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- StarsElspeth BallantyneBarbara JungwirthBetty BobbittFollows the lives of inmates and staff at Wentworth, a high-security women's prison in Australia, exploring their backstories, daily struggles, and interpersonal relationships within the harsh realities of incarceration.
- DirectorGraeme ArthurStarsKerry ArmstrongElspeth BallantyneCarol BurnsTwo new prisoners, Karen Travers and Lyn Warner, are inducted into Wentworth Detention Centre and have to adjust to the harsh regime and the tough women they meet there. Karen, convicted of stabbing her cheating husband to death in the shower, turns out to be an old flame of prison Doctor Greg Miller. Lynn has been convicted of kidnapping and burying a baby alive, and though she loudly protests her innocence, she is bullied by the other women, led by their 'Top Dog', murderess Bea Smith. Meanwhile, young inmate Sally Lee hangs herself in her cell while going through serious drug withdrawal. Tough lesbian Franky Doyle goes berserk when she learns her girlfriend Doreen Anderson, is being moved to another cell and destroys the Recreation Room. Bea Burns Lynn's hand in the steam press and Lynn reports her for it, putting Bea's upcoming parole in jeopardy. Late at nigh, bent screw Officer Yates lets Bea out of her cell so she can go and scare Lynn into withdrawing her complaint.
- DirectorBrian McDuffieStarsKerry ArmstrongElspeth BallantyneCarol BurnsFranky is devastated by the death of her brother as she makes a plan to go over the wall. While Marilyn is given the third degree by Detective Lang.
- DirectorWilliam FitzwaterStarsChristine AmorKerry ArmstrongElspeth BallantyneKaren's barrister, Mr. Wilson, is retained to represent Mrs. Roberts who killed the man who raped her daughter. She is remanded to prison and finds the adjustment hard. Doreen and Frankie must find a way to get money; Franky favours a bank robbery. Karen receives the letter from Frankie; Lyn gets assurance she will get a light sentence. On their way to a robbery, Franky is shot and killed; Doreen walks back to prison and turns herself in because she blames Karen for Franky wanting to escape and plans revenge.
- DirectorAlan ColemanStarsChristine AmorKerry ArmstrongElspeth BallantyneKaren's appeal seems to be going badly since there is no corroboration for her husband's abuse. Lyn goes off happily to her nursery job and is left alone while the owner runs errands. The office is locked, and when a customer hands her money, she puts it in her pocket. A woman is caught shoplifting and sent to Wentworth on remand; she refuses to give her name although her fingerprints will identify her as a repeat offender. Karen's mother reconsiders, testifies to hearing the husband demand Karen get an abortion, and the jury reduces her conviction to manslaughter. The judge reduces her sentence to 2 years. Lyn is accused of taking the money by her boss, although she had forgotten it; she walks off the job and police are notified. At the appointed time, Lyn walks up to the prison gate.
- DirectorMarcus ColeStarsChristine AmorKerry ArmstrongElspeth BallantyneYates is missing and the search begins for her. Next morning Lizzie finds her dead in the dryer. Vera realizes she was to blame but keeps quiet. With Bea in hospital, Monica decides to take over as 'Top Dog' and clashes with Noeline Burke. They both blame each other for killing Yates, but Noeline is packed of to the pound for lying to Erica Davidson, about it. Meg Jackson tells Mum about Bea being in hospital Mum goes to visit her but is not allowed in, as Judith-Anne lets slip to Jean that Meg Jackson has been visiting them. Steve invites Jean to dinner to meet Clara Goddard, who if interested in funding a halfway house. Later Clara turns up to ask Steve for legal advice, saying she is about to be arrested. With Yates dead, Vera plans to flee the country with George but he goes without her, leaving her with an envelope of money.
- DirectorSean NashStarsElspeth BallantyneMaggie KirkpatrickGerda NicolsonThe prisoners reminisce about old friends and old enemies. Ann gets some terrible news from Barnhurst.
- DirectorMarcus ColeStarsElspeth BallantyneSheila FlorancePatsy KingPaul agrees to try and get Bea out of Isolation if she encourages the craft project. She agrees, then sends the word to down tools. Vera is delighted that things have fallen through; Paul is furious, but Bea feigns innocence. Lizzie and Doreen aren't on good terms after Lizzie got Dor sacked. Jim tries to get Lizzie, Doreen and Rhonda to testify on Caroline and Vivienne's behalf. Lizzie and Dor are in the pub with Kevin, and when Jim turns up in uniform to talk to them, Kev realises they've been inside. Dor is upset when he says he doesn't want to see her for a bit. Sharon, Tony and the others arrested in the raid go to court, where Sharon tells a load of lies to get herself off the hook. However, the Judge sees through her and gives her two years, letting everyone else off on a bond.
- DirectorRod HardyStarsElspeth BallantyneSheila FlorancePatsy KingMrs Burns tells Doreen that if she and Kevin marry, she will disown him. Lizzie chases her down the street with a frying pan, but eventually talks Mrs Burns round. Lizzie and Doreen go to celebrate, get wrecked and try to shoplift booze under cover of one of Lizzie's fake turns. However, when Dor walks out of the shop with the booze, the cops show up. The VJ gives Sharon another week in the pound; relations improve between Judy, Chrissie and Bea. Chrissie agrees to stay away from Sharon. When Judy finds out Sharon will be gone another week, she smacks Bea in the face so she can get sent to Solitary to be nearer her. Paul goes to check on Vivienne, but there's no answer, and nobody has seen her for days. Caroline tells him where to find a spare key: he lets himself in and finds her unconscious, having taken an overdose. Paul agrees to let Sally stay a while.
- DirectorLeigh SpenceStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceErica tries to talk the prisoners out of the Rec Room, and tells them Jock is finished in the prison service. Vera cuts the power, and they spend an uncomfortable night in the dark. Next morning, they give up the protest. Noeline comes to visit Leanne and she asks her to pass on a message to the press that they're staging a demo in the garden. Predictably, Noeline can't be trusted and tells Vera. The women are confined to the building as a result. Another scheme has to be thought up, and this time it's violent. Judy, Margo and Lizzie take Erica and Meg hostage in the Governor's office with a garden fork. The other women ambush Vera in the Laundry, strip her and tie her up. When Jim finds her, the women are gone, and heading for the roof with her keys. Margo and Lizzie are left in charge of Meg and Erica, but Lizzie gets drunk on Erica's booze. Paul gets word to a drunken Lizzie that Marcia is there to see her, and she opens the door: she and Margo are overpowered by the officers outside. On the roof, the girls display home made banners protesting against Sharon's murder. They are delighted to see the press arrive at the prison, but the demo ends in disaster when Leanne topples off the roof to her death.
- DirectorMike MurphyStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceVera goes to work drunk, and the prisoners steal her keys. Bob confronts Tracey about the allegations of lesbianism. Erica realises that Sarah Forrest is an escapee from Barnhurst. Doreen steals Elizabeth from the hospital.
- DirectorMike MurphyStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceElizabeth's health deteriorates further. Erica offers to reinstate Vera. Bob tells Tracey of his intentions towards Meg.
- DirectorLeigh SpenceStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceMum pleads with Bea to give herself up to the police. Judy and Doreen finally admit they were setting up Margo. Meg tries to matchmake when she realises Terry Harrison is interested in Vera.
- DirectorJuliana FochtStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSimon FinchTerry pressures Vera for an answer, and Lizzie awaits news of her parole.
- DirectorWayne CameronStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceAfter Terry is shot dead, Vera makes a final decision that rocks the staff of Wentworth. She accepts the promotion of Governor at Barnhurst, and in typical Vera style, decides to leave quietly when everyone else is celebrating.
- DirectorJohn McRaeStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittAntoinette ByronWhen Lizzie notices the friendship between Meg and Steve, the rumours start flying. On her release, Susie goes to a hostel but finds the regime stifling. A new prison officer arrives.
- StarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceHannah makes an escape bid with the help of two gunmen. Susie's birthday brightens up when a parcel arrives from Wentworth.
- DirectorKendal FlanaganStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittJane CliftonJoan fights back and manages to get away from her attackers. Bea worries that she will be blamed for the attack and lose her parole. Maxine is annoyed by Melissa's presence at the halfway house. Joan needles Bea, eager to get her to blow her chances of parole. Paddy stops her when she eventually snaps and tries to hit her; Joan vows to charge her anyway, but Colleen makes it clear she won't support her. Sara Hamilton, a young woman on a drugs charge, arrives at the halfway house. Tony suspects her boyfriend, Alan, is also her supplier. Erica offers to place Bea in isolation to keep her out of Joan's way. Melissa tells Maxine she's trying to get Tony to leave the halfway house and go to Sydney to live with her. As Bea goes to isolation, Paddy promises to tell her of any change in Lizzie's condition. Later that night, a note is slipped under the gate leading to isolation which reads "Bea - Lizzie Dead - Paddy".
- DirectorChris AdsheadStarsElspeth BallantynePeter BlackBetty BobbittJoan furiously confronts Meg, who tells her just to quit before she is booted out of the service. Meanwhile, Jean Carter is questioned by the police and, after knocking a cop out and trying to escape, is charged and sent to Wentworth.
- DirectorWilliam TemplarStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittMerrin CanningA hostage situation develops at the Colsens' after Des' murder. Carol threatens to kill both herself and Jilly, and it is only Joan's quick actions that save the girl. When Joan doesn't turn up for work, Meg arrives to check on her, discovers what is going on, and calls the police. Carol arrives in Wentworth on remand. Bea is furious over Maggie's lies; Lizzie admits she knew she was guilty. Maggie learns she is to be extradited, but to her horror the proviso is she must serve her entire sentence in a US jail. Brandy freaks out in the shower, and reverts back to the same persona Meg met at the Library. Meg realises that's where she knows her from, but when she confronts her, Brandy returns to normal and denies it all. At Driscoll, Litza and Mikki argue. Judy doesn't think Mikki can help anyone else until she sorts her own life out. Wally goes to see Manoli, and manages to reconcile him with Litza.
- DirectorWilliam TemplarStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceAnn tells Joan to keep her distance from Carol Colsen. The women know of Carol's crime and give her the cold shoulder for threatening to kill her child. Joan goes to visit Jilly and promises to take her for a day out. Back to her old tarty self, Brandy makes the drier break down and has sex with Joe, the maintenance man who arrives to fix it. A bitter Maggie tells Bea she is going back to the US, but will die behind bars. She and Lizzie make up before she leaves. Litza goes home. Mikki freaks and runs out when a drunken resident pulls a broken bottle on her: Wally diffuses the situation. Judy gives Mikki the sack. She offers the job to Wally again, and this time he accepts. Maxine's friend Roxy is brought into the Laundry, heavily pregnant. She's been inside for a while in Maternity, but wasn't getting on with the women. She reveals she's a surrogate mother, and will get 20 grand for having their baby.
- DirectorSteve MannStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceA tragic turn of events rocks Joan and the Governor, as Coulson sees her daughter.
- DirectorSteve MannStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceJoan feels partly responsible for Carol's suicide, and asks if she can tell Jilly about her mother. Brandy, now Laura, suffers memory gaps and is shocked to learn her crimes. She asks Phyllis for the bottle of brandy. David Sheldon visits Roxy, and she demands more money. He consults a lawyer to discuss his rights if she backs out. They can sue for the money, but have no claim on the baby. Roxy gets six months, so the kid will be born inside. She reconsiders giving the baby up. A man turns up at Driscoll looking for his wife Pixie, aka Sandy. She fills Judy in (well, sort of...) on her tortured love life and Jude is suspicious to find bank books in several names in Pixie's bag. She announces she is leaving, but when the women wave her off it is yet another man she leaves with. Later, the police show up to arrest her for bigamy and fraud. Ann persuades Wally to move into the attic apartment in her building.
- DirectorKendal FlanaganStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FlorancePixie arrives in Wentworth, and is a big hit with the other women. The women give her the idea of claiming temporary insanity, when her lawyer tells her she will never get off. She fakes a faint, and later pretends to be Joan of Arc in front of an unimpressed Colleen. Meg gets Laura to admit where they met before. She has been saving her medication and tries to take an overdose, but when it doesn't work she slashes her wrists with a broken bottle. Lizzie finds her and calls for help: she is rushed to hospital. Bea upsets Roxy with her criticism. Paul Reynolds helps Wally move in. He's a photographer, snaps the Wentworth women when he visits, and sends in a box of photos for the cells. Paul is excited by a photo in the paper of crime boss Lionel Fellowes, realising he too has a picture of him. Ann is horrified to recognize the man Fellowes is with in Paul's photo: it's Ted Douglas.
- DirectorWilliam TemplarStarsElspeth BallantyneGloria AjenstatLesley BakerWentworth mourns the death of a much-loved inmate. Bea falls in love and lassa fever claims more victims.
- DirectorSteve MannStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittDavid BradshawThe deadly fever subsides after taking many lives. Bea and Tony spend a night together. But is it their last?
- DirectorMark DefriestStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceJudy leaves Betty to find Hazel's body. A reporter has written to Pixie for a story, using an assumed name. Joan tells Ann that Bea is planning a riot and wants her transferred. Judy throws Betty out when she accuses her of killing Hazel. Joan puts Bea in solitary for punching Phyllis. Rosemary sees an old friend's name among the men who replied to Pixie. Joan provokes Bea into attacking her in solitary. She worsens her injuries before reporting it to Ann. Judy hears there is to be an autopsy on Hazel's body and decides to give herself up. Joan takes Bea to her cell and tells her she is being transferred to Barnhurst. She escorts her past a distraught Lizzie, refusing to let Bea say goodbye. Joan is triumphant, declaring she has finally won. The police come to Driscoll to arrest Judy.
- DirectorSean NashStarsElspeth BallantyneMaggie KirkpatrickGerda NicolsonRita carries out the robbery but is recaptured and brought back to Wentworth in a bad way. Joan goes to pick up the cash but chickens out. Alice gets Tom to bring in his motorbike for Rita to ride in the grounds as a birthday treat. Ann is told her reforms have been accepted and Dwyer sacked. Rita announces she's standing down as Top Dog and wants Kath to take over. Harry is transferred to Barnhurst. Joan arrives at work next day to hear Rita died during the night. She finally picks up the stolen loot, but the cops are waiting for her and she arrives in Wentworth on remand overnight and is put in Solitary. Joan starts cracking up and is horrified when her meal is brought in by a very much alive Rita. She is taken away to another prison next morning as the women whoop and holler. Rita tells Alice she's "going to be the oldest biker in the world".
- DirectorSean NashStarsGerda NicolsonElspeth BallantyneSteve BastoniThe aftermath of the boat dramas reverberate around Wentworth as Kath plots to put Rita and her supporters in her place. Joan is still missing - until the noise of a helicopter overhead signifies her return from apparent death. Lexie and Lorelei plan a surprise party for Merle to try and win her over to their side, but Kath gets Vicki to help ruin the party for her. Nancy's son comes to visit and he has a few surprises in store for her.
- DirectorBrendan MaherStarsElspeth BallantynePeter AdamsJulia BlakeThe women throw Joyce and Mervin a slap-up wedding breakfast, but the festivities are shattered with the news that Lou has been found murdered in solitary. Bob and Kath desperately try to keep their friendship a secret from everyone in Wentworth, as Kath is systematically bullied by the other prisoners.
- DirectorSteve MannStarsElspeth BallantyneGael AndrewsCheryl BallantineJoan is rescued from the drier and her life is saved by a mysterious stranger. The Phantom Lagger strikes again, forcing Julie to reveal the truth about Nora's disappearance. A blow of fate changes Nancy McCormack's life forever.
- DirectorMandy SmithStarsElspeth BallantyneKirsty ChildLucinda CowdenDavid Adams is assigned to Eve's case, yet it seems there may be more to their relationship than just the professional side. Nora begins to feel suspicious after she receives a birthday card from her long lost mother. The heartache of breaking up hits Joan and Terri hard, but it seems this time it's for keeps. After endless struggles, Ben and Pippa announce their engagement. An infamous former Wentworth inmate is set to return to the prison.
- DirectorTony OsickaStarsElspeth BallantyneMaggie KirkpatrickGerda NicolsonJulie wins her appeal and goes to see her mother, however, it is her last visit. Nora implements a positive regime amongst the women. Jenny learns who the real murderer of her grandmother is. Lexie's parole is knocked back and she turns vicious...bribing Merv to give her all she wants or she'll reveal his epilepsy. Working in the garden, Daphne discovers a gun buried under the dirt. Dennis cracks under the strain of learning that Meg has taken on the governorship.
- DirectorChris LangmanStarsElspeth BallantyneMaggie KirkpatrickGerda NicolsonNora suffers a miscarrage and is intent on getting even with Lou. Lou decides to take drastic action and takes over as top dog by force, injuring May in her pursuit to prove to all the women how serious she is. Joan is elected as Union Rep in Dennis' absence, and quickly asserts herself as wanting to tighten on security to the utmost extent. Julie learns her mother is on her deathbed. Merv has an epileptic seizure.
- DirectorSean NashStarsElspeth BallantyneHoward BellDavid BereshNora attends Myra's funeral, and meets Geoff Macrae, who both swap stories of how much they loved Myra. Remand prisoner Queenie Marshall joins the women on a charge of assault. She's a hit with the girls after she makes Andrew Fry quit. Meg is frustrated and upset that Dennis is giving up his will to get better. Lou becomes agitated that Lexie is spoiling her plans to get elected on the council. Nora may once again face the ultimate consequence for fighting.
- DirectorSean NashStarsElspeth BallantyneSteve AhearnWilliam BinksJoan obtains the help of Blackmoor screw Cynthia Leach, to do some nasty work to Ruth Ballinger. Lou decides to run for council, hoping her new scheme of giving gifts, and being nice to the women will change their minds about voting her in. Frank holds Dennis and Meg and gunpoint, tormenting them both to a bloody climax. Ettie wants to get out so she can open a home for war veterans, or disadvantaged kids. Daphne has her first session to discover why she gets depressed, and the answer may get her more than she counted on.
- DirectorKendal FlanaganStarsElspeth BallantyneMaggie KirkpatrickGerda NicolsonJoan is rescued by Terri and another neighbour during the course of her house about to be burnt down, and it doesn't seem the kill attempts will be stopped. Frank Burke makes his return, looking for Dennis. Joyce and Mervin move in together at Dennis' old flat. The first council meeting is held between the women and Ann. Daphne and Jenny form a friendship. Jenny now finds new evidence that may support her theory that someone killed her grandmother.
- DirectorChris AdsheadStarsElspeth BallantyneMaggie KirkpatrickGerda NicolsonThe siege comes to a bloody and tragic end as Ruth orders Myra's death and the horrified women look on in horror as their Top Dog is executed in front of them. As Ruth and the terrorists make their getaway with Joan as their hostage, Nora flips out and turns the tables on one of their captors. Heading for the airport, Joan's life is still in peril until she manages to get the upper hand.
- DirectorChris AdsheadStarsElspeth BallantyneMaggie KirkpatrickGerda NicolsonThe siege drags on as Inspector Grace tries to bring things to a safe conclusion. As the terrorists' deadline arrives with no progress, they carry out their threats and kill Tammy, dumping her body outside the prison. Myra is told that she must choose the next person to die. In the kitchen, Lou and Lexie make a failed attempt to escape. Julie crawls through the air-conditioning in a bid to contact the police.
- DirectorSteve MannStarsElspeth BallantyneMaggie KirkpatrickGerda NicolsonWhen the attempt to free Ruth goes wrong, the terrorists are forced to rethink, taking the prisoners, Joan and Joyce as their hostages. The women squabble despite Myra's attempts to keep them calm and in line. Outside, Inspector Grace butts heads with the federal cops, who have very different ideas from him on how to handle the situation. The terrorists inform the police that they intend to kill a hostage every hour until their demands are met.
- DirectorSteve MannStarsElspeth BallantynePeter BensleyBetty BobbittNew prisoner Janice Grant is brought to Wentworth on a charge of Drink driving. Reconciling for Bobbie's sake, Lexie and Marlene begin to get closer as good friends. Former Barnhurst prisoner Ettie Parslow joins the women and can be seen as a definite crazy type, thinking it's still WW1. A sniper moves in on the prison, shooting down Joyce and Lexie in the attempt to mow down Geoff and Matt.
- DirectorKendal FlanaganStarsJanet AndrewarthaGael AndrewsBetty BobbittThe end of the fete spells disaster for some of Wentworth's inmates.
- DirectorGodfrey PhilippStarsElspeth BallantyneAndy AndersonJanet AndrewarthaEddie risks his life to rescue Sonia and Bobbie. In Sydney, Joan relives the saddest experience of her life. Myra realises that the cards are stacked against her at her trial.
- DirectorWilliam TemplarStarsElspeth BallantyneAndy AndersonJanet AndrewarthaJoan forces the women to take an all-night sauna. Judy is degraded, but cannot speak up for herself. Colleen's last hopes of being cleared are dashed.
- DirectorSteve MannStarsElspeth BallantyneBetty BobbittSheila FloranceThe prison scrambles for answers after Officer Bridges is brutally murdered. While the department accepts a braille teacher for Belinda.