As they spot one another across a room brimming with fans, legendary actresses and Prisoner icons Val Lehman and Maggie Kirkpatrick both let fly with exuberant, rafter-rattling shrieks of elation.
It’s been 45 years since Prisoner first sprang into life in Australia and to celebrate the milestone, Partners In Crime recently assembled a weekend of excitement for Prisoner devotees who flew in from all over the world to meet their idols in Melbourne.
“We haven’t seen each other for a couple of years, so it’s always great to share some hearty laughs face-toface,” beams 83-year-old Maggie, a bona fide fan favourite as Prisoner’s iconic villainous warder Joan “The Freak”
