The Games
The Games

The Games

1998 2 Seasons 26 Episodes ⭐ 7.7 Comedy

The Games was an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The series was originally broadcast on the ABC and had two seasons of 13 episodes each, the first in 1998 and the second in 2000. 'The Games' starred satirists John Clarke and Bryan Dawe along with Australian comedian Gina Riley and actor Nicholas Bell. It was written by John Clarke and Ross Stevenson. The series centred on the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and satirised corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratic ineptness in the New South Wales public service, and unethical behaviour within politics and the media. An unusual feature of the show was that the characters shared the same name as the actors who played them, to enhance the illusion of a documentary on the Sydney Games.

The Games was an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The series was originally broadcast on the ABC and had two seasons of 13 episodes each, the first in 1998 and the second in 2000. 'The Games' starred satirists John Clarke and Bryan Dawe along with Australian comedian Gina Riley and actor Nicholas Bell. It was written by John Clarke and Ross Stevenson. The series centred on the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and satirised corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratic ineptness in the New South Wales public service, and unethical behaviour within politics and the media. An unusual feature of the show was that the characters shared the same name as the actors who played them, to enhance the illusion of a documentary on the Sydney Games.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Press Conference

Barrie Cassidy analyses John, Bryan and Gina's performance at their recent press conference.

EP 2

Athletics Schedule

Just when the administration and logistics team have got things running smoothly, sport rears its ugly head. John, Bryan

EP 3

Funding

Funding for the games becomes a problem. John and Gina review a video designed to promote Sydney as an easy town to get

EP 4

Robbo and the 100 Metres

Jasmine presents some marketing ideas to clear out some ""dead wood"", Robbo holds a press conference on the environment

EP 5

Past Sports Stars and Gender

The team wrestle with the Asian meltdown, the GST, an athlete who has had a sex-change and a troublesome seating plan. G

EP 6

Millennium Bug

Gina's voice recognition software is causing difficulties and John is having trouble with technology. The millennium bug

EP 7

Dead Man

The swimming schedule has been disastrously modified at the last minute. Meanwhile, Gina and John are asked to babysit a

EP 8

Rural and Environment

John attempts to explain the swimming schedule to the camera before going on Lateline to face the Spanish Athletics Asso

EP 9

J'Accuse

Gina tries to explain the disastrous effect a 100% effective anti-doping system would have on athletic attendance at the

EP 10

A Management Course

John, Bryan, and Gina are sent to a training exercise at the Grand Vistas Conference Centre in the Blue Mountains where

EP 11

A Conflict of Interest

John tries to keep a Sydney businessman from gaining a seat on SOCOG. Plans to sell Games venues to American interests t

EP 12

Horse and Dream Team

John plays hardball with the agent representing the American basketball team when the issue of special treatment is put

EP 13

Transport!

John discovers that the aquatic center's diving pool has been built in the wrong place, while Gina does some digging int

EP 1

In the Public Interest

John becomes the target of a TV documentary. He becomes a prisoner in his own house, after accusations of corruption are

EP 2

Talking to the Troops

The organisers address the troops to bolster morale. However the team find themselves facing a hostile and unhappy group

EP 3

Reconciliation

The team have to deal with a aboriginal land claim and a demand by a US senator for a formal apology by the P.M.

EP 4

IOC Man

The team look after an IOC man from the States. Many hundreds of thousands of internationals guests will be here with us

EP 5

Inquiry

Each member of the Games team must face an inquiry into their practices. The system of cheques and balances which operat

EP 6

Pommy Visitor

A visitor from the UK arrives from the London 2012 bid committee and highlights some airport shortcomings. Nicholas trie

EP 7

Immigration

Any potential "Aussie Gold Rush" at these Olympics can be expected to profit, as gold rushes in Australia have done in e

EP 8

Job Search

In the uncertain world of international logistics and sports management, prospects for the future must be considered car

EP 9

Strike

The Olympics offer Australia an opportunity not just to showcase our wonderful country and a range of endangered marsupi

EP 10

Solar

Head of Administration and Logistics, John Clarke, and his colleagues, Bryan Dawe, Head of Accounts, Budgeting and Finan

EP 11

Sponsorship and Media Discontent

Would the person who borrowed the synopsis for this episode, please return it to the office immediately. To have this so

EP 12

Four Corners

The ABC's Four Corners is planning an expos on the games. John and Bryan have been secretly recorded advocating that the

EP 13

The End

The games team cope with the hype as the opening ceremony draws near, but there is a problem with the closing ceremony.

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