Inside Wentworth - with Pete McTighe and Marcia Gardner

The first episode of WENTWORTH became the most watched Australian drama series premiere in Foxtel history… Its 4^th season is about to air.It screens in more than 90 countries around the world spawning adaptations in Germany and The Netherlands…The New York magazine called WENTWORTH “a ruthlessly dark drama similar to Breaking Bad…”In an age where ‘branded’ content is highly sought after by producers and networks the ‘re-boot’ of existing material is part of that trend. And there can be no better example of this than WENTWORTH which has its own identity but with touches of the original Prisoner series.Join us as writers Marcia Gardner and Pete McTighe come from Melbourne for this one off event to share with us their storylining and writing process on this award winning series.This is how it’s done folks…***Marcia Gardner has worked in the Australian film and tv industry for 20 years writing script editing and story editing on multiple series including ALL SAINTSBLUE HEELERSHEARTBREAK HIGH and MEDIVAC. She script produced over 100 episodes of AFI award-winning STINGERS and went on to script produce SEA PATROL. She has been involved in development for Fremantle Media (MR. & MRS. MURDERBETTER MAN) and Playmaker Media (HIDING LOVECHILD) and has written for THE DOCTOR BLAKE MYSTERIES. Most recently she script produced and has written episodes for seasons 2 3 and 4 of the internationally acclaimed WENTWORTH. Marcia has also developed a feature film TWISTED SISTER which is at financing stage.Pete McTighe is one of Australia’s busiest TV drama writers. He has written for many Australian drama series across all major networks starting off writing NEIGHBOURS and later moving onto shows including EASTENDERS WINNERS & LOSERS CROWNIES and THE DOCTOR BLAKE MYSTERIES. Pete wrote the premiere episode of WENTWORTH which became the most watched scripted programme in Australian subscription TV history and went on to write six episodes of the first series returning as writer for subsequent series. He has been nominated for three AWGIE awards. He splits his time between Australia and the UK where he has written on various dramas and has his own shows in development with various broadcasters and indies.