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Mercury: episode guideWithout Fear Or Favour![]() Episode 1 (90 min telemovie) A mysterious fax from an unknown source sets the Sunday Mercury political reporter Georgi Singer on to an investigation that threatens to overturn the inner sanctums of the government — and onto a collision course with her editor, Bill Wyatt. Crime Reporter, John "Plod" Proudfoot, investigative hotshot David "Gibbo" Gibson and human interest writer Tess Macdonald uncover the unexpected angles of a psychiatric patient. News editor Ross Wheeler works the phone chasing up the mystery of the body down the mine shaft in faraway Coober Pedy. The stories all come together in the Sunday Mercury — but not quite the way they started. Starring: Geoffrey Rush as Bill Wyatt, Victoria Longley as Georgi Singer, David Roberts as Dave 'Gibbo' Gibson, Susan Lyons as Nell Roberts, Terry Kenwrick as John 'Plod' Proudfoot, Julie Forsyth as Tess MacDonald, Ernie Gray as Ross Wheeler Featuring: Sue Ingleton as Sylvie Waterman, Bruce Alexander as Dave Reynolds, Gerald Lepkowski as Kevin Kinsella, Ross Thompson as Shaun O'Brien Paul Gleeson as Dermot Madigan, Jason Clarke as Nathan Cohen, Sapidah Kian as Lisetta Fracaro, Ann Burbrook as Sue Kinsella, Fiona Corke as Karin Grunewald, Michael Veitch as Rocco Kostas, Nicholas Hammond as Jack Koper, Alfred Nicdao as Eddy Ho, Toni Joel as Julie Goldbloom, Andrew Weldon as Ronnie Porter, Robin Ramsay as Simon Hayes, Beverley Evans as Lynn Gibson, Pamela Rabe as Clare Bannister, Robert Grubb as Ritchie Munro, Deidre Rubenstein as Steffi Petrakis, Bob Hornery as Mont Deeming, John Dicks as Speaker, Michael Carman as Nick Loder, Anthony Hawkins as Hamish Godbold, Richard Moss as Alex Clayton, Peter Farago as Kevin Lynch, Karen Davitt as Megan Muller, Damien Pree as Constable Kenny Doyle, Christie Sistrunk as Constable Laurie Nerfman, Mickey Camilleri as Sandra, Wilhelmina Stracke as Jane, Susie Dee as Elizabeth, Stephan Whittaker as Mark Harris, Graham Dow as Old Man, Julian Branagan as Panel Beater, Grag Saunders as Tony Curruthers, Shanyn Asmar as Helena, John Lee as Jim Mulvaney, Marijke Mann as Dulcie Mulvaney, Serge De Nardo as Fan, Rex Callahan as Emilio, Anne Holmes as Gail Clayton, Esme Melville as Mrs Keen, Jennifer Jarman-Walker as Rube Muller, Luke Elliot as Clinton Muller, Katrina Oxley as Rhonda Muller, Sheridan Campagnino as Yvonne Muller, Leo TAylor as Paul (Cop), Susie Cato as Michelle Lancaster, Robert Menzies as Peter Dalgarno, Anna Davey as Woman, Richard Bligh as Noel, Matt Hayden as Eric, Ian Salt as Punter, Ian Henderson as TV Newsreader, Tim SUllivan as Member for Warrandale, Peter Maver as Carl Nitschke Biggest Thieves In TownEpisode 2 The media is publicising the plight of two Aussie battlers who have lost their life savings in a bank heist, but Plod works his police contacts to expose the truth. Dark HorsesEpisode 3 Plod has to outwit a freelance reporter to get an exclusive interview with a woman who believes her sister was murdered. Tess discovers there's more than meets the nose in a story of the privatisation of the city's sewerage farm. Bill Wyatt sends Georgi and Gibbo to chase down elusive developer Mil Pascoe and get an interview for the Sunday Mercury. But it's junior reporter Nathan Cohen who stumbles onto the biggest interview of his short career. Every Picture Tells A StoryEpisode 4 The Mercury Media Group is beset with rumours of takeover from a West Australian media tycoon. Devil's WorkEpisode 5 Nell takes over the editor's chair when Bill has to go to Western Australia to be grilled by the media tycoon who's bought a significant interest in Mercury Media. Indecent ObsessionEpisode 6 David "Gibbo" Gibson finds an unexpected ally in the Treasurer, Clare Bannister, as he tracks down a story exposing paedophiles in high places. General reporter Kevin Kinsella, who hasn't had a story in the paper for three weeks, moves heaven and earth to defeat cheque book journalism and gets an exclusive interview with the parents of a baby who has just survived an intricate operation. Paper TigersEpisode 7 Bill Wyatt and Georgi Singer are on opposite sides when industrial trouble affects the Sunday Mercury. Mother's DayEpisode 8 Police reporter John "Plod" Proudfoot retreads the ground after a controversial Soggies raid and finds all is not as it seems. Property developer Mil Pascoe hits the news again and Georgi and Gibbo work together to expose his connections to the Government. But again, it's not all as it seems. A Very Dangerous GameEpisode 9 Tess MacDonald is working secretively on an exclusive story only to see it almost blown by Nathan. The Best Seat In The HouseEpisode 10 Tess takes over Rocco's column for the week and discovers the delights of reporting the gossip. All The News That's Fit To PrintEpisode 11 Gibbo is given a story that threatens the career of the Opposition Leader. A colourful racing identity friend of Sylvie Waterman's comes out of jail and wants her to write his biography. Private TearsEpisode 12 Kevin Kinsella writes the moving and personal story of his and his wife's experiences on the IVF program. Bad News Is Good NewsEpisode 13 The Government has called an election and it's the last week of the campaign. |
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