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 Outrageous Fortune

Series Synopsis

After her husband is jailed, matriarch Cheryl West (Robyn Malcolm) decides the time has come to set her family on the straight and narrow. But can the Wests change old habits? So begins the six-series long saga of the Westie dynasty. Hugely popular at home (beloved by public, critics and awards-nights alike), and imitated overseas, Outrageous Fortune has been a flag-bearer for TV3 and contemporary NZ telly drama; the series proved — in all its grow-your-own glory — that genre TV in NZ could be so much more than overseas stories pasted to a local setting.

 
 

Series Notes

This is the series overview page, here you can find which episodes or clips are available on NZ On Screen.

 
 

Awards

2005 Qantas TV Awards
Best Drama
Best Director, Drama (Mark Beesley)
Best Editing, Non-Factual, Episode 4 "The Cause of this Defect" (Nicola Smith)
Best Script for a Non-Factual Programme/Series, Episode 4 "The Cause of this Defect" (Rachel Lang)
Best Actor in a TV Drama (Antony Starr)
Best Actress in a TV Drama (Robyn Malcolm)

2006 Air NZ Screen Awards
Best Drama Series
Best Drama Programme, Episode 4

2007 Air NZ Screen Awards
Best Drama Programme, Episodes 7 and 16
Achievement in Directing, Drama/Comedy, Episode 16 (Simon Bennett)
Best Script, Drama, Christmas Special (James Griffin)
Best Performance by an Actress, Episode 16 (Robyn Malcolm)
Best Performance by an Actor, Episode 7 (Antony Starr)
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor, Episode 13 (Frank Whitten)

2007 Qantas Television Awards
Best Drama, Christmas Special
Best Script, Non-factual (James Griffin)
Best Editing, Non-factual (Bryan Shaw)
Best Actor in a TV Drama (Antony Starr)
Best Actress in a TV Drama (Robyn Malcolm)

2008 Qantas Film & Television Awards
Best Drama Programme
Achievement in Directing, Drama/Comedy Programme (Mark Beesley)
Best Script, Drama/Comedy Programme (Rachel Lang)
Achievement in Editing, Drama/Comedy Programme (Bryan Shaw)
Best Performance by an Actress in General Television (Robyn Malcolm)
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in General Television (Antonia Prebble)
Best Performance by an Actor in General Television (Antony Starr)
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in General Television (Tammy Davis)

2009 Qantas Film & Television Awards
Best Script, Drama/Comedy Programme (James Griffin and Rachel Lang)