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COLLECTION · Series · 1996

Mercury

Mercury was an Australian TV series that launched in 1996. It featured Geoffrey Rush.

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Studios
ABC TV
Runtime
60 min/ep
Release
02/05/1996
Score
0.0 / 10
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
13 episodes · 1996
Episode 1. Without Fear or Favour
1996-05-02 · 60 min

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Episode 2. Biggest Thieves in Town
60 min

Plod investigates two battlers who claim to have lost their life savings in a recent bank robbery; Gibbo's investigation of the forthcoming national budget leads to a strange offer from the Treasurer; and Georgi's expose of the…

Episode 3. Dark Horses
60 min

Plod finagles an exclusive interview with a woman who claims her sister was murdered; Tess smells news in the privatization of the city's sewerage farm; Georgi and Gibbo track down an elusive developer to get an interview; and cub…

Episode 4. Every Picture Tells a Story
60 min

Rumors abound that the Mercury may be taken over by a West Australian media mogul; Bill has to decide whether or not to give the boot to an arrogant photographer; Georgi exposes a film studio; and Plod uncovers a strange link between…

Episode 5. Devil's Work
60 min

Nell takes over as editor while Bill is away being grilled by the company's new investor; Tess teams up with general reporter Karin Grunewald to expose the exploitation of migrant garment workers; Ross covers an exorcism that ended in…

Episode 6. Indecent Obsession
60 min

Gibbo investigates pedophilia in high places; general reporter Kevin Kinsella manages to get an exclusive interview with the parents of a baby who has just survived a risky operation.

Episode 7. Paper Tigers
60 min

When labor troubles beset the Sunday Mercury, Bill Wyatt and Georgi Singer find themselves on opposite sides, and when the journalists are called on to strike, Tess and Nathan must sacrifice their hard-won stories and Bill and Nell have…

Episode 8. Mother's Day
60 min

Plod re-investigates a controversial police raid; Georgi and Gibbo try to expose crooked property developer Mil Pascoe.

Episode 9. A Very Dangerous Game
60 min

Cub reporter Nathan Cohen almost blows Tess's exclusive story; Gibbo begins a dangerous relationship with Clare Bannister; Georgi has a fit when one of her stories is blown by the government, and she accuses Gibbo of leaking it.

Episode 10. The Best Seat in the House
60 min

Tess finds the experience intoxicating when she takes over Rocco's gossip column for the week; everyone comes together for Gibbo when tragedy overtakes the foreign correspondent.

Episode 11. All the News That's Fit to Print
60 min

Gibbo gets a story that threatens the Opposition Leader's career, but faces a crisis in his personal life; a sports figure just released from jail wants Sylvie Waterman to write his biography; and Georgi finally digs up some real dirt on…

Episode 12. Private Tears
60 min

Kevin Kinsella writes a moving story about his and his wife's attempts at In Vitro Fertilization; Georgi has to answer charges of breaching journalistic privilege before a parliamentary committee; Clare Bannister makes her…

Episode 13. Bad News Is Good News
60 min

It's the last week before a government-called election and it looks like an Opposition victory; Bill is beseiged by fans objecting to a rock star's obituary; and his story about a young cop shooting a psychiatric patient has Gibbo facing…

Cast by season
Pamela Rabe
Pamela Rabe
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush
Bill Wyatt
?
Bruce Alexander
?
Michael Veitch
Robert Grubb
Robert Grubb
David Roberts
David Roberts
?
Terry Kenwrick
?
Julie Forsyth
Susan Lyons
Susan Lyons
Victoria Longley
Victoria Longley
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