Two best friends (played by Michelle Law and Liv Hewson) reinvent themselves after chronic illness. The series explores their hopes and aspirations, alongside their realities.

A peculiar man searches for love in a dark and troubling world.

Prisoner first aired on Network Ten on 27 February 1979.

Amanda Muggleton looking at one of her scenes with Val Lehmann, in our video digitisation area.

Val Lehmann in our magnetic tape storage vault, where a huge part of Australia's television history is preserved.

Amanda Muggleton looking at a selection of master tapes we’ve collected from broadcasters and production companies.

Val Lehmann with NFSA staff person, Jerry O'Neil.

Val Lehmann looks at a poster with NFSA staff person, Belinda Hunt.

This is a rich and powerful story of a man whose design created meaning for a people once invisible to mainland Australia, the people of the Torres Strait.

Recorded 4 January 2018 at the NFSA