‘It’s not a Hallmark, shiny, made-for-TV Christmas’: How To Make Gravy presents a true Australian holiday experience
When bringing Paul Kelly’s classic Christmas song How To Make Gravy to the screen, the task was simple: don’t mess with the original recipe.
“For us, it was the song,” explains Alison Hurbert-Burns, producer of the new BINGE original, How To Make Gravy, of the anchor point for the project: “It has to be true to what’s in the song.”
As with Paul Kelly’s 1996 Christmas classic, How To Make Gravy follows a family preparing to spend its first Christmas together without recently incarcerated father, Joe, played by Daniel Henshall.
The cast also features Brenton Thwaites as Joe’s visiting brother, Dan, Kate Mulvany as his sister, Stella, Agathe Rousselle as Joe’s wife, Rita, Jona Wren as their son, Angus, and Damon Herriman as Joe’s rival, Roger.
