House of Anubis

House of Anubis
Genre	Teen drama Mystery
Created by	Hans Bourlon & Gert Verhulst
Written by	Diane Whitley Hans H.Grande
Directed by	Angelo Abela Tim Hopewell Tom Poole
Starring	Nathalia Ramos Brad Kavanagh Jade Ramsey Ana Mulvoy Ten Bobby Lockwood Tasie Dhanraj Eugene Simon Alex Sawyer Klariza Clayton Burkely Duffield (Season 2-present)
Theme music composer	Rob Cairnes Tomy Morales
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	72 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Anja Van Mensel Tony Wood
Producer	Susie Liggat
Production location	Liverpool
Camera setup	Videotape; Single-camera
Running time	23 minutes (consisting of two 11-minute segments)
Production companies	Studio 100 Lime Pictures Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon (2011-present) TeenNick (2011)
Release	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) – Present
Related
Het Huis Anubis Het Huis Anubis en de Vijf van het Magische Zwaard Das Haus Anubis

House of Anubis is a [Lime Pictures|British]] / Belgian produced teen drama mystery television series based on the Belgian/Dutch television series Het Huis Anubis. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on New Year's Day 2011 in the United States and on 25 February 2011 in the United Kingdom. The series is the first Nickelodeon series to be filmed overseas, the first soap opera created by Nickelodeon and the channel's first soap opera aimed at children and teenagers (sixth in Latin America).

The series follows a group of nine teenagers who live together in Anubis House (named after the Egyptian god Anubis), an early 20th century-era building that serves as a boarding house for an elite boarding school in the United Kingdom. Nina Martin (Nathalia Ramos), an American girl who had been living with her grandmother since the death of her parents, leaves the States to attend and move into the school; at the same time, another resident, popular student Joy Mercer (Klariza Clayton), suddenly disappears without warning and the school's strict caretaker, Victor Rodenmaar (Francis Magee), attempts to eliminate Joy's existence from the school.

Plot

Patricia Williamson (Jade Ramsey), Joy's (Klariza Clayton) best friend, is dismayed to discover Joy has left without a trace and accuses Nina Martin (Nathalia Ramos) of being involved with Joy's disappearance. Nina, Patricia's new roommate, takes Joy's place in the same dorm room that Joy stayed in with Patricia. Nina later meets a senior citizen named Sarah Frobisher-Smythe (Rita Davies), who had lived in the house several years earlier. Sarah's parents were archaeologists in Egypt who mysteriously died. Out of frustration and spite for Nina, Patricia forces Nina to retrieve an item from the attic of the house as a sort of initiation. She is scared at first, but realizes that she somehow has a connection to the house. A necklace, shaped as the Eye of Horus, was given to Nina by Sarah. The locket seems to have a connection to the house as well and it opens secret doors and such as if by magic. Coupled with this and her new-found sense of intuition, Nina makes numerous more trips to the attic.

Nina later discovers wax cylinders hidden in the attic revealing that the house has a secret history and holds a mystery that is unknown to anyone. She decides to investigate it, alongside her new friend Fabian Rutter (Brad Kavanagh) and new roommate Amber Millington (Ana Mulvoy Ten). They form a secret group called "Sibuna", or Anubis backwards. The group eventually expands to include Patricia Williamson (Jade Ramsey), who makes peace with Nina once they find out that the mystery of Joy's disappearance and the mystery of the house are somehow connected, and Alfie Lewis (Alex Sawyer), a prankster in the beginning of the series. The five teens team together to search for the treasure that is hidden within Anubis House and uncover the mystery behind the school as well as the disappearance of Joy. Soon, out of spite for and frustration from numerous sources, Jerome (Eugene Simon), Alfie's close friend and fellow prankster, falls out with Sibuna and joins the enemy, Rufus Zeno, who wants to use the house's treasure for evil purposes. Jerome eventually joins Sibuna after double-crossing Rufus, and he helps lure Rufus into a trap. Mara Jaffray (Tasie Dhanraj) and Mick Campbell (Bobby Lockwood), who have begun a relationship, deal with the everyday lives of a teenager while they have no knowledge of the mystery or Sibuna all throughout the first season.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of characters in House of Anubis

Main cast

• Nathalia Ramos as Nina Martin
• Brad Kavanagh as Fabian Rutter
• Jade Ramsey as Patricia Williamson
• Ana Mulvoy Ten as Amber Millington
• Eugene Simon as Jerome Clarke
• Alex Sawyer as Alfred "Alfie" Lewis
• Tasie Dhanraj as Mara Jaffray
• Bobby Lockwood as Mick Campbell(Season 1)
• Klariza Clayton as Joy Mercer
• Burkely Duffield as Eddie (Season 2)

Episodes

Main article: List of House of Anubis episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired	Network
1	60		January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)	February 19, 2011 (2011-02-19)	Nickelodeon
2	90		January 9, 2012 (2012-01-09)	March 9, 2012 (2012-03-09)
3	40	12	January 3, 2013 (2013-01-03)	February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07)
		28	February 25, 2013 (2013-02-25)	April 11, 2013 (2013-04-11)	TeenNick
Special			June 14, 2013 (2013-06-14)

Production and development

Production began in August 2009, but in March 2010 Studio 100 announced that the series was sold to Nickelodeon in the United States. The series was filmed in the summer of 2010 in Liverpool and was first broadcast in the United States on 1 January 2011.

The series is the first original series produced for the flagship U.S. Nickelodeon channel to be produced outside of North America, and is Nickelodeon's first original drama series since the 2000-2002 series Caitlin's Way. The series is structured in a different manner from other live-action television series in that each episode consists of two eleven-minute segments, a format commonly used in half-hour animated series (although the events of each subsequent segment pick up from the events of the previous segment); and the series' episodes are formatted to be broadcast in the five-day-a-week format that is typically common with soap operas.

On 10 March 2011, Nickelodeon confirmed that they will make a new season of House of Anubis at its annual Upfront presentation to advertisers and media. On 29 June, Entertainment Weekly reported that Nickelodeon had confirmed a second season of House of Anubis and that production would begin on 21 July 2011. A total of 45 half-hour episodes (90, 15-minute episodes) were to be made to air in 2012. All cast members were confirmed to be returning via their respective twitters.

Reception

Critical Reception

The series received mainly mixed reviews with Youth Television News review commended Nickeldoeon's attempt at a drama series, saying "a good story always outdoes a repetitive sitcom."

Audience Reception

The hour-long series premiere on 1 January 2011 was watched by an average of 2.9 million viewers for the first two episodes. The series scored a 4.0 share (846,000 viewers) among teens 11-17, a 4.4 share (952,000 viewers) among kids 11-15 and a 3.5 share (1.2 million) among kids 11-18, ranking #1 amongst all broadcast and basic cable programs in its timeslot in all pre-teen and teen demographics.

International distribution

The series is the international version of the Dutch series Het Huis Anubis, made by Studio 100 and thus will be broadcast on the international channels of Nickelodeon around the world.

The show has premiered in the following nations/regions:

Country / Region	Channel	Season 1 Premiere	Season 2 Premiere
United States	Nickelodeon	1 January 2011	9 January 2012
Australia	Nickelodeon	7 February 2011	February 2012
New Zealand	Nickelodeon	7 February 2011	February 2012
United Kingdom	Nickelodeon	25 February 2011	March 2012
Ireland	Nickelodeon	25 February 2011	March 2012
	RTE Two	9 January 2012	2013
Philippines	Nickelodeon Philippines (April 2011-present)	1 April 2011
Brunei	Nickelodeon (South East Asia)
Singapore
Malaysia
Hong Kong
North Macedonia	Sitel Televizija	Fall 2011
Hungary	Nickelodeon	23 June 2011
Poland	Nickelodeon	11 June 2011	March 2012
Template:Russia	Nickelodeon	11 June 2011
Chile	Nickelodeon Latin America	23 June 2011	April 2012
Colombia
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
Argentina
Brazil	Nickelodeon	23 June 2011	April 2012
Spain	Nickelodeon	4 June 2011	12 May 2012
Croatia	Nickelodeon	18 June 2011– 1 November 2011	March 2012
Portugal	Nickelodeon	4 June 2011
Romania	Nickelodeon (Central & Eastern Europe)	13 June 2011
Canada	Nickelodeon	5 September 2011
	YTV	22 October 2011
Africa	Nickelodeon	1 August 2011
Italy	Nickelodeon	17 October 2011
France	Nickelodeon	5 February 2012
Greece	Nickelodeon	February 2012

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2011	Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Award	Nick UK's Favourite Show	House of Anubis	Won
2011	British Academy Children's Awards	"Best Drama"	House of Anubis	Nominated
2011	Kids Choice Awards Argentina	Favorite International TV Show	House of Anubis	Nominated

External links

• Official website
• House of Anubis at IMDb
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