Wentworth (2013)

Genre

drama television series, LGBT-related television series

Country

Australia

Length

9 seasons, 100 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 294 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows Bea Smith as she enters prison and navigates its harsh social and power dynamics. It shows her struggle to survive and rise within the prison hierarchy, then shifts to focus on a wider group of inmates and staff.

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What happens

Wentworth is an Australian television drama series. It was first broadcast on SoHo on 1 May 2013, and it concluded on Fox Showcase with its 100th episode on 26 October 2021. The series serves as a contemporary reimagining of Prisoner, which ran on Network Ten from 1979 to 1986. Lara Radulovich and David Hannam developed Wentworth from Reg Watson's original concept. The series is set in the modern day and initially focuses on Bea Smith's (Danielle Cormack) early days in prison and her subsequent rise to the top of the prison's hierarchy. From the fifth season onward, the series shifted to emphasize more of an ensemble format. For the first three seasons, Wentworth was filmed on purpose-built sets in the suburbs of Clayton, Victoria. Starting with the fourth season, production moved to Newport, Victoria. The show has received a mostly positive reception from critics, and the first episode became the most watched Australian drama series premiere in Foxtel history and became one of Foxtel's longest running local dramas. The series was picked up by several countries, including New Zealand and the UK, where it is titled Wentworth Prison. Wentworth was commissioned for an eighth and final season consisting of 20 episodes and airing in two parts; the first part from July to September 2020, and the second part from 24 August 2021, with its final episode on 26 October. On 6 February 2026, it was announced by Binge at the 2026 AACTA Awards that a Wentworth spinoff series titled Wentworth: The Next Chapter had been commissioned by the network. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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