Housos
Housos (titled Housos of the Housing Commission from seasons 1 to 2, Housos vs Virus: The Lockdown from season 3, and Housos: The Thong Warrior from season 4) 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, New South Wales, who are living in Housing Commission public housing. In 2014, the series won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program.
| Also known as | Housos vs Virus: The Lockdown
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| Country of origin | Australia
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 3
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| No. of episodes | 23 (list of episodes)
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| Production location | Mount Druitt, NSW
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| Running time | 25 minutes
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| Audio format | Stereo
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CHRONOLOGY
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- Season two saw a couple of key cast members go but other cast members, like Stuart Rawe as "Reg" for example, were put in more attention grabbing situations. "Reg" was put in jail in the episode: "Jailbreak".
- In season two, Richard Carter was now the new narrator of the series.
- In season two, each episode now began with a view of the earth from space, the camera then zooms in on Australia, then the town the series is set in.
- In Australia, "Housos" season two had a better timeslot than season one (9:30pm instead of 10:00pm). The series was getting more popular all the time and in 2012 a hit movie - Housos Vs Authority - also appeared.
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