Wentworth to return for fourth run

Australian pay TV platform Foxtel has commissioned a fourth season of Wentworth, the drama set in a women’s prison, from FremantleMedia Australia.

Production of the 12-episode series will start in the second half of this year for a 2016 debut.

The third run wrapped production in August and will premiere on Foxtel’s SoHo channel on April 7. The fourth season will make Wentworth Foxtel’s longest-running Australian drama series.

Wentworth, which debuted in 2013, is distributed by FremantleMedia International and is now seen in more than 80 countries, including New Zealand, the UK and US.

The show has sold to more than 20 broadcasters including the UK’s Channel 5, Ireland’s TV3, Africa’s MNET, TVNZ and Sweden’s TV4.

A German-language remake has been commissioned by German network RTL, owned by Fremantle parent the RTL Group.