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House Husbands

2012–2017 · 5 seasons

A gentle, chatty domestic drama that ambles through school runs and kitchen-table worries, easy to dip into and warm to its flawed dads.

Created by
Drew Proffitt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gary Sweet, Rhys Muldoon, Natalie Saleeba
Overview
House Husbands centres around four families with one thing in common, the husbands stay home to raise the children. Firass Dirani plays a fallen AFL hero, struggling with the burden of family life. In the midst of losing the ability to see his two twin boys (primary school age) and his eight month daughter, he is offered a contract to play football again in Perth. He rejects the offer made by his former manager (who is in a relationship with his ex wife)

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Drew Proffitt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gary Sweet, Rhys Muldoon, Natalie Saleeba
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • friendship
  • identity
  • work
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
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Created by
Drew Proffitt
Written by
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Starring
Gary Sweet, Rhys Muldoon, Natalie Saleeba, Firass Dirani, Julia Morris, Gyton Grantley, Edwina Royce, Rick Donald
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5 seasons, 58 episodes, 60 min each
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Country
Australia
Languages
English

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