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
Jacqueline 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...

