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The Games

★ 8.7 702 votes 1998–2000 2 seasons · 26 episodes Ended ABC TV
Starring
John ClarkeBryan DaweGina RileyNicholas BellTim SchwerdtRoss Stevenson
Written by
John ClarkeRoss Stevenson
Starring
John ClarkeBryan DaweGina RileyNicholas BellTim SchwerdtRoss Stevenson
Written by
John ClarkeRoss Stevenson
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

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.

All Seasons

Season 11998
8.8213135h 41m
Season 22000
8.6189135h 48m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

John Clarke John
Bryan Dawe Bryan
Gina Riley Gina
Nicholas Bell Nicholas
Tim Schwerdt Tim
Ross Stevenson Radio Commentator, Radio Commentator A. Einstein, Radio Commentator Albert Einstein
Andrew Curry Kid Curry, Andrew 'Kid' Curry
Simon Palomares Simon
William Ten Eyck Bill, William T.Eyck
Maxine McKew Maxine McKew, TV Broadcaster

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