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Episode 1: In the Public Interest
2000-06-1926 min
John becomes the target of a TV documentary. He becomes a prisoner in his own house, after accusations of corruption are made by a former college.
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The Games Season 2 — Episodes and Where to Watch
13 episodes · first aired 2000-06-19
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Episode 2: Talking to the Troops
2000-06-2626 min
The organisers address the troops to bolster morale. However the team find themselves facing a hostile and unhappy group of workers. As John, Bryan and Gina try to duck and weave the curve balls thrown their way, John reveals his ten-point plan that will ensure a smooth Olympic Games for everyone.
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Episode 3: Reconciliation
2000-07-0328 min
The team have to deal with a aboriginal land claim and a demand by a US senator for a formal apology by the P.M.
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Episode 4: IOC Man
2000-07-1028 min
The team look after an IOC man from the States. Many hundreds of thousands of internationals guests will be here with us as we celebrate the games of the (whatever) Olympiad of the Modern Era. This is the story of just one of them, and perhaps one or two others.
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Episode 5: Inquiry
2000-07-1727 min
Each member of the Games team must face an inquiry into their practices. The system of cheques and balances which operates in an organisation of this kind ensures that the public gets the very best service, open access to decision making and full recourse to the best legal system available anywhere in the world.
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Episode 6: Pommy Visitor
2000-07-2428 min
A visitor from the UK arrives from the London 2012 bid committee and highlights some airport shortcomings. Nicholas tries to sell all the furniture.
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Episode 7: Immigration
2000-07-3128 min
Any potential "Aussie Gold Rush" at these Olympics can be expected to profit, as gold rushes in Australia have done in earlier days, from immigration. Freedom-loving peoples everywhere who yearn to start a new life in this beautiful country, should apply directly to the Minister for Sport, stating their name, event and shirt-size. The Games team must deal with the lies coming out of the Minister's office regarding immigration.
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Episode 8: Job Search
2000-08-0727 min
In the uncertain world of international logistics and sports management, prospects for the future must be considered carefully. Meanwhile, at sea, the piranha play happily in the afternoon sun. The Games team consider what the future holds after The Games.
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Episode 9: Strike
2000-08-1428 min
The Olympics offer Australia an opportunity not just to showcase our wonderful country and a range of endangered marsupials. The event will also bring to this country an international Cultural Festival featuring the very best in the visual arts, music and dance. There will also be some sport. The Games team must try to avoid major industrial action which could ruin the impending Olympics.
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Episode 10: Solar
2000-08-2128 min
Head of Administration and Logistics, John Clarke, and his colleagues, Bryan Dawe, Head of Accounts, Budgeting and Finance, and Gina Riley, Marketing and Liaison Manager, are sizzling in the heat of the final countdown to the Opening Ceremony. As the Games draw closer, the Games team try to devise ways of supplementing their dwindling revenue.
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Episode 11: Sponsorship and Media Discontent
2000-08-2828 min
Would the person who borrowed the synopsis for this episode, please return it to the office immediately. To have this sort of thing happening at this stage is just an embarrassment. The whole world is watching and this is precisely the sort of problem we were trying to avoid. Grow up.
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Episode 12: Four Corners
2000-09-0428 min
The ABC's Four Corners is planning an expos on the games. John and Bryan have been secretly recorded advocating that the rich pay more taxes. A much bigger story overtakes the expos and leaves Nicholas with egg on his face.
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Episode 13: The End
2000-09-1127 min
The games team cope with the hype as the opening ceremony draws near, but there is a problem with the closing ceremony.
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