# Skydance-Owned 5 Buys UK Rights To ‘Wentworth’ Sequel Series

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/skydance-owned-5-buys-uk-rights-to-wentworth-sequel-series/
- Published: 2026-10-29T08:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T09:22:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/wentworth-sequel-series-5-uk-deal-1237207207/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, TV, UK, World

## Key points

- 5 has secured UK rights to the *Wentworth* sequel.
- Boomer faces new threats after leaving prison.
- The series is due later this year on 5 and Binge.

## Summary

UK channel 5 has acquired the UK rights to a sequel series to Australian prison drama *Wentworth*. The series, titled *Wentworth: Halfway Home* in Australia and *Wentworth: Beyond Bars* elsewhere, follows former inmate Boomer as she tries to rebuild her life after prison.

Katrina Milosevic returns as Boomer, alongside Nicole da Silva and Kate Box as Franky Doyle and Lou Kelly. The plot turns on a body being found at the halfway house and the return of someone Boomer informed on to reduce her sentence. Fremantle has been producing the series in Melbourne since late July; it is due to launch on Binge in Australia and 5 in the UK later this year.

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