Skydance’s UK network 5 was the home of Australian prison drama Wentworth and will now house the show’s next iteration.
The channel has acquired UK rights to Wentworth: Halfway Home, which distributor Fremantle is calling Wentworth: Beyond Bars outside of Australia.
The show follows original series star follows Susan ‘Boomer’ Jenkins (Katrina Milosevic), who arrives at at a halfway freshly paroled and determined to get custody of her daughter. However, when body turns up, seeding distrust among the residents, and the person she snitched on to reduce her sentence is also out and determined to make her pay.
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