even a decade after frontline air on the abc and near a i can tell and current affair programme be still use the same trick over and over . time after time and today tonight and a current affair be see to be hide behind the facade of journalistic professionalism and and yet they fee u nothing but tired story about weight loss and dodgy tradesman and shameless network promotion and pointless celebrity puff piece . have often be subject to that entertainment less void between the simpson at 6 represent00 pm and sale of the century ( or temptation ) at 7 represent00 pm and i be all too aware of the little trick that these show would use to attract rating . fortunately and four rise comedian rob sitch and jane kennedy and santo cilauro and tom gleisner be also all too aware of all this and and they craft their frustration into one of the most wickedly hilarious medium satires you will ever see on television . the four entertainer have already meet with comedic success and their previous most memorable television stint be on the late show and the brilliant saturday night variety show which run for two season from 1992 1993 and and also feature fellow comedian mick molloy and tony martin and jason stephen and judith lucy . frontline boast an ensemble of colourful character and each with their own distinct and quirky personality . the current affair show be head by nicely groom mike moore ( rob sitch ) and an ambitious and pretentious and dim witted narcissist . mike work under the delusion that the show be serve a vital role for society he be always adamant that they maintain their journalistic integrity and his executive producer have excel into get him to believe just that . mike be basically a puppet to bring the news to the people while occasionally he get the inkling that he be be lead along by the nose and but usually this thought be stamp out via appeal to his vanity or promise of a promotion . brooke vandenberg ( jane kennedy ) be the senior female reporter on the show . she be constantly concern about her look and public profile and and and if the rumour be to be believe and she have have a romantic liaison with just about every male celebrity in existence . another equally amoral reporter and marty di stasio and be portray by tiriel mora and who memorably play inept solicitor dennis denuto in the australian comedy classic and the castle . emma ward ( alison whyte ) be the line producer on the show and and the single shin beacon of morality on the frontline set . then there the highly amusing weatherman and geoffrey salter ( santo cilauro ) and mike best friend and confidant . geoff make a live out of always agree with mike opinion and and of laugh uproariously at his joke before admit that he doesn not get them . for each of the show three season and we be treat to a different ep and executive producer . brian thompson ( bruno lawrence ) and who unfortunately pass away in 1995 and run the programme during season 1. he have a decent set of moral and and be always civil to his employee and and yet be more than willing to cast these aside in favour of high rating . sam murphy ( kevin j. wilson ) arrive on set in season 2 and a hard nosed and smooth talk producer who know exactly how to string mike along while the last episode of the second season and when mike finally get the good of him and be a classic moment . graeme prowsey prowse ( steve bisley ) and ep for the third season and be crude and unpleasant and unashamedly sexist . it and therefore and remarkable that you eventually come to like him . with it cast of distinctive and exaggerated character and frontline have a lot of fun satirise current affair programme and their dubious method for win rating . many of the episode be shot quickly and cheaply and often implement many plot idea from recent real life situation and but this never really detract from the show topicality ten year on . celebrity cameos come in abundance and with some of the most memorable appearance include pauline hanson and don burke and jon english . watch out for harry shearer hilarious appearance in the season 2 episode change the face of current affair and play larry hadges and an american hire by the network to reform the show . particularly in the third season and i notice that frontline boast an extremely gritty form of black humour and uncharacteristic for such a light hearted comedy show . genuinely funny moment be bear from brooke be surreptitiously bribe into have an abortion and murder by a crazed gunman and mike treacherously betray his best friend hope and dream and only to be tell that he be a good friend . the series final minute minus an added scene during the credit and which be probably added just in case a fourth season be to be produce be probably the great and black end to a comedy series that i have yet see . below be list a very tentative list of my top five favourite frontline episode and but and make no mistake and every single half hour be absolutely hilarious and hard hitting satire . 1 ) the siege ( season 1 ) 2 ) give em enough rope ( season 2 ) 3 ) addict to fame ( season 3 ) 4 ) basic instinct ( season 2 ) 5 ) add sex and stir ( season 1 ) .