Wentworth Halfway Home Premiere Date Confirmed as Boomer Returns in December
BINGE has confirmed a 7 December premiere for Wentworth: Halfway Home in Australia, while UK viewers are still waiting for a date from 5.
Excited Wentworth fans in Australia now have a firm date for the next chapter of the prison drama.
BINGE released the full trailer for Wentworth: Halfway Home on Monday 9 November, Australian time, and confirmed that the spin-off will premiere on Monday 7 December 2026.
The first episode will stream from 1pm AEDT on BINGE and Foxtel On Demand, with new episodes following weekly. Foxtel's Showcase channel will also broadcast the opening episode at 12pm and again at 8.30pm AEDT.
The announcement moves the series from its first-look stage to a confirmed launch, although the dates apply to the Australian broadcast only. Ahead of the premiere, every episode of the original Wentworth is being made available on BINGE and on Foxtel's More Pop-Up Hits channel from Wednesday 11 November.
That gives Australian viewers almost a month to revisit the women of Wentworth Correctional Centre before the story moves outside its walls.
Who is in the cast of Wentworth Halfway Home?
Katrina Milosevic returns as Susan 'Boomer' Jenkins, with Nicole da Silva and Kate Box reprising their roles as Franky Doyle and Lou Kelly. They lead an ensemble that includes Rachel Griffiths as Moira, Sophie Lowe as Sam, Alex King as Dee and Chenile Chandler as Lily.
Nadine Garner, Elaine Crombie, Grace Chow, Sara West, Claude Jabbour, Daniel Henshall, Laura Gordon, Thom Green and Chika Ikogwe complete the announced cast.
The official synopsis follows a freshly paroled Boomer as she arrives at Sal's Halfway House, determined to win custody of her daughter and build a stable life for them both.
Those plans are thrown into doubt when a body is discovered, leaving her to work out who she can trust in a house full of former prisoners. The tagline sums up the new premise: getting out of prison was hard, but staying out may prove impossible.
What has been confirmed for UK viewers?
British broadcaster 5, which screened the original series across 5 and 5STAR until 2021, announced on 29 October that it had acquired the UK rights.
Outside Australia, distributor Fremantle is presenting the drama as Wentworth: Beyond Bars, so UK listings are expected to use that title rather than Halfway Home. 5 has said the series will arrive later this year, but no UK transmission date or channel slot has been announced.
The Australian premiere date should therefore not be read as a British one.
Until 5 publishes its schedule, UK fans can follow the build-up through our earlier coverage of the new Wentworth Beyond Bars pictures. Wentworth: Halfway Home is a Fremantle Australia production for BINGE, with major production investment from Foxtel and Screen Australia.
