Westside is a New Zealand comedy drama television series created by Rachel Lang and James Griffin 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. Series 4 premiered on 9 July 2018. On 21 July 2018 NZ on Air announced funding for a fifth series which will consist of 10 episodes. On 19 July 2019, NZ on Air announced funding for a sixth and final series of Westside. 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, carless days, and the birth of the punk rock scene in Auckland. The second series is set in 1981, and follows the Springbok Tour. The series starts with Rita returning home from prison to find the West household in disrepair. Throughout the course of the series Ted's gang plots to steal from the South Africans visiting New Zealand, preventing them from buying land, while Rita plans a job against developer Evan Lace. The third series is set in 1982 and deals with the fallout from the Evan Lace job and Wolf's first meeting with his future wife, Cheryl. Cast and characters This table shows the show's characters and the cast members who have portrayed them. Note: Only those appearing in more than one episode appear in this list, and only when the actor contributes new material to an episode. Color key: Main cast Antonia Prebble as Rita West, wife of Ted and mother to Wolf. Prebble had previously starred as Rita's granddaughter Loretta West in Outrageous Fortune David de Lautour as Theodore "Ted" West, husband of Rita and father to Wolf Dan Musgrove as Russell "Lefty" Munroe, husband of Ngaire and father to Desiree, Chelsea and Lisa Esther Stephens as Ngaire Munroe, wife of Lefty and mother to Desiree, Chelsea and Lisa Todd Emerson as Bjelke "Bilkey" van Heeder Pana Hema-Taylor as Bert Thompson Xavier Horan as Phineas O'Driscoll, husband of Carol Sophie Hambleton as Carol O'Driscoll, wife of