Frontline
Frontline: Season 2

Air Date

July 24, 1995

Episodes

13 episodes

Frontline

Season 2

Overview

The Frontline anchors navigate working with a new executive producer while struggling to boost the show's declining ratings.

Episodes

One Big Family

1. One Big Family

July 24, 1995
29 min

The 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.

Workin' Class Man

2. Workin' Class Man

July 31, 1995
25 min

When 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.

Heroes and Villains

3. Heroes and Villains

August 7, 1995
28 min

While Mike is the beginning of a pointless racism debate, Brooke tries to make an unheroic heart surgeon look like a hero.

Office Mole

4. Office Mole

August 14, 1995
26 min

Mike, 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!

Basic Instincts

5. Basic Instincts

August 21, 1995
27 min

A 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.

Let the Children Play

6. Let the Children Play

August 28, 1995
26 min

Mike'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.

Keeping Up Appearances

7. Keeping Up Appearances

September 4, 1995
27 min

Brooke interviews the victim of an acid attack while Mike appears on the cover of a gay magazine, sparking controversy in the office.

Divide the Community: Multiply The Ratings

8. Divide the Community: Multiply The Ratings

September 11, 1995
28 min

Frontline makes an issue of ethnic tension in the community

All Work and No Fame

9. All Work and No Fame

September 18, 1995
28 min

Mike is bored again and looking to get his hands dirty on a story.

Changing the Face of Current Affairs

10. Changing the Face of Current Affairs

September 25, 1995
25 min

An american consultant is brought in to change Frontline's image.

A Man of His Convictions

11. A Man of His Convictions

October 2, 1995
24 min

Mike gets arrested during a wilderness-protest

The Great Pretenders

12. The Great Pretenders

October 9, 1995
25 min

Marty bails out a Nazi. Frontline has a new legal adviser. Mike appears on Jackpot representing an unusual home viewer

Give 'em Enough Rope

13. Give 'em Enough Rope

October 16, 1995
28 min

Mike interviews the network head and the team attend the premiere of a new soap ""Rainbow Island""