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Here Come the Habibs

A Jungle production in association with Ronde and Screen NSW

Creators: Tahir Bilgic, Rob Shehadie, Matt Ryan-Garnsey, Phil Lloyd, Ben Davies
Executive Producers: Jason Burrows, Ben Davies, Phil Lloyd, Trent O'Donnell, Andy Ryan, Jo Rooney
Producer: Chloe Rickard
Writers: Phil Lloyd, Gary Eck, Sam Meikle, Trent Roberts, Steve Walsh
Director: Darren Ashton

Aired: 2016, 2017 (Nine)

It's a second migration for the Habib family, first it was Lebanon to Australia, now Lakemba to Vaucluse. But not everyone is happy to see them, and soon the Habibs find themselves in conflict with their new next door neighbours. The O'Neills are Vaucluse royalty — old money and proud of it. They're extremely uncomfortable with goats and chickens, shisha pipes and people of Mediterranean appearance, but the Habibs can't understand what all the fuss is about. One family want to stay, the other family want them gone. Here Come The Habibs brings a fresh comic perspective to multicultural Australia.