Hug The Sun
Hug the Sun is a six-part Australian Dark Comedy Series, Created by and starring Australian Comedians Xavier Michelides and Ben Russell, about a children’s television show based on the religious teachings of a fictional cult that worships the sun god, Oxtos, led by a leader known only as The Second Prophet Gary.
Episodes
Episode 1 - Gratitude
Welcome, children of Oxtos! In today's recovered episode we are talking about gratitude.
Between June 5th 1990 and February 23rd 1991, a short-lived Children's Edu-tainment Program called 'Hug the Sun' ran on local TV in Perth, WA. Thinly disguised as a variety show, Hug the Sun’s real purpose was the educate its audience in the history, teaching, principles, and values of the notorious Cult of Oxtos – a strange sect who worshiped the Sun and whose members all disappeared on the hottest day on record – February 23rd, 1991 when the mercury hit 46.7C.
SCREEN AUSTRALIA Presents
In Association with SCREENWEST
Produced by HAVEN’T YOU DONE WELL PRODUCTIONS & JOHNNY MA FILMS
Series Created by XAVIER MICHELIDES AND BEN RUSSELL
Written by BONNIE DAVIES, ANDREA GIBBS, XAVIER MICHELIDES, ERIN MICHELLE, BEN RUSSELL
Starring
BJ…. BEN RUSSELL
Trent…. XAVIER MICHELIDES
Linda…. ANDREA GIBBS
Trina…. BONNIE DAVIES
Co-starring
Neighbour George…. BRODEN KELLY
Frankie Yabbie bait…. ZACHARY RUANE
The Shadowman…. MARK SAMUAL BONANNO
The Second Prophet Gary…. GREG LARSEN
Paps O’Sullivan…. BEN SUTTON
Sal’s Voice/Various…. ANNE EDMONDS
Katie Baby/Sal…. ERIN MICHELLE
Angry Man…. SEAN CONWAY
Amy the Baker…. FARREN WOOD
Professor Bloompants…. MAGNUS DANGER MAGNUS
With
Linda’s Dad…. GEORGE DAVIES
Police Officer…. HENRY INGLIS
The Face…. AARON MCCANN
Stevie the Thief…. JOHNNY MA
Director AARON MCCANN
Producers GIORDI CAPUTO, JOHNNY MA, AARON MCCANN
Cinematographers A.J. COULTIER, ALASTAIR DUFFIELD
Production DESIGNERS MADDISON HAYWOOD, PIA NOVACSEK
Executive Producers MAX MILLER, THOMAS ARMSTRONG, MARK SAMUAL BONANNO, BRODEN KELLY, SAM LINGHAM, ZACHARY RUANE
Costume Design INGRID BEILHARZ, TEXX MONTANA
Editor ELAINE SMITH
Sound Designer XOE BAIRD
Composer ROBERT WOODS
Production Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, CLARE TOONEN
1st Assistant Directors GIORDI CAPUTO, CHARMAINE MURRAY
Location Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, DAN THOM
Unit Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, REGINA WONG
Camera Operators/Data Wranglers BEN BERKHOUT, WYE KEEN WONG
Gaffers EDUARDO MARTINEZ, HANNAH PALMER, SCOTT POPE
Art Director (VIC) ELENA LYONS-DAWSON
Art Department CHARLOTTE HEYCOCK, JORDAN PAOLILLO, MARK REEVES
Wardrobe Assistant (VIC) PETRIA HOGARTH
Make-Up & Hair AMANDA LISSANT-CLAYTON, TESS ROWE
Puppet Fabricator (WA) CHLOE FLOCKART
Sound Recordists NICK MCKENZIE, DAVID ROSS
Animation WINSTON FOO, MAX JOYCE, JAMIE MAC, DUNG NGUYEN
Studios STUPID OLD STUDIOS (VIC), JOHNNY MA STUDIOS (WA)
Finance SCREEN AUSTRALIA - LEE NAIMO, SCREENWEST - FRANZISKA WAGENFELD
Stock Footage POND5, AUDIO NETWORK, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
This Production was filmed on the lands of both the Whadjuk People of the Noongar Nation and the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We wish to pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.
Episode 2 - Rituals
Welcome back, children of Oxtos! In today's recovered episode we are talking about rituals!
Between June 5th 1990 and February 23rd 1991, a short-lived Children's Edu-tainment Program called 'Hug the Sun' ran on local TV in Perth, WA. Thinly disguised as a variety show, Hug the Sun’s real purpose was the educate its audience in the history, teaching, principles, and values of the notorious Cult of Oxtos – a strange sect who worshiped the Sun and whose members all disappeared on the hottest day on record – February 23rd, 1991 when the mercury hit 46.7C.
SCREEN AUSTRALIA Presents
In Association with SCREENWEST
Produced by HAVEN’T YOU DONE WELL PRODUCTIONS & JOHNNY MA FILMS
Series Created by XAVIER MICHELIDES AND BEN RUSSELL
Written by BONNIE DAVIES, ANDREA GIBBS, XAVIER MICHELIDES, ERIN MICHELLE, BEN RUSSELL
Starring
BJ…. BEN RUSSELL
Trent…. XAVIER MICHELIDES
Linda…. ANDREA GIBBS
Trina…. BONNIE DAVIES
Co-starring
Neighbour George…. BRODEN KELLY
Frankie Yabbie bait…. ZACHARY RUANE
The Shadowman…. MARK SAMUAL BONANNO
The Second Prophet Gary…. GREG LARSEN
Paps O’Sullivan…. BEN SUTTON
Sal’s Voice/Various…. ANNE EDMONDS
Katie Baby/Sal…. ERIN MICHELLE
Angry Man…. SEAN CONWAY
Amy the Baker…. FARREN WOOD
Professor Bloompants…. MAGNUS DANGER MAGNUS
With
Linda’s Dad…. GEORGE DAVIES
Police Officer…. HENRY INGLIS
The Face…. AARON MCCANN
Stevie the Thief…. JOHNNY MA
Director AARON MCCANN
Producers GIORDI CAPUTO, JOHNNY MA, AARON MCCANN
Cinematographers A.J. COULTIER, ALASTAIR DUFFIELD
Production DESIGNERS MADDISON HAYWOOD, PIA NOVACSEK
Executive Producers MAX MILLER, THOMAS ARMSTRONG, MARK SAMUAL BONANNO, BRODEN KELLY, SAM LINGHAM, ZACHARY RUANE
Costume Design INGRID BEILHARZ, TEXX MONTANA
Editor ELAINE SMITH
Sound Designer XOE BAIRD
Composer ROBERT WOODS
Production Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, CLARE TOONEN
1st Assistant Directors GIORDI CAPUTO, CHARMAINE MURRAY
Location Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, DAN THOM
Unit Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, REGINA WONG
Camera Operators/Data Wranglers BEN BERKHOUT, WYE KEEN WONG
Gaffers EDUARDO MARTINEZ, HANNAH PALMER, SCOTT POPE
Art Director (VIC) ELENA LYONS-DAWSON
Art Department CHARLOTTE HEYCOCK, JORDAN PAOLILLO, MARK REEVES
Wardrobe Assistant (VIC) PETRIA HOGARTH
Make-Up & Hair AMANDA LISSANT-CLAYTON, TESS ROWE
Puppet Fabricator (WA) CHLOE FLOCKART
Sound Recordists NICK MCKENZIE, DAVID ROSS
Animation WINSTON FOO, MAX JOYCE, JAMIE MAC, DUNG NGUYEN
Studios STUPID OLD STUDIOS (VIC), JOHNNY MA STUDIOS (WA)
Finance SCREEN AUSTRALIA - LEE NAIMO, SCREENWEST - FRANZISKA WAGENFELD
Stock Footage POND5, AUDIO NETWORK, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
This Production was filmed on the lands of both the Whadjuk People of the Noongar Nation and the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We wish to pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.
Episode 3 - Nourishment Week
Welcome back, children of Oxtos! In today's recovered episode, it's Nourishment week!
Between June 5th 1990 and February 23rd 1991, a short-lived Children's Edu-tainment Program called 'Hug the Sun' ran on local TV in Perth, WA. Thinly disguised as a variety show, Hug the Sun’s real purpose was the educate its audience in the history, teaching, principles, and values of the notorious Cult of Oxtos – a strange sect who worshiped the Sun and whose members all disappeared on the hottest day on record – February 23rd, 1991 when the mercury hit 46.7C.
SCREEN AUSTRALIA Presents In Association with SCREENWEST
Produced by HAVEN’T YOU DONE WELL PRODUCTIONS & JOHNNY MA FILMS
Series Created by XAVIER MICHELIDES AND BEN RUSSELL
Written by BONNIE DAVIES, ANDREA GIBBS, XAVIER MICHELIDES, ERIN MICHELLE, BEN RUSSELL
Starring BJ…. BEN RUSSELL Trent…. XAVIER MICHELIDES Linda…. ANDREA GIBBS Trina…. BONNIE DAVIES
Co-starring
Neighbour George…. BRODEN KELLY Frankie Yabbie bait…. ZACHARY RUANE The Shadowman…. MARK SAMUAL BONANNO The Second Prophet Gary…. GREG LARSEN Paps O’Sullivan…. BEN SUTTON
Sal’s Voice/Various…. ANNE EDMONDS Katie Baby/Sal…. ERIN MICHELLE Angry Man…. SEAN CONWAY Amy the Baker…. FARREN WOOD Professor Bloompants…. MAGNUS DANGER MAGNUS
With
Linda’s Dad…. GEORGE DAVIES Police Officer…. HENRY INGLIS The Face…. AARON MCCANN Stevie the Thief…. JOHNNY MA
Director AARON MCCANN Producers GIORDI CAPUTO, JOHNNY MA, AARON MCCANN Cinematographers A.J. COULTIER, ALASTAIR DUFFIELD Production DESIGNERS MADDISON HAYWOOD, PIA NOVACSEK Executive Producers MAX MILLER, THOMAS ARMSTRONG, MARK SAMUAL BONANNO, BRODEN KELLY, SAM LINGHAM, ZACHARY RUANE
Costume Design INGRID BEILHARZ, TEXX MONTANA
Editor ELAINE SMITH
Sound Designer XOE BAIRD
Composer ROBERT WOODS
Production Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, CLARE TOONEN
1st Assistant Directors GIORDI CAPUTO, CHARMAINE MURRAY
Location Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, DAN THOM
Unit Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, REGINA WONG
Camera Operators/Data Wranglers BEN BERKHOUT, WYE KEEN WONG
Gaffers EDUARDO MARTINEZ, HANNAH PALMER, SCOTT POPE
Art Director (VIC) ELENA LYONS-DAWSON
Art Department CHARLOTTE HEYCOCK, JORDAN PAOLILLO, MARK REEVES
Wardrobe Assistant (VIC) PETRIA HOGARTH
Make-Up & Hair AMANDA LISSANT-CLAYTON, TESS ROWE
Puppet Fabricator (WA) CHLOE FLOCKART
Sound Recordists NICK MCKENZIE, DAVID ROSS
Animation WINSTON FOO, MAX JOYCE, JAMIE MAC, DUNG NGUYEN
Studios STUPID OLD STUDIOS (VIC), JOHNNY MA STUDIOS (WA)
Finance SCREEN AUSTRALIA - LEE NAIMO, SCREENWEST - FRANZISKA WAGENFELD
Stock Footage POND5, AUDIO NETWORK, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
This Production was filmed on the lands of both the Whadjuk People of the Noongar Nation and the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We wish to pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.
Episode 4 - The Dark World
Welcome back, children of Oxtos! In today's recovered episode, we're talking about the dark world. But BEWARE of the Shadowman!
Between June 5th 1990 and February 23rd 1991, a short-lived Children's Edu-tainment Program called 'Hug the Sun' ran on local TV in Perth, WA. Thinly disguised as a variety show, Hug the Sun’s real purpose was the educate its audience in the history, teaching, principles, and values of the notorious Cult of Oxtos – a strange sect who worshiped the Sun and whose members all disappeared on the hottest day on record – February 23rd, 1991 when the mercury hit 46.7C.
SCREEN AUSTRALIA Presents In Association with SCREENWEST
Produced by HAVEN’T YOU DONE WELL PRODUCTIONS & JOHNNY MA FILMS
Series Created by XAVIER MICHELIDES AND BEN RUSSELL
Written by BONNIE DAVIES, ANDREA GIBBS, XAVIER MICHELIDES, ERIN MICHELLE, BEN RUSSELL
Starring BJ…. BEN RUSSELL Trent…. XAVIER MICHELIDES Linda…. ANDREA GIBBS Trina…. BONNIE DAVIES
Co-starring
Neighbour George…. BRODEN KELLY Frankie Yabbie bait…. ZACHARY RUANE The Shadowman…. MARK SAMUAL BONANNO The Second Prophet Gary…. GREG LARSEN Paps O’Sullivan…. BEN SUTTON
Sal’s Voice/Various…. ANNE EDMONDS Katie Baby/Sal…. ERIN MICHELLE Angry Man…. SEAN CONWAY Amy the Baker…. FARREN WOOD Professor Bloompants…. MAGNUS DANGER MAGNUS
With
Linda’s Dad…. GEORGE DAVIES Police Officer…. HENRY INGLIS The Face…. AARON MCCANN Stevie the Thief…. JOHNNY MA
Director AARON MCCANN Producers GIORDI CAPUTO, JOHNNY MA, AARON MCCANN Cinematographers A.J. COULTIER, ALASTAIR DUFFIELD Production DESIGNERS MADDISON HAYWOOD, PIA NOVACSEK Executive Producers MAX MILLER, THOMAS ARMSTRONG, MARK SAMUAL BONANNO, BRODEN KELLY, SAM LINGHAM, ZACHARY RUANE
Costume Design INGRID BEILHARZ, TEXX MONTANA
Editor ELAINE SMITH
Sound Designer XOE BAIRD
Composer ROBERT WOODS
Production Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, CLARE TOONEN
1st Assistant Directors GIORDI CAPUTO, CHARMAINE MURRAY
Location Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, DAN THOM
Unit Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, REGINA WONG
Camera Operators/Data Wranglers BEN BERKHOUT, WYE KEEN WONG
Gaffers EDUARDO MARTINEZ, HANNAH PALMER, SCOTT POPE
Art Director (VIC) ELENA LYONS-DAWSON
Art Department CHARLOTTE HEYCOCK, JORDAN PAOLILLO, MARK REEVES
Wardrobe Assistant (VIC) PETRIA HOGARTH
Make-Up & Hair AMANDA LISSANT-CLAYTON, TESS ROWE
Puppet Fabricator (WA) CHLOE FLOCKART
Sound Recordists NICK MCKENZIE, DAVID ROSS
Animation WINSTON FOO, MAX JOYCE, JAMIE MAC, DUNG NGUYEN
Studios STUPID OLD STUDIOS (VIC), JOHNNY MA STUDIOS (WA)
Finance SCREEN AUSTRALIA - LEE NAIMO, SCREENWEST - FRANZISKA WAGENFELD
Stock Footage POND5, AUDIO NETWORK, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
This Production was filmed on the lands of both the Whadjuk People of the Noongar Nation and the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We wish to pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.
Episode 5 - Miracles
Welcome back, children of Oxtos! In today's recovered episode, we're talking about miracles!
Between June 5th 1990 and February 23rd 1991, a short-lived Children's Edu-tainment Program called 'Hug the Sun' ran on local TV in Perth, WA. Thinly disguised as a variety show, Hug the Sun’s real purpose was the educate its audience in the history, teaching, principles, and values of the notorious Cult of Oxtos – a strange sect who worshiped the Sun and whose members all disappeared on the hottest day on record – February 23rd, 1991 when the mercury hit 46.7C.
SCREEN AUSTRALIA Presents In Association with SCREENWEST
Produced by HAVEN’T YOU DONE WELL PRODUCTIONS & JOHNNY MA FILMS
Series Created by XAVIER MICHELIDES AND BEN RUSSELL
Written by BONNIE DAVIES, ANDREA GIBBS, XAVIER MICHELIDES, ERIN MICHELLE, BEN RUSSELL
Starring BJ…. BEN RUSSELL Trent…. XAVIER MICHELIDES Linda…. ANDREA GIBBS Trina…. BONNIE DAVIES
Co-starring
Neighbour George…. BRODEN KELLY Frankie Yabbie bait…. ZACHARY RUANE The Shadowman…. MARK SAMUAL BONANNO The Second Prophet Gary…. GREG LARSEN Paps O’Sullivan…. BEN SUTTON
Sal’s Voice/Various…. ANNE EDMONDS Katie Baby/Sal…. ERIN MICHELLE Angry Man…. SEAN CONWAY Amy the Baker…. FARREN WOOD Professor Bloompants…. MAGNUS DANGER MAGNUS
With
Linda’s Dad…. GEORGE DAVIES Police Officer…. HENRY INGLIS The Face…. AARON MCCANN Stevie the Thief…. JOHNNY MA
Director AARON MCCANN Producers GIORDI CAPUTO, JOHNNY MA, AARON MCCANN Cinematographers A.J. COULTIER, ALASTAIR DUFFIELD Production DESIGNERS MADDISON HAYWOOD, PIA NOVACSEK Executive Producers MAX MILLER, THOMAS ARMSTRONG, MARK SAMUAL BONANNO, BRODEN KELLY, SAM LINGHAM, ZACHARY RUANE
Costume Design INGRID BEILHARZ, TEXX MONTANA
Editor ELAINE SMITH
Sound Designer XOE BAIRD
Composer ROBERT WOODS
Production Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, CLARE TOONEN
1st Assistant Directors GIORDI CAPUTO, CHARMAINE MURRAY
Location Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, DAN THOM
Unit Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, REGINA WONG
Camera Operators/Data Wranglers BEN BERKHOUT, WYE KEEN WONG
Gaffers EDUARDO MARTINEZ, HANNAH PALMER, SCOTT POPE
Art Director (VIC) ELENA LYONS-DAWSON
Art Department CHARLOTTE HEYCOCK, JORDAN PAOLILLO, MARK REEVES
Wardrobe Assistant (VIC) PETRIA HOGARTH
Make-Up & Hair AMANDA LISSANT-CLAYTON, TESS ROWE
Puppet Fabricator (WA) CHLOE FLOCKART
Sound Recordists NICK MCKENZIE, DAVID ROSS
Animation WINSTON FOO, MAX JOYCE, JAMIE MAC, DUNG NGUYEN
Studios STUPID OLD STUDIOS (VIC), JOHNNY MA STUDIOS (WA)
Finance SCREEN AUSTRALIA - LEE NAIMO, SCREENWEST - FRANZISKA WAGENFELD
Stock Footage POND5, AUDIO NETWORK, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
This Production was filmed on the lands of both the Whadjuk People of the Noongar Nation and the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We wish to pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.
Episode 6 - Gary
Welcome back, children of Oxtos! In this final recovered episode, well.... you'll have to see it to believe it.
Between June 5th 1990 and February 23rd 1991, a short-lived Children's Edu-tainment Program called 'Hug the Sun' ran on local TV in Perth, WA. Thinly disguised as a variety show, Hug the Sun’s real purpose was the educate its audience in the history, teaching, principles, and values of the notorious Cult of Oxtos – a strange sect who worshiped the Sun and whose members all disappeared on the hottest day on record – February 23rd, 1991 when the mercury hit 46.7C.
SCREEN AUSTRALIA Presents In Association with SCREENWEST
Produced by HAVEN’T YOU DONE WELL PRODUCTIONS & JOHNNY MA FILMS
Series Created by XAVIER MICHELIDES AND BEN RUSSELL
Written by BONNIE DAVIES, ANDREA GIBBS, XAVIER MICHELIDES, ERIN MICHELLE, BEN RUSSELL
Starring BJ…. BEN RUSSELL Trent…. XAVIER MICHELIDES Linda…. ANDREA GIBBS Trina…. BONNIE DAVIES
Co-starring
Neighbour George…. BRODEN KELLY Frankie Yabbie bait…. ZACHARY RUANE The Shadowman…. MARK SAMUAL BONANNO The Second Prophet Gary…. GREG LARSEN Paps O’Sullivan…. BEN SUTTON
Sal’s Voice/Various…. ANNE EDMONDS Katie Baby/Sal…. ERIN MICHELLE Angry Man…. SEAN CONWAY Amy the Baker…. FARREN WOOD Professor Bloompants…. MAGNUS DANGER MAGNUS
With
Linda’s Dad…. GEORGE DAVIES Police Officer…. HENRY INGLIS The Face…. AARON MCCANN Stevie the Thief…. JOHNNY MA
Director AARON MCCANN Producers GIORDI CAPUTO, JOHNNY MA, AARON MCCANN Cinematographers A.J. COULTIER, ALASTAIR DUFFIELD Production DESIGNERS MADDISON HAYWOOD, PIA NOVACSEK Executive Producers MAX MILLER, THOMAS ARMSTRONG, MARK SAMUAL BONANNO, BRODEN KELLY, SAM LINGHAM, ZACHARY RUANE
Costume Design INGRID BEILHARZ, TEXX MONTANA
Editor ELAINE SMITH
Sound Designer XOE BAIRD
Composer ROBERT WOODS
Production Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, CLARE TOONEN
1st Assistant Directors GIORDI CAPUTO, CHARMAINE MURRAY
Location Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, DAN THOM
Unit Managers GIORDI CAPUTO, REGINA WONG
Camera Operators/Data Wranglers BEN BERKHOUT, WYE KEEN WONG
Gaffers EDUARDO MARTINEZ, HANNAH PALMER, SCOTT POPE
Art Director (VIC) ELENA LYONS-DAWSON
Art Department CHARLOTTE HEYCOCK, JORDAN PAOLILLO, MARK REEVES
Wardrobe Assistant (VIC) PETRIA HOGARTH
Make-Up & Hair AMANDA LISSANT-CLAYTON, TESS ROWE
Puppet Fabricator (WA) CHLOE FLOCKART
Sound Recordists NICK MCKENZIE, DAVID ROSS
Animation WINSTON FOO, MAX JOYCE, JAMIE MAC, DUNG NGUYEN
Studios STUPID OLD STUDIOS (VIC), JOHNNY MA STUDIOS (WA)
Finance SCREEN AUSTRALIA - LEE NAIMO, SCREENWEST - FRANZISKA WAGENFELD
Stock Footage POND5, AUDIO NETWORK, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
This Production was filmed on the lands of both the Whadjuk People of the Noongar Nation and the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We wish to pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.