Season 1

episodes

  1. 1. Fastest Cab in the Southern Hemisphere 1988-04-26 50 min World-wary journalist Frank Buchanan returns to Australia for a rest, but all hopes of a quiet life disappear when he forms an unlikely partnership with an opportunistic young taxi driver, Yannis Mous...
  2. 2. Moving In 1988-05-03 50 min Frank cannot escape disaster and Yannis. He is ejected from his motel room and agrees to stay at Laura's house, where he becomes the target of Beverly, a woman caught between separation and divorce.
  3. 3. Tit for Tat 1988-05-10 50 min Laura asks Frank to write an in-depth article on post-feminism. He researches the story by interviewing the women he knows best and discovers facets of Laura and his former wife he never knew existed....
  4. 4. Commercial Break 1988-05-17 50 min Despite his loathing of machines, Frank is not averse to using his old Olivetti to help out a mate, even though it involves the kind of writing he'd rather avoid. His friend, Greg 'Topsy' Turvey, is "...
  5. 5. Our Man Frank 1988-05-24 50 min Frank's son Gordon suddenly appears on his doorstep. He wants to use Frank's place as a hideout. For Frank it is a chance to re-establish their relationship.
  6. 6. Burying the Monkey 1988-05-31 50 min At Laura's insistence Frank follows up a story about an reclusive old film star who starred in a lost classic, Miracle at Jackaroo Downs, alongside Errol Flynn. Kate MacQuire went into hiding after Fl...
  7. 7. Fishy Chips 1988-06-07 50 min Frank is in the throes of buying furniture for his home when Yannis, who wants to start his own casino, suggests they have a night out on an illegal gambling boat. On the boat they meet Sylvia, a frie...
  8. 8. Torch Song 1988-06-14 50 min Laura has decided that she just might be in love with Frank. But Frank is lured into doing a story on a super-successful businesswom an, a woman he had an affair with 20 years ago that ended so badly...

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