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Outrageous Fortune

Siobhan Marshall’s life in TV

‘Even after all these years’: Siobhan Marshall on forever being called Pascalle West

'Seeing what she got up to was always fun. It was like, 'what's in the next script, what happens in this one?''
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By My Life in TV | 12th July, 2025
Guest writer
Wolf (Grant Bowler) and Cheryl (Robyn Malcolm) in Outrageous Fortune (Photo: SPP)

Twenty years on, Outrageous Fortune remains as relevant as ever

Do yourself a favour and enjoy a West family reunion this weekend.
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By Tara Ward | 11th July, 2025
Staff writer
Image: Tina Tiller

The best needle drops in Outrageous Fortune, ranked

'Gutter Black' is just the beginning
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By Gareth Shute | 11th July, 2025
Contributing Writer
Image: Tina Tiller

How the West was worn: The fashion of Outrageous Fortune

Whether it was Sharkies and slogan tees or leopard print and lace, the Wests' style remains unmatched.
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By Emma Gleason | 10th July, 2025
Contributing writer
From Grandpa Ted’s ‘slutty pants’ to Pascalle’s ‘fuckity, fuckity, fuck’, Outrageous Fortune painted a picture of New Zealand swearing that we had never seen before.

‘Fuckity, fuckity, fuck’: The many riches of the Outrageous Fortune swear jar

'My favourite BSA ruling was the one where they basically said to the complainant: 'look, it's Outrageous Fortune – what were you expecting?''
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By Alex Casey | 9th July, 2025
Senior writer
Image: Tina Tiller

Crime, chaos, and Christmas: the 20 moments that defined Outrageous Fortune

From Pascalle's porn disaster to the Christmas special, these are the moments that made Outrageous Fortune.
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By Liam Rātana | 8th July, 2025
Ātea editor
The birth of the Wests: How Outrageous Fortune came to be

The birth of the Wests: How Outrageous Fortune came to be

Twenty years ago this week, New Zealand television’s most famous family stormed onto our screens.
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By Tara Ward | 7th July, 2025
Staff writer
The complete top 100 NZ TV shows of the 21st Century

The complete top 100 NZ TV shows of the 21st Century

Presenting our full top 100 countdown for your reading pleasure.
By The Spinoff's Top 100 | 25th December, 2024
Guest writer
The complete top 100 NZ TV shows of the 21st Century

The complete top 100 NZ TV shows of the 21st Century

Presenting our full top 100 countdown for your reading pleasure.
By The Spinoff's Top 100 | 26th October, 2024
Guest writer
Image by Tina Tiller

The top 100 NZ TV shows of the 21st Century (20-1)

It's the one you've all been waiting for.
By The Spinoff's Top 100 | 25th October, 2024
Guest writer
‘My approach was just to scream quite a lot’: Antonia Prebble’s many TV births

‘My approach was just to scream quite a lot’: Antonia Prebble’s many TV births

The star of Double Parked takes us through her life in television, including a glitter disaster on the set of The Tribe and a surprising amount of onscreen births.
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By My Life in TV | 14th September, 2024
Guest writer
Image by Archi Banal

‘I will never live that down’: Sir Ashley Bloomfield on his biggest TV gaffe

The former director general of health on his unexpected TV career, being a Lord of the Rings purist and the endurance of the Bell Tea jingle.
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By My Life in TV | 4th November, 2023
Guest writer
Robyn Malcolm’s life in TV (Image: Archi Banal)

‘I still get called Mrs West’: Robyn Malcolm on the role that changed her life

The NZ TV legend reflects on the legacy of Cheryl West, working with Jane Campion, and why she's still haunted by banana skins. 
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By My Life in TV | 28th October, 2023
Guest writer
Suzanne Paul’s greatest TV cameos, reviewed and ranked

Suzanne Paul’s greatest TV cameos, reviewed and ranked

Suzanne Paul is known as an infomercial queen, but wait – there’s more. She’s also a queen of the cameo.
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By Tara Ward | 28th May, 2021
Staff writer
How old are all these people meant to be?

Investigation: How old are the West family on Westside?

Westside has covered twenty years of New Zealand history in six seasons of television – but how old are these Westies meant to be?
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By Sam Brooks | 28th September, 2020
Contributing writer
Lock eyes with these shows, and you’ll never want to take ’em away. (Image: Tina Tiller)

The Spinoff’s guide to all the most binge-worthy TV on Neon

Want to dive in a show that has more episodes than you could possibly watch in a day? Here's a guide on how to do it right.
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By Sam Brooks | 15th August, 2020
Contributing writer
Robyn Malcolm as, from left to right, Cheryl West, Pam in This Town, and Ellen Crozier (Image: Tina Tiller)

Robyn Malcolm is just getting started

She's Cheryl West, she's Ellen Crozier, she's the woman who makes headlines for throwaway jokes online.
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By Sam Brooks | 9th August, 2020
Contributing writer
Celebrating the greatest Kiwi pop culture love stories

Celebrating the greatest Kiwi pop culture love stories

To celebrate Valentine’s Day and the launch of DB Export's new campaign, The Spinoff pays tribute to New Zealand’s most famous love stories.
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By Group Think | 14th February, 2019
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The casts of Outrageous Fortune and Westside, both of which you can watch on Lightbox right now.

Then and now: Comparing the casts of Outrageous Fortune and Westside

Four seasons in, with a fifth along the way, it's time to look back, and then look even further back. Sam Brooks looks at who's who on Westside, and who originally played them on Outrageous Fortune.
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By Sam Brooks | 22nd January, 2019
Contributing writer
The best Christmas episodes from the best TV shows (WATCH)

The best Christmas episodes from the best TV shows (WATCH)

There's nothing quite like settling down to watch a holiday-appropriate episode of your favourite TV show. Here's some of The Spinoff's best-loved yuletide episodes.
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By José Barbosa | 24th December, 2018
Senior Content Creator

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