John Safran vs God
John Safran vs God is an eight-part television documentary series by John Safran which was broadcast on SBS TV of Australia in 2004. It has been described in a media release as "John Safran's most audacious project yet". It had a much more serious tone than Safran's previous work Music Jamboree. The show was released by Ghost of Your Ex-Boyfriend Productions and SBS Independent, was co-written with Mark O'Toole, directed by Craig Melville, and produced by Richard Lowenstein, Selin Yaman, and Ghost Pictures. The production team was known as Ghost of Your Ex-Boyfriend Productions, an amalgamation of John Safran's Ex-Boyfriend Productions, and Richard Lowenstein's Ghost Productions. The series won the 2005 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Comedy Series.
| John Safran vs God | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Developed by | Ghost Pictures |
| Written by | John Safran Mark O'Toole |
| Directed by | Craig Melville |
| Presented by | John Safran |
| Opening theme | Peter Isaac |
| Composer | Chris Copping |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Richard Lowenstein |
| Producers | Richard Lowenstein Selin Yaman Ghost Pictures |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Production company | Ghost Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS Independent |
| Release | 30 August – 18 October 2004 |
The show's opening theme is "Hate Priest" by the band Mozart on Crack. The opening sequence features John in a black suit breaking out of a patch of black scorched earth with his bare hands during a thunderstorm. The words of Revelation 20:7, "when the thousand years are over Satan will be released from his prison", are spoken in a low pseudo-ominous voice.