High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Prisoner is an Australian television series that aired on Network Ten from 1979 to 1986, it ran for a total of 692 episodes over eight seasons. The following is a complete list of all 692 episodes. It also includes a list of the DVD releases from Australia and the UK in volume format. one volume in Australia would contain 16 episodes and one volume in the UK would contain 32 episodes. One volume in the UK is the equivalent of two volumes in Australia.