SYNOPSIS
The third series of Outrageous Fortune sees Cheryl still battling to keep her family (and herself) on the straight and narrow. Both the men in her life are inside – Wolf after turning himself into the cops as part of his master plan to frame Judd; Judd because he fell in love with the wrong woman -Wolf’s woman.

As Cheryl ploughs on regardless, balancing the needs of family with those of Hoochie Mama, her burgeoning naughty knicker business, her offspring are going their own merry ways. Van is still managing the Lucky Dollar Store and planning his dream wedding with Aurora. Jethro is branching out from defending the scum of the earth (and his family) to working for property developer Gary Savage – whether this is a step in the right direction remains to be seen. Pascalle is enthusiastically embracing both her new-found vocation in caring for the elderly and her new-found love for Dr Bruce Khan – although this whole ‘I’m a virgin, let’s wait until we get married thing’ has some major drawbacks, especially for a girl like Pascalle. Loretta is happily ensconced with her older man, Hayden, and is gleefully plotting her directorial debut, helming the next great erotic film, especially for women.

So apart from Cheryl, struggling to make ends meet and to get her bloke (the Judd one) out of prison, there is happiness all around.

That state of affairs cannot be allowed to continue, as Series 3 of Outrageous Fortune will go to show.

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 the award for Best Drama Series and Best Drama Programme (single episode) at the 2006 Air NZ Screen Awards and was also named Best Drama in the 2006 TV Guide Best on the Box People’s Choice 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).

The third series of the top-rating and critically acclaimed show is now in production.

Outrageous Fortune series three is available on DVD at all good DVD outlets. Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment.

AWARDS

2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards:  Images and Sound - 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).

2008 M2 Magazine Awards: Best TV Show

2007 Asian TV Awards: Best Drama Performance by an Actor (Antony Starr).

2007 Qantas Television Awards: Best Actor in a TV Drama (Antony Starr).

2007 Woman's Day People's Choice Awards: Favourite NZ Show; Favourite NZ Female Personality (Robyn Malcolm).

2007 TV GUIDE Best on the Box People's Choice Awards, 2007: Best Drama; Best Actress (Robyn Malcolm); Best Actor (Antony Starr); Sexiest Woman (Robyn Malcolm).

WIFT New Zealand Awards 2007:
TV3 and C4 Success in New Zealand Television Award (Robyn Malcolm).

CREDITS

CAST

CHERYL WEST ROBYN MALCOLM
VAN WEST ANTONY STARR
JETHRO WEST ANTONY STARR
PASCALLE WEST SIOBHAN MARSHALL
LORETTA WEST ANTONIA PREBBLE
'GRANDPA' TED WEST FRANK WHITTEN

REGULAR GUEST CAST

MUNTER TAMMY DAVIS
KASEY NICOLE WHIPPY
GARY SAVAGE AARON JEFFERY
WAYNE JUDD KIRK TORRANCE


EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JOHN BARNETT, SIMON BENNETT, JAMES GRIFFIN, RACHEL LANG
WRITERS JAMES GRIFFIN, RACHEL LANG, TIM BALME, JAN PRETTEJOHNS, KATE McDERMOTT, FIONA SAMUEL, MICHAEL BENNETT, NICK WARD, GAVIN STRAWHAN