800 Words (stylised as 800 words) is a comedy-drama television series, co-produced by South Pacific Pictures and Seven Productions for the Seven Network.
Premise[]
George Turner is a popular columnist for a top-selling Sydney newspaper, writing a weekly column which he insists must be exactly 800 words. After his wife dies, he buys (online and unseen) a home in a (fictional) small New Zealand seaside town called Weld, where his parents took him on holiday as a child. He then has to break the news to his two teenage children, Shay and Arlo. But the colourful and inquisitive locals in Weld ensure Turner's dream of a fresh start does not go exactly to plan.
Cast[]
- Erik Thomson as George Turner
- Melina Vidler as Shay Turner
- Benson Jack Anthony as Arlo Turner
- Rick Donald as Jeff "Woody" Woodson, an Australian expat builder who moved to Weld for the surf
- Bridie Carter as Jan, George's former boss and editor in Sydney
- Emma Leonard as Tracey Dennis, an Australian expat and Shay and Arlo's form teacher at Weld High School
- Michelle Langstone as Fiona, the owner-operator of the Weld Boat Club and a volunteer ambulance driver
- Anna Jullienne as Katie Bell, a part-Maori artist and owner of the Weld arts and crafts gallery
- Cian Elyse White as Hannah, a surfer who works part-time at the Weld Boat Club and the local surf shop