''Legally Brown'' was an Australian comedy

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screened on SBS from 2013 to 2014. It presented a take on being

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in Australia. The ten-part series was hosted and co-written by

Nazeem Hussain Nazeem Hussain (born 21 April 1985) is an Australian comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. He is best known as creator and star of two television comedy shows, ''Legally Brown'' (2013-14) and ''Orange Is the New Brown'' (2018). His ...

and produced by Johnny Lowry. It featured stand-up in front of a live studio audience, with pre-recorded scripted sketches and character and hidden camera stunts.

Cast

as himself, Imran Farook and other roles * Mohammed El-Leissy as Mohamed *

Alice Ansara Alice Ansara is an Australian actress and dramaturg who works in film, television and theatre. Background Ansara is the daughter of documentary filmmaker, Martha Ansara and Master Builder Bill Ethell. Ansara began working as an actor as a chi ...

as Lamees and other roles *

Luke McGregor Luke William McGregor is an Australian comedian, writer and actor, who has performed at various national and international comedy festivals, as himself in many TV shows, and is known for his roles in the ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC TV seri ...

Matt Okine Matthew Okine (born 12 April 1985) is a stand-up comedian, author and radio presenter from Brisbane, Australia. Okine is of Ghanaian and European descent, born to his father, Mack Okine, and his mother Roslyn, who died of breast cancer when he w ...

* Laura Hughes as Maymoona and other roles *

Ronny Chieng Ronny Xin Yi Chieng (; born 21 November 1985) is a Malaysian comedian and actor. He is currently a senior correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show'' and the creator and star of the ABC Australia sitcom '' Ronny Chieng: International St ...

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* 2013 Australian television series debuts 2014 Australian television series endings Australian television sketch shows Special Broadcasting Service original programming {{Australia-tv-prog-stub