Pitch Bleak’s second season ends with the detectives finally cornering a long-hunted suspect - the one man media machine, Dan Ilic. While Hayden and Chris investigate who prevented Ilic’s preposterously successful podcast ‘A Rational Fear’ from making the jump to TV, they’ll also discover the terrifying truth about the Beaconsfield backlash, the Open Slather production budget and the Chris Kennett Half-Hour.

(00:27) Dan Ilic: Investigative Humorist

(09:29) The Beaconsfield Musical Controversy

(23:05)  A Rational Fear: The Satirical Comedy Show

(33:25) Transitioning to a TV Show

(35:12) Challenges in the Australian TV Industry

(37:17) The Allure and Decline of Traditional TV

(39:19) Failed Pitches and Network Rejections

(43:02) Who Killed  "A Rational Fear'?

(54:45) Has It Got Legs? Stereotypical Family Feud 

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In a Very Special Episode, Chris and Hayden tackle their first missing persons case. She’s a supremely talented singer-songwriter and a highly-awarded cabaret queen, so when it comes to the entertainment A-list, just where IS Geraldine Quinn? Has someone - or something - conspired against her? The investigation will lead the detectives somewhere they never expected…

 

(01:20) Unpacking the Early Years

(03:18) The Journey into Cabaret

(10:20)The Edinburgh Experience

(15:11) Television Breakthroughs and Setbacks

(19:12) The Moosehead Award 

(24:11) Cultural Reflections in Art

(30:25) Navigating the Industry Landscape

(42:43) Has it Got Legs: The Daly Grind

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The detectives grill comedian Andy Matthews in the case of a TV sketch comedy project that was brutally put down. Their investigation will lead them to big name suspects, highly problematic jokes, and a world that’s dirty, dangerous and largely hidden from the general public- university law revues.

(01:17) Engineering to Comedy

(05:34) The Law Revue Experience

(13:45) The Call from Steve Vizard

(22:12) Group Dynamics

(24:10)  Sketchual Intercourse

(27:03) The Aftermath

(28:31) Whodunnit?

(35:45) Has It Got Legs? Dog Zoo

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Hayden and Chris throw out the rule book and cross international borders to interrogate the acclaimed dramatist and self-confessed American, Lally Katz. Are the detectives out of their jurisdiction? Unclear. Who killed the movie adaptation of Lally’s hit play, ‘Neighbourhood Watch’? Even murkier.

(03:51) The 12-Year-Old Book Deadline

(07:42) Magic Realism

(11:54) The Origins of Neighbourhood Watch

(12:25) The Ill-Fated Film Adaptation

(19:41) The Never-Ending Development Cycle

(23:23) Is Neighbourhood Watch Dead?

(26:38) The Sandra Bullock Christmas Movie Pitch

(28:02) What's a Bake Off?

(29:20) Navigating the Hollywood System

(31:58) Identifying the Suspects

(37:30) Has it Got Legs? Apocalyptic Jobs

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The Pitch Bleak unit takes on the formidable kids TV writer, author and filmmaker Lorin Clarke in a case that threatens to set them against the shadowy forces of the Short Skirt, Long Jacket Department.

Clarke discusses her famous father’s legacy, her time at Bluey, what it’s like having a successful podcast, and the brutal murder of her unrealised TV project, Unaccompanied Minors.

(01:15) Lorin's Background and Family

(03:29) The John Clarke Documentary

(06:36) Creative Processes and Challenges

(08:30) The Bluey Experience

(11:14) The Fitzroy Diaries

(14:42) Unaccompanied Minors: The Missing TV Show

(31:44) The ABC Experience

(31:59) Creative Freedom and Challenges

(34:01) The One That Got Away

(39:16) Executive Decisions and Their Impact

(45:32) Who did it?

(52:02) Has it Got Legs? Finding Mr. Moomar

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Pitch Bleak’s second season opens with a bang as Hayden and Chris interrogate author, documentarian and professional troublemaker John Safran. After canvassing his crimes new (squatting in Kanye’s mansion) and old (rifling through Ray Martin’s garbage), the detectives zero in on their main target: what became of John Safran Vs America, his US-based series that never happened? Featuring exclusive, never-before seen excerpts from Safran’s unaired pilot episode!

(01:22) John's Middle Name Revelation

(02:09) John's rap sheet

(03:25) Murder in Mississippi

(04:00) Legal Challenges in Media

(05:31) Squatting in Kanye's Mansion

(09:36) Breaking into Disneyland

(13:26) The Infamous Ray Martin Incident

(24:53) John Safran Saves America

(35:42) Peak Emo and Hollywood Stories

(38:27) MTV and Production Challenges

(39:37) Transition to ABC 

(43:13) The Long Game and Viral Success

(44:11) Self-Sabotage and Mainstream Failure

(55:35) Has it Got Legs: Lying to the optometrist

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With the true creative crime show being dual-nominated at the 2024 Australian Podcast Awards, it’s time to catch up on the action so far with this dizzying highlight reel! Come on a whirlwind trip through Season 1 with Detectives Hayden and Chris (and then go back and hit up all the individual episodes again, it’s good for our numbers).

SEASON TWO COMING SOON!

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