The Games
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First Air DateAug 17, 1998
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Production
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Rotten tomato70%
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Original titleThe Games
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ReleaseAug 17, 1998
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Overview
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.
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Casts
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John
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Bryan
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Gina
Season 1 ( 1998-08-17)
The Press Conference
Athletics Schedule
Funding
Robbo and the 100 Metres
Past Sports Stars and Gender
Millennium Bug
Dead Man
Rural and Environment
J'Accuse
A Management Course
A Conflict of Interest
Horse and Dream Team
Transport!
Season 2 ( 2000-06-19)
In the Public Interest
Talking to the Troops
Reconciliation
IOC Man
Inquiry
Pommy Visitor
Immigration
Job Search
Strike
Solar
Sponsorship and Media Discontent
Four Corners
The End
