Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell(2012)
News satire. A half-hour weekly round-up, branding, inoculation and crutching of all the important news stories of the week. Along with a like-minded Think Tank of reporters and pundits, offering not only reportage and analysis of the week’s events but discussion, argument and dissection of what’s making the world turn every which way.
- First aired:
- 2012-05-25
- Country:
- AU
- Network:
- ABC TV
Episodes
1. Episode 1
2022-07-20 · 30m
The Mad as Hell team leave their planet to escape a collision with a comet and find a ship full of frozen convicts.
2. Episode 2
2022-07-27 · 30m
Passing through a time warp, the Mad as Hell team return to Earth in the year 1996. They are mistaken as cast of Good News Week and are offered a contract with Channel 10.
3. Episode 3
2022-08-03 · 30m
A spaceship requests medical help for their computer and Francis Greenslade has to perform brain surgery on it.
4. Episode 4
2022-08-10 · 30m
After killing a hostile alien, Emily Taheny comes across a Wil Anderson in the ABC cafeteria who explains the murdered creature was his agent.
5. Episode 5
2022-08-17 · 30m
On a planet where a primitive people are ruled by a computer, Tosh Greenslade goes against character and saves Stephen Hall's life.
6. Episode 6
2022-08-24 · 30m
Using an alien machine Christie Whelan Browne creates an army of cyborgs to conquer the universe.
7. Episode 7
2022-08-31 · 31m
The Mad as Hell team take a boy home to his planet and come across a space lighthouse. The boy gets angry when they tell him they don't have enough fuel to get him home. They apologise and leave.
8. Episode 8
2022-09-07 · 30m
Accidentally landing on a undiscovered planet, Francis, Emily and the Robot find the ABC is now an archaeological site and that they are in the future.
9. Episode 9
2022-09-14 · 29m
A group of space hippies is going to destroy the planet. The Mad as Hell team let them.
10. Very Final Episode
2022-09-21 · 32m
After 15 seasons over 10 years, the final episode with self-indulgent back patting, clips of so-called 'classic' moments and a tearful farewell song that undoes any vestige of its reputation as a comedy show.
Where to watch
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Cast
Shaun Micallef
Self - Host
Francis Greenslade
Emily Taheny
Tosh Greenslade
Christie Whelan Browne
- S
Stephen Hall
