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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.
- Runtime
- 30m
- Released
- 1994
- Country
- Australia
Details
Release year: 1994
Storyline
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.
Top credits
Rob Sitch — Mike Moore- Jane Kennedy — Brooke Vandenberg
Tiriel Mora — Martin di Stasio
Alison Whyte — Emma Ward
Did you know
• The USA title was changed to "Breaking News" when it aired on PBS, so viewers wouldn't confuse it with the network's real news program "Frontline".
• Mike(Rob Sitch) and Prowsey(Steve Bisley) discuss Mel Gibson and his time at NIDA with Judy Davis and Prowsey says and Steve Bisley, what's he doing now (Prowsey is played by Steve Bisley). He then asks Mike what Mel's first movie was Mike says Alvin Purple. Prowsey says no it's Mad Max.(Steve Bisley played Goose in Mad Max). Mel's first movie is actually Summer City which co starred Steve Bisley.
• Writer and director Tom Gleisner appears in most episodes as the Photocopier repair man but never has any lines until the final episode of season 1.
Episodes
39 episodes – 3 seasons
User reviews
A hidden gem!
Current-affairs shows will never seem the same
One of the Greatest Satirical TV Shows of All Time
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
