''House Rules'' is an Australian television series that aired on ABC in 1988. It was scheduled for twenty four 50 minute episodes.
Synopsis
A house wife accidentally becomes a member of parliament after the sitting member fails to register for the election. The shows follows a blended Buckley family, Julie, housewive come parlimentarian, Max, a builder, and three children, Sophie, Chris and Jack.
Cast
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Jacki Weaver
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film and television actress. Weaver emerged in the 1970s as a symbol of the Australian New Wave through her work in Ozploitation films such as '' Stork'' (1971), ''Alvin Purp ...
as Julie Buckley
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Gil Tucker as Max Buckley
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Matt Day
Matthew Day (born 28 September 1971) is an Australian actor and filmmaker.
Early life
Day was born in Melbourne, Victoria. When he was 11 years old, he went to live in the United States with his father, a newspaper correspondent, where he b ...
as Chris
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Nadine Garner as Sophie
*Jacob Kino as Jack
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Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Charles William Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 – 15 May 2009), known professionally as Bud Tingwell or Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor. One of the veterans of Australian film, he acted in his ...
as Clarrie O'Donnell
Production
The series was filmed in Melbourne with around two episode shot every week.
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References
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1988 Australian television series debuts
Australian English-language television shows