Foxtel Sets Sixth Season for Wentworth 

Foxtel has commissioned another season of the hit prison drama Wentworth, which will begin shooting again next week.

Wentworth’s fifth season premiered last month on Foxtel’s Showcase channel. The next 12-episode season will shoot on location through winter in Melbourne and will be aired on Foxtel in 2018. The show, which premiered in 2013, is Foxtel’s longest running original drama.

Foxtel’s head of drama, Penny Win, said, “As Foxtel’s longest running original drama, Wentworth continues to set a high bar for our local production slate.

“There is so much yet to unfold with season five premiering now in Australia on Foxtel before any details should be revealed about the sixth season. My lips are sealed other than to say Marcia Gardner and the writers continue to excel in setting up intriguing story arcs and finely crafted scripts for the wonderfully talented Wentworth cast to bring to life.”