The Games (1998) Complete DVDRip x264-BTN

Mockumentary about the organisation of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Genre: Comedy, Sports

The Games (1998-2000)

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 centered on the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) and satirized corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratic ineptness in the New South Wales public service, and unethical behavior 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.

Created by John Clarke
Ross Stevenson

Written by John Clarke
Ross Stevenson

Directed by Bruce Permezel

Starring John Clarke
Bryan Dawe
Gina Riley
Nicholas Bell

Composer Jeremy Smith

Country of origin Australia
Original language English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 26

https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/37979/the-games
https://thetvdb.com/series/the-games-australia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Games_(Australian_TV_series)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165024

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Menu
00:00:00.080 : :Chapter 1
00:00:22.160 : :Chapter 2
00:04:03.920 : :Chapter 3
00:08:28.400 : :Chapter 4
00:12:22.640 : :Chapter 5
00:22:19.760 : :Chapter 6
00:23:58.640 : :Chapter 7
00:25:24.560 : :Chapter 8