The Games 26 years old
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.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sam Neill He was 50 , now 77 years old | |
| Bryan Dawe He was 50 , now 76 years old | |
| Nicholas Bell He was 39 , now 66 years old | |
| Gina Riley She was 37 , now 63 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|
The Games (26 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1998-08-07
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 26