The story of legendary safe cracker and career criminal Ted West and his firecracker of a wife, Rita. Combining real events and the rich folklore of the West family and associates, this is rollicking history, and a tempestuous romance, set at a time of great social upheaval.
Ted West
Rita West
Lefty Munroe
Ngaire Munroe
Bilkey van Heeder
Bert Thompson
Phineas O'Driscoll
Carol O'Driscoll
This six-part series tells the story of legendary safe cracker and career criminal Ted West and his fire cracker of a wife, Rita. Combining real events and the rich folklore of the West family and associates, this is rollicking history, and a tempestuous romance, set at a time of great social upheaval.
6 episodes
Ted West is reunited with his true love, Rita. But she has a secret and he has a lot to prove if he’s to get back on top of his gang and his game...
Runtime: 43 minTed confronts his great white whale, as Rita battles boredom. And a war with the Dallies turns up unexpected opportunities.
Runtime: 43 minTed and Rita both champion good causes: a disco dancing overstayer and a mouse who needs to roar.
Runtime: 43 minThe matter of the poisoned lamington splits the house of West and leads Ted and Rita to sex, drugs and rock & roll.
Runtime: 43 minThe biggest job yet has explosive consequences for the Wests. Oh, and Wolf has a girlfriend.
Runtime: 43 minTed and Rita realise they have raised a problem child. But how to do deal with him? They both have the answer...
Runtime: 43 minThe second season is set in 1981 Auckland, where the historical drama takes Outrageous Fortune's large and loyal audience on a journey into Ted and Rita's murky past, set against a backdrop of social and economic upheaval.
10 episodes
Rita West is reunited with love of her life Ted, but has lost a son. The gloves are off in the war with the Horsemen and there’s a storm in a teacup... actually a whole tea-set.
Runtime: 43 minRita helps out a friend from prison and Wolf get an upwardly mobile job. The Springbok tour creates employment opportunities for Ted and there's a swingers' party.
Runtime: 43 minTed goes after a wad of South African cash. A crime close to home has the Wests joining forces with the police and neighbourhood watch.
Runtime: 43 minRita's ambitious career path for Wolf hits some bumps. Ngaire has a dangerous liaison and Bert and Falani take on the Springboks alongside the protestors.
Runtime: 43 minIt's hectic times for Rita and Ted; a royal wedding, a funeral, forbidden love, a family feud...plus a Nazi.
Runtime: 43 minTimes are changing for Ted. Rita wants to expand her business and keep the peace between father and son. Wolf mixes business with pleasure.
Runtime: 43 minTed and the boys go hunting South Africans while Rita has a mess to sort out with her growing business and an explosive affair.
Runtime: 43 minThe wives financially support their men, which doesn't go down well and the Springbok tour divides the gang and the country.
Runtime: 43 minRita's in charge of her first big job and the stakes have never been higher but can she rely on those closest to her?
Runtime: 43 minTed get one final crack at the South African money. Meanwhile, Wolf's at war with his parents; and the rest of the country are at war with themselves.
Runtime: 43 minNo overview available.
8 episodes
Rita and Ted return from their holiday to a rude surprise and Wolf gone. Rita distracts herself by waging war on the new neighbours, And Ted is dealt a blow he probably saw coming.
Runtime: 43 minLefty is a desperate man and Ted is dragged along for the ride. The gang has to look to the past if they have hopes of a future.
Runtime: 43 minWolf grows dissatisfied with his career, but it turns out that is the least of his problems. A sexy blast from Rita's prison past arrives with dangerous intentions.
Runtime: 43 minGuilt over Evan is tearing Rita and Wolf apart. McCarthy feels compromised by his lady's past. A fateful meeting at the forbidden dairy leads to fireworks.
Runtime: 43 minRita may have finally found her match. Fear forces Bilkey in too deep. A means to an end changes everything.
Runtime: 43 minBert is deceived and destroyed. Rita proves there's no fury like a woman scorned, and Wolf ups his game.
Runtime: 43 minWolf plays with the big boys. Rita gets under Cheryl's skin. A last minute change of plans may cost everything.
Runtime: 43 minRita makes a deal with some devils, and Mike buckles when his personal and private lives collide.
Runtime: 43 minNo overview available.
10 episodes
Pregnant and alone, Cheryl struggles with Wolf behind bars. Phineas pursues extra-marital affairs and McCarthy swoops in to help the Wests out of a sticky situation.
Runtime: 43 minDespite Ted's misgivings, the gang plan a job during the silly season. Ngaire returns with a surprise and Cheryl's Christmas cheer comes to a devastating end.
Runtime: 43 minWolf and Cheryl grieve at Tutaekuri Bay, while Rita suffocates in a full house and seeks help from an unlikely source. Ted gambles with his future.
Runtime: 43 minRita rebels against Cheryl's plan to go straight, Wolf struggles to leave his life of crime behind, and Ted faces a mountain of debt when his winning streak ends.
Runtime: 43 minPassion boils over as Ngaire and Lefty cross paths, Eric follows his heart to the Dire Straits concert, and Ted's bad attitude could spell the end for his marriage.
Runtime: 43 minRita finds comfort in the arms of someone else, Cheryl goes in search of her dream wedding dress, and Riana returns to stir up trouble for the Wests.
Runtime: 43 minThe boys compete for the job of Wolf's best man, Phineas fesses up to Carol, and Sparky plans to send the USS Texas up in flames in the name of love.
Runtime: 43 minA grisly murder pits the gang against each other, Cheryl and Wolf are at each other's throats over wedding venues, and Rita gives Ted an ultimatum
Runtime: 43 minNgaire encounters a familiar face at Cheryl's hen's party while Wolf is lead astray by an old flame at his stag do. Phineas and Bert fight for Carol.
Runtime: 43 minThe Wests come together for Cheryl and Wolf's wedding but the groom has cold feet, and the cops threaten to derail the nuptials.
Runtime: 43 minNo overview available.
10 episodes
While NZ is going crazy for the America's Cup, the Wests are busy stealing for a living and welcoming baby Pascalle.
Runtime: 43 minRita is dealing with trouble and strife both at home and abroad, as the repercussions from the two bungled robberies spead. Meanwhile, Ted isn’t safe in prison
Runtime: 43 minAs Ted lies in hospital, Rita calls the troops to see off those responsible – and many innocent letter-boxes may perish as a result.
Runtime: 43 minTed's gang head down country for their first job without their leader. Plus, Cheryl brings home a hippy, leading to a very uncomfortable visitation from the past for Rita.
Runtime: 43 minThe Wests celebrate Van and Jethro’s fourth birthday party. What could possibly to wrong? Apart from the appearance of a gang of angry clowns…
Runtime: 43 minTed wants payback for his suffering but doesn't believe in a truce or playing the long game. What plan will he come up with?
Runtime: 43 minA plague has descended upon the West house and Rita must sort the mess out – including making a deal with the devil.
Runtime: 43 minThe West’s past secrets risk being exposed. Rita and Wolf go head-to-head in a game of mutually assured destruction.
Runtime: 43 minThe war that has been simmering under the surface, between Rita and Wolf, bursts into fruition as Wolf takes matters into his own hands.
Runtime: 43 minOctober 1987. As the stock-market crashes around the West family and their associates an old dynasty crumbles and decays, while the next generation finds a home in which to forge the next one.
Runtime: 43 minNo overview available.
8 episodes
It’s 1990 and the Auckland Commonwealth Games are in full swing, with a surprise contestant in the road cycling; Wolf has a problem he cannot solve, but ‘help’ is the hardest word; meanwhile, for Rita and Ted, the return of an old friend spells bad news.
Runtime: 43 minCheryl deals with the devil while Wolf tries his hand at parenting; meanwhile Rita gives death the good old-fashioned West family middle-finger salute.
Runtime: 43 minCarol and Rita explore a range of alternative therapies; Ted and the lads go to a strip club and meet an old friend; meanwhile, for Wolf and the boys, things go from bad to a place beyond worse.
Runtime: 43 minAs Wolf deals with failure, Cheryl takes some time out in a place that is almost exactly like Fiji but not; meanwhile Falani finds an old friend living under a bridge, like a troll
Runtime: 43 minCarol and Ngaire go on a bar crawl for revenge while Wolf seeks out the traitor in their midst. Meanwhile, to help Ted, Rita enters into a pact with a most unlikely devil.
Runtime: 43 minSometimes, when a job goes very very wrong, it is the innocents who must pay the price or take the fall. Rita makes a list, of the bucket variety; which means that Ted, the old dog, masters a new trick.
Runtime: 43 minRita has one last item she needs to cross off her bucket list; unable to face the future, Carol goes back in time; meanwhile Wolf has to play catch-up.
Runtime: 43 minOne last job, a funeral and then a wake; the end is nigh.
Runtime: 43 minWestside Season 2 - Coming soon to TV3