House Gang (TV series)
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House Gang is an Australian television comedy
that screened on the Special Broadcasting Service
. The first series of six episodes screened in 1996 and the second series of six episodes screened in 1998.
of Mike Wilson and his contentious 15-year-old daughter Chloe. Mike is a builder who has gone bankrupt and his daughter Chloe decide to move in with their tenants, a trio of handicapped young adults named Belinda (Ruth Cromer), Trevor (Saxon Graham), and Robert (Chris Greenwood), and their special-ed teacher Jack (Jeanette Cronin). At first, appalled by their new roommates, the Wilsons soon discovered that they had a lot to learn from the industrious housemates.
Television comedy
Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. Among the earliest BBC television programmes in the 1930s was Starlight, which offered a series of guests from the music hall era — singers and comedians amongst them...
that screened on the Special Broadcasting Service
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
. The first series of six episodes screened in 1996 and the second series of six episodes screened in 1998.
Synopsis
The series features the formerly wealthy, habitually dysfunctional familyDysfunctional family
A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often abuse on the part of individual members occur continually and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions. Children sometimes grow up in such families with the understanding that such an arrangement is...
of Mike Wilson and his contentious 15-year-old daughter Chloe. Mike is a builder who has gone bankrupt and his daughter Chloe decide to move in with their tenants, a trio of handicapped young adults named Belinda (Ruth Cromer), Trevor (Saxon Graham), and Robert (Chris Greenwood), and their special-ed teacher Jack (Jeanette Cronin). At first, appalled by their new roommates, the Wilsons soon discovered that they had a lot to learn from the industrious housemates.
Cast
- Chris HaywoodChris HaywoodChris Haywood is an English-born, Australian-based film and television actor/producer.-Early life:Haywood was born in Billericay, Essex, England. He spent his early childhood in Chelmsford before moving to High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire where he attended High Wycombe Royal Grammar School from...
as Mike - Ruth Cromer as Belinda
- Saxon Graham as Trev
- Chris Greenwood as Robert
- Jocelyn Rosen as Chloe
- Jeanette Cronin as Jack
- Lynda Gibson as Julie
- Tracie Sammut as Donna