Modern Australian

As Wentworth slips quietly onto the ABC, the series still asks tough questions about gender politics

  • Written by Sue Turnbull, Senior Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong
As Wentworth slips quietly onto the ABC, the series still asks tough questions about gender politicsJacqueline Brennan and Nicole da Silva in Wentworth (2013): this is tough TV.FremantleMedia Australia

In early March, the ABC issued a press release announcing that the “multi-award-winning Australian drama Wentworth” would make its free to air television debut on April 12. “This ground-breaking and much acclaimed Foxtel...