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The Official Story

Episode Number: 4 Season Num: 1 First Aired: Sunday May 31, 1998 Prod Code: 1x04

When good-doer Matt Reilly gets put up in court, the town tries to keep him out of gaol. Laura and Sergeant Gray suspect something is going on and race to uncover it. Bob sets out to impress some Federal Parliamentarians while Jack arrives in town for Rupert's birthday. Laura, sick and tired of Angus' feelings towards how she runs her court, asks him for a sign when she does something wrong. After the truth about Matt is revealed, the town come together to stop the law from interfering with Jack and Rupert's time together. The entire town having lost the Pool tournament proceed to run through town in their underwear. Bob's chance at Federal Parliament goes down the drain.

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Writer:	Andrew Knight, Doug MacLeod

Director:	Ray Argall

Star:	Cassandra Magrath (Miranda Gibson), Georgina Naidu (Phrani Gupta (Episode 3+)), John Howard (II) (Robert "Bob" Jelly), Brett Swain (Griff (Episode 2+)), Bryony Price (Jules Jelly), Sigrid Thornton (Laura Gibson), David Wenham (Daniel "Diver Dan" Della Bosca (Season 1 - Episode 15)), Kerry Armstrong (Heather Jelly (Episode 2+)), Bruce Alexander (Sergeant Graham Grey (Episode 2+)), Kate Atkinson (Karen Miller), Alan Cassell (Harold Fitzwalter (Episode 2+)), Jill Forster (Meredith Monahan), Alice Garner (Carmen 'Lois Lane' Blake (Episode 4+)), Kevin Harrington (Kevin Findlay), Tom Long (Angus Kabiri), Christopher Lyons (Trevor Findlay (Episode 2+)), Kane McNay (Rupert Gibson), Cameron Nugent (Craig Jelly (Episode 2+))

Recurring Role:	Matthew Green (Lionel)

Guest Star:	David Bergin (Lyons), Tony Nikolakopoulos (Rodney), Greg Stone (Matthew Reilly), Christopher Christo (Constable Constantine), Lindsay Crawford (Real Matthew Reilly), Claire Howell (Eileen), Ken Weaver (Les Seddons), Paul English (Jack Gibson)

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Music:- "Intensive Care" by The Bondi Cigars
- "Walking on the Cracks" by The Backsliders
- "Maybe This Time For Sure" by Paul Kelly
- "This Wind" by Barry Saunders (edit)

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Laura: This oven should be heating up by now, I think it might be broken. What do you think?
Diver Dan: Oh I don't know, I'm an expert on cakes not ovens.
Laura: It's brand new, I bought it from Bob Jelly
Diver Dan: Oh well, in that case I do know......It's broken. (edit)

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Dakhur Report Abuse	9.0 Superb The Official Story "Pivotal" While a local hero, who everyone knows the truth about except for Grey and Laura, is put on the spot, Bob is trying to move into Federal politics. In the end, the truth is revealed, but the town also starts to bring Laura into their fold. Continue » Posted Feb 11, 2008 3:23 am PST