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.