Jon Olb
Director
Sleuth 101 (2010)
Season 1
Welcome to Sleuth 101 – the whodunit game show with a comedic twist, hosted by the effervescent Cal Wilson. As elementary as Watson, Cal's job is to guide the guest detective, keep forensics on their feet and occasionally drop the odd cryptic clue. Each week Cal is joined by a special guest comedian, who is given a crash course in criminology.
Released Feb. 12, 2010
Episode 27 min
None+
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Network: ABC TV
S1E1 - Family Assorted
John Wood plays Bill Quinn, a family man who is hated by his family and with good reason. Bill gets killed on Christmas Day, smothered by the stomach padding of his Santa suit. Guest detective Dave O'Neil is on the scene.
Feb. 12, 2010, midnight
S1E2 - Murder in A-Sharp
Frankie J Holden stars as Kyle Bowman, lead singer of 70s rockers The Dead Dogs, who gets murdered - stabbed by his own ARIA award. Match wits with a not-so-great detective as you try to sort out fact from fiction, clues from red herrings and the innocent from the guilty. Guest detective Frank Woodley must unravel the mess of lies, infidelity and Lily Allen.
Feb. 19, 2010, midnight
S1E3 - Delete Cache
In the office of TorbLab creator and designer of the virtual online world of Sirius 9. System administrator Cache (Sam Johnson), or Darren Gablonsky as he is known by his parents, has been deleted. Cache collapses after drinking his regular black coffee. But which of his nerdy colleagues, stopped playing the online role-playing game long enough to poison his cup? Claire Hooper is on hand to unravel the mystery.
Feb. 26, 2010, midnight
S1E4 - A Tan to Die For
Karma Kutz Beauty Salon. Bridget Wilmott (Caroline Craig), bride to be, has been found dead, crushed by the solarium she was using to make herself beautiful on the most important day of her life. There is no shortage of people who wanted to see her dead, so Adam Richard has a curly one to solve.
March 5, 2010, midnight
S1E5 - Inside Chef
Ramsay McGordon (Mark Mitchell) keels over while tasting the last meal in the final of a new reality show. Given that the contestants are all convicted felons, he probably should have seen it coming. Pete Rowsthorn gets the taste for murder as he tries his hand at detective work.
March 12, 2010, midnight
S1E6 - Late and Live
Breaking news is that late night news reader for radio station Noyz FM, Rachel Timms (Kimberely Davies) has been murdered. It’s the biggest news story of the year and she won’t be able to report it. A radio newreader with a great future ahead of her - that is until someone strangled her with a mic cable before the midnight news. Guest detective Julia Morris is thrown into the graveyard shift on this one.
March 26, 2010, midnight
S1E7 - Performance Enhancing Death
The Western Dragons Footy Club. Dan Kinsman (Blair McDonagh) has been thrown a lifeline by his new footy club. He has been passing all his drug test but reformed bad boy and star footballer Dan has just been dropped... permanently. Is Detective Colin Lane fit enough to solve this shocking murder?
April 4, 2010, midnight
S1E8 - Still Life
Picture this: an artist's model (Annalise Brackenseck) turns out to be the country's most wanted criminal. She also turns out to be quite dead. Was this someone's idea of justice, or is there another motive? Can Hamish Blake draw himself away from the photos of the body long enough to solve the crime?
April 11, 2010, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 27 min.
Season Runtime: 217 min.
Released: Feb. 12, 2010
Last Air Date: April 11, 2010, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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