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Wentworth (TV series)
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Wentworth
Also known as
Wentworth Prison
Genre
Drama
Created by
Lara Radulovich
David Hannam
Reg Watson
Starring
Danielle Cormack
Nicole da Silva
Pamela Rabe
Kate Atkinson
Celia Ireland
Shareena Clanton
Katrina Milosevic
Robbie J. Magasiva
Aaron C. Jeffery
Tammy MacIntosh
Kate Jenkinson
Socratis Otto
Sigrid Thornton
Bernard Curry
Leeanna Walsman
Kris McQuade
Catherine McClements
Opening theme
Instrumental theme
(season 1)
"You Don't Know Me" by Pleasantville
(season 2–present)
Ending theme
Closing instrumental theme
(season 1–present)
Composer(s)
Richard Pleasance
Country of origin
Australia
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
5
No. of episodes
58 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Jo Porter
Producer(s)
Amanda Crittenden (series producer)
Running time
43 minutes
Production company(s)
FremantleMedia Australia
Release
Original network
SoHo (2013–16)
Showcase (2017–)
Picture format
576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format
Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release
1 May 2013 (2013-05-01) – present (present)
Chronology
Related shows
Prisoner
External links
Website
Wentworth is an Australian television drama program. It was first broadcast on SoHo on 1 May 2013. The series serves as a contemporary reimagining of Prisoner, which ran on Network Ten from 1979 to 1986. Lara Radulovich and David Hannam developed Wentworth from Reg Watson's original concept. The series is set in the modern day and initially focuses on Bea Smith's (Danielle Cormack) early days in prison and her subsequent rise to the top of the prison's hierarchy. Following Cormack's departure from the show at the end of the fourth season, the series shifted it's focus onto a more ensemble format.
For the first three seasons, Wentworth was filmed on purpose-built sets in the suburbs of Clayton, Victoria. Production moved to Newport, Victoria, starting with the fourth season. The show has received a mostly positive reception from critics, and the first episode became the most watched Australian drama series premiere in Foxtel history.[1] The series was picked up by several countries, including New Zealand and the UK, where it has been retitled Wentworth Prison.
A sixth season was commissioned by Foxtel on 9 May 2017, which will premiere on 19 June 2018. A seventh season was commissioned in April 2018, before the sixth season premiere, with filming commencing the following week and a premiere set for 2019.
Contents
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1 Premise
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Main
2.2 Recurring
3 Production
3.1 Conception
3.2 Casting
3.3 Filming
4 Release
4.1 Broadcast
4.2 Streaming
5 Reception
5.1 Ratings
5.2 Accolades
6 Home media
7 Remakes
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Premise[edit]
Further information: List of Wentworth episodes
Wentworth is set in modern-day Australia and focuses on Bea Smith (Danielle Cormack) when she first enters prison after being charged with the attempted murder of her husband.[2] Bea is separated from her daughter and sent to Wentworth on remand, where she lives in "an uncertain limbo" until she is sentenced. Starting at the bottom of Wentworth's hierarchy, Bea is forced to learn how to survive in prison.[2]
Series
Episodes
Originally aired
First aired
Last aired
Network
1 10 1 May 2013 (2013-05-01) 3 July 2013 (2013-07-03) SoHo
2 12 20 May 2014 (2014-05-20) 5 August 2014 (2014-08-05)
3 12 7 April 2015 (2015-04-07) 23 June 2015 (2015-06-23)
4 12 10 May 2016 (2016-05-10) 26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)
5 12 4 April 2017 (2017-04-04) 20 June 2017 (2017-06-20) Showcase
Cast and characters[edit]
Main article: List of Wentworth characters
Main[edit]
Nicole da Silva as former "Top Dog" Inmate Francesca "Franky" Doyle
Kate Atkinson as Governor Vera Bennett
Celia Ireland as Inmate Elizabeth "Liz" Birdsworth
Robbie J. Magasiva as Deputy Governor Will Jackson
Katrina Milosevic as Inmate Sue "Boomer" Jenkins (recurring season 1; main season 2–)
Pamela Rabe as former Governor and Inmate Joan "The Freak" Ferguson (seasons 2–)[3]
Tammy Macintosh as "Top Dog" Inmate Karen "Kaz" Proctor (recurring season 3; main season 4–)
Kate Jenkinson as Inmate Allie Novak (season 4–)[4]
Bernard Curry as Correctional Officer Jake Stewart (season 4–)[4]
Sigrid Thornton as Inmate Sonia Stevens (special guest season 4; main season 5–)[5]
Leah Purcell as Rita Connors (season 6–)
Susie Porter as Marie Winter (season 6–)
Rarriwuy Hick as Ruby Mitchell (season 6–)
Catherine McClements as former Governor Meg Jackson (season 1)
Kris McQuade as former "Top Dog" Inmate Jacqueline "Jacs" Holt (season 1)
Leeanna Walsman as former Governor Erica Davidson (season 1)
Aaron Jeffery as former Correctional Officer Matthew "Fletch" Fletcher (seasons 1–3)
Danielle Cormack as former "Top Dog" Inmate Bea Smith (seasons 1–4)[6]
Socratis Otto as Inmate Maxine Conway (recurring seasons 2–3; main seasons 4–5)
Shareena Clanton as former Inmate Doreen "Dor" Anderson (seasons 1–5)
Recurring[edit]
Ra Chapman as Inmate Kim Chang (seasons 1–)
Jacqueline Brennan as Correctional Officer Linda Miles (season 1–)
Martin Sacks as Board Director new is now acting Governor Derek Channing (seasons 1–5)
Bessie Holland as Inmate Stella Radic (seasons 2–)
Libby Tanner as Psychologist Bridget Westfall (seasons 3–)
Charli Tjoe as Inmate Tina Mercado (seasons 3–)
Sally-Anne Upton as Inmate Lucy Gambaro (seasons 3–)
Madeleine Jevic as Nurse Lee Radcliffe (seasons 4–)
Sophia Katos as Inmate Mel Barrett (seasons 4–)
Steve Bastoni as Don Kaplan (seasons 4–)
Hunter Page-Lochard as Shayne Butler (seasons 4–)
Daniielle Alexis as Inmate Dana Malouf (seasons 5–)
Zahra Newman as Inmate Iman Farah (seasons 5–)
Louise Harris as Inmate Ronnie Katsis (season 1)
Rondah Dam as Inmate Phillipa "Pip" Turner (season 1)
John Bach as Jacs' husband Vinnie Holt (season 1)
Melitta St Just as Inmate Megan Summers (season 1–2)
Steve Le Marquand as Inmate Worker Colin Bates (season 2)
Tony Briggs as Correctional Officer Steve Faulkner (season 2)
Lynette Curran as Vera's mother Rita Bennett (seasons 1–2)
Jada Alberts as Inmate Toni Goodes (seasons 1–2)
Annie Jones as Parole Officer Rachel Sanger (seasons 1–2)
Katherine Halliday as Inmate Sarah Briggs (season 2)
Kathryn Beck as Inmate Sky Pierson (season 2)
Reef Ireland as Jacs' son Brayden Holt (seasons 1–2)
Benne Harrison as Inmate Rosalind "Roz" Jago (seasons 1–3)
Cassandra Magrath as Journalist Hayley Jovanka (seasons 1–3)
Kasia Kaczmarek as Inmate Lindsay Coulter (seasons 2–3)
Miles Paras as Inmate Cindy Lou (season 3)
Christen O'Leary as Inmate Kelly Bryant (seasons 2–3)
Pia Miranda as Inmate Jodie Spiteri (season 3)
Jake Ryan as Bea's husband Harry Smith (recurring seasons 1–2; cameo season 3)
Ally Fowler as Inmate Simone "Simmo" Slater (recurring seasons 1–2; cameo season 3)
Alex Menglet as Joan's father Ivan Ferguson (seasons 2–3)
Edwina Samuels as Inmate Sophie Donaldson (seasons 2–3)
Scott Parmeter as Correctional Officer Chris Bakula (seasons 1–3)
Damien Richardson as Detective Michael Mears (season 3)
Maggie Naouri as Nurse Rose Atkins (seasons 2–3)
Georgia Chara as Inmate Jess Warner (seasons 2–3)
Richard Sutherland as Franky's father Alan Doyle (seasons 1, 4, 5)
Georgia Flood as Bea's daughter Debbie Smith (seasons 1–2, cameo season 4)
Tony Nikolakopoulos as Joan's hired heavy Nils Jasper (seasons 2–4)
Katerina Kotsonis as Correctional Officer Brenda Murphy (seasons 4–5)
Luke McKenzie as Inmate Worker Nash Taylor (seasons 2–5)
Marta Kaczmarek as Inmate Marge Nowak (seasons 2, 5)
Production[edit]
Conception[edit]
In March 2012, it was announced that a contemporary re-imagining of Prisoner had been commissioned by Foxtel.[7] Brian Walsh, the executive director of television at Foxtel, stated that Wentworth would not be a remake of Prisoner, which ran for 692 episodes on Network Ten from 1979 to 1986.[7] He continued: "Wentworth will be a dynamic and very confronting drama series, developed and stylised specifically for subscription television audiences. We have told producers to push all boundaries and honestly depict life on the inside as it is in 2012."[7] Lara Radulovich and David Hannam have developed Wentworth from Reg Watson's original concept.[7] FremantleMedia and director of drama Jo Porter will produce Wentworth.[7] The first episode, and several subsequent episodes, were written by Pete McTighe. Television critic Michael Idato acted as series consultant and Kerry Tucker acted as consultant on authenticity.[8][9][10]
Porter commented that the series would explore "the politics of women in a world with few men, and how the experience both challenges and changes them, sometimes for the better."[7] Wentworth is set in the modern-day and centres on Bea Smith's early days in prison.[7] The storylines include a mix of original inmates and staff from Prisoner with characters developed especially for Wentworth.[7] Foxtel told a reporter from The Sydney Morning Herald that the original characters from Prisoner would be a contemporary interpretation in the new series. It was initially reported that none of the original cast from Prisoner would appear in the first season of Wentworth, however Anne Charleston, who had a number of small roles in the original series, made a cameo appearance as Liz Birdsworth's mother-in-law, also Alex Menglet and Gloria Ajenstat who played Ray Proctor and Tammy Fisher in the original series will have guest roles in the new series.[11][12] Foxtel revealed that the producers were looking at how they might incorporate the Prisoner theme tune, "On The Inside", into the new series.[11]
On 5 June 2013, it was confirmed that Wentworth had been renewed for a second season.[13] A reporter for the Australian Associated Press said production would begin later in the year, and the season would air in 2014.[13] Porter stated: "We have assembled an extraordinary team of writers who can't wait to get started on series two. We have so many more stories to tell."[14] In January 2014, it was announced that a third season of Wentworth had been ordered, before the second had aired.[15] In a similar manner, a 12-episode fourth season was announced before the airing of the third season on 27 February 2015.[16] It began airing from 10 May 2016.[17] Cormack confirmed a fifth season had been commissioned on 19 July.[18] The twelve-part series premiered on 4 April 2017.[19] On 9 May 2017, Showcase announced that the series has been renewed for a sixth season, which is set to premiere on 19 June 2018.[20][21] A seventh season was commissioned in April 2018, before the sixth season premiere, with filming commencing the following week and a premiere set for 2019.[22]
Casting[edit]
On 4 October 2012, a reporter for The West Australian revealed that Celia Ireland and Kate Atkinson had joined the cast of Wentworth, while Shareena Clanton would make her acting debut as Doreen Anderson.[23] Danielle Cormack was cast in the role of Beatrice "Queen Bea" Smith and she stated "I am absolutely rapt to be part of the reboot of such an iconic drama. Prisoner left an indelible mark on fans and I really hope that the re-imagining of this series will be just as popular with viewers now as it was back then."[24] Actors Robbie Magasiva and Aaron Jeffery play corrections officers in the detention centre.[24] David Knox from TV Tonight revealed that Nicole da Silva, Kris McQuade, Catherine McClements and Leeanna Walsman had also joined the cast.[25]
Following the end of the first season, it was revealed that iconic Prisoner character Joan "The Freak" Ferguson, a sadistic, lesbian prison officer, would be introduced in the second season.[26] Porter commented "Prisoner offered up a very rich well of amazing characters to draw upon and the Wentworth writers are very excited about revisiting the character of prison officer Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson in our second season."[26] Erin McWhirter from TV Week reported that former All Saints actress Tammy MacIntosh was one actress rumoured to have been offered the role.[26][27] On 21 September 2013, it was confirmed that Pamela Rabe had been cast as "The Freak".[28] McQuade, McClements and Walsman did not reprise their respective roles of Jacs Holt, Meg Jackson and Erica Davidson for the second season.[29] Katrina Milosevic, who portrays Boomer Jenkins, was upgraded to the main cast.[29]
Actresses Pia Miranda, Libby Tanner and Tammy MacIntosh joined the cast from the third season as inmate Jodie Spiteri, psychologist Bridget Westfall and vigilante Karen Proctor respectively.[30] Sigrid Thornton, who played Ros Coulson on Prisoner, will be joining the cast for season four. She will not be reprising her former role, but will play another Prisoner based character Sonia Stevens.[31] In November 2015, Kate Jenkinson and Bernard Curry were announced to be appearing in the show as Allie Novak, an inmate, and Jake Stewart, a correctional officer, respectively.[4]
In April 2018, it was announced that Indigenous Australian actress Leah Purcell had joined the cast as Rita Connors, a role originally played by Glenda Linscott in Prisoner. Also joining the cast were Susie Porter as criminal matriarch Marie Winter, a role originally played by Maggie Millar in Prisoner, and Rarriwuy Hick as young boxer Ruby Mitchell.[21]
Filming[edit]
Foxtel confirmed that Wentworth would not be shot at the original ATV-10 studios in Nunawading, Victoria where Prisoner was filmed.[11] Wentworth was instead filmed on a purpose built set in the suburb of Clayton. The shoot employed 300 cast and crew.[25] The ten-part season began filming for four months from 10 October 2012.[25][32] Wentworth began airing on Foxtel's SoHo channel from 1 May 2013.[33] Filming for the second season began on 23 September 2013 and wrapped on 13 February 2014.[28][34] The second season began airing on 20 May 2014.[35] Production for the third season resumed in March and filming was completed in late July.[15][36] In the same month, it was announced that the property in which Wentworth was filmed had been sold, and the set would be knocked down.[37] A new alternative was being sought and a TV Week reporter commented that it was unclear if the loss of the set would be written into future storylines.[37] The third season began airing on 7 April 2015.[38] Production on the fourth season began in the second half of 2015.[16] The fifth season was filmed in Melbourne from August 2016.[19] On 9 May 2017, Showcase announced that the series has been renewed for a sixth season, which began filming a week later.[20]
Release[edit]
Broadcast[edit]
Wentworth has been sold to more than 90 countries.[39] On 2 April 2013, it was confirmed that TVNZ had signed a deal to broadcast Wentworth in New Zealand.[40] Later that month, it was announced that Wentworth would be broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK.[41] The head of acquisitions for the channel, Kate Keenan, commented "Wentworth will be a great addition to Channel 5's drama output this autumn. This compelling cast of female characters packs an emotional punch and will appeal to the Channel 5 viewers who love our range of crime output from dramas to factual series."[41]
A trailer for the series began airing on the channel and its website in August 2013 and premiered on Channel 5 on 28 August. Channel 5 also re-titled the show, Wentworth Prison.[42] The second season began on Channel 5 on 3 September 2014 and season Three, which commenced broadcast on 22 July 2015, concluded with a two-hour season finale which consisted of episodes 11 and 12 of the season on 30 September 2015. Season four of Wentworth premiered on Channel 5 on 27 June 2016.[43] In July, following declining ratings, the series was moved from its Monday night timeslot on Channel 5 to Tuesday's on sister channel 5Star.[44][45]
The series premiered in the Republic of Ireland broadcasting as Wentworth on TV3 from June 2014.[citation needed] Season 2 premiered on TV3 on 15 January 2015.[46] In Canada the first two seasons broadcast on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in late 2015.[47]
Although the series has a strong fan base in many countries, Angela Perez of Australia Network News said Foxtel was considering cancelling the show due to audiences viewing new episodes via pirate websites following the Australian premiere. Foxtel stated that the piracy is "a serious problem in terms of recouping money to help pay for future seasons".[44]
Streaming[edit]
In December 2014, Wentworth first premiered on Netflix in the United States and added seasons one and two to its streaming service.[48] In April 2016 the third season was released to US audiences via the platform.[49] Season 4 was released on Netflix in July 2016.[45] The show features on the “50 Best TV Shows on Netflix” list according to Netflix Life.[45] Seasons one to three are available to view via Amazon Video in the U.S.[50][51][52]
In the United Kingdom, all five seasons are available for streaming on Amazon Video,[53] while additional services include Google Play[54] and Youtube.[55]
In Australia, Foxtel Now provides a catch-up service for the Wentworth,[56] while the series is made available for catch-up viewing via TVNZ OnDemand in New Zealand[57] and My5 in the United Kingdom for a limited time.[58]
Reception[edit]
The show has received critical acclaim throughout its run. Following a screening of the pilot episode for the media in February 2013, Ben Pobjie from The Age called Wentworth "a triumph".[33] He praised the writing and the cast, saying "So rarely in Australian TV do we see well-written characters collide with dead-on casting and tense, atmospheric direction as they have here."[33] He added that Wentworth is "a powerful, almost cinematic drama" with its own identity, that incorporates "echoes" of the original Prisoner series.[33] Holly Byrnes, writing for the Herald Sun, quipped "this brilliant retelling picks up where the pioneering series left off and then takes the kind of shocking plot detours contemporary TV viewers would expect from award-winning US dramas like Breaking Bad or Sons of Anarchy." Byrnes also praised the cast's performances, particularly Cormack.[59]
Following its North American debut the critics drew comparisons with US prison dramedy Orange Is the New Black, though Liz Raftery of TV Guide said she believed the show was more gritty and did not "sugarcoat" prison life. They branded it "edge-of-your-seat television" and singled out Sue 'Boomer' Jenkins as one of the show's standout characters and reasons to watch.[60] Margaret Lyons from New York magazine called it a "ruthlessly dark drama" similar to Breaking Bad, a comparison which TV Guide's critics also made. Lyons added that Wentworth's careful plotting of storylines gave meaningful payoffs and triumphed into making it a "smart and competent" series.[61]
Gerard O'Donovan from The Daily Telegraph opined that the show has a cast of "fabulously strong, variably humane female characters."[62] They believed it did not try to appeal to "mainstream tastes", adding "the series sticks more closely to its violent, soapy, sexploitation Prisoner: Cell Block H roots than is strictly necessary in 2016." O'Donovan branded it a rare example of fictional work portraying lesbianism as "not only normal, but the norm." He concluded the show depicts a world in which "women hold virtually all the power, albeit to no obviously edifying ends."[62] Matt Baylis from the Daily Express criticised the show for not being original and having a "mandatory number of unnecessary scenes". They preferred the original series Prisoner and accused Wentworth of being everything the original was not.[63]
The first episode of Wentworth attracted 244,000 viewers, making it the most watched Australian drama series premiere in Foxtel history.[64] The UK premiere of the show attracted 1.67 million viewers, a 10.3% share of the audience for the 10pm time slot.[65]
Ratings[edit]
Season
Timeslot (Australian)
Episodes
First aired
Last aired
TV season
Rank
Avg. viewers
(millions)
Date
Viewers
(millions)
Date
Viewers
(millions)
1 Wednesday 8:30 pm 10 1 May 2013 0.244[64] 3 July 2013 0.125[66] 2013 2 0.144
2 Tuesday 8:30 pm 12 20 May 2014 0.075[67] 5 August 2014 0.103[68] 2014 2 0.084
3 12 7 April 2015 0.100[69] 23 June 2015 0.113[70] 2015 1 0.107
4 12 10 May 2016 0.140[71] 26 July 2016 0.095[72] 2016 1 0.106
5 12 4 April 2017 0.101[73] 20 June 2017 0.119[74] 2017 2 0.086
Accolades[edit]
Year
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
2013 Australian Screen Editors[75] Best Editing in a Television Drama Philip Watts Nominated
2014 AACTA Awards[76] Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Kris McQuade Nominated
Best Television Drama Series Wentworth – Jo Porter, Amanda Crittenden Nominated
ASTRA Awards[77][78] Most Outstanding Drama Wentworth Won
Most Outstanding New Talent Shareena Clanton Nominated
Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Danielle Cormack Nominated
Nicole da Silva Won
Kris McQuade Nominated
Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor Aaron Jeffery Nominated
Robbie Magasiva Nominated
Logie Awards[79] Most Outstanding Drama Series Wentworth Nominated
Most Outstanding Actress Danielle Cormack Nominated
Most Outstanding Newcomer Shareena Clanton Nominated
Equity Awards[80] Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Cast Nominated
Australian Screen Editors [81] Best Editing in a Television Drama Ben Joss Nominated
2015 AACTA Awards[82][83] Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Pamela Rabe Won
Best Television Drama Series Wentworth – Jo Porter, Amanda Crittenden Nominated
ASTRA Awards[84][85] Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Danielle Cormack Won
Celia Ireland Nominated
Nicole da Silva Nominated
Pamela Rabe Nominated
Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor Aaron Jeffrey Nominated
Robbie Magasiva Nominated
Most Outstanding Drama Wentworth Won
Australian Directors Guild Awards[86] Best Direction in a TV Drama Series Kevin Carlin for "Into the Night" Nominated
Australian Writers Guild Awards[87][88] Best Script for a Television Series Pete McTighe for "Fear Her" Nominated
Best Script for a Television Series Stuart Page for "The Governor's Pleasure" Won
Logie Awards[89][90] Most Outstanding Drama Series Wentworth Won
Most Outstanding Actress Danielle Cormack Won
Most Outstanding Actress Nicole da Silva Nominated
2016 AACTA Awards[91] Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy Kevin Carlin for "Seeing Red" Nominated
Best Editing In Television Ben Joss for "Prisoner" Won
Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Danielle Cormack Nominated
Pamela Rabe Nominated
Best Television Drama Series Wentworth – Pino Amenta and Jo Porter Won
Australian Writers Guild Awards[92] Best Script for a Television Series Michael Lucas for "Plan Bea" Nominated
Best Script for a Television Series Pete McTighe for "Blood and Fire" Nominated
Logie Awards[93][94] Most Outstanding Actress Pamela Rabe Nominated
Most Outstanding Drama Series Wentworth Nominated
Most Outstanding Supporting Actress Celia Ireland Won
2017 Australian Writers Guild Awards[95] Best Script for a Television Series or Miniseries Pete McTighe for "Seeing Red" Nominated
Logie Awards Most Outstanding Actress Danielle Cormack Nominated
Most Outstanding Supporting Actress Nicole da Silva Nominated
Best Drama Program Wentworth Nominated
Most Outstanding Drama Series Wentworth Nominated
2018 Australian Directors' Guild Awards[96] Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series Fiona Banks for "Belly of the Beast" Pending
Home media[edit]
In Australia, Wentworth is available on both DVD and Blu-ray formats, where in 2013 the first season was released via Shock Records. The series was however acquired by Roadshow Entertainment in 2014 for distribution of subsequent seasons, and a re-release of the first season in 2016. Fremantle Home Entertainment initially held the rights for distribution in the United Kingdom, where the series is only available on DVD, and under the "Wentworth Prison" title. The first season was made available in a standard set and a Deluxe Edition, for which it included special features; both the second and third seasons received Deluxe Edition releases, after which, Network distribution acquired ownership of all home media rights for all previous seasons, and were the first company to release the fourth season in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the series commenced releasing on DVD in 2016 in which the first three seasons currently available from Acorn Media.[97] Furthermore, multiple season sets are available on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia and on DVD in the United Kingdom. DVD and Blu-ray sets commenced releasing in Germany from early 2017. From Season 4 onwards, the series will only receive DVD sets in Germany.[98][99]
Season
Episodes
Release date
Rating
Additional
Region 1[100]
Region 2[101]
Region 4[102]
Region B[103]
BBFC
ACB
Standard releases
1 10 15 November 2016 4 November 2013 18 November 2013 18 MA15+
show
Features
3-DVD set (Region 1)
3-DVD standard set (Region 2)
4-DVD Deluxe Edition (Region 2)
5-DVD set (Region 4)
3-Blu-ray set (Region B)
1.78:1 aspect ratio
Dolby Digital 5.1
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (Blu-ray)
Re-released on DVD and Blu-ray – 28 September 2016 (Region 4/B)[104][105]
2 12 7 March 2017 24 November 2014 22 October 2014 18 MA15+
show
Features
4-DVD set (region 1)
4-DVD Deluxe Edition (Region 2)
4-DVD set (Region 4)
3-Blu-ray set (Region B)
1.78:1 aspect ratio
Dolby Digital 5.1
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (Blu-ray)
3 12 6 June 2017 12 October 2015 14 October 2015 18 MA15+
show
Features
4-DVD set (Region 2)
4-DVD set (Region 4)
3-Blu-ray set (Region B)
1.78:1 aspect ratio
Dolby Digital 5.1
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (Blu-ray)
4 12 TBA 24 October 2016 5 October 2016 18 MA15+
show
Features
4-DVD set (Region 2)
4-DVD set (Region 4)
3-Blu-ray set (Region B)
1.78:1 aspect ratio
Dolby Digital 5.1
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (Blu-ray)
5 12 TBA 2 October 2017 4 October 2017 18 MA15+
show
Features
4-DVD set (Region 2)
4-DVD set (Region 4)
3-Blu-ray set (Region B)
1.78:1 aspect ratio
Dolby Digital 5.1
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (Blu-ray)
Multiple releases
1–2 22 No release 24 November 2014 22 October 2014 18 MA15+
show
Features
8-DVD set (Region 2)
9-DVD set (Region 4)
6-Blu-ray set (Region B)
(See individual releases for additional information)
1–3 34 No release 12 October 2015 14 October 2015 18 MA15+
show
Features
12-DVD set (Region 2)
13-DVD set (Region 4)
9-Blu-ray set (Region B)
(See individual releases for additional information)
1–4 46 No release 24 October 2016 5 October 2016 18 MA15+
show
Features
16-DVD set (Region 2)
17-DVD set (Region 4)
12-Blu-ray set (Region B)
(See individual releases for additional information)
1–5 58 No release 2 October 2017 4 October 2017 18 MA15+
show
Features
20-DVD set (Region 2)
21-DVD set (Region 4)
15-Blu-ray set (Region B)
(See individual releases for additional information)
Remakes[edit]
Block B: Under Arrest, a German remake was the first in 2014 [15][106] which screened on RTL for one season.
Celblok H, a Dutch remake of Wentworth for Dutch TV Network, SBS 6, starring Isa Hoes, Eva van de Wijdeven, Bo Mearten, and Inge Ipenburg, began airing on 3 March 2014. The series is virtually a scene-for-scene remake of Wentworth, with the exception of character name changes. Four seasons and 46 episodes were produced, and the final episode was broadcast on 27 March 2017.
A Belgian remake of "Wentworth" is being made by the Belgian TV channel Vier. Filming is scheduled to start in July 2016, release is planned for 2018.[107]
See also[edit]
Orange Is the New Black, American drama with a similar premise
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DEFCON
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The DEFense readiness CONdition (DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces.[1]
The DEFCON system was developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands.[2] It prescribes five graduated levels of readiness (or states of alert) for the U.S. military. It increases in severity from DEFCON 5 (least severe) to DEFCON 1 (most severe) to match varying military situations.[1]
DEFCONs are a subsystem of a series of Alert Conditions, or LERTCONs, which also include Emergency Conditions (EMERGCONs).[3]
Contents
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1 Operations
2 Levels
3 History
3.1 DEFCON 2
3.1.1 Cuban Missile Crisis
3.1.2 The Gulf War
3.2 DEFCON 3
3.2.1 Yom Kippur War
3.2.2 Operation Paul Bunyan
3.2.3 September 11 attacks
4 In other media
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Operations[edit]
The DEFCON level is controlled primarily by the U.S. president and the U.S. Secretary of Defense through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Combatant Commanders; each DEFCON level defines specific security, activation and response scenarios for the personnel in question.
Different branches of the U.S. Armed Forces (i.e. U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard) and different bases or command groups can be activated at different defense conditions. In general, there is no single DEFCON status for the world or country and it may be set to only include specific geographical areas. According to Air & Space/Smithsonian, as of 2014, the worldwide DEFCON level has never been more severe than DEFCON 3. The DEFCON 2 levels in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and 1991 Gulf War were not worldwide.[4]
DEFCONs should not be confused with similar systems used by the U.S. military, such as Force Protection Conditions (FPCONS), Readiness Conditions (REDCONS), Information Operations Condition (INFOCON) and its future replacement Cyber Operations Condition (CYBERCON),[5] and Watch Conditions (WATCHCONS), or the former Homeland Security Advisory System used by the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Levels[edit]
Defense readiness conditions vary between many commands and have changed over time,[2] and the United States Department of Defense uses exercise terms when referring to the DEFCONs.[6] This is to preclude the possibility of confusing exercise commands with actual operational commands.[6] On 12 January 1966, NORAD "proposed the adoption of the readiness conditions of the JCS system", and information about the levels was declassified in 2006:[7]
Readiness condition
Exercise term
Description
Readiness
DEFCON 1 COCKED PISTOL Nuclear war is imminent Maximum readiness
DEFCON 2 FAST PACE Next step to nuclear war Armed Forces ready to deploy and engage in less than 6 hours
DEFCON 3 ROUND HOUSE Increase in force readiness above that required for normal readiness Air Force ready to mobilize in 15 minutes
DEFCON 4 DOUBLE TAKE Increased intelligence watch and strengthened security measures Above normal readiness
DEFCON 5 FADE OUT Lowest state of readiness Normal readiness
History[edit]
After NORAD was created, the command used different readiness levels (Normal, Increased, Maximum) subdivided into eight conditions, e.g., the "Maximum Readiness" level had two conditions "Air Defense Readiness" and "Air Defense Emergency".[7] In October 1959, the JCS Chairman informed NORAD "that Canada and the U.S. had signed an agreement on increasing the operational readiness of NORAD forces during periods of international tension."[7] After the agreement became effective on 2 October 1959,[7] the JCS defined a system with DEFCONs in November 1959 for the military commands.[2] The initial DEFCON system had "Alpha" and "Bravo" conditions (under DEFCON 3) and Charlie/Delta under DEFCON 4, plus an "Emergency" level higher than DEFCON 1 with two conditions: "Defense Emergency" and the highest, "Air Defense Emergency" ("Hot Box" and "Big Noise" for exercises).[7]
DEFCON 2[edit]
Cuban Missile Crisis[edit]
During the Cuban Missile Crisis on October 22, 1962, the U.S. Armed Forces (with the exception of United States Army Europe (USAREUR)) were ordered to DEFCON 3. On October 24, Strategic Air Command (SAC) was ordered to DEFCON 2, while the rest of the U.S. Armed Forces remained at DEFCON 3. SAC remained at DEFCON 2 until November 15.[8]
The Gulf War[edit]
On January 15, 1991, the Joint Chiefs of Staff declared DEFCON 2 in the opening phase of Operation Desert Storm during the Persian Gulf War.[9]
DEFCON 3[edit]
Yom Kippur War[edit]
On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a joint attack on Israel resulting in the Yom Kippur War. The U.S. became concerned that the Soviet Union might intervene, and on October 25, U.S. forces, including Strategic Air Command, Continental Air Defense Command, European Command and the Sixth Fleet, were placed at DEFCON 3.
According to documents declassified in 2016, the move to DEFCON 3 was motivated by Central Intelligence Agency reports indicating that the Soviet Union had sent a ship to Egypt carrying nuclear weapons along with two other amphibious vessels.[10] Soviet troops never landed, though the ship supposedly transporting nuclear weapons did arrive in Egypt. Further details are unavailable and may remain classified.
Over the following days, the various forces reverted to normal status with the Sixth Fleet standing down on November 17.[11]
Operation Paul Bunyan[edit]
Following the axe murder incident at Panmunjom on August 18, 1976, readiness levels for American forces in South Korea were increased to DEFCON 3, where they remained throughout Operation Paul Bunyan.[12]
September 11 attacks[edit]
During the attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered the increased DEFCON level to 3, and also a stand-by for a possible increase to DEFCON 2.[13]
In other media[edit]
DEFCON was used significantly in the films Armageddon, WarGames, Thirteen Days, Watchmen, Independence Day, The Sum of All Fears, By Dawn's Early Light, Crimson Tide, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, and Canadian Bacon.
The television series Deutschland 83 depicts the events which occurred in 1983 when the level was raised to a simulated DEFCON 1 during NATO exercise Able Archer 83. In the story line, briefing papers released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that Operation Able Archer, a major war games exercise conducted in November 1983 by the US and its NATO allies, was so realistic it made the Soviets believe that a nuclear strike on its territory was a real possibility.[14]
The 2006 real-time strategy video game DEFCON.
DEFCON is a key element in Twilight Struggle, a board game about the Cold War.
The video game "Unturned". In the game the DEFCON system appears to have been adopted worldwide; the level is raised to a DEFCON 1 after the start of a zombie infection.
Surf punk band Man or Astro-man? released an album in 2013 titled Defcon 5...4...3...2...1 featuring songs titled for every level of the DEFCON system.
British Indie band Pop Will Eat Itself (PWEI) released a song titled "Def. Con. One".
In The Santa Clause 2, starring Tim Allen, the North Pole's defense system is revealed to be based on levels of ELFCON, a reference to the United States' DEFCON.
The DEFCON system is also parodied in the 2015 animated film Inside Out, which is utilized by the emotions of Riley Andersen's father during a conflict at dinner.
See also[edit]
Doomsday Clock
National Terrorism Advisory System
HURCON – Hurricane Condition threat rating (military-developed scale)
National Command Authority
National Military Command Center
UK Threat Levels – Similar British system used for terrorism threats
COGCON – Continuity of government readiness level.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms" (PDF). 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 19 August 2009). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2014. (DEFCON is not mentioned in the 2010 and newer document)
^ Jump up to: a b c Sagan, Scott D. (Summer 1985). "Nuclear Alerts and Crisis Management" (pdf). International Security. 9 (4): 99–139. doi:10.2307/2538543 – via Project Muse.
Jump up ^ "Emergency Action Plan (SEAP)" (PDF). United States Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District (CESAS) Plan 500-1-12. 1 August 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-03.
Jump up ^ Chiles, James R. (March 2014). "Go To DEFCON 3". Air & Space/Smithsonian.
Jump up ^ Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 6510.01F
^ Jump up to: a b "Emergency Action Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Volume I - General" (PDF). US DoD FOIA Reading Room. April 24, 1981. pp. 4–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e NORAD/CONAD Historical Summary: July -December 1959 (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
Jump up ^ "DEFCON DEFense CONdition". fas.org.
Jump up ^ Meyers, Harold P. (1992) "Nighthawks over Iraq, a study a study of the F117-A stealth fighter in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm." U.S. Air Force Office of History.
Jump up ^ Naftali, Tim. "CIA reveals its secret briefings to Presidents Nixon and Ford". CNN. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
Jump up ^ Goldman, Jan (16 June 2011). Words of Intelligence: An Intelligence Professional's Lexicon for Domestic and Foreign Threats. Scarecrow Press. pp. 93–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7476-3.
Jump up ^ Probst, Reed R. (16 May 1977). "Negotiating With the North Koreans: The U.S. Experience at Panmunjom" (PDF). Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania: U.S. Army War College. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
Jump up ^ "Complete 911 Timeline: Donald Rumsfeld's Actions on 9/11". www.historycommons.org. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
Jump up ^ Doward, Jamie (November 2, 2013). "How a NATO War Game Took the World to Brink of Nuclear Disaster". The Observer. London. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
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India–Pakistan border
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The India and Pakistan Border, known locally as the International Border (IB), is an international border running between India and Pakistan that demarcates the Indian states and the four provinces of Pakistan. The border runs from the Line of Control (LoC), which separates the Indian controlled Kashmir from Pakistan controlled Kashmir, in the north, to Wagah, which partitioned the Indian Punjab state and Punjab Province of Pakistan, in the east. The Zero Point separates the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to Sindh province of Pakistan, in the south.[1]
Drafted and created based upon the Radcliffe line in 1947, the border, which divides Pakistan and India from each other, traverses a variety of terrains ranging from major urban areas to inhospitable deserts.[2] From the Arabian sea, the naval border follows the course of Manora Island of Pakistan to the course of the Mumbai Harbour, in the South east. Since independence of India and Pakistan ( see British India ), the border has been a site of numerous conflicts and wars between each country, and is one of the most complex borders in the world.[2] The border's total length is 2,900 km (1,800 mi),[2] according to the figures given by the PBS; it is also one of the most dangerous borders in the world, based on an article written in the Foreign Policy in 2011.[3] It can be seen from space at night due to the 150,000 flood lights installed by India on about 50 thousand poles.[4][5][6]
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2 Border crossings
3 Gallery
4 See also
5 References
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The border between the two Nations is an internationally recognised frontier from Gujarat/Sindh only with exemption to the Line of Control that is not internationally accepted. The Kashmir disputed region is divided by the 1949 UN ceasefire line, established after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, into two main parts and the de facto demarcation dividing Pakistan-administered Kashmir from Indian-administered Kashmir has been called the Line of Control since 1972.
Between Pakistan and India lies the Pakistani territories of AJK & Gilgit-Baltistan and, also the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. On the other side where the internal borders of the Pakistan's Punjab provincial border, is officially called the Working Boundary by Pakistan (which is a recent term) and international border by the Government of India.
Working boundary: The line between state of Pakistan along Sialkot and Indian held Kashmir. It is called a working boundary because on one side is an internationally recognised land (Sialkot) while on the other is a disputed territory (J&K).
LOC: Line of control is the boundary between the Pakistani Azad Kashmir and Indian Jammu and Kashmir. It was demarcated after the Simla pact in 1972.
International boundary: The demarcated line between the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan recognised internationally. Sir Cyril Radcliffe Demarcated the land in 1947.
Border crossings[edit]
Main articles: Designated border crossings of India, Borders of India, and Transport between India and Pakistan
ICP Border crossings with designated Integrated Check Posts (ICP) with immigration and customs facilities are:
Attari at Wagah, Punjab
Munabao
Other crossings (closed)
Longewala
Gallery[edit]
Baba Chamliyal Mela" at Indo-Pak international Border, Ramgarh sector, 45 km from Jammu, where people from both the nations take part.
Evening flag lowering ceremony at the Wagah border.
Nighttime panorama of the border, stretching from the Arabian Sea to the foothills of the Himalayas
The floodlit border zone between India and Pakistan has a distinctly orange hue in this astronaut photograph.
Trucks on National Highway 1 (India), waiting to cross Wagah border.
Punjab Rangers at the Wagah border.
Women personnel of BSF taking part in the ceremonial retreat at the India-Pakistan border at Wagah, 2010.
See also[edit]
Borders of India
Radcliffe Line
Wagah border ceremony
2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Khan, MH (5 March 2006). "Back on track". Dawn News archives. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c PBS Release (July 26, 2005). "Border Jumpers The World's Most Complex Borders: Pakistan/India". PBS. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
Jump up ^ PHILIP WALKER (June 24, 2011). "The World's Most Dangerous Borders". The Foreign Policy. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
Jump up ^ "Dailymail". Retrieved 23 October 2014.
Jump up ^ "India-Pakistan Borderlands at Night". India-Pakistan Border at Night. NASA. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
Jump up ^ Annotated image from NASA
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