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Mercury

Season 1 1996

  • 1996-05-01T13:30:00Z on ABC
  • 1h
  • 13h (13 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
Welcome to the Mercury guide at TV Tome. Mercury is set in the fast paced, cut throat world of print journalism. It revolves around the day to day running of a quality weekly newspaper - The Sunday Mercury. About real people and real journalists in a large metropolitan city in the 90's, this series reveals the methods used by old time reporters to secure a scoop, and the learning curve of the cadets who strive to emulate them. Mercury enters the world of an extraordinary tribe of self-ordained heroes, incurable gossips and rampant egos, who are obsessed with the hunt for an exclusive and the filing of their stories by deadline.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1996-05-01T13:30:00Z

1x01 Without Fear or Favour

Series Premiere

1x01 Without Fear or Favour

  • 1996-05-01T13:30:00Z1h

A mysterious fax from an unknown source sets the Sunday Mercury political reporter Georgi Singer on to an investigation that threatens to overturn the inner sanctums of the government.

1996-05-08T13:30:00Z

1x02 Biggest Thieves in Town

1x02 Biggest Thieves in Town

  • 1996-05-08T13:30:00Z1h

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 relationship between a cabinet minister and a land developer causes unexpected retaliation by the government.

1996-05-15T13:30:00Z

1x03 Dark Horses

1x03 Dark Horses

  • 1996-05-15T13:30:00Z1h

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 reporter Nathan Cohen stumbles upon the biggest story of his life.

1x04 Every Picture Tells a Story

  • 1996-05-22T13:30:00Z1h

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 Treasurer Clare Bannister and a murderer.

1996-05-29T13:30:00Z

1x05 Devil's Work

1x05 Devil's Work

  • 1996-05-29T13:30:00Z1h

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 tragedy.

1996-06-05T13:30:00Z

1x06 Indecent Obsession

1x06 Indecent Obsession

  • 1996-06-05T13:30:00Z1h

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.

1996-06-12T13:30:00Z

1x07 Paper Tigers

1x07 Paper Tigers

  • 1996-06-12T13:30:00Z1h

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 to get the paper out on their own.

1996-06-19T13:30:00Z

1x08 Mother's Day

1x08 Mother's Day

  • 1996-06-19T13:30:00Z1h

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

1996-06-26T13:30:00Z

1x09 A Very Dangerous Game

1x09 A Very Dangerous Game

  • 1996-06-26T13:30:00Z1h

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.

1x10 The Best Seat in the House

  • 1996-07-03T13:30:00Z1h

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.

1x11 All the News That's Fit to Print

  • 1996-07-10T13:30:00Z1h

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 the crooked dealings of developer Mil Pascoe.

1996-07-17T13:30:00Z

1x12 Private Tears

1x12 Private Tears

  • 1996-07-17T13:30:00Z1h

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 long-anticipated run for the office of Premier.

Season Finale

1996-07-24T13:30:00Z

1x13 Bad News Is Good News

Season Finale

1x13 Bad News Is Good News

  • 1996-07-24T13:30:00Z1h

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 his own demons.

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