Nancy." His documentary "Prisoner Queen," featuring Prisoner cast member Jude Kuring, bridges his cinematic vision with the world of "Prisoner," making him a perfect addition to our show.
Tim is no stranger to accolades, having won several awards, including honours from The Melbourne Underground Film Festival. A true collaborator, he has worked with numerous Prisoner cast members and has a reputation for "getting things done," as many in the industry will attest.
With Tim on board, you can expect Talking Prisoner to level up in so many ways. The duo is already lining up some incredible guests and have a plethora of exciting plans in the pipeline to make the show even more engaging for all you Prisoner fans out there.
So get ready to dive deeper into the world of "Prisoner" like never before, as Matt and Tim bring you unparalleled access and insight into one of Australia's most iconic television series.

Corals Soapbox EP 5 Welcome to Episode 3 of Corals Soapbox. Coral Drouyn has worked on some of Australia’s most iconic TV Shows and been responsible for some of the biggest storylines on many of our much-loved TV shows such as Neighbours, Home and Away, Blue Heelers, Streetsmartz, The Gerry Connolly Show, Pacific Drive and of course Prisoner. Coral worked on Prisoner as a script writer, Script Editor, Story Liner and Story Editor, and created some of the biggest characters ever to appear on Prisoner. Coral Drouyn and Matt Batten sit down for a chat each episode. In episode 5 they talk about the news of the week including the passing of Queen Elizabeth and the people of the UK in mourning, Coral shares her thoughts on if Australia should become a republic or not. Coral and Matt discuss best and worst storylines of Prisoner in which fans were able to post their favourite and least favourite storylines. Coral breaks down why a storyline works and why a storyline can fail and goes in to great detail. The storylines that Coral discussed were, Pixie Masons rape storyline, The Kate Peterson story, Zara Moonbeam and Bea Smith, Hazel Kent Euthanasia, Brandy/Laura multiple personality’s, Nora Flynn becoming Top Dog, Joan Ferguson and Shane, Jenifer Hartley and her Grandma. Coral goes into great depth on each of these storylines and why she wrote them, why she created them, why they worked and why some did not work. Coral and Matt also share their views on the Jury selection process in the court systems of Australia and the United states. Please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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Talking Prisoner Presents EP 5 Interview with Mat Stevenson
Welcome to Episode 5 of Talking Prisoner “Presents”. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with Home and Away legend mat Stevenson. Matt has appeared in many Australian TV shows including Blue Heelers, All Saints, Offspring, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and Home and Away from 1989 to 1994 and played Adam Cameron. We discussed Mat’s life growing up as a child and his love for acting coming from his bike rides to look at the Channel 10 building and how he got his break into acting. Mat also appeared in Neighbours prior to Home and Away and told us what it was like to work with Prisoner Writer Ian Smith. Mat is also a fan of Prisoner and discussed with us what he likes about the show. Mat discussed that he auditioned for Wentworth, and we also discussed with Mat about his recent interview on Channel Ten’s The Project about the journey of his daughter Grace. We discussed in depth about Mat’s time on Home and Away appearing in over 518 episodes and how he got the part of Adam Cameron. Mat told us what he thought of his character Adam and what it was like to work with the likes of Dannii Minogue, Less Hill, Ray Meagher, Sharyn Hodgson, Nicolle Dickson, Norman Coburn, Peter Vroom, and shared with us special memories about his close friendship with Dieter Brummer. We spoke about the famous storyline of his character killing of fan favourite Bobby Marshall and what it was like to shoot those scenes and what the public reaction was like at the time. Mat answered all fan questions, Please like and subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
 
#matstevenson #homeandaway #adamcameron #prisoner #danniiminogue

Talking Prisoner Corals Soapbox EP 4
Welcome to Episode 3 of Corals Soapbox. Coral Drouyn has worked on some of Australia’s most iconic TV Shows and been responsible for some of the biggest storylines on many of our much-loved TV shows such as Neighbours, Home and Away, Blue Heelers, Streetsmartz, The Gerry Connolly Show, Pacific Drive and of course Prisoner. Coral worked on Prisoner as a script writer, Script Editor, Story Liner and Story Editor, and created some of the biggest characters ever to appear on Prisoner. Coral Drouyn and Matt Batten sit down for a chat each episode. In episode 4 they talk about why some Prisoner fans are upset that each episode of Corals Soapbox is not solely dedicated to Prisoner. Coral and Matt discuss Shane Crawford and the role he was given on the theatre production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and what Coral thinks about an ex footballer given a theatre role. Coral shares her thoughts on the current affairs of Ex President Trump, We talk about David E Kelly’s new Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer. The rest of the episode is dedicated to two characters that Coral created, Bev Baker played by Maggie Dence and Officer David Bridges played by David Waters. Coral talks about why she created Bev Baker and why the character was so dark and why she was only in the show for six episodes and why Bev had the ending she had. Coral walks us through the process of the writer’s room on Prisoner and how the episodes were created and written and how many of the writers were freaked out by the Bev Baker character. Coral breaks down the character Officer David Bridges and why she created him. Please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel
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Welcome to Episode 6 of Talking Prisoner Presents. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with the amazing Karina Arroyave who has had a career spanning over 30 years and has appeared in many Tv shows and Movies such as The Equalizer, Lean on Me, As the World Turns, New York Undercover, The Practice, Law and Order, Chicago Hope, Judging Amy, Empire, 24, NYPD Blue, 187, Blue Bloods, Bull, Law and Order Special Victims unit, Orange is the New Black, The Blacklist and so many more. We spoke to Karina about her life growing up and where the love of acting came from and how she first developed the passion for acting. We discussed her life living in New York and what it has been like to work during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Karina shared with us her memories of working on cult Movie Lean on Me and what it was like to shoot that movie and work with Morgan Freeman and getting to meet Joe Clark. Karina shared her memories of working with acclaimed Film Director John Avildsen who directed movies like Rocky, The Karate Kid, Lean on Me, Cry Uncle, Save the Tiger and what John meant to Karina and their special friendship. Karina also starred alongside Michael Douglas in the movie Falling Down and shared with us what it was like working with Michael and Director Joel Schumacher. We spoke to Karina about her friendship with Legendary actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman and her other stand out movie 187 which Karina worked alongside Samuel L Jackson, we broke down some scenes from this movie and discussed in detail. Karina shared her advice for upcoming actors trying to get into the entertainment industry. We then moved to Orange is the New Black, Karina appeared in six powerful episodes centred around immigration and child separation and what it was like to play the part of Karla Cordova. We discussed what a typical day was like on the set of Orange and how she got the part on the show. We discussed the problem of Immigration in the USA and Karla’s thoughts on the current immigration situation and what she drew on to play those powerful scenes in Orange. We broke down some episodes with Karina Episode 5 Minority Report, Episode 11 God Bless America, and that powerful scene in the kitchen when Karla speaks to her children who have been adopted out. We then spoke about working with James Spader on the Blacklist. Karina was very giving of her time and was such an amazing person to learn about her career and life. Please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
 
#karinaarroyave #orangeisthenewblack  #michaeldouglas  #morganfreeman  #jamesspader

Welcome to Episode 3 of Corals Soapbox. Coral Drouyn has worked on some of Australia’s most iconic TV Shows and been responsible for some of the biggest storylines on many of our much-loved TV shows such as Neighbours, Home and Away, Blue Heelers, Streetsmartz, The Gerry Connolly Show, Pacific Drive and of course Prisoner. Coral worked on Prisoner as a script writer, Script Editor, Story Liner and Story Editor, and created some of the biggest characters ever to appear on Prisoner. Coral Drouyn and Matt Batten sit down for a chat each episode. In episode 3 they talk about the homelessness crisis in Australia and the exorbitant retirement income that politicians receive each year all whilst we have a homelessness crisis in the world. Coral and Matt then discuss the controversial Edna Pearson episodes on Prisoner. We discuss the case of Emily Perry in South Australia. Mrs Emily Perry was charged with two counts of attempting to murder Ken Perry, her third husband. The prosecution alleged that between July and November 1978, and again between February and October 1979, she administered poison to him with the intention of killing him. Mrs Perry was convicted on both counts and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour. There was no evidence directly implicating her, and no suggestion that she had poisoned her husband unintentionally. So as to establish a ‘course of conduct’, the prosecution relied on inferences that she had also been responsible for the deaths of three other people with whom she had had a close relationship. Coral discusses the similarities between this real-life case, the Edna Pearson Episodes and why Emily Perry started legal action against Grundy’s and why most scenes had to be cut from the show. Matt also discusses with Coral Episode 463 when Edna first arrives in Wentworth and all the other storylines that were happening in that episode including Marie Winter becoming Top Dog, Bobby losing her baby, Meg taken hostage. Matt talks to Coral about how Vivean Grey who played Edna Pearson felt about the character at the time and how long Coral intended for Vivean to stay on the show had the legal action not happen. Please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
#coraldrouyn #emilyperry #viveangrey #cellblockh

Welcome to Episode 50 of Talking Prisoner. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with Brett Popplewell who is the head of Production scripted at Fremantle Media. Brett has a career in Film and Television spanning over 30 years and has performed the role of Executive producer and line producer on Emmy award winning shows such as Salems lot, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, The Starter wife. Brett also worked as a Producer and Assistant Director on shows such as Water Rats, E-Street, The Alice, The Man from snowy river, Wentworth, Prisoner, Mc Leods Daughters and co-created AFI Winner Bastard Boys. Brett is responsible for over 200 hours of award winning drama and $250 Million worth of Australian and International Productions. Ken and Matt spoke to Brett about his life growing up and what his life was like at school, his first job out of school and how he got his start in the Australian Tv and Film industry. Brett spoke about his passion for flying planes and scuba diving. Brett shares his memories working as an assistant director on Australian movie Melvin, Son of Alvin which was the sequel to Alvin Purple which was written by Prisoner legend Alan Hopgood. Brett shares his memories of working on E-Street as a producer for three years and what it was like to work with show creator Forrest Redlich and directors like Rod Hardy, Sean Nash, Tony Osicka and Leigh Spence. Brett spoke about the challenges of shooting a show like E-Street and why he thinks it was cancelled. Brett shares some stories about his time on Water Rats as an assistant director and the fun he had on that show working with Colin Friels and the amazing stunts they would shoot on the show. Brett co created Bastard Boys in 2007 and shares his memories of shooting that show and working with the workers that were sacked by Patrick Corporation at the time. Brett worked on Wentworth as a line producer in 2016 and shares story’s about the production of Wentworth and what it was like to work on Wentworth with Executive Producer Jo Porter and in Season 7 when the show was axed and how the fans had so much to do with Foxtel commissioning Season 8 of Wentworth. Brett spoke about the challenges of producing shows through covid and how Fremantle Media set the example to the rest of the world how to continue working safely during a pandemic. Brett shares his thoughts on the future of Free to air tv and his job as the head of Scripted Production at Fremantle Media. Please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
 
#wentworth #prisoner #cellblockh #fremantlemedia #brettpopplewell

Talking Prisoner Presents Sons and Daughters EP 4 Interview with Tom Richards David Palmer

Welcome to Episode 4 of Talking Prisoner Presents. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with Tom Richards who played David Palmer in Sons and Daughters. Tom has appeared in many other Australian TV Classics such as Homicide, Division 4, Ryan, Bluey, The Sullivans, The Box, Chopper Squad, Cop Shop, Bellamy, Richmond Hill, The Flying Doctors, A Country Practice, Water Rats, Big Sky, Murder Call and All Saints, he is most known for playing David Palmer on Sons and Daughters. We spoke to Tom about his life growing up as a child and some of his first jobs he had out of school. Tom explained to us how he got into acting and what it was like to be in the 1971 Theatre production “The Rose and the Ring” at the famous Twelfth theatre. Tom played Terry Young in Matlock Police and told us about his time on Matlock and what it was like to work with Paul Cronin who played Senior Constable Gary Hogan. Tom shared with us a story about Roger Moore and the Bond girls, an absolute exclusive to Talking Prisoner. We then moved on to long running drama Sons and Daughters. We spoke about how Tom got the part of the hot tempered David Palmer and told us about what it was like to work with Brian Blain who played Gordon Hamilton. Tom shared with us why he left Sons and Daughters in 1986 and to come back in 1987. Tom shared all his memories with us about Sons and Daughters including what it was like working with Rowena Wallace Pat the Rat, Leila Hayes who played Beryl Palmer and working with Prisoner favourite Lisa Crittenden who played his daughter Leigh. Tom shared with us about the trip to Belgium to meet the fans and what that experience was like. Tom answered all fan questions and so much more.

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