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.
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (Season 3)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2014-02-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: New government. Same show. Remaining true to its mission of skewering newsmakers and events, this week border security, Sochi and the odd royal commission are all given the trademark 'Mad As Hell' treatment.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2014-02-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Tonight, Mad As Hell's mill boasts an abundance of grist, as Australia's manufacturing decline, unneighbourly conduct, union transparency and Schapelle Corby get a federally mandated unbiased going over.
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2014-02-26
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Shaun Micallef and cast return to lambast the bombast, satirise the lies and shake the fakers and newsmakers. Shrimpgate, Medicare, the WA Senate Election and the Manus Island mutiny receive the Mad As Hell scrutiny.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2014-03-05
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Mad as Hell can't handle the truth but Shaun Micallef and cast do get hopping mad with the flying kangaroo, go insane in the Ukraine and say arrivederci to George Pell while welcoming a new school curriculum.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2014-03-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Like Ukrainian protestors at the hands of a Russian mob, news events get a thorough going over. The perfidy, priggishness and policy to be pilloried include the ABC, Qantas debt guarantee and welcome speeches in WA.
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2014-03-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Inexpert analysis of Sth Australian polls, Clive Palmer's tilt at the Apple Isle, the falling of a bum tree and the shenanigans in Libya all get a guernsey (or, for those in NRL states, jersey) from Shaun Micallef and cast.
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2014-03-26
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Larry is up to no good having an affair with Moe's wife, and looking to have another one with Joe's fiancee. Moe catches on and plans revenge, except Larry frames Joe for being the new man in Millie's life.
Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2014-04-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: From the whale depleted oceans to the cosmonaut filled void of outer space, no corner of solar system remains beyond the reach of the satirical eye of 'Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell'.
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2014-04-09
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Voula, I reckon I'm dead or something. Do you think it's from that pact we made because our love is too much for this world? Where are you? Shouldn't you be here in the White Void too? Stav.
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2014-04-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Mad As Hell goes out with a smile and a song. Accentuating the positive, mention of the pension and a big hug for all those we beat about the face and head this series - plus a bottle of wine to our mystery contest winner!
