Sunshine: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in Melbourne's outer-west suburb of Sunshine, the story follows Jacob Garang played by new on-screen talent Wally Elnour. Jacob is a young, aspiring South Sudanese-Australian basketball player whose dreams of climbing his Biblical namesake's ladder to heaven - the American National Basketball Association – hang in the balance when he's drawn into a criminal investigation. Police are hunting down the perpetrator of a violent assault, which has left a young teenage girl in a coma fighting for her life, and a group of young men fighting for their innocence.

Series details

• Title: Sunshine
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Sports
• Premiere date: 2017-10-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-10-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: SBS
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 65 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 32596
• IMDb ID: tt6770896
• TVDB ID: 332179

Cast and credited roles

• Wally Elnour — Jacob Garang
• Anthony LaPaglia — Eddie Grattan
• Melanie Lynskey — Zara Skelton
• Autiak Aweteek — Santino
• Ror da Poet — Deng Deng
• Nick Perry — Dazzler

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-10-18; final listed air date 2017-10-26; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Sunshine on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.