Blue Heelers S05E05

A Piece of Cake

Episode 5.05 (175)
March 18, 1998
Written by Bill Garner
Directed by Steve Mann

Nick is selected to be the subject of a "Day in the Life" feature by local reporter Tony Timms. Not exactly thrilled, Nick decides to bore Tony Timms to death, showing him exciting police work like putting petrol in the car and directing traffic around a bale of hay on the road, hardly the stuff for a hard-hitting news story. Tony is getting increasingly frustrated and Nick is loving every second of it.

At the station some important news has hit — a review team will be arriving to decide whether the station is to be downgraded or not. Tom tells everyone to look as busy as possible. He wants it to look like Mt Thomas is the crime capital of Australia. Then PJ remembers that Nick is out boring the pants off Tony Timms. Tom gets on the radio and tries to cryptically explain the situation but Nick hasn't got a clue.

Next, Merv Poole arrives at the station and dumps a bag of rubbish on the front counter. He claims his next door neighbours have been putting their rubbish in his bin and he wants something done about it. Nick and Tony go out to Merv's for a bit of community policing.

Back at the station Tony launches into a speech about how the Mt Thomas police have the most over-staffed and under-worked station in the state. To make matters worse, the Heelers realise that the review team has also heard this outburst. When the review team goes off for lunch, Tom takes the opportunity to tell Nick that he must make sure that Tony sees a Mt Thomas full of crime; a place that needs every available member to police it. Opportunely, Leila Clegg arrives at the station and reports that Blanche Moore hasn't delivered her sponge for the bake-off; she hopes nothing has happened to her. At this news Nick springs into action. They could have a missing woman!

Guest Starring: Jeremy Kewley as Tony Timms, Peter Aanensen as Merv Poole, Marie Trevor as Leila Clegg, Karen Davitt as Dr. Zoe Hamilton, Adam Leembruggen as Rowan Duma, Gabriel Egan as Glen Cumming, Tony Porter as Inspector Don Davidson, Phillip Reilly as Don Watson, Sarah-Jane King as Lingerie Shop Assistant, Tracey Lee Tew as Service Station Attendant

(encoded with Handbrake - Blue Heelers - from Complete Fifth Season DVD - the early years)

Duration: approximately 45 minutes
Aspect ratio: 4:3 standard
Audio: linear hi-fi/stereo
Size: 497MB
Video format: MPEG-4 (MP4)

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