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Frontline. Series 1. Desert angel. The Siege. We ain't got dames.

Australia, 1994

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Episode of Series “Frontline”.
Three episodes from the highly acclaimed Australian comedy show which exposes life behind the cameras of a popular current affairs program. A beautiful aid worker believed missing in the desert is found and the Frontline staff attempt to get an exclusive in “Desert angel.” Meanwhile, another network tries to poach legendary anchorman Mike Moore. A gunman takes several hostages in a remote farmhouse, and Frontline’s questionable methods to gain a scoop boosts their ratings in “The Siege.” Frontline tries to woo back female viewers by ditching their Friday night funnyman in “We ain’t got dames.”

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Credits

co-producers/directors

Jane Kennedy

Rob Sitch

Santo Cilauro

Tom Gleisner

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Frontline Television Productions

Duration

01:20:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1994

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Frontline

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306495

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television broadcasting of news

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television comedies

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television comedies - Australia

Comedy

Comedy → Satire

Television

Television → Television comedies

Television → Television comedies → Television comedies - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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