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Seasons

1994

Australia

8.7

Based on the making of a fictitious Australian CURRENT AFFAIRS show, Frontline blends invented events with REAL LIFE events. A true reflection of THE TIMES we live in.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Souffle Rises

When Mike gets concerned about appearing light-weight, he makes an ill-advised editorial about Macedonia. Martin interviews a difficult child prodigy, while Brooke interviews Ugly Dave Gray.

S1 • E2

The Desert Angel

Problems emerge when Frontline show a moving memorial to a missing aid worker, and later find out that she has turned up alive. Brooke interviews a "close friend", tennis player Pat Cash.

S1 • E3

City of Fear

The team do a story on a local serial killer. Mike has problems with his fan mail.

S1 • E4

She's Got the Look

When Brian hires an attractive female sports star as a Frontline presenter, several members of the team are put out.

S1 • E5

The Siege

Mike does a live interview with a gunman who is holding his children hostage during a siege.

S1 • E6

Playing the Ego Card

Mike travels to Bougainville to make an in-depth report about their civil war, leaving Brooke to fill in as host for the week.

S1 • E7

We Ain't Got Dames

When the latest ratings show a decline in the number of female viewers, Frontline makes some changes to halt the slump. Mike appears on World Series Debating.

S1 • E8

The Art of Gentle Persuasion

When Martin tries to interview the husband of the victim of a crocodile attack, he has to resort to some unusual methods to get it. Mike does an expose on table-top dancing.

S1 • E9

The Invisible Man

Brooke uses hidden cameras to do a series of stories. When Mike gets concerned about his low profile, he appears on a telethon.

S1 • E10

Add Sex and Stir

Martin becomes unhappy when he is forced to take a holiday. Brooke does a story on a female cricketer who has been sacked from the national team because she's not a lesbian.

S1 • E11

Smaller Fish to Fry

As they prepare to re-negotiate their contracts for another year, the Frontline team do a series of stories on shonky repairmen, which encourages Mike to try going after one of the "big fish" of the industry.

S1 • E12

Judge and Jury

Brooke does a series of stories about a priest who has been accused of rape. Mike takes a stand against the network using Frontline to cross-promote their other shows. Martin makes an entire butterfly species extinct.