''Shannon's Mob'' is an Australian TV series about an Australian intelligence agency. It was the last TV series from

Fauna Productions Fauna Productions is an Australian film and TV production company established by Lee Robinson, Lionel ('Bob') Austin and John McCallum who met during the making of the film ''They're a Weird Mob'' (1966). Robinson, Austin and McCallum wanted to ma ...

, who were responsible for '' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' among others.

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 (

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) who often worked undercover.

Cast

Main cast

* Robin Ramsay as Andrew Blake *

as Michael Jamieson

Guest cast

Julieanne Newbould Julieanne Newbould (born 1957) is an Australian actress who first came to prominence in the 1970s. Newbould was 16 years old when she played Karen in the 1974 ABC telemovie ''Lindsay’s Boy''. She then worked in several television series for t ...

as Libby *

Gillian Jones Gillian Jones (born 19 April 1947) is an Australian actress from Newcastle, New South Wales who is best known for appearances in ''Twelfth Night'', '' Oscar and Lucinda'', '' Last Train to Freo'' and the role of Di Paige in the television serie ...

as Carol * Joanne Samuel as Felicity Maitland *

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as Prostitute *

Vincent Ball Vincent Martin Ball OAM (born 4 December 1923) is an Australian retired character actor of radio, stage and screen, active in the industry for nearly 55 years (with a brief return) firstly in Britain and then his native Australia. He has also a ...

as Ashby *

Chantal Contouri Chantal Contouri (born 1950; sometimes credited as Chantal Cantouri, el, Σαντάλ Κοντούρη) is a Greek Australian television and film actress and former dancer, best known for her role in the 1970s soap opera ''Number 96'', as nurs ...

as Tara *

Alwyn Kurts Alwyn Cecil Kurts (28 October 1915 – 4 May 2000) was an Australian drama and comedy actor of radio, television and film, best remembered for his role as gruff Inspector Colin Fox in the TV series ''Homicide''. Biography Kurts' father, David D ...

as Alan Merritt *

Chris Haywood Chris Haywood (born ) is an English-born Australian actor, writer and producer, with close to 500 screen performances to his name. Haywood has also worked as a casting director, art director, sound recordist, camera operator, gaffer, grip, lo ...

as Richard Pollard *

Rowena Wallace Rowena Wallace (born 23 August 1947) is an English-born Australian stage and screen actress, most especially in the genre of television soap opera. She is best known for her Gold Logie-winning role as conniving Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton/ ...

as Estelle * Cecily Polson as Edith Thomas *

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a Harry Davis

Production

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

Reception

The series did not screen until October 1975. It was not a rating 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."Don Storey, ''Shannon's Mob''
at Australian Classic TV In 1976 Robinson said it was unlikely that the series would ever recover its costs.

List of episodes

#Without Incident #Nothing Else To Lose #Trip To Nowhere #There Was A Man #Stock In Trade #Hotspot #When Collier Came #Mixed Doubles #Loser Takes All #The Playpen #Peace Lovers #You've Got To Have Credentials #Heart Of Oak

References

External links

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