800 Words
Created by Maxine Fleming, James Griffin
A warm, character-driven comedy-drama about grief and reinvention set in a picturesque New Zealand coastal town, where a widowed father and his teenage children navigate loss through the interference and kindness of eccentric locals.
A recently widowed father, quits his job as a popular 800 word columnist for a top selling Sydney newspaper. Over the internet he buys a house on an impulse in a remote New Zealand seaside town. He then has to break the news to his two teenage kids who just lost their mum, and now face an even more uncertain future. But the colourful and inquisitive locals ensure his dream of a fresh start does not go to plan.
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