Rob Gleisner
Director
Utopia (AU) (2014)
Season 5
The beleaguered staff of the Nation Building Authority are still trying to get the job done in the face of endless backflips, government interference and ever-shifting priorities.
Released Aug. 13, 2014
Episode 26 min
14+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.politics, tmdb.political-satire, tmdb.government-employee, tmdb.sitcom, tmdb.federal-government, tmdb.workplace-comedy, tmdb.government-waste + 5 more, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.government-agency, imdb.bureaucracy, imdb.infrastructure, imdb.incompetence
Production Companies: Working Dog
Network: ABC TV
S5E1 - The Buck Stops Where?
The beleaguered staff of the NBA are still trying to get the job done in the face of endless backflips, government interference and ever-shifting priorities. Tony and Scott investigate prolonged delays on a freeway upgrade.
June 7, 2023, midnight
S5E2 - Grand Designs
Tony cops media heat for a solar scheme with poor public uptake, and a completed bypass is held up from opening due to some signage for a problematic monument. Patrick the accountant torments the office with his stories.
June 14, 2023, midnight
S5E3 - The Promise Land
The Government stalls on an election promise of the NBA moving to independent status and the office undergoes workplace respect training, complicating a prospective romance between Nat and a visiting consultant.
June 21, 2023, midnight
S5E4 - Tunnel Vision
Jim ups security measures while trying to sway the outcome of tenders for an international partnership. Nat is infuriated by her new assistant. The office is challenged by a group of school kids on green energy initiatives.
June 28, 2023, midnight
S5E5 - Lights, Camera, Inaction
Tony is frozen out by the Minister when he's reluctant to announce an ambitious new project. The NBA comes under scrutiny by UNESCO over the Great Barrier Reef's endangerment status. Scott starts an NBA TikTok account.
July 5, 2023, midnight
S5E6 - Story Time
Rhonda forces Tony to fast track a long-term regional rail project. Nat goes the wrong kind of viral for a problematic photo. Ash investigates a recurring charge on the company account, while adjusting to his new e-scooter.
July 12, 2023, midnight
S5E7 - Frequently Avoided Questions
A security consultant creates stress by leveling up the NBA's cyber safety. Nat faces the consequences of an inept employee. Jim lumps Tony with responding to a freight report the Minister's failed to act upon.
July 19, 2023, midnight
S5E8 - Wide Awoke
Nat and Ash work on deciphering who owns the title on an historic project. Tony's important presentation is derailed by Rhonda's insistence that the office undergoes an E.S.G pulse check. Brian works on securing the building.
July 26, 2023, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 26 min.
Season Runtime: 1051 min.
Released: Aug. 13, 2014
Last Air Date: July 26, 2023, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 14+
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