800 Words
Premiered: Sep 15, 2015 | 3 seasons | 40 episodes
Popularity: 1
| Creator: | James Griffin, Maxine Fleming |
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| Updated: | Feb 12, 2025 (Update) |
| Entered: | Feb 13, 2025 |
| A recently widowed father, quits his job as a popular 800 word columnist for a top selling Sydney newspaper. Over the internet he buys a house on an impulse in a remote New Zealand seaside town. He then has to break the news to his two teenage kids who just lost their mum, and now face an even more uncertain future. But the colourful and inquisitive locals ensure his dream of a fresh start does not go to plan. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Thomson | George Turner | 40 |
| Benson Jack Anthony | Arlo Turner | 40 |
| Melina Vidler | Shay Turner | 40 |
| Paul Glover | Bill Jnr | 33 |
| Jesse Griffin | Sean | 29 |
| Rick Donald | Woody | 24 |
| Michelle Langstone | Fiona | 24 |
| Anna Jullienne | Katie | 24 |
| Peter Elliott | Big Mac | 22 |
| David Fane | Smiler | 21 |
| Manon Blackman | Lindsay | 20 |
| Olivia Tennet | Siouxsie | 19 |
| John Leigh | Constable Tom | 17 |
| Jonny Brugh | Monty | 17 |
| Jackie van Beek | Gloria | 15 |
| Miriama Smith | Ngahuia | 13 |
| Millen Baird | Robbie | 10 |
| Tandi Wright | Laura | 6 |
| Lynette Forday | Nurse Crabbe | 6 |
| Elizabeth Hawthorne | Trish | 6 |
| Nathalie Boltt | Rae | 5 |
| Rachael Carpani | Mary | 5 |
| Ditch Davey | Terry | 4 |
| Stephen Papps | Doug | 4 |
| Ascia Maybury | Penny | 3 |
| Mark Mitchinson | Dean | 1 |