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The Best Episodes of The Games Season 1

Every episode of The Games Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Games Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Games Season 1

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...

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    #1 - The Press Conference

    S1:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #2 - Athletics Schedule

    S1:E2

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #3 - Funding

    S1:E3

    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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    #4 - Robbo and the 100 Metres

    S1:E4

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #5 - Past Sports Stars and Gender

    S1:E5

    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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    #6 - Millennium Bug

    S1:E6

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #7 - Dead Man

    S1:E7

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #8 - Rural and Environment

    S1:E8

    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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    #9 - J'Accuse

    S1:E9

    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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    #10 - A Management Course

    S1:E10

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #11 - A Conflict of Interest

    S1:E11

    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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    #12 - Horse and Dream Team

    S1:E12

    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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    #13 - Transport!

    S1:E13

    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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Press Conference" is the best rated episode of "The Games" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/17/1998. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Athletics Schedule".