Here Come the Habibs

Here Come the Habibs is an Australian television comedy series produced by Jungle Entertainment. A sitcom featuring a Lebanese Australian family who win the lottery and move to the posh eastern suburbs of Sydney,[1] the show premiered on the Nine Network in Australia on 9 February 2016.[2] Despite arousing some controversy as to whether it portrayed racist or stereotyped characters, it was successful, and the series was renewed for a second season, airing from 5 June 2017.[3]

Here Come the Habibs
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Tahir Bilgic Rob Shehadie Matt Ryan-Garnsey Phil Lloyd Ben Davies
Written by	Phil Lloyd
Directed by	Darren Ashton
Starring	Helen Dallimore Darren Gilshenan Georgia Flood Michael Denkha Camilla Ah Kin Sam Alhaje Tyler De Nawi Kat Hoyos
Composer(s)	Kyls Burtland
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	14 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jason Burrows Ben Davies Phil Lloyd Trent O'Donnell Andy Ryan Jo Rooney
Producer(s)	Chloe Rickard
Cinematography	Dan Maxwell
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	Ronde Jungle Entertainment
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Picture format	PAL (576i) HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Stereophonic
Original release	9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) – 24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)
External links
Official website

Nine program director Hamish Turner confirmed early in 2018 that the show would not be returning for a third season.[4]

Production

The six-part series was created by Rob Shehadie, Tahir Bilgic, Matt Ryan-Garnsey,[5] Phil Lloyd and Ben Davies. It was written by Phil Lloyd, Gary Eck, Sam Meikle, Trent Roberts, Steve Walsh. It is directed by Darren Ashton and produced by Chloe Rickard.[5]

The score and theme were written by composer Kyls Burtland. The theme features Matuse, an Australian Muslim rapper, and was nominated for Best Television Theme at the 2016 APRA Screen Music Awards.[6]

Cast

Main

• Helen Dallimore as Olivia O'Neill
• Darren Gilshenan as Jack O'Neill
• Georgia Flood as Madison O'Neill
• Michael Denkha as Fou Fou Habib
• Camilla Ah Kin as Mariam Habib
• Sam Alhaje as Toufic Habib
• Tyler De Nawi as Elias Habib
• Kat Hoyos as Layla Habib

Recurring

• Rob Shehadie as Jahesh
• Tahir Bilgiç as Mustafa
• Pippa Grandison as Anthea

Guest

• Felix Williamson as Lawrence
• Phil Lloyd as Commodore
• Dave Eastgate as Officer Kemp
• Sandy Gore as Tetta
• Tony Nikolakopoulos as Jiddo
• Wendy Strehlow as Border Security
• Nicola Parry as ASIO Officer Karen
• Brandon McClelland as Blair
• Nathan Lovejoy as Bobby Peeker
• Tim Gilbert as himself
• Roy Billing as Alan
• Lucy Durack as Judy
• Anna Bamford as Samantha
• Tasneem Roc as UN Woman
• Taya Calder-Mason as Phoebe Priggs

Series overview

Series		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	6		9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)	15 March 2016 (2016-03-15)
	2	8		5 June 2017 (2017-06-05)	24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Here Come The Habibs!"	Darren Ashton	Phil Lloyd	9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)	1.25[7]
2	2	"Members Only"	Darren Ashton	Phil Lloyd	16 February 2016 (2016-02-16)	0.94[8]
3	3	"Civil War"	Darren Ashton	Gary Eck	23 February 2016 (2016-02-23)	0.90[9]
4	4	"The Anzaclava"	Darren Ashton	Phil Lloyd	1 March 2016 (2016-03-01)	0.80[10]
5	5	"Party Habibs Style"	Darren Ashton	Sam Meikle	8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)	0.66[11]
6	6	"The Brangelina of Bayview Road"	Darren Ashton	Trent Roberts	15 March 2016 (2016-03-15)	0.68[12]

Season 2 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Aus. viewers (millions)
7	1	"Lockdown"	Darren Ashton	Charlie Garber	5 June 2017 (2017-06-05)	0.83[13]
8	2	"Go Back to Where You Came From"	Darren Ashton	Phil Lloyd	12 June 2017 (2017-06-12)	0.66[14]
9	3	"The Fundertakers"	Darren Ashton	Gary Eck	19 June 2017 (2017-06-19)	0.64[15]
10	4	"Middle East Side Story"	Darren Ashton	Phil Lloyd	26 June 2017 (2017-06-26)	0.61[16]
11	5	"The Kidney"	Peter Templeman	Sam Meikle	3 July 2017 (2017-07-03)	0.64[17]
12	6	"The Beach"	Darren Ashton	Steve Walsh	10 July 2017 (2017-07-10)	0.75[18]
13	7	"The Girl from Lebanon"	Peter Templeman	Romina Accurso	17 July 2017 (2017-07-17)	0.72[19]
14	8	"Leb Wedding"	Darren Ashton & Fadia Abboud	David Witt	24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)	0.68[20]

Release

Broadcast

The series premiered in Australia on 9 February 2016 on the Nine Network.[2]

Home media

Season one[21] is available on iTunes in Australia. Series one and two were previously available on the 9now streaming platform by Channel Nine.

Title	Set details	DVD release dates	Features
		Region 4[22]
Here Come the Habibs	Discs: 2 Episodes: 6	6 April 2016 (2016-04-06)	Toufic's Pick-up Lines Layla's Guide to Doing a Selfie Secrets to the Best Kabab Mustafa on Why West Is Best

Ratings

Season 1

No.	Title	Air date	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
			Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank
1	Episode 1	9 February 2016	1,258,000	2	223,000	2	1,481,000	[23]
2	Episode 2	16 February 2016	944,000	8	178,000	3	1,122,000	[24]
3	Episode 3	23 February 2016	893,000	8	165,000	5	1,058,000	[25]
4	Episode 4	1 March 2016	796,000	10	137,000	7	934,000	[26]
5	Episode 5	8 March 2016	669,000	16	163,000	11	833,000	[27]
6	Episode 6	15 March 2016	692,000	12	147,000	10	840,000	[28]

Season 2

No.	Title	Air date	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
			Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank
1	"Lockdown"	5 June 2017	826,000	10	86,000	8	912,000	[13][29]
2	"Go Back to Where You Came From"	12 June 2017	655,000	15	81,000	15	748,000	[14][30]
3	"The Fundertakers"	19 June 2017	638,000	15	30,000	15	668,000	[15][31]
4	"Middle East Side Story"	26 June 2017	609,000	19	49,000	19	658,000	[16][32]
5	"The Kidney"	3 July 2017	640,000	13	37,000	14	677,000	[17][33]
6	"The Beach"	10 July 2017	749,000	9	40,000	9	789,000	[18][34]
7	"The Girl from Lebanon"	17 July 2017	719,000	11	11,000	11	730,000	[19][35]
8	"Leb Wedding"	24 July 2017	682,000	11	19,000	12	701,000	[20][36]

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External links

• Official website
• Here Come the Habib! on IMDb