Anyone seen Oz?

[marshlander]

Cell Block H was Australian, where it was just called "Prisoner" and the action took place in Wentworth Prison which was most definitely located in Australia. The "Cell Block H" bit was added to remove any confusion between that and Patrick McGoohan's superb "Prisoner" series from the sixties. As far as I know the BBC had nothing to do with and I don't think it was even shown on BBC in the UK. Wasn't it produced by Grundy and Network Ten?

Do you really think Oz and Cell Block would appeal to similar audiences? Oz is über-real while Cell Block is rather more wobbly scenery.