Wentworth (TV series)

Wentworth
Also known as	Wentworth Prison Wentworth: Redemption Wentworth: The Final Sentence
Genre	Crime drama Thriller
Created by	Lara Radulovich David Hannam Reg Watson
Starring	Danielle Cormack Nicole da Silva Kris McQuade Libby Tanner Leeanna Walsman Kate Atkinson Celia Ireland Shareena Clanton Aaron C. Jeffery Robbie J. Magasiva Catherine McClements Katrina Milosevic Pamela Rabe Socratis Otto Tammy MacIntosh Sigrid Thornton Kate Jenkinson Bernard Curry Leah Purcell Susie Porter Rarriwuy Hick Jane Hall Kate Box Zoe Terakes Vivienne Awosoga
Opening theme	Instrumental Theme (season 1; season 8) "You Don't Know Me" by Pleasantville (seasons 2–7, Legacy)
Ending theme	Closing Instrumental Theme (seasons 1–8)
Composer	Richard Pleasance
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	100 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Jo Porter
Producer	Amanda Crittenden (Series Producer)
Running time	44–52 minutes
Production company	Fremantle Australia
Original release
Network	SoHo
Release	1 May 2013 (2013-05-01) – 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)
Network	Fox Showcase
Release	4 April 2017 (2017-04-04) – 26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)
Related
Prisoner
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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.^[1]