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.

Cast

John Clarke

John

Bryan Dawe

Bryan

Gina Riley

Gina

Nicholas Bell

Nicholas (voice)

R

Ross Stevenson

Radio Commentator

Andrew Curry

Kid Curry

L

Louise Siversen

Jasmine Holt

Simon Palomares

Simon

B

Bernadette Schwerdt

Fran Hyett

Nicole Nabout

Nicole

R

Ren DeHaas

Ren

W

William Ten Eyck

Bill

T

Tamara Saulwick

Tamara

Katrina Milosevic

First Irate Questioner

M

Maxine McKew

Maxine McKew

M

Matthew Green

Jack Hughes

D

Dave Graney

Dave Graney

Sam Neill

Citytrans World CEO

Debra Lawrance

Sponsor

Barrie Cassidy

Barrie Cassidy

Seasons

26 episodes

Season 11998 · 13 episodes

Season 22000 · 13 episodes