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800 Words - Season Premiere - New Job, New Love

8pm - 800 WORDS - Comedy/Drama - Recently widowed Sydney newspaper columnist George Turner  sets out to make a fresh start with his teenage children by moving to the tiny New Zealand town of Weld. 

Season 1 saw the Turners struggling to fit in. Though they’ve become more accepted by the locals, in Season 2 there are still plenty of problems for George to face, including finding a real job and, potentially, new love. George and Arlo implement a cunning plan to bring Shay back from Sydney. George and Jan's new relationship lurches towards the rocks, and the Weld locals brace themselves for the carnage of Guy Fawkes Night. 

https://youtu.be/tvmLAv8_QYQ

800 Words starring Erik Thomson as widower George Turner
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800 Words starring Erik Thomson as widower George Turner
800 Words starring Melina Vidler as Shay Turner
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800 Words starring Melina Vidler as Shay Turner
800 Words starring Benson Jack Anthony as Arlo Turner
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800 Words starring Benson Jack Anthony as Arlo Turner
800 Words cast also starring Rick Donald (L) as Woody
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800 Words cast also starring Rick Donald (L) as Woody

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Mia Laurenzo is a 30-year veteran of public television in Miami. She began her career learning every aspect of video production. Currently she is a writer, producer, on-air host and promotions coordinator for TV, radio and the web. Her experiences include producing for a series, special events and historical documentaries. As a native Floridian, she is a perfect fit for South Florida's Storyteller Station, WLRN. She has produced award winning, nationally distributed documentaries like Journey to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade where one year she followed a high school band and a clown as they prepared for the big day and the next year, she had the privilege of being a clown herself. Previously, she produced Weird Florida: On the Road Again, a sequel to the highly successful show Weird Florida: Roads Less Traveled, where the cast and crew travel over 1,500 miles searching the Sunshine State’s weirdest and wackiest places. On a more serious note and what she considers to be her most important work, she produced Out of Darkness, Into Light, a documentary on child sexual abuse,which delved into the lives of three adult survivors, a show in which she was awarded her first of two Emmys.