800 Words

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 (over the internet and unseen) a new 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 Main 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