''Legally Brown'' was an Australian comedy

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

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

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

Nazeem Hussain Nazeem Hussain is an Australian comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. He is best known as the creator and star of two television comedy shows, '' Legally Brown'' and '' Orange Is the New Brown''. He has also has multiple comedy sp ...

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 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 TV series ''Utopia'' and '' Rosehav ...

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 ...

* Laura Hughes as Maymoona and other roles *

Ronny Chieng Ronny Xin Yi Chieng ( zh, s=钱信伊, p=Qián Xìnyī) is a Malaysian-born American comedian and actor. He is a senior correspondent on Comedy Central's '' The Daily Show'', and he created and starred in the sitcom '' Ronny Chieng: Internatio ...

Anthony Salame Anthony Salame is an Australian comedian and former radio host, who has also had appearances in multiple Australian television series. Early life Anthony is the son of Lebanese people, Lebanese migrants. He grew up in Sydney, Australia. Career ...

as Aziz

References

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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