This week Robbie Magasiva bids farewell to his Wentworth character— but will return to screen in the same timeslot next week in another Aussie TV series on TVNZ 2.
Magasiva has played prison officer Will Jackson for nine years and gave fans a spectacular goodbye — in drag in a mini version of the women's prison uniform, lip-syncing Olivia Newton-John's Hopelessly Devoted to You, for fans on his Instagram.
"Wentworth was a huge part of my life and I made some lifelong friends throughout nine extraordinary seasons. We became a family, a very close family, something I will forever treasure," wrote Magasiva, who was nominated for several best actor awards for the show.
He now comes back to TV screens in Spreadsheet, a series about divorced mother-of-two Lauren, played by Doc Martin's Katherine Parkinson, who is looking for sex without commitment.
Lauren develops Spreadsheet — a database of sex options, customised to ensure her sushi train of sex, rolls around with variety and order amid the chaos of her life. Fellow Wentworth prison guard Bernard Curry also ditches his uniform and stars with Parkinson and Magasiva in the show.