‘Lockdown is over’: Prison drama Wentworth finally gets a season eight release date – as Foxtel releases a chilling new trailer
It’s arguably one of Australia’s most popular television series ever.
And on Tuesday, Foxtel announced that prison drama Wentworth was returning for its eighth season on Tuesday, July 28.
The Logie-winning program will pick up where its season seven finale left off, with the revelation that Joan ‘The Freak’ Ferguson was very much alive.
‘Lockdown is ending!’ Foxtel has announced the eighth season of its much-loved prison drama, Wentworth, will return on July 28
A chilling teaser trailer offers viewers a tour of the famous prison.
The hallways and cells are completely empty – presumably because all the inmates are in lockdown elsewhere due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The season seven finale had seen inmates being murdered by a corrupt guard, new life born amongst the chaos, and the death of a much-loved inmate.
The Logie-winning drama will pick up following its jaw-dropping season seven finale, which revealed Joan ‘The Freak’ Ferguson, played by Pamela Rabe (pictured), was very much alive
The new teaser trailer offers viewers a tour of the famed prison, which appears to be empty while inmates are in lockdown
This year’s season will bring back actors Leah Purcell (Rita Connors), Pamela Rabe (Joan ‘The Freak’ Ferguson’), Kate Atkinson (Vera Bennett) and Bernard Curry (Jake Stewart).
Foxtel has previously revealed it will drag out the final two seasons, as Wentworth is scheduled to end following its ninth sires.
As a result, this year’s mid-season break will be extended. The first 10 episodes will be released in July, and the remaining 10 episodes in 2021.
To be continued: The dramatic two-episode finale saw inmates murdered by a corrupt guard, new life born amongst the chaos, and a much-loved inmate take her final breath
It comes after Foxtel and Fremantle revealed plans to start filming the remaining episodes after production had been postponed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Filming for the eighth season had started in late October.
At the time, Foxtel’s Executive Director of Television, Brian Walsh, confirmed that Kate Box, Zoe Terakes and Jane Hall would be joining the cast.
Epic: With the popular show coming to an end following its ninth season, Foxtel previously announced the remaining seasons will dragged out over four years