The Back Side of Television - Season 3

First aired: 6/30/2025 5 episodes
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Episodes

Episode 1

1. Trapped Under Something!

Aired: 6/30/2025

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.

Episode 2

2. Cop Propaganda!

Aired: 7/7/2025

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

Episode 3

3. PR Apocalypse!

Aired: 7/7/2025

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!

Aired: 7/14/2025

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!

Aired: 7/14/2025

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.