Housos
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The cast of Housos
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Paul Fenech |
| Written by | Paul Fenech |
| Directed by | Paul Fenech |
| Starring | Paul Fenech Tahir Bilgic Rob Shehadie Jason "Jabba" Davis Amanda Keller Ian Turpie Angry Anderson Melissa Tkautz Elle Dawe Kevin Taumata Kiri-Leigh Schmitt Ashur Simon Maret Archer Twinstar Stunts Andy McPhee Anthony Salame Vanessa Davis |
| Narrated by | Ian Turpie (Season 1) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 25 minutes |
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| Original network | SBS One |
| Picture format |
576i (PAL) 720p (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | 24 October 2011 – 16 September 2013 |
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| Related shows | Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Housos is an Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech for SBS, that screened on SBS One. The series is a satirical parody of low income Australian residents of fictional suburb Sunnyvale, who are living in Housing Commission public housing. On 1 November 2012, a film based on the series was released in Australian cinemas, titled Housos vs. Authority. On 9 September 2012 it was announced that Housos would return for a second series, which premiered 22 July 2013. On 27 November 2014 another film based on and continuing the storyline of the series entitled Fat Pizza vs. Housos was released.
The majority of the cast of Housos are from Fenech's two previous series, Pizza and Swift and Shift Couriers. Some of the cast went on to star in the successful series Bogan Hunters on 7mate.
Housos came under fire from a number of western Sydney residents, who had called on SBS not to put the series on air. A petition which was initiated by residents on a housing commission property received thousands of signatures, and the efforts gained support from local politicians. Mount Druitt MP Richard Amery presented the petition in Parliament in late April 2011. Housos was also at the centre of a controversy in February 2011 thanks to an erroneous attack by the Nine Network's A Current Affair, which initially claimed that the series was "reality TV". Nine Network later said that the mistake originated from an 18-year-old woman working at ninemsn. SBS was also forced to defend the show by stating that the series was not receiving funding from the government, and it was instead being funded by the network's own revenue raising activities.
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