Shannon's Mob

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Shannon's Mob
GenreEspionage
Directed byRon Way
Brian Bell
Howard Rubie
Ian Bennett
Starring Robin Ramsay
Frank Gallacher
Julieanne Newbould
Composer Eric Jupp
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerBob Austin
Producers Joy Cavill
Lee Robinson
Production locationSydney
Camera setupJohn Williams
Running time60 mins
Production company Fauna Productions
Original release
Network Nine Network
Release27 October 1975 (1975-10-27) 
4 February 1976 (1976-02-04)

Shannon's Mob is an Australian TV series about an Australian intelligence agency. It was the last TV series from Fauna Productions, who were responsible for Skippy the Bush Kangaroo among others. [1]

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Synopsis

FIASCO (The Federal Intelligence and Security Organisation) is a top-secret department whose existence was known only to a few and was answerable only to the Prime Minister. Under the control of one time Scotland Yard cop Dave Shannon, the main characters were agents Andrew Blake (Robin Ramsay) and Michael Jamieson (Frank Gallacher) who often worked undercover.

Cast

Main cast

Guest cast

Production

Production of the series took place from October 1973 to May 1974, mostly in and around Sydney. [2]

Reception

The series did not screen until October 1975. It was not a ratings success and did not sell well overseas. TV critic Don Storey wrote that "not only was Shannon's Mob Fauna's least successful production, it was one of the least remembered series of Australian television's first twenty years." [3]

In 1976 Robinson said it was unlikely that the series would ever recover its costs. [4]

List of episodes

  1. Without Incident
  2. Nothing Else To Lose
  3. Trip To Nowhere
  4. There Was A Man
  5. Stock In Trade
  6. Hotspot
  7. When Collier Came
  8. Mixed Doubles
  9. Loser Takes All
  10. The Playpen
  11. Peace Lovers
  12. You've Got To Have Credentials
  13. Heart Of Oak

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  2. "SYDNEY SCENE WITH A DASH OF EXTRA SPICE". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 9 January 1974. p. 18. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  3. Don Storey, Shannon's Mob at Australian Classic TV
  4. Robinson, Lee (15 August 1976). "Lee Robinson" (Oral history). Interviewed by Graham Shirley. National Film and Sound Archive.