When is prisoner on foxtel

With 10 episodes airing weekly, the series will close the chapter with its finale in October after climbing to global recognition since it debuted in Wentworth is broadcast in more than countries around the world, with its storytelling compared to the likes of Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy and Orange is the New Black.

New to Foxtel Now? Get your day free trial and start streaming Wentworth. Sign up at foxtel. A re-run of Prisoner on Foxtel in that got much publicity and good ratings helped seal the deal. Wentworth producer Jo Porter wisely kept on Michael Idato as a series consultant and she asked others, like me, what elements of the original series needed to be kept. Prisoner had already been remade for US television as Dangerous Women So, no pressure on Wentworth to get it right, but get it right they did from night one.

Killing off Meg Jackson Catherine McClements in the first episode, when Meg Jackson Elspeth Ballantyne had been the longest-running character in Prisoner , was a blunt message to its audience that the original show was being used for inspiration but massive twists were coming.

Wentworth was unusual in that it was a prequel and a reboot set in contemporary times. We then designed a Facebook Messenger bot to bring her to life.

Our fictional character became a fan favourite and part of Wentworth culture. Wentworth became the No. The Rat recording over 2. Insight Women are the engine room for Wentworth ratings, with our social media analysis highlighting that each fan feeds off each other and fuels anticipation for the next episode.

Wentworth 's cast, crew and fans' hearts collectively broke on Tuesday when the finale episode of the cult prison drama aired. Now, bosses at Foxtel have revealed why they decided to can the hugely popular show following nine action-packed seasons. After its premiere in , the show that is set behind the bars of Wentworth Correctional Centre has become one of the most renowned original Australian dramas of all time. It's been screened in territories around the world, igniting millions of die-hard fans.

The much-loved Foxtel series, which aired its th and final episode on this week , shows the brutal pressure-cooker environment inside a women's prison, where the inmates are forced to forge unlikely friendships and allegiances if they want to survive their time behind bars. Wentworth was initially axed when it reached its seventh season, but Foxtel renewed it for two more instalments following an unprecedented amount of fans calling for its continuation.

Foxtel Executive Director of Television Brian Walsh has since revealed the network could no longer focus on creating other shows if it recourses were centered around Wentworth. We're running a commercial business here.