The Games

The Games (1998)


  • Genre: Comedy
  • First Air Date: 1998-08-17
  • Last Air Date: 2000-09-11
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 26
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Networks: ABC TV
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Summary

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.

  • Keywords: olympic games, australia, mockumentary, sitcom
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    The Games Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1998-08-17
    13 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2000-06-19
    13 Episodes

    The Games Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Episode 190 min
    Season 1Episode 2Episode 275 min
    Season 1Episode 3Episode 360 min
    Season 1Episode 4Episode 465 min
    Season 1Episode 5The Final90 min
    • John Clarke

      as John
    • Bryan Dawe

      as Bryan
    • Gina Riley

      as Gina

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