The Games (Australia)

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  • ABC (AU)
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  • Comedy Sport

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The Press Conference
Episode overview
A documentary film crew introduces the three-person Sydney Olympics Logistics and Liaison team to the wider television audience. This premiere episode showcases John, Gina, and Bryan's .. show full overview
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Athletics Schedule
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A talk show host fields a phone call from a woman complaining about the Olympics swimming schedule. At the same time, John is told by the minister's secretary to respond to the .. show full overview
1x3
Funding
Episode overview
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
Episode overview
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.
1x5
Past Sports Stars and Gender
Episode overview
Gina monitors construction of the Olympic stadium while answering calls on a special Olympic Hotline set up for international callers - a task complicated by it only operating during .. show full overview
1x6
Millennium Bug
Episode overview
Gina is very excited about her new Voice Recognition word processing software, John and Bryan attempt to fax an important budget document they don't actually have a copy of anymore, and .. show full overview
1x7
Dead Man
Episode overview
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 .. show full overview
1x8
Rural and Environment
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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 .. show full overview
1x9
J'Accuse
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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 .. show full overview
1x10
A Management Course
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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 .. show full overview
1x11
A Conflict of Interest
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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 .. show full overview
1x12
Horse and Dream Team
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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 .. show full overview
1x13
Transport!
Episode overview
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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