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.
Series overview
editEpisodes
editSeason 1 (1994)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Soufflé Rises" | 9 May 1994 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Desert Angel" | 16 May 1994 |
| 3 | 3 | "City of Fear" | 23 May 1994 |
| 4 | 4 | "She's Got the Look" | 30 May 1994 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Siege" | 6 June 1994 |
| 6 | 6 | "Playing the Ego Card" | 13 June 1994 |
| 7 | 7 | "We Ain't Got Dames" | 20 June 1994 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Art of Gentle Persuasion" | 27 June 1994 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Invisible Man" | 4 July 1994 |
| 10 | 10 | "Add Sex and Stir" | 11 July 1994 |
| 11 | 11 | "Smaller Fish to Fry" | 18 July 1994 |
| 12 | 12 | "Judge and Jury" | 25 July 1994 |
| 13 | 13 | "This Night of Nights" | 1 August 1994 |
Season 2 (1995)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "One Big Family" | 24 July 1995 |
| 15 | 2 | "Workin' Class Man" | 31 July 1995 |
| 16 | 3 | "Heroes & Villains" | 7 August 1995 |
| 17 | 4 | "Office Mole" | 14 August 1995 |
| 18 | 5 | "Basic Instincts" | 21 August 1995 |
| 19 | 6 | "Let the Children Play" | 28 August 1995 |
| 20 | 7 | "Divide the Community, Multiply the Ratings" | 4 September 1995 |
| 21 | 8 | "Keeping Up Appearances" | 11 September 1995 |
| 22 | 9 | "All Work and No Fame" | 18 September 1995 |
| 23 | 10 | "Changing the Face of Current Affairs" | 25 September 1995 |
| 24 | 11 | "A Man of His Convictions" | 2 October 1995 |
| 25 | 12 | "The Great Pretenders" | 9 October 1995 |
| 26 | 13 | "Give 'em Enough Rope" | 16 October 1995 |
Season 3 (1997)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Dick on the Line" | 24 February 1997 |
| 28 | 2 | "My Generation" | 3 March 1997 |
| 29 | 3 | "The Shadow We Cast" | 10 March 1997 |
| 30 | 4 | "One Rule for One" | 17 March 1997 |
| 31 | 5 | "A Hole in the Heart – Part 1" | 24 March 1997 |
| 32 | 6 | "A Hole in the Heart – Part 2" | 31 March 1997 |
| 33 | 7 | "The Simple Life" | 7 April 1997 |
| 34 | 8 | "I Get the Big Names" | 14 April 1997 |
| 35 | 9 | "The Art of the Interview" | 21 April 1997 |
| 36 | 10 | "'I' Disease" | 28 April 1997 |
| 37 | 11 | "Addicted to Fame" | 5 May 1997 |
| 38 | 12 | "The Code" | 12 May 1997 |
| 39 | 13 | "Epitaph" | 19 May 1997 |