Frontline (1994)
Frontline is an Australian comedy television series which satirised Australian television current affairs programmes and reporting. It ran for three series of 13 half-hour episodes and was broadcast on ABC TV in 1994, 1995 and 1997.
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Episode 1 - One Big Family
Release Date: 1995-07-24The network is in chaos with a million things happening at once and the promo idea of ""One Big Happy Family"". New executive producers fly around until Sam Murphey arrives.
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Episode 2 - Workin' Class Man
Release Date: 1995-07-31When the working class all reply to Mike as an asshole, the network tries to change it's views. Marty is stuck on a story regarding an ostrich farm.
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Episode 3 - Heroes and Villains
Release Date: 1995-08-07While Mike is the beginning of a pointless racism debate, Brooke tries to make an unheroic heart surgeon look like a hero.
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Episode 4 - Office Mole
Release Date: 1995-08-14Mike, tiring of his job, is given the official-sounding, pointless job of ""International Story Co-ordinator"" which involves faxing stories to Britain. ""A Current Affair"" appear to be getting all the Frontline stories so Mike searches for the office mole. But when Jan begins getting irate phone calls from Britain claiming Mike isn't sending them anything, they discover HE is the mole. He has sent all their stories to ACA by mistake!
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Episode 5 - Basic Instincts
Release Date: 1995-08-21A series of problems rocks the team when Stu is bashed, Mike's thoughts on Euthanasia get in the way and Brooke is jealous of Emma due to a new boyfriend.
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Episode 6 - Let the Children Play
Release Date: 1995-08-28Mike's niece visits the office and begins to discover what really goes on. ACA screens a ""playground challenge"" where a celebrity has 24 hours to build a playground for homeless kids. Frontline borrows the idea but the playground and a story of fraudulent builders come together in a ghastly way.
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Episode 7 - Keeping Up Appearances
Release Date: 1995-09-04Brooke interviews the victim of an acid attack while Mike appears on the cover of a gay magazine, sparking controversy in the office.
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Episode 8 - Divide the Community: Multiply The Ratings
Release Date: 1995-09-11Frontline makes an issue of ethnic tension in the community
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Episode 9 - All Work and No Fame
Release Date: 1995-09-18Mike is bored again and looking to get his hands dirty on a story.
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Episode 10 - Changing the Face of Current Affairs
Release Date: 1995-09-25An american consultant is brought in to change Frontline's image.
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Episode 11 - A Man of His Convictions
Release Date: 1995-10-02Mike gets arrested during a wilderness-protest
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Episode 12 - The Great Pretenders
Release Date: 1995-10-09Marty bails out a Nazi. Frontline has a new legal adviser. Mike appears on Jackpot representing an unusual home viewer
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Episode 13 - Give 'em Enough Rope
Release Date: 1995-10-16Mike interviews the network head and the team attend the premiere of a new soap ""Rainbow Island""
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Episode 14 - One Big Family
Release Date: 1995-07-24 -
Episode 15 - Workin' Class Man
Release Date: 1995-07-31This is an episode of series two of Frontline, which first aired in 1995.When lower-income audiences start tuning out, Jan and Sam Murphy (Kevin J. Wilson), the new executive producer, attempt to change Mike's image: to make him a more down-to-earth guy. Elsewhere, Marty tries to stop Frontline from doing an expos on a dodgy investment he's personally involved in.
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Episode 16 - Heroes and Villains
Release Date: 1995-08-07 -
Episode 17 - Office Mole
Release Date: 1995-08-14This is an episode of series two of Frontline, which first aired in 1995.Mike starts tiring of his job, so Sam gives him an official-sounding but easy role as 'International Story Co-Ordinator'. A series of big stories are ruined when A Current Affair happens to do the same ones each night, leading Sam and Mike to pursue an office mole.
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Episode 18 - Basic Instincts
Release Date: 1995-08-21 -
Episode 19 - Let the Children Play
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Episode 20 - Keeping Up Appearances
Release Date: 1995-09-04 -
Episode 21 - Divide the Community: Multiply The Ratings
Release Date: 1995-09-11 -
Episode 22 - All Work and No Fame
Release Date: 1995-09-18 -
Episode 23 - Changing the Face of Current Affairs
Release Date: 1995-09-25This is an episode of series two of Frontline, which first aired in 1995.With ratings still down, the network hires Larry Hages (Harry Shearer), an American consultant who implements a series of changes in the way that Frontline runs.
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Episode 24 - A Man of His Convictions
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Episode 25 - The Great Pretenders
Release Date: 1995-10-09 -
Episode 26 - Give 'em Enough Rope
Release Date: 1995-10-16