Shaun Micallef
Himself - Host
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (2012)
Series 3
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.
Released May 25, 2012
Episode 25 min
10+
Genres: Comedy, News, Talk Show
Keywords: tmdb.political-satire, imdb.australian-politics, imdb.australian-society, imdb.comedian-as-tv-host, imdb.news-satire, imdb.arnold-schwarzenegger-impression, imdb.political-analyst + 5 more, imdb.political-satire, imdb.australia, imdb.social-satire, imdb.spoof, imdb.parody-comedy
Production Companies: ITV Studios Australia
Network: ABC TV
S3E1 - Episode 1
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.
Feb. 12, 2014, midnight
S3E2 - Episode 2
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.
Feb. 19, 2014, midnight
S3E3 - Episode 3
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.
Feb. 26, 2014, midnight
S3E4 - Episode 4
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.
March 5, 2014, midnight
S3E5 - Episode 5
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.
March 12, 2014, midnight
S3E6 - Episode 6
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.
March 19, 2014, midnight
S3E7 - Episode 7
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.
March 26, 2014, midnight
S3E8 - Episode 8
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'.
April 2, 2014, midnight
S3E9 - Episode 9
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.
April 9, 2014, midnight
S3E10 - Episode 10
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!
April 16, 2014, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 25 min.
Released: May 25, 2012
Last Air Date: Sept. 21, 2022, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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