The Games - John Clarke, Ross Stevenson

Category: Full Cast, Humor, Radio Productions
Language: English
Keywords: Australian Comedy Mockumentary Olympic Games TV Tie-In

Written by John Clarke, Ross Stevenson
Read by Full Cast, John Clarke, Brian Dawe, Gina Riley
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Dramatization

The Games
By: John Clarke, Ross Stevenson
Narrated by: full cast
Release date
01-12-2017
Language
English
Format
Radio/TV Program
Length
3 hrs and 40 mins
Publisher
Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Categories
Arts & Entertainment

John Clarke’s award-winning satire, centred on the Sydney Organising Committee of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.

Possibly not sanctioned by the official international Olympic Committee, The Games is the ground-breaking deadpan comedy that took a satirical look at the organisational triumph which produced the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Documentary cameras were given carte blanche access to the offices of top-flight bureaucrats as they negotiated their way through complex issues, PR disasters, budget blowouts, political interference and 100-metre running tracks that were not strictly accurate in terms of length.

Episodes include: ‘The 100 Metres Track’, ‘New Technology and Y2k’, ‘J’Accuse’, ‘Land Claim’, ‘Inquiry’, ‘Strike’, ‘Immigration’ and ‘Solar and the End’.

A ratings sensation, winner of the Logie for Most Outstanding Comedy programme and an AFI Award for Best Screenplay, The Games stars John Clarke, Gina Riley, Bryan Dawe and Nicholas Bell.

©1998 John Clarke & Ross Stevenson (P)2017 Australian Broadcasting Corporation