List of Wentworth episodes

Wentworth is an Australian television drama series. It was first broadcast on SoHo on 1 May 2013. 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 begins with Bea Smith's (Danielle Cormack) early days in prison.

As of 11 August 2020, 83 episodes of Wentworth have aired. A ninth season has also been commissioned, and will air in 2021, with it serving as the final season to the series.[1]

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired	Network
	1	10		1 May 2013 (2013-05-01)	3 July 2013 (2013-07-03)	SoHo
	2	12		20 May 2014 (2014-05-20)	5 August 2014 (2014-08-05)
	3	12		7 April 2015 (2015-04-07)	23 June 2015 (2015-06-23)
	4	12		10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)	26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)
	5	12		4 April 2017 (2017-04-04)	20 June 2017 (2017-06-20)	Fox Showcase
	6	12		19 June 2018 (2018-06-19)	4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)
	7	10		28 May 2019 (2019-05-28)	30 July 2019 (2019-07-30)
	8	10[2]		28 July 2020 (2020-07-28)	29 September 2020 (2020-09-29)[2]

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

Main article: Wentworth (season 1)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers
1	1	"No Place Like Home"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe	1 May 2013 (2013-05-01)	244,000[3]
2	2	"Fly Me Away"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe	8 May 2013 (2013-05-08)	102,000[4]
3	3	"The Girl Who Waited"	Catherine Millar	Pete McTighe	15 May 2013 (2013-05-15)	110,000[5]
4	4	"The Things We Do"	Catherine Millar	Pete McTighe	22 May 2013 (2013-05-22)	97,000[6]
5	5	"Velvet Curtain"	Tori Garrett	Pete McTighe	29 May 2013 (2013-05-29)	115,000[7]
6	6	"Captive"	Tori Garrett	Pete McTighe	5 June 2013 (2013-06-05)	92,000[8]
7	7	"Something Dies"	Jet Wilkinson	Pete McTighe	12 June 2013 (2013-06-12)	97,000[9]
8	8	"Mind Games"	Jet Wilkinson	Lally Katz & Emma J. Steele	19 June 2013 (2013-06-19)	82,000[10]
9	9	"To the Moon"	Kevin Carlin	Guila Sandler	26 June 2013 (2013-06-26)	77,000[11]
10	10	"Checkmate"	Kevin Carlin	Emma J. Steele	3 July 2013 (2013-07-03)	125,000[12]

Season 2 (2014)

Main article: Wentworth (season 2)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers
11	1	"Born Again"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe	20 May 2014 (2014-05-20)	75,000[13]
12	2	"Whatever It Takes"	Kevin Carlin	John Ridley	27 May 2014 (2014-05-27)	99,000[14]
13	3	"Boys in the Yard"	Catherine Millar	Timothy Hobart	3 June 2014 (2014-06-03)	95,000[15]
14	4	"The Danger Within"	Catherine Millar	Marcia Gardner	10 June 2014 (2014-06-10)	66,000[16]
15	5	"Twist the Knife"	Dee McLachlan	Pete McTighe	17 June 2014 (2014-06-17)	64,000[17]
16	6	"The Pink Dragon"	Dee McLachlan	Marcia Gardner	24 June 2014 (2014-06-24)	100,000[18]
17	7	"Metamorphosis"	Pino Amenta	John Ridley	1 July 2014 (2014-07-01)	68,000[19]
18	8	"Sins of the Mother"	Pino Amenta	Timothy Hobart	8 July 2014 (2014-07-08)	79,000[20]
19	9	"The Fixer"	Steve Jodrell	John Ridley	15 July 2014 (2014-07-15)	87,000[21]
20	10	"Jail Birds"	Steve Jodrell	Timothy Hobart	22 July 2014 (2014-07-22)	81,000[22]
21	11	"Into the Night"	Kevin Carlin	Adam Todd	29 July 2014 (2014-07-29)	86,000[23]
22	12	"Fear Her"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe	5 August 2014 (2014-08-05)	103,000[24]

Season 3 (2015)

Main article: Wentworth (season 3)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers
23	1	"The Governor's Pleasure"	Kevin Carlin	Stuart Page	7 April 2015 (2015-04-07)	100,000[25]
24	2	"Failing Upwards"	Kevin Carlin	Adam Todd	14 April 2015 (2015-04-14)	94,000[26]
25	3	"Knives Out"	Catherine Millar	Pete McTighe	21 April 2015 (2015-04-21)	98,000[27]
26	4	"Righteous Acts"	Catherine Millar	John Ridley	28 April 2015 (2015-04-28)	102,000[28]
27	5	"Mercy"	Steve Jodrell	Adam Todd	5 May 2015 (2015-05-05)	97,000[29]
28	6	"Evidence"	Steve Jodrell	Stuart Page	12 May 2015 (2015-05-12)	118,000[30]
29	7	"The Long Game"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe & Marcia Gardner	19 May 2015 (2015-05-19)	104,000[31]
30	8	"Goldfish"	Kevin Carlin	John Ridley	26 May 2015 (2015-05-26)	108,000[32]
31	9	"Freak Show"	Catherine Millar	Adam Todd	2 June 2015 (2015-06-02)	108,000[33]
32	10	"A Higher Court"	Catherine Millar	Stuart Page	9 June 2015 (2015-06-09)	127,000[34]
33	11	"The Living and the Dead"	Steve Jodrell	John Ridley	16 June 2015 (2015-06-16)	109,000[35]
34	12	"Blood and Fire"	Steve Jodrell	Pete McTighe	23 June 2015 (2015-06-23)	113,000[36]

Season 4 (2016)

Main article: Wentworth (season 4)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers
35	1	"First Blood"	Kevin Carlin	John Ridley	10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)	140,000[37]
36	2	"Poking Spiders"	Kevin Carlin	Marcia Gardner	17 May 2016 (2016-05-17)	97,000[38]
37	3	"Prisoner"	Steve Jodrell	Pete McTighe	24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)	81,000[39]
38	4	"Screw Lover"	Steve Jodrell	Michael Lucas	31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)	97,000[40]
39	5	"Love and Hate"	Jet Wilkinson	John Ridley	7 June 2016 (2016-06-07)	103,000[41]
40	6	"Divide and Conquer"	Jet Wilkinson	Marcia Gardner	14 June 2016 (2016-06-14)	119,000[42]
41	7	"Panic Button"	Adrian Russell Wills	Pete McTighe	21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)	121,000[43]
42	8	"Plan Bea"	Adrian Russell Wills	Michael Lucas	28 June 2016 (2016-06-28)	84,000[44]
43	9	"Afterlife"	Steve Jodrell	Michael Lucas	5 July 2016 (2016-07-05)	110,000[45]
44	10	"Smitten"	Steve Jodrell	Samantha Winston	12 July 2016 (2016-07-12)	110,000[46]
45	11	"Eleventh Hour"	Kevin Carlin	John Ridley	19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	123,000[47]
46	12	"Seeing Red"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe	26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	95,000[48]

Season 5 (2017)

Main article: Wentworth (season 5)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers
47	1	"Scars"	Mat King	John Ridley	4 April 2017 (2017-04-04)	101,000[49]
48	2	"The Bitch is Back"	Mat King	Andrew Anastasios	11 April 2017 (2017-04-11)	96,000[50]
49	3	"Nothing But the Truth"	Geoff Bennett	Pete McTighe	18 April 2017 (2017-04-18)	88,000[51]
50	4	"Loose Ends"	Geoff Bennett	Marcia Gardner	25 April 2017 (2017-04-25)	85,000[52]
51	5	"Belly of the Beast"	Fiona Banks	Marcia Gardner	2 May 2017 (2017-05-02)	79,000[53]
52	6	"Happy Birthday, Vera"	Fiona Banks	John Ridley	9 May 2017 (2017-05-09)	80,000[54]
53	7	"The Pact"	Mat King	Andrew Anastasios	16 May 2017 (2017-05-16)	83,000[55]
54	8	"Think Inside the Box"	Mat King	Pete McTighe	23 May 2017 (2017-05-23)	73,000[56]
55	9	"Snakehead"	Catherine Millar	Andrew Anastasios	30 May 2017 (2017-05-30)	74,000[57]
56	10	"Mere Anarchy"	Catherine Miller	Marcia Gardner	6 June 2017 (2017-06-06)	81,000[58]
57	11	"Coup de Grâce"	Kevin Carlin	John Ridley	13 June 2017 (2017-06-13)	81,000[59]
58	12	"Hell Bent"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe	20 June 2017 (2017-06-20)	119,000[60]

Season 6 (2018)

Main article: Wentworth (season 6)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers
59	1	"Clean Slate"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe	19 June 2018 (2018-06-19)	101,000[61]
60	2	"The Boxer"	Kevin Carlin	Marcia Gardner	26 June 2018 (2018-06-26)	87,000[62]
61	3	"Bleed Out"	Fiona Banks	John Ridley	3 July 2018 (2018-07-03)	105,000[63]
62	4	"Winter Is Here"	Fiona Banks	Andrew Anastasios	10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)	83,000[64]
63	5	"Bitter Pill"	Roger Hodgman	John Ridley	17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)	71,000[65]
64	6	"Angel of Wentworth"	Roger Hodgman	Andrew Anastasios & Marcia Gardner	24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)	82,000[66]
65	7	"The Edge"	Sian Davies	Pete McTighe	31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)	77,000[67]
66	8	"Lovers and Fighters"	Sian Davies	John Ridley and Marcia Gardner	7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)	91,000[68]
67	9	"Shallow Grave"	Fiona Banks	John Ridley	14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)	91,000[69]
68	10	"Fractured"	Fiona Banks	Pete McTighe	21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)	103,000[70]
69	11	"Indelible Ink"	Kevin Carlin	John Ridley & Marcia Gardner	28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)	82,000[71]
70	12	"Showdown"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe	4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	102,000[72]

Season 7 (2019)

Main article: Wentworth (season 7)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers
71	1	"Blood Wedding"	Kevin Carlin	Marcia Gardner	28 May 2019 (2019-05-28)	89,000[73]
72	2	"Payback"	Kevin Carlin	John Ridley	4 June 2019 (2019-06-04)	96,000[74]
73	3	"Atonement"	Jonathan Brough	Max Conroy	11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)	88,000[75]
74	4	"Karen"	Jonathan Brough	Pete McTighe	18 June 2019 (2019-06-18)	86,000[76]
75	5	"Ascension"	Beck Cole	Pete McTighe	25 June 2019 (2019-06-25)	86,000[77]
76	6	"Mother"	Beck Cole	John Ridley	2 July 2019 (2019-07-02)	72,000[78]
77	7	"Bad Blood"	Fiona Banks	Marcia Gardner	9 July 2019 (2019-07-09)	94,000[79]
78	8	"Protection"	Fiona Banks	Max Conroy	16 July 2019 (2019-07-16)	103,000[80]
79	9	"Under Siege, Part 1"	Kevin Carlin	John Ridley	23 July 2019 (2019-07-23)	91,000[81]
80	10	"Under Siege, Part 2"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe	30 July 2019 (2019-07-30)	110,000[82]

Season 8 (2020)

Main article: Wentworth (season 8)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers
81	1	"Resurrection"	Kevin Carlin	Pete McTighe	28 July 2020 (2020-07-28)	107,000[83]
82	2	"Ends and Means"[84]	Kevin Carlin	Max Conroy & Kim Wilson	4 August 2020 (2020-08-04)	78,000[85]
83	3	"Enemy of the State"[86]	Beck Cole	Marcia Gardner	11 August 2020 (2020-08-11)	73,000[87]
84	4	"Revenant"[88]	TBA	TBA	18 August 2020 (2020-08-18)	TBD
85	5	"Fallout"[89]	TBA	TBA	25 August 2020 (2020-08-25)	TBD

Ratings

Wentworth : Australia viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number												Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	1	244	102	110	97	115	92	97	82	77	125	N/A		114
	2	75	99	95	66	64	100	68	79	87	81	86	103	84
	3	100	94	98	102	97	118	104	108	108	127	109	113	107
	4	140	97	81	97	103	119	121	84	110	110	123	95	107
	5	101	96	88	85	79	80	83	73	74	81	81	119	87
	6	101	87	105	83	71	82	77	91	91	103	82	102	90
	7	89	96	88	86	86	72	94	103	91	110	N/A		92
	8	107	78	73	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	N/A		TBD

Source: Audience measurement performed by OzTam[90]

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