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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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC TV
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Season 1

  • The Press Conference
    8.5/1014 votes
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    The Press Conference

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/17/1998

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

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  • Athletics Schedule
    8.8/1013 votes
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    Athletics Schedule

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/24/1998

    Just when the administration and logistics team have got things running smoothly, sport rears its ugly head. John, Bryan and Gina go through the steps of trying to organise athletics for the games.

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  • Funding
    8.6/1012 votes
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    Funding

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/31/1998

    Funding for the games becomes a problem. John and Gina review a video designed to promote Sydney as an easy town to get around in, while Bryan meets with a mysterious potential corporate sponsor.

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  • Robbo and the 100 Metres
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    Robbo and the 100 Metres

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/7/1998

    Jasmine presents some marketing ideas to clear out some ""dead wood"", Robbo holds a press conference on the environmental impact of the Games, and John and Bryan confront the contractor who built a 100 Metre track that doesn't quite measure up.

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  • Past Sports Stars and Gender
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    Past Sports Stars and Gender

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/14/1998

    The team wrestle with the Asian meltdown, the GST, an athlete who has had a sex-change and a troublesome seating plan. Gina is placed on special phone duties.

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  • Millennium Bug
    8.0/1013 votes
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    Millennium Bug

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/1998

    Gina's voice recognition software is causing difficulties and John is having trouble with technology. The millennium bug looks like it might threaten the games. A live webchat doesn't quite go to plan.

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  • Dead Man
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    Dead Man

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/28/1998

    The swimming schedule has been disastrously modified at the last minute. Meanwhile, Gina and John are asked to babysit an IOC member who has turned up dead the day before a major Dinner, while Bryan and Jasmine go to meet President Mandela and Princess Margaret at the airport.

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  • Rural and Environment
    8.0/1013 votes
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    Rural and Environment

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/5/1998

    John attempts to explain the swimming schedule to the camera before going on Lateline to face the Spanish Athletics Association coordinator's concerns about the ozone hole over Australia. Meanwhile, Gina and Bryan meet with the Federation of Rural Progress delegation's proposal for an Opening Ceremony program which has already been awarded to the Germans.

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  • J'Accuse
    8.5/1012 votes
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    J'Accuse

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/12/1998

    Gina tries to explain the disastrous effect a 100% effective anti-doping system would have on athletic attendance at the Games, while Bryan discovers that the Lacrosse facility which Juan Antonio Samaranch is set to tour next week has not, in fact, been built. Meanwhile, John attempts to quell a particularly negative (and uncomfortably accurate) anti-Olympics reporter.

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  • A Management Course
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    A Management Course

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/19/1998

    John, Bryan, and Gina are sent to a training exercise at the Grand Vistas Conference Centre in the Blue Mountains where they are asked to solve hypothetical problems they might encounter during the Games. John utilises the "Athens Option" to deal with a petition asking that the gold medals be made of gold. The time has come to deal with the fact that no venue has been organised for fencing.

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  • A Conflict of Interest
    9.3/1015 votes
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    A Conflict of Interest

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/26/1998

    John tries to keep a Sydney businessman from gaining a seat on SOCOG. Plans to sell Games venues to American interests trouble the crew. Gina suffers the aftereffects of conducting yet another tour for visiting dignitaries. The documentary film crew visits John at home on a Sunday morning.

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  • Horse and Dream Team
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    Horse and Dream Team

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/2/1998

    John plays hardball with the agent representing the American basketball team when the issue of special treatment is put forth. A "Civility Awareness" programme is proposed for the city's service industry to help make visiting Americans feel more at home.

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  • Transport!
    8.5/1014 votes
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    Transport!

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/9/1998

    John discovers that the aquatic center's diving pool has been built in the wrong place, while Gina does some digging into the new transport agency Nicholas and the Minister are pushing for and Bryan helps develop a brilliant new invention.

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