At Home With Julia
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At Home With Julia is a four-part Australian sitcom television series which debuted on 7 September 2011. It depicts a fictional representation of the relationship between the current Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard
(Amanda Bishop
) and her partner, Tim Mathieson
(Phil Lloyd
) in The Lodge.
The series is a 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA Awards) nominee for Best Television Comedy Series. Criticised by several social commentators as inappropriate, the show proved very popular both with television audiences - becoming the most watched Australian scripted comedy series of 2011 - and with television critics.
Julia Gillard
Julia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved...
(Amanda Bishop
Amanda Bishop
Amanda Diana Bishop is an Australian actress, singer and comedian, known for her role as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard in the television comedies At Home with Julia and Double Take....
) and her partner, Tim Mathieson
Tim Mathieson
Timothy Raymond Mathieson is an Australian real estate agent and partner of Prime Minister Julia Gillard. He entered the public spotlight in 2006 when they became partners. Gillard was Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party at the time....
(Phil Lloyd
Phil Lloyd
Phil Lloyd is an Australian actor and scriptwriter. He is best known for his acting role as Myles Barlow in the Australian TV series, Review with Myles Barlow and the comedy series At Home with Julia, where he played Tim Mathieson, the partner of prime minister Julia Gillard.Phil has been a...
) in The Lodge.
The series is a 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA Awards) nominee for Best Television Comedy Series. Criticised by several social commentators as inappropriate, the show proved very popular both with television audiences - becoming the most watched Australian scripted comedy series of 2011 - and with television critics.
Cast
- Amanda BishopAmanda BishopAmanda Diana Bishop is an Australian actress, singer and comedian, known for her role as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard in the television comedies At Home with Julia and Double Take....
as Julia GillardJulia GillardJulia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved... - Phil LloydPhil LloydPhil Lloyd is an Australian actor and scriptwriter. He is best known for his acting role as Myles Barlow in the Australian TV series, Review with Myles Barlow and the comedy series At Home with Julia, where he played Tim Mathieson, the partner of prime minister Julia Gillard.Phil has been a...
as Tim MathiesonTim MathiesonTimothy Raymond Mathieson is an Australian real estate agent and partner of Prime Minister Julia Gillard. He entered the public spotlight in 2006 when they became partners. Gillard was Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party at the time.... - Georgina Naidu as Georgina
- Michael Denkha as Jesus the Cleaner
- Craig McLachlanCraig McLachlanCraig McLachlan is an Australian actor and singer. He appeared in shows such as Sons and Daughters, Neighbours, Bugs and Home and Away.-Biography:...
as Steve the Gardener - Martin Thomas as Agent Thompson
- David Callan as Agent Smith
- Joel Barker as Naughty Kid 1
- Jack Dawes as Naughty Kid 2
- Jack Versace as Naughty Kid 3
- Wildenfox Pavarotti as "Bill Shorten", the dog
Guests
- Paul McCarthyPaul McCarthy (Australian actor)Paul McCarthy is an Australian comedy actor. He is best known for sketch comedy television series Comedy Inc.-Career:...
as Kevin RuddKevin RuddKevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010... - Alan Dukes as Wayne SwanWayne SwanWayne Maxwell Swan is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996, and then re elected in 1998 till today , representing the Division of Lilley, QLD...
- Jonathan BigginsJonathan BigginsJonathan Biggins , is an Australian actor, singer, writer and comedian. He has appeared on film, stage and television, as well as in satirical sketch comedy television programs...
as Paul KeatingPaul KeatingPaul John Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1991 to 1996. Keating was elected as the federal Labor member for Blaxland in 1969 and came to prominence as the reformist treasurer of the Hawke Labor government, which came to power at the 1983 election... - Drew ForsytheDrew ForsytheDrew Forsythe is an Australian actor, singer, writer, and comedian.He attended Atherton Primary School, far north Queensland....
as Bob KatterBob KatterRobert Carl "Bob" Katter is an Australian federal politician, a member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993 for the Division of Kennedy, and the leader of Katter's Australian Party... - Jim Russell as Rob OakeshottRob OakeshottRobert James Murray "Rob" Oakeshott is an Australian politician. He is the independent Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Lyne in New South Wales, which he won in the 2008 by-election following the resignation of former Nationals leader and Howard minister Mark Vaile...
- Nicholas Cassim as Tony AbbottTony AbbottAnthony John "Tony" Abbott is the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives and federal leader of the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott has represented the seat of Warringah since the 1994 by-election...
- Geoff Moxham as Alan JonesAlan Jones (radio broadcaster)Alan Belford Jones AO is an Australian radio broadcaster, former rugby union and rugby league coach and administrator.Jones hosts Sydney's most popular breakfast radio program, on radio station 2GB...
- Jonathan Biggins as Tony JonesTony Jones (news journalist)Anthony William Jones, known as Tony Jones, is a Walkley Award-winning Australian television journalist.-Early life:Jones attended Newington College and the University of Sydney as a resident of St Paul's College.-Career:...
- Amanda BishopAmanda BishopAmanda Diana Bishop is an Australian actress, singer and comedian, known for her role as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard in the television comedies At Home with Julia and Double Take....
as Julie BishopJulie BishopJulie Isabel Bishop is an Australian politician and the current Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia. She holds this title as the deputy leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. She is the party's first female Deputy Leader and the third woman in Australian history to...
Episodes and ratings
| # | Title | Airdate | Timeslot | Timeslot Ranking | RatingsOverall consolidated national viewers, numbers in brackets indicate nightly ratings position. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 (2011) | |||||
| 1 | "Date Night" | 7 September 2011 | Wednesday 9:30pm – 10:00pm |
1st | 1,179,687 (6th) |
| 2 | "Code Ranga" | 14 September 2011 | 1st | 1,044,108 (11th) | |
| 3 | "The Leaker" | 21 September 2011 | 1st | 903,731 (11th) | |
| 4 | "Citizens' Assembly" | 28 September 2011 | 1st | 751,000 (18th) | |
| Average series ratings | 969,631 | ||||