Thank God You're Here: episode guide
Episode 1.01
Premiere: April 05, 2006
Ratings: 1.5 million viewers
- Fifi Box as a fitness equipment demonstrator
- Frank Woodley as a Roman soldier
- Angus Sampson as an O.R. doctor
- Peter Rowsthorn as a property developer defending a new casino
- Group: children's entertainers
Ensemble cast: Heidi Arena, Daniel Cordeaux, Ed Kavalee, Nicola Parry
Additional cast: Carlo Weimer, Lisa Novak, Rob Sitch
Episode 1.02
Premiere: April 12, 2006
Ratings: 1.45 million viewers
- Matt Newton as a boardroom pitchman for a new beverage
- Shaun Micallef as co-host of children's tv show "Yah!"
- Fifi Box as a Victorian era woman meeting a suitor
- Angus Sampson as a celebrity chef on a late night tv
show
- Group: WWII POWs planning escape
Ensemble cast: Heidi Arena, Daniel Cordeaux, Ed Kavalee, Nicola Parry, Andrew Bayly
Guest Appearances: Dan O'Connor, Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Episode 1.03
Premiere: April 19, 2006
Ratings: 1.74 million viewers
- Fifi Box as designer presenting new uniforms for the Socceroos
- Glenn Robbins as a late arriving cyclist with a suspicious wife
- Frank Woodley as monk returning from 10-year vow of silence
- Akmal Saleh as doctor promoting herbal supplements on tv morning show
- Group: Viking warriors accounting their worth before the chief
Ensemble cast: Heidi Arena, Andrew Bayly, Daniel Cordeaux, Simon Dowling, Rebekah Foord, Ed Kavalee, Nicola Parry
Episode 1.04
Premiere: April 26, 2006
Ratings: 1.74 million viewers
- Santo Cilauro as a plumber with an amorous client
- Peter Rowsthorn as a starship captain
- Robyn Butler as an actress discussing her new film
- Angus Sampson as hardware store owner firing employee girlfriend
- Group: clergy meeting to discuss increasing youth involvement in the church
Ensemble cast: Heidi Arena, Daniel Cordeaux, Ed Kavalee, Nicola Parry, Simon Dowling, Andrew Bayly
Episode 1.05
Premiere: May 03, 2006
Ratings: 1.72 million viewers
- Akmal Saleh as conductor of management raining seminar
- Alan Brough as senator on tv panal show explaining controversial decisions
- Shaun Micallef as doctor to Elizabethan king
- Julia Zemiro as 32-year-old explaining party aftermath to parents
- Group: weight loss group explaining weight gain
Ensemble cast: Heidi Arena, Daniel Cordeaux, Ed Kavalee, Nicola Parry, Andrew Bayly, Simon Dowling, Rebekah Foord, Isabelle Parry
Episode 1.06
Premiere: May 10, 2006
Ratings: 1.64 million viewers
- Peter Rowsthorn as captain of a sinking cruise ship
- Josh Lawson as man meeting internet blind date
- Angus Sampson as Merry Man hopeful
- Julia Zemiro as self help book author in radio interview
- Group: sports commentators
Ensemble cast: Heidi Arena, Daniel Cordeaux, Ed Kavalee, Nicola Parry, Andrew Bayly, Simon Dowling, Jason Geary, Rob Lloyd
Additional cast: Nareh Dvir, Jane McArthur, Alexis Porter
Episode 1.07
Premiere: May 17, 2006
Ratings: 1.64 million viewers
- Josh Lawson as a dog whisperer
- Fifi Box as gov't minister announcing new needle exchange program
- Bob Franklin as a guerrilla leader
- Frank Woodley as the director of retirement community being interviewed
- Group: members of religious community accounting for their sins
Ensemble cast: Heidi Arena, Andrew Bayly, Roy Billing, Daniel Cordeaux, Simon Dowling, Rebekah Foord, Ed Kavalee, Nicola Parry
Note: the "Dog Whisperer" scene was originally intended for Fifi Box but was given to Josh Lawson at the last minute after Fifi's fear of dogs was discovered during a casual chat with the crew
Episode 1.08
Premiere: May 24, 2006
Ratings: 1.01 million viewers
- Angus Sampson as "Aussie Phil", promoting his meat pies to investors
- Josh Lawson as cowboy "six shooter" Stevie
- Tanya Bulmer as a new bride arriving at her reception
- Hamish Blake as rockstar Sledge appearing on The Late Show
- Group: superheroes creating a plan to save the planet from a meteor
Ensemble cast: Heidi Arena, Andrew Bayly, Daniel Cordeaux, Simon Dowling, Ed Kavalee, Nicola Parry, Isabelle Oldham
Special Guest: Kate Ceberano
Episode 1.09
Premiere: May 31, 2006
Ratings: 1.80 million viewers
- Hamish Blake as lewd employee answering to boss
- Bob Franklin as WWI soldier returns home
- Fifi Box as Naughy But Nice spokeswoman
- Peter Rowsthorn as cricketer giving post-match press conference
- Group: applicant pirates
Ensemble cast: Heidi Arena, Andrew Bayly, Daniel Cordeaux, Simon Dowling, Rebekah Foord, Ed Kavalee, Nicola Parry
Additional cast: Hannah Clarke, Anita Smith, Scott Johnson, Kate Lister, Ash Williams
Episode 1.10
Premiere: June 07, 2006
Ratings: 2.13 million viewers
- Shaun Micallef as apologising government minister
- Angus Sampson as ocean liner lothario
- Frank Woodley as Irishman back from the goldfields
- Kate Langbroek as Cleopatra
- Akmal Saleh as bad circus clown
- Group: tv morning show "Daybreak"
Ensemble cast: Heidi Arena, Andrew Bayly, Daniel Cordeaux, Ed Kavalee, Nicola Parry
Additional cast: Nico Billeam, Matthew Roberts
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