Wentworth Prison (Australian TV Series), a blog by Alan Ewing
Wentworth Prison is an Australian prison drama, based on Prisoner Cell Block H, an Australia prison dram from the 1980s. It is a complete reinvention. Wentworth is the ultimate prison drama. The sheer brutality of the power struggles that go on with thin this women’s prison are harrowing as they battle for Top Dog status, and yet compelling viewing, as the correction system tethers on collapse at times. Lesbianism, drugs, knife crime are rife, as is betrayal and scheming. The prison staff meanwhile have the good characters and the bad characters. This blog is an introduction to five of the main players within this drama.
Prisoners
BEA SMITH (Danielle Cormack): The ultimate Top Dog. Begins life in Wentworth in a state of terror. Following the death of her daughter a new edge develops that turns her into the most power fun character within the whole series. Her reinvention owes more than a little to Joan Ferguson (see below).
FRANKY DOYLE (Nicole Da Silva): In a battle for Top Dog when Bea Smith arrives. Franky was a victim of childhood abuse and this has shaped her outlook upon the world.
ALLIE NOVACK: (Kate Jenkinson) The most unlikely of Top Dogs. Ally is the blonde bombshell whose survival skills have been learnt through years of drug dependency. She becomes Bea Smith’s lover.
Staff
JOAN FERGURSON (Pamela Rade): A Prison Governor who likes to wear her uniform. “The Freak” as the women call her. A voyeur, a manipulation. Game-player supreme.
WILL JACKSON(Robbie Magasiva): If you are looking for a good guy then Will is your man. Helps the girls where he can, though is very much a Ladies man.
Theme Music
Seasons 1 - 8 are currently on Box Set on the My 5 Player ... the final season (9) is due to be released over the Summer.
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