Outrageous Fortune is a comedy-drama series about the wrong sort of people trying to do the right thing when the rewards for going straight are neither immediate nor bountiful. It is a bold, fresh comedy-drama which is by turns bawdy, action-packed, satirical and trashy - but only ever a heartbeat away from reality.

Created by James Griffin (Sione's Wedding, Serial Killers) and Rachel Lang (Maddigan's Quest, Mercy Peak), Outrageous Fortune won eight awards at the 2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards including Best Drama Programme, Performance by an Actress in General Television (Robyn Malcolm), Performance by an Actor in General Television (Antony Starr), Performance by a Supporting Actress in General Television (Antonia Prebble), Performance by a Supporting Actor in General Television (Tammy Davis), Best Script – Drama/Comedy Programme (Rachel Lang), Sony Achievement in Directing Drama/Comedy Programme (Mark Beesley) and Achievement in Editing Comedy/Drama Programme (Bryan Shaw).

In 2007 Outrageous Fortune won five awards at the 2007 Qantas Television Awards including Best Drama, Best Actress in a TV Drama (Robyn Malcolm), Best Actor in a TV Drama (Antony Starr), Best Script and Best Editing.

It also won six awards at the 2007 Air NZ Screen Awards including Best Drama, Performance by an Actress (Robyn Malcolm), Performance by an Actor (Antony Starr), Performance by a Supporting Actor (Frank Whitten), Best Script (James Griffin) and Achievement in Directing a Drama/Comedy Programme (Simon Bennett).

Outrageous Fortune was also named Best Drama in the 2007 TV Guide Best on the Box People's Choice Awards for the third year running. In 2006, the show also won Best Drama at the Air New Zealand Screen Awards.

In 2005, Outrageous Fortune won six awards at the Qantas TV Awards, including Best Drama Series; Best Actress (Robyn Malcolm as Cheryl West) and Best Actor (Antony Starr as Jethro and Van West).

 TV3 is now streaming episodes from series four Outrageous Fortune online: www.tv3.co.nz

2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards: Atomic Coffee Roasters Ltd: Best Script - Drama Comedy Programme (James Griffin/Rachel Lang) 

2009 TV GUIDE Best on the Box People's Choice Awards: Best Drama; Best Actress (Robyn Malcolm); Best Actor (Antony Starr); Sexiest Woman (Robyn Malcolm); Sexiest Man (Antony Starr). 

2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards: Achievement in Editing - Drama/Comedy Programme (Bryan Shaw)

CAST

CHERYL WEST ROBYN MALCOLM
VAN WEST ANTONY STARR
JETHRO WEST ANTONY STARR
WOLFGANG WEST GRANT BOWLER
PASCALLE WEST SIOBHAN MARSHALL
LORETTA WEST ANTONIA PREBBLE
TED (GRANDPA) WEST FRANK WHITTEN
WAYNE JUDD KIRK TORRANCE
MUNTER TAMMY DAVIS
KASEY NICOLE WHIPPY
SHEREE TYLER-JANE MITCHEL
NICKY CRAIG HALL

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JOHN BARNETT, SIMON BENNETT, JAMES GRIFFIN, RACHEL LANG
WRITERS JAMES GRIFFIN, RACHEL LANG, TIM BALME, JAN PRETTEJOHNS, GAVIN STRAWHAN, KATE McDERMOTT, FIONA SAMUEL
PRODUCER JOHN LAING
CO-PRODUCER CARMEN J LEONARD
DIRECTORS MARK BEESLEY, BRITTA JOHNSTONE, PETER SALMON, SIMON BENNETT, RICHARD BARR
COSTUME DESIGNER KATRINA HODGE
MAKEUP DESIGNER MAIA LEWIS
CASTING DIRECTOR ANNABEL LOMAS
EDITORS BRYAN SHAW, ALLANAH MILNE
PUBLICITY TAMAR MUNCH