Welcome To Paradise

01/01/2007

About

Welcome to Paradise is a sitcom featuring six 20-somethings who work at the Paradise Backpackers’ Hostel, catering to the low, low budget end of the tourist trade. From hobbit hole tours to bungy jumps, sheep shearing ‘encounters’ to mud pool hopping, no Kiwi tourism icon is left untouched in Welcome to Paradise.

Welcome to Paradise centres around Paradise’s charming receptionist Zac and his most recent romantic conquest, Irish tourist Lucy.

She’s the latest pin on Zac’s world map, which means he can tick off “Republic of Ireland” from his list of women of the world. But to Zac’s horror, Lucy gets a job at the hostel’s bar.

What do you do when a one-night stand becomes a workmate?

Watching this romantic train-wreck are their workmates: John the moody night shift guy, Sasha the extreme activities expert, Alex the boss who can’t make a decision and Barry the Ashburton farm boy working in his first city job. They’re a motley crew with little in common who become team-mates, friends, family.

Alongside the “will they get together?” storyline of Zac and Lucy, the workmates have to deal with each other, the decrepit, idiosyncratic building they work in, and a bizarre array of international guests within the global village that is Paradise Backpackers.

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