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Within These Walls (1974)

Drama

Within These Walls is a British television drama programme created and written by David Butler. Produced by London Weekend Television for ITV, broadcast between 1974 and 1978, the series portrays life in HMP Stone Park, a fictional women's prison. Unlike the later women-in-prison series Prisoner and Bad Girls, Within These Walls tended to centre its storylines around the staff rather than the inmates. Plots typically revolve around well-groomed, genteel governor Faye Boswell's attempts to liberalise the regime while managing her private life.

IMDb rating
7.0 (126 votes)
Episode average
7.0 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1974)

7.03 avg 7 episodes 7.4 → 7.2

Ep 1: 7.4 · 10 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 6 votesEp 4: 6.8 · 6 votesEp 5: 6.6 · 6 votesEp 6: 6.8 · 7 votesEp 9: 7.2 · 6 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 6 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Cause for Concern7.410
2Lesson Number One7.26
4In Her Own Right6.86
5Prisoner by Marriage6.66
6The Group6.87
9Tea on St. Pancras Station7.26
10Guessing Game7.26