Comments on: Prisoner Cell Block H, My Mom, and My First Crossword Puzzle http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/mother_crosswor/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andrew Dunbar http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/mother_crosswor/comment-page-1/#comment-145682 Andrew Dunbar Fri, 09 May 2008 17:21:04 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1790#comment-145682 "Prisoner Cell Block H" is not a British TV show, it is Australian, made by the Ten Network in Melbourne. Its original names is simply "Prisoner". When the Brits imported it from Australia they changed the name so as not to be confused with an older British TV show called "The Prisoner". It seems that for for some reason the US either imported it from Britain rather than directly from Australia, or perhaps decided to go with the British name even if they did import it directly. “Prisoner Cell Block H” is not a British TV show, it is Australian, made by the Ten Network in Melbourne. Its original names is simply “Prisoner”. When the Brits imported it from Australia they changed the name so as not to be confused with an older British TV show called “The Prisoner”. It seems that for for some reason the US either imported it from Britain rather than directly from Australia, or perhaps decided to go with the British name even if they did import it directly.

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