Season 3

1. Trapped Under Something!

2025-06-30 · 28m

Mitch roadtests a tasteless theory from a TV executive. Plus, some love for a forgotten horror classic, and TV’s nuclear bomb panic of the 1980s.

2. Cop Propaganda!

2025-07-07 · 36m

Mitch takes on cops! A fun look at some of the ways Australian television has been exploited by law enforcement.

3. PR Apocalypse!

2025-07-07 · 39m

Factual television goes under the microscope, and Mitch reveals how the sausage is really made. Plus, when television PR absolutely backfired in 1992.

4. Man vs Man!

2025-07-14

Mitch looks at a long forgotten programming battle of 1994 – how a dating show with a pool almost changed the TV landscape forever. Plus, the 0055 premium number grift, and the surprisingly violent consequences to home VCRs in the early 80s.

5. Soap Conspiracy!

2025-07-14

Mitch recalls one of the best worst TV specials that ever existed – the biggest creative gamble for nostalgia, nudity, and audience sanity. Plus, why did all the TV networks end up on trial when they refused to run a news story? A grubby conspiracy of money, incompetence and soap.