Outrageous Fortune (TV series)
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Outrageous Fortune was a New Zealand
New Zealand
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 comedy
Comedy
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/drama
Drama
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 television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures
South Pacific Pictures
South Pacific Pictures is a television production company based in New Zealand. The company produces drama series, mini-series, telemovies and feature films for the domestic market and international market....

. It finished airing its sixth and final season in New Zealand on 9 November 2010, making it the longest-running drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 made in New Zealand.

The central plot is that a family of criminals decide to go straight after the patriarch is jailed. Like the show itself, episodes take their names from Shakespeare quotations. The main characters each walk a fine line between right and wrong according to their respective values - the law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

, the criminal code of honour
Code of Honour
Code of Honour is a Malaysian-Singaporean television drama series and the 23rd co-production of MediaCorp TV and ntv7. It is scheduled to air from every Monday to Thursday, at 7:00pm on Singapore MediaCorp Channel 8, and it is scheduled to debut on 5 December. This drama is rated PG for battle...

, loyalty to family, and respectability.

Main

  • Robyn Malcolm
    Robyn Malcolm
    Robyn Malcolm is a New Zealand television and theatre actress. She has appeared in numerous New Zealand TV shows and has toured New Zealand with a number of theatre productions.-Early life:...

     as Cheryl West: The family matriarch who, after husband Wolf gets imprisoned, decides to make her family go straight.
  • Antony Starr
    Antony Starr
    Antony Starr is a New Zealand television actor best known for his dual role as twins Jethro and Van West in New Zealand's hit comedy/drama Outrageous Fortune.-Career:...

     as Jethro and Van West: Identical twins with contrasting personalities. Jethro is a lawyer and entrepreneur while Van is a mentally restricted slacker.
  • Siobhan Marshall
    Siobhan Marshall
    Siobhan Marshall is a New Zealand actress best known for her role as Pascalle West from the comedy/drama series Outrageous Fortune.Marshall attended Auckland’s Unitec School of Performing Screen Arts and graduated in 2003...

     as Pascalle West: A dimwitted blonde with a heart of gold. The embodiment of a 'westie chick'.
  • Antonia Prebble
    Antonia Prebble
    Antonia Mary Prebble is a New Zealand actress most famous for her role as Loretta West in the hit television show Outrageous Fortune and as Trudy in The Tribe.-Career:...

     as Loretta West: The youngest of the West family and also the smartest. Loretta is manipulative and rarely remorseful.
  • Frank Whitten
    Frank Whitten
    Frank Edgar Richard Whitten was a New Zealand television actor. He was more recently known for playing Ted "Grandpa" West in the New Zealand television show Outrageous Fortune.-Life and career:...

     as Ted West: Wolf's retired safe cracker father who is eccentric to the point of foul.
  • Kirk Torrance
    Kirk Torrance
    Kirk Torrance is an actor and award-winning playwright from New Zealand, best known for his role as Wayne Judd in Outrageous Fortune. He is also a former Commonwealth Games swimmer. His debut play Strata won Best New Playwright at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards...

     as Detective Sergeant Wayne Judd: Initially the West family's nemesis
    Nemesis
    Nemesis may refer to:* Nemesis , in Greek mythology, a spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris* Archenemy, the principal enemy of a character in a work of fiction-Literature:...

    , later one of the family.
  • Stella King (seasons 3-6) as Jane West: Loretta's daughter with Hayden Peters.
  • Grant Bowler
    Grant Bowler
    Grant Bowler is a New Zealand actor who has worked in American, Australian and New Zealand films and television.He is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne Patterson in Blue Heelers and also appeared as Wilhelmina Slater's love interest Connor Owens in Ugly Betty.In November 2010, he was...

     (starring seasons 1-2, 4; guest; 3, 5) as Wolf West: The criminal patriarch of the family. He does not approve of Cheryl's new way of life.

Recurring

  • Tammy Davis
    Tammy Davis
    Tammy Davis is a New Zealand actor. He has performed for film and television, including as Munter on the series Outrageous Fortune, and the film Black Sheep as 'Tucker', Davis also starred in Whale Rider and in Taika Cohen's short film Tama Tu. Davis also starred as "Mookie" in the sequel to "Once...

     as Munter: Van's best friend and co owner of business, 'The Tool Guys'.
  • Nicole Whippy as Kasey: Cheryl's best friend and eventual wife of Munter.
  • Roz Turnbull as Rochelle: Cheryl's other best friend and mother of two children and owner of two dogs.
  • David Fane
    David Fane
    -Life and career:Fane was educated at St. Pauls College in Ponsonby.Fane got into acting quite late and trained at the New Zealand Drama School Toi Whakaari, graduating in 1991. He first appeared on television in a sketch comedy show called SKITZ alongside future Naked Samoans Oscar Kightley and...

     as Falani: The West family's mechanic.
  • John Leigh as Sparky: The West family's drug riddled electrician.
  • Hori Ahipene
    Hori Ahipene
    Hori Ahipene is an actor and director in theatre, film and television in New Zealand. He's also an award winning playwright with the Māori play Hide 'n Seek co-written with Hone Kouka.He became a well known face in New Zealand for his dramatic performances in films such as Jubilee as well as parts...

     (seasons 5-6) as Angel: A transgender prostitute who works at Loretta's brothel.
  • Claire Chitham
    Claire Chitham
    Claire Margaret Chitham is a New Zealand television actress. She is best known for having played Waverley Harrison in the New Zealand TV show Shortland Street, from 1994–5 and 1997–2005 and Aurora Bay in Outrageous Fortune from 2006-2007.She was already acting by the age of nine, when she...

     (seasons 2-3) as Aurora Bay: Van's fiance whom he dated at high school.
  • Katrina Browne (seasons 1-2) as Caroline Darling: Jethro's teacher who he started an affair with when he was 15.
  • Aidee Walker (seasons 1 - 2, 3, 6) as Draska Doslic: Van's manipulative fiance who is best friends with Pascalle and enemies with Cheryl.
  • Scott Harding
    Scott Harding (actor)
    Scott Harding is a New Zealand television and theatre actor, best known for his role as Lloyd Draper from the television series Outrageous Fortune....

     (seasons 2-6) as Lloyd Draper: The trusty mobile banking manager of West Auckland and wedding celebrant.
  • Brian Sergent
    Brian Sergent
    Brian Sergent is an actor born and based in Wellington, New Zealand. He has appeared in some of New Zealand’s television series, commercial advertisements, and is well known in theatre and his voice is recognized for his voice-overs and radio presentations...

     (seasons 1-2, 5-6) as Eric: A slimy associate of the West family who was once friends with Wolf.
  • Charles Mesure
    Charles Mesure
    Charles William David Mesure is an English born, Australian and New Zealand actor.When Mesure was five, his family moved to Australia and he grew up in Sydney. Mesure attended Newington College and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia, with a degree in Performing Arts...

     (season 5) as Detective Sergeant Zane Gerard: A corrupt policeman and short term boyfriend of Pascalle.
  • Karl Willets (seasons 3-6) as The Gooch: Aaron Spiller's dedicated sidekick.
  • Craig Hall
    Craig Hall (actor)
    -Film:* Siren as Soldier* Savage Honeymoon as Dean Savage* The World's Fastest Indian as Antarctic Angel* King Kong as Mike* Perfect Creature as Dominic* Knife Shift as Shane...

     (seasons 4-6) as Nicky Greegan: The corrupt gang affiliated gym owner and two time fiance of Pascalle.
  • Tyler-Jane Mitchell (recurring seasons 4-5, guest; 3, 6) as Sheree Greegan: The psychologically damaged women Wolf dates as a substitute to Cheryl.
  • Rohan Glynn (seasons 1-3) as Glen Hickey: The policemen sidekick to Judd with stalker tendencies.
  • Trevor Sai Louie (seasons 1-3) as Mr. Hong: Van's employer and grandfather of his child.
  • Michelle Ang
    Michelle Ang
    Michelle Ang is a New Zealand film and television actress.-Life and career:Ang was born in Christchurch of maylandn descent. She got her start in television at a young age through the hit family series McDonald's Young Entertainers. Here she got to show her skills at singing and dancing, much like...

     (seasons 1-2) as Tracy Hong: Mr. Hongs daughter and Jethro's long time girlfriend.
  • Josephine Davison
    Josephine Davison
    Josephine Davison is a New Zealand actress. She is well known for playing Gina Rossi-Dodds in the New Zealand soap Shortland Street, Morgana in Power Rangers: S.P.D. and the voice of Itassis in Power Rangers: Mystic Force...

     (seasons 1-2) as Suzy Hong: Mr. Hong's wife and mother to both Van and Jethro's children.
  • Kate Louise Elliott (seasons 1-4) as Monica Judd: Judd's ex wife and co worker.
  • Elizabeth Hawthorne
    Elizabeth Hawthorne
    Elizabeth Hawthorne, ONZM, is a New Zealand-born actress who is best known for her role as Mrs. Macready in the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the Peter Jackson supernatural comedy The Frighteners. She played Judge Harriet Caldwell in the 2004 TV...

     (guest season 3, recurring seasons 4-6) as Ngaire Munroe: Ted's past rival and eventual wife.
  • Shane Cortese
    Shane Cortese
    Shane Cortese is a New Zealand actor and singer, known for his role as the evil Dominic Thompson on New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street and Hayden Peters on hit show Outrageous Fortune. He was also a runner-up on Season 1 of NZ Dancing With The Stars in 2005.-Career:Cortese trained at...

     (seasons 2-6) as Hayden Peters: The slimy son of a past West associate and father of Loretta's daughter Jane.
  • Aaron Jeffery
    Aaron Jeffery
    Aaron C. Jeffery is a Logie Award winning New Zealand – Australian actor.-Early life:Born in Howick, Auckland, Jeffery moved to Australia at the age of 17 and studied acting at NIDA.-Career:...

     (season 3) as Gary Savage: The criminal property manager who shares a secret with Wolf.
  • Wesley Dowdell (guest season 3, recurring 4-6) as Aaron Spiller: The neo nazi ex school rival of Van and Munter who soon befriends them.
  • Sophie Henderson (season 6) as Bailey Wilson: Cheryl's lawyer and Jethro's girlfriend.

Ratings

Season Episodes Year Cost of Production Viewers
1 13 2005 $5.3 Million 263,000
2 17 (Including Christmas Telemovie) 2006 $7.6 Million 311,000
3 22 2007 $9.9 Million 381,000
4 18 2008 $8.1 Million 453,000
5 19 2009 $9.1 Million 407,000
6 18 2010 $8.6 Million 520,000

Season one (2005)

When career criminal Wolf West is jailed for four years for assorted criminal acts, his wife Cheryl makes the decision that the family will get honest employment, instead of continuing to embark on their life of crime. Wolf is not pleased about this, but there's not much he can do from jail. Cheryl is initially disillusioned by her attempts at earning a legal living, but she and a couple of her friends start a business called "Hoochie Mama" making and selling sexy underwear, all the while resisting the newly found attraction from policeman Wayne Judd. The West children Jethro, Van, Pascalle and Loretta all struggle to cope with the new found rules in their own ways, while Ted struggles to come to terms with his late wife.

Season two (2006)

In Season two, Wolf has been released on home detention. He has no intention of keeping to Cheryl's new rules on life. Judd is determined to tear him away from Cheryl, and attempts to entice Wolf to break his parole so that he is returned to prison. Wolf escapes home detention and Judd moves in, much to the horror of the children. Pascalle starts to date Indian doctor Bruce, Van finds the love of his life Aurora and Loretta starts to date much older man Hayden. Jethro shocks his mother when he reveals he is still a criminal and only doing law to learn how to break the law more successfully. The season ends on Wolf framing Judd for a robbery he committed.

Outrageous Fortune: The Movie (2006 telemovie)

This one off two hour TV movie followed on from season 2.

The West family, as well as Aurora, Eric and Munter go camping at Tutaekuri Bay, a magical place where they have gone camping every year at Christmas. Tutaekuri means "dog shit" in Māori
Maori language
Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...

.

Season three (2007)

The third Season sees Cheryl still battling to keep her family on the straight and narrow. Both the men in her life are inside – Wolf after turning himself in to the cops as part of his master plan to frame Judd; Judd because he fell in love with the wrong woman - Wolf’s woman. She borrows money from Gary Savage to pay for a lawyer for Judd, which results in his release but the debt causes a strain in their relationship. Pascalle breaks up with Bruce after he sees her porn movie and Aurora dies in a road accident, spiraling Van into depression. Loretta is devastated when Hayden edits their film for commercial gain, breaks up with him and burns down his house, only to discover she is pregnant. Jethro finds love in Danielle, a solo mum and ex wife of Gary. Ted becomes suspicous of Gary and tracks down Wolf, only to find Gary is Wolf's half brother. Over the season Munter develops a relationship with Kasey and marries her in the final.

Season four (2008)

A fourth season of the show was confirmed on the show's official site, with 18 episodes commissioned. TV3
TV3 (New Zealand)
TV3 is a New Zealand commercial television network, owned by MediaWorks New Zealand. Launched on 26 November 1989, the first private television network in New Zealand...

 began screening an advertisement in May 2008. The season premiered on Tuesday 17 June 2008 at 9:30pm on TV3.

The family is brought together when Cheryl talks Loretta out of adopting out her baby, which she names Jane. Cheryl having broken up with Judd, starts to feel towards Wolf again, who is in a rocky relationship with much younger Sheree. Sheree's dodgey brother Nicky arrives and falls for Pascalle, who has married a millionaire named Milt. Milt dies, leaving Pascalle a fortune, that Nicky attempts to steal by dating Pascalle. Jethro is forced to run away when he is blamed for Nicky's drugs being destroyed and Van starts an affair with Sheree. Loretta and Jethro set Wolf up for burglary and Cheryl returns to Judd, becoming pregnant. Sheree also becomes pregnant, either to Van, Wolf or Jethro. Hayden returns to care for his child and Ted marries the scheming Ngaire. Pascalle becomes engaged to the dodgey Nicky much to her family's disbelief.

Season Five (2009)

New Zealand On Air allocated NZ$9,107,650 to produce Season Five of Outrageous Fortune, which ran for 19 episodes. Season Five premiered at 9.30pm on Tuesday 2 June 2009.

New policemen Zane Gerard becomes a fixture in the West's lives, due to his past involvement with Sheree and Nicky. Van is pressured into narking, infuriating Sheree when she finds out. Loretta's past feelings for Hayden return and Jethro starts up a party pill business. Nicky truely falls for Pascalle, enraging Sheree who makes off with Pascalle's millions and attempts to murder Van. Pascalle breaks up with Nicky and dates Gerard while Cheryl loses her baby. Loretta gets back together with Hayden and the two decide to marry as so they get custody of Jane. Ted ends up in prison for robbery and is helped out by Nicky, causing he and Pascalle to get back together. The season ends with Gerard trying to arrest Pascalle for assault, only to be stabbed in the neck by Cheryl and turning round to fire three bullets in her direction.

Season Six (2010)

Season 6 returned on 13 July 2010 at a new time slot of 8.30pm. John Campbell appeared as a news reporter in a small cameo. The season is the last for the series, and will reach its hallmark 100th episode. Ten-second promos started airing for the show on 14 June. The West family house set will be on show in Auckland Museum for six months after the series ends.

Pascalle takes a bullet but survives, while Gerard dies and Cheryl is imprisoned for murder. Van starts to see his lawyer Bailey, only to learn she is dating Jethro. Loretta opens up a brothel while Nicky escapes prison and tries to take Pascalle with him. The two break up and Sheree reveals where her children are, with Van becoming a part time father to them. Judd and Pascalle develop feelings for eachother and start an affair, disgusting Ted. Cheryl's charges are dropped and she is devastated to learn about Judd, finally forgiving him in the season finale. Pascalle and Judd leave, while Van marries the Russian Elena. Loretta, Hayden and Jane continue to be a happy family and Jethro fulfills his mother fixation. The series ends on Cheryl realizing how her rules have changed the family and how much better they have become.

Australia

  • Outrageous Fortune is shown weekly on the Pay-TV channel W.
  • It was shown on the Nine Network
    Nine Network
    The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

     during the summer non-ratings period.
  • Season 5 did screen on Network Ten
    Network Ten
    Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...

     at 21:30 on Friday nights over the summer period in early 2010 but was cancelled half way through. In an interview with Andrew Mercado in April, Robyn Malcolm confirmed that this was because New Zealand-produced shows count against the quota of Australian-made shows that networks can show and series 5 was used as a filler during the non-rating season. Series 5 will again show on ARENA in November 2010. Network 10 has continued series 5 from 21 June 22:00 Monday nights.
  • Australia Network
    Australia Network
    Australia Network, originally Australia Television International and later ABC Asia Pacific, is a free-to-air international satellite television service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 2006. The television and online service broadcasts 24 hours a day on 7 days a week, to...

     broadcasts Outrageous Fortune to a wide Pay-TV audience in the Asia/Pacific Region.

Ireland

  • TV3 Ireland showed the first series during 2006 and started showing the second series in March 2007 (22:00 Thursdays).

UK

  • Shown on LivingTV
    LIVINGtv
    Sky Living is a UK television channel owned by British Sky Broadcasting, who purchased the Living TV Group group in 2010. Originally launched as UK Living in 1993, the channel changed its name to Living TV in 1997 and then to Living in 2007. On 1 February 2011 Living changed its name to Sky Living...

     in the United Kingdom starting on Tuesday 6 March 2007 at 10 PM.

Series One

Outrageous Fortune – Series One
Set details Special features
  • 13 Episodes
  • 3-Disc Set
  • 16×9 (1.77:1) Aspect Ratio

  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital Surround 2.0)
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Cast and Crew Photo Slide Show
  • Release dates
    8 December 2005 1 March 2008

    Series Two

    Outrageous Fortune – Series Two
    Set details Special features
    • 17 Episodes
    • 3-Disc Set (NZ) / 4-Disc Set (AU)
    • 16×9 (1.77:1) Aspect Ratio

    • Languages:
      • English (Dolby Digital Surround 2.0)
  • Xmas Telemovie
  • Blooper Outtakes
  • Photo Gallery
  • Release dates
    15 March 2007 3 May 2008

    Series Three

    Outrageous Fortune – Series Three
    Set details Special features
    • 22 Episodes
    • 4-Disc Set
    • 16×9 (1.77:1) Aspect Ratio

    • Languages:
      • English (Dolby Digital Surround 2.0)
  • Loretta's Blog
  • Photo Gallery
  • Release dates
    25 March 2008 4 August 2008

    Series Four

    Outrageous Fortune – Series Four
    Set details Special features
    • 18 Episodes
    • 4-Disc Set
    • 16×9 (1.77:1) Aspect Ratio

    • Languages:
      • English (Dolby Digital Surround 2.0)
  • Audio Commentaries
  • Outtakes
  • Photo Gallery
  • Release dates
    13 November 2008 30 June 2009

    Series Five

    Outrageous Fortune – Series Five
    Set details Special features
    • 19 Episodes
    • 4-Disc Set
    • 16×9 (1.77:1) Aspect Ratio

    • Languages:
      • English (Dolby Digital Surround 2.0)
  • Audio Commentaries
  • Photo Gallery
  • Release dates
    15 October 2009 12 May 2010

    Series Six

    Outrageous Fortune – Series Six
    Set details Special features
    • 18 Episodes
    • 4-Disc Set
    • 16×9 (1.77:1) Aspect Ratio

    • Languages:
      • English (Dolby Digital Surround 2.0)
  • Audio Commentaries
  • Release dates
    17 November 2010 11 May 2011

    Other

    Outrageous Fortune – The Choice Series 1-3: Limited Edition
    Set details Special features
    • 52 Episodes
    • 11-Disc Set
    • 16×9 (1.77:1) Aspect Ratio

    • Languages:
      • English (Dolby Digital Surround 2.0)
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Xmas Telemovie
  • Blooper Outtakes
  • Photo Galleries
  • Loretta's Blog
  • Release dates
    3 November 2008

    Outrageous Fortune – The Complete Series 1-5
    Set details Special features
    • 89 Episodes
    • 19-Disc Set
    • 16×9 (1.77:1) Aspect Ratio

    • Languages:
      • English (Dolby Digital Surround 2.0)
  • Series 1
    • Behind the Scenes
    • Cast and Crew Photo Slide Show
  • Series 2
    • Xmas Telemovie
    • Blooper Outtakes
    • Photo Gallery
  • Series 3
    • Loretta's Blog
    • Photo Gallery
  • Series 4
    • Audio Commentaries
    • Outtakes
    • Photo Gallery
  • Series 5
    • 3 Audio Commentaries
    • Photo Gallery
  • Release dates
    13 October 2010

    Outrageous Fortune – Serial Offenders - The Complete Collection
    Set details Special features
    • 107 Episodes
    • 25-Disc Set
    • 16×9 (1.77:1) Aspect Ratio

    • Languages:
      • English (Dolby Digital Surround 2.0)
  • Bonus disc titled "Cock-ups and other stuff raided from the West family vault."
    • Interviews with Creators/Executive Producers Rachel Lang and James Griffin; Executive Producer/Director Simon Bennett; Director Mark Beesley; and Actor Robyn Malcolm.
    • Bloopers entitled “Down-trou moments”
    • Pascalle’s “Best Bag Ever” advertorial
    • Rita & Ted Home Videos
    • Crane timelapse
    • Tamcam – behind the scenes with Tammy Davis
  • Release dates
    17 November 2010

    Music

    Two compilation soundtracks have been released for the show, and both draw on New Zealand music. The title track for the series is Hello Sailor
    Hello Sailor (band)
    Hello Sailor was a New Zealand pop/rock band originally formed in 1975.- History :The band's history is long and complicated, with guitarist/vocalists Dave McArtney and Harry Lyon having first played together in the mid 1960s. After several lineup changes, the band released its first album, Hello...

    's "Gutter Black".

    Awards

    • The show cleaned up at the New Zealand TV Awards for 2005 winning Best Drama, Best Actress : Robyn Malcolm and Best Actor: Antony Starr, Best Director Mark Beesley, Best Script Rachel Lang & Best Editing Nicola Smith
    • TV GUIDE Best on the box: Best Drama & Best Actress Robyn Malcolm
    • Woman's Day Reader's Choice: Favourite Female Personality Robyn Malcolm
    • Air NZ Screen Award 2006:Best Drama Series & Best Drama Programme for episode 4
    • At the Air New Zealand Screen Awards for 2007, the series won six awards, including Best Drama Programme. Robyn Malcolm won Best Actress, Antony Starr won Best Actor, and Frank Whitten won Best Supporting Actor.
    • The Show also cleaned up at the 2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards winning 8 awards including 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, Achievement in Editing - Drama/Comedy Programme: Bryan Shaw.

    Adaptations

    Versions of the series have been produced in the United Kingdom and United States. The UK remake, "Honest
    Honest (TV series)
    Honest is a British comedy-drama series that aired on ITV in 2008. The series is a remake of the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune, written by James Griffin and Rachel Lang, that first aired in 2005....

    " was produced for ITV
    ITV
    ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

     by the independent production company Greenlit. The first episode aired on 9 January 2008, and the show ran for a single season.

    The US remake, titled Scoundrels
    Scoundrels (TV series)
    Scoundrels is an American television series that aired on the ABC network. It is based on the New Zealand TV series Outrageous Fortune. The one-hour comedy-drama premiered on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 9 pm...

    , premiered in June 2010 to mixed reviews. A previous adaptation developed by Rob Thomas
    Rob Thomas (writer)
    Rob Thomas is an American author, producer, and screenwriter, best known as the author of the 1996 novel Rats Saw God and creator of the critically acclaimed television programs Veronica Mars and Party Down.-Education and early career:Thomas graduated from San Marcos High School in 1983 and went...

    , entitled Good Behavior, failed to be picked up for broadcast by any networks. After its initial 8 episode run, Scoundrels was not picked up for another season.

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