The Games : Series 1
( dir. Bruce Permezel
)
Australia
:
Beyond Productions
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
,
1998
Z346134
1998
series - publisher
film/TV
satire
humour
A irreverent comedy drama series that takes the form of a pseudo-documentary series, The Games sees a film crew given carte blanche access to the fictional managing body of the Sydney Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (SOCOG). The cameras are therefore present at meetings, briefings, site inspections, and press conferences.
Season One is set early on in the lead up to the Sydney Olympics. The ABC then scheduled Season Two so that the thirteen episodes ran until the week before the opening of the Olympics on 15 September. As outrageous as many of the storylines were, they were allegedly nothing compared to the real-life SOCOG.
