800 WORDS --TV Series about just Widowed Aussie Columnist's Abencha...

Desi caught just past one hour Msian time 12.22-1.22AM MONDAY 28 March 2016 an episode of "800 Words", MY SECOND WATCHING. I can't recall thelast one 'cos my mind wandereth too much in recent times.

So before I forget again, I googled "seven productions aussie columnist" and this cometh up, so I'm just CUT&Pastrying FOR RHE RECORD. Toonight's (or this morning's as it's past midnight OK!) epiesode is about SECRET versus Mystery:~~~

Channel Seven wants Erik Thomson’s drama 800 Words to be the next Packed to the Rafters

March 1, 20154:27pm

Packed to the Rafters final episode, Rebecca Gibney, Hugh Sheridan, Erik Thomson, Angus McLaren, Michael Caton, 2013 Picture: Supplied

By Colin VickeryNews Corp Australia

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THE cast of the new Erik Thomson series 800 Words has been announced and it includes former McLeod’s Daughters star Bridie Carter.

Channel 7 has described the family drama as very much like Packed to the Rafters in tone, but it’s not following that Aussie classic in being shot here.
Thomson plays recently widowed dad George Turner in the Aussie-New Zealand co-production.
Turner quits his job as a popular 800 word columnist for a Sydney newspaper who moves to the fictional New Zealand seaside town of Weld.

Actors Erik Thomson and Rebecca Gibney starred in 'Packed To The Rafters'.Source:News Limited

Thomson starred opposite Rebecca Gibney as dad Dave Rafter in Packed to the Rafters. The hit show ended in 2013 when Thomson and Gibney decided to pursue other projects. Gibney is currently starring in Seven crime drama Winter. 800 Words is Thomson’s first major show since Rafters. Melina Vidler (Mako: Island of Secrets) and Bensen Anthony Jack (Underbelly: Razor) will play Turner’s teenage children, Shay and Arlo.

Actor Simmone Jade Mackinnon and Bridie Carter on horseback from TV program "McLeod's Daughters".Source:News Limited

Carter is set to play Jan, the editor of the newspaper Turner writes for. She has done little television since she quit McLeod’s Daughters in 2006.
In 2007, Carter won season seven of Dancing with the Stars and in2011, Carter had guest roles in Rescue: Special Ops and Wild Boys.

Actors Bridie Carter and Michael Dorman in Seven series Wild Boys. Supplied by channel 7.Source:Supplied

Other cast include Rick Donald (The Doctor Blake Mysteries) as Turner’s soon-to-be best mate Woody, and Emma Leonard (Home and Away) as local teacher, Tracey.
Seven program chief Angus Ross has described 800 Words as similar in tone to Packed to the Rafters.
“If you think this show has a bit of the same feel and vibe as Packed to the Rafters, you’re dead right — and we make no apologies for that,” Ross said late last year.

DESIDERATA: Can I wit' or wit'out thy permit, adjourn to my haystack 'Cos I have to give a friend a "lift" the the Terminal 1 bus hub, and I take my appointments with myfRiends SERIOUSLY:) OR :(

(To be continued....)