Before there was Wentworth, there was Prisoner. The iconic Australian television series aired on Network 10 from 1979 until 1986 lasting eight seasons and 692 episodes, and in 2022 the series will be available to stream on 10 Play. Created by Reg Watson, who also created Sons and Daughters, Neighbours and British soap Crossroads, it followed the lives of the women kept […]
Actor Betty Bobbitt who played Judy Bryant in the iconic Australian TV series is gravely ill after suffering a stroke. Bobbitt’s family posted the sad news to her Facebook page on Sunday evening, sharing that the 81-year-old actress had suffered a stoke on Wednesday and is now in palliative care. Her son Chris said she […]
Sigrid Thornton has joined the cast of popular prison drama ‘Wentworth’.In the show’s 2015 season Thorton will play a new character named Sonia Stevens. Stevens character is the wealthy but self-made dynamo behind a cosmetics empire. She comes into the prison on remand, suspected of the murder of a missing woman. Thornton’s casting marks the […]
‘Prisoner’ star Maggie Kirkpatrick, widely known for her role as “The Freak”, has been handed an 18-month community corrections order after being found guilty of sex offenses committed over 30 years ago. The 74 year old Australian actor has been found guilty of gross indecency and two counts of indecently assault against a 14-year-old girl […]
‘Wentworth’, Foxtel’s reimaging of the iconic Australian series ‘Prisoner’ has been a ratings smash around the world and the third season is about to start soon. Last season Pamela Rabe joined the cast to play iconic character Joan ‘The Freak’ Ferguson, a role made famous by actor Maggie Kirkpatrick. Despite our best interrogation, Pamela […]
‘Wentworth’, Foxtel’s Australian drama series set in a womens’ prison is as devastating as it is beautiful. We caught up with Katrina Milosevic, also known as ‘Boomer’, right hand woman to dangerous lesbian heartthrob Franky in time for the airing of the second season on May 20. Milosevic said she gets her inspiration for Boomer […]
‘Wentworth’ is a re-imaging of one Australia’s favourite television dramas. From 1979 to 1986 Channel 10’s ‘Prisoner’ followed the lives of women detained inside the fictional Wentworth maximum security prison. Now 34 years after the original show debuted, the women of Wentworth are back in an all new re-telling of the tale. We follow Bea […]
Look Out For Tabitha Takes Over Tabitha Coffey is back with a new series of her popular show but instead of just taking over hair dressing salons she’s now giving her cutting advice to a whole range of businesses including dog kennels, bakeries, a yogurt shop and a gay dance bar. Tune in to Arena […]
