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New Zealand comedy-drama television series

For other uses, see West Side.

Westside is a New Zealand comedy drama^[1] television series created by Rachel Lang and James Griffin^[2] for South Pacific Pictures.

It is a prequel to Outrageous Fortune, and chronicles the lives of Ted and Rita West. The show aired from 31 May 2015 to 16 November 2020 on Three, formerly known as TV3.

Series 4 premiered on 9 July 2018.^[3] On 21 July 2018 NZ on Air announced funding for a fifth series which will consist of 10 episodes.^[4] On 19 July 2019, NZ on Air announced funding for a sixth and final series of Westside.^[5]

Plot

The first series is set in the 1970s, it features a Westie couple, and stars Antonia Prebble and David de Lautour as Rita and Ted West.

In the first episode, set in 1974, it features John Walker beating Rod Dixon in the 1500 metres at the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Each episode covers one year, from 1974 to 1979, with events like the Muldoon election, dawn raids on overstayers,