"That was a laugh.."
Andrea Radcliffe was a senior officer at Wentworth Detention Centre, she was an officer who roamed around the prison and was one of few officers to witness the downfall of Joan Ferguson..
Time At Wentworth[]
One of those minor officers who skulk around the fringes of the action, though she seems to get her fair share of physical abuse. She may have appeared as an extra earlier on but gets credits for (416) (501) (516) (559) (584) and (592), she is seen in episode 285.
credited again in (608) and (612)
Andrea tells Ann that she didn't see anyone before she was knocked out
She helps Meg Morris and Joyce Pringle help supervise the glee trip club and drinks the spiked coffee along with the other officers and the bus driver, at the concert hall before drinking the spiked coffee watching the inmates talk to civilians (434). She is working at the desk in reception when Detective Les Birmingham and Detective Fred Mears ask Meg Morris about seeing Sonia Stevens (439). She is seen working at the desk in reception when Ann comes into work and Joan hands Andrea something to check over (440). She is at the meeting in the staff room about the fate security arrangements (459). She comes into work just after Meg and was called in for back up during Marie Winter's Riot and release Myra from Solitary during the riot (467). She was seen during the union rep meeting in the staff room (470).
She is knocked out and taken hostage during Lou Kelly's riot (600)-(601). During Mervin Pringle and Joyce Pringle's wedding breakfast she is one of the officers on patrol and she is knocked out by Janet Williams and is found in the corridor by Pat Slattery who helps her get to the staffroom and reveals that she didn't see anything and that whatever was happening may have involved a prisoner but she doesn't know, she say's that she is alright and wants to go back on duty but Ann Reynolds tells her that the doctor is coming in to check her out for concussion (615). Andrea is on duty when Lexie Patterson gives birth in her cell during the heatwave and she asks Rodney what is going on and he just says that the women are complaining about the heat (648).
She takes part in the Tug of War (654). She witnesses the downfall of Joan Ferguson when she is taken away by police the following morning following her arrest (692).
Notes[]
- When others officers talk to or about her, they use the first name Andrea.
- not exactly a background character but more of a minor character she is constantly knocked out and the officer mostly seen carrying out random tasks within Wentworth especially after Joyce is made a more central character, or when Pat is given a bigger role.
- appears in episodes 266, 285, 303, 304, 320, 344, 355, 366, 367, 387, 391, 403, 404, 407, 408, 410, 416, 418, 421, 423, 434, 439, 440, 443, 457, 459, 463, 465, 467, 470, 472, 495, 498, 500, 501, 514-518, 557, 559, 568, 569, 572, 574, 579, 584, 589, 592, 593, 600, 601, 608, 609, 612, 615, 624, 625, 633, 639, 648, 651, 654, 668, 683, 689, 692 (underlined eps have been written about the others have not please help contribute for this character if you can)