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.
Comedians Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson bring their signature hilarious insights to recap the 2024 Olympics' best and most unexpected moments throughout the Games. Hart and Thompson serve as one-of-a-kind guides through the Paris Olympics, covering a mix of Olympic-themed in-studio competitions, conversations, and interviews.
A mock-documentary following the challenges - both personal and professional - faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on Earth: the 2012 Olympics. From getting a busload of non-English speaking Brazilians from A to B, who to appoint to run the Cultural Olympiad and what to do when the much-vaunted wind turbines won't turn because there's no wind, it's all in a day's work for the men and women whose job it is to stage the greatest sporting event in the world.
Tornado is a Swedish tv-show produced by the comedy group Galenskaparna and After Shave. It was aired on Swedish Television (SVT) between 11th of september and 13th of november 1993.
The team that brought you The Gruen Transfer, Gruen Planet and Gruen Nation is proud to bring you Gruen Sweat. Host Wil Anderson and regulars Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft will be joined by guest panellists as they commentate on the brandtathlon better known as London 2012, exposing the marketing machine that underpins, underwrites and over-exploits the Olympics.
Without a driver's license, Magnus Devold and his car will travel from Norway to South Korea to reach the opening of the Pyeongchang Olympics in this new program; "Drive me to the Olympics". The 20,000 kilometer long drive becomes a travel program out of the ordinary. To complete the journey, Magnus is dependent on driver assistance from casual people on the road. But with arbitrary people behind the wheel it's not easy to plan all the details. Is Magnus able to persuade enough random people to transport him to Pyeongchang on time?
Three-part observational documentary series charting the journey to the London 2012 Olympics.
The Olympic Draum
冬奧潮什麼
Yuri Saotome is a charismatic beautician who runs a major sports gym and aesthetic salon. Her older brother died in an accident just before his opportunity to achieve a gold medal at the Olympics, so she chose to marry a wrestling gold medalist. After giving birth to four children, she and her husband broke off their marriage, leaving Yuri to raise the kids by herself. With their excellent genes, three of them have been raised as possible candidates for the next Olympic games.
The street dance 'breaking', which originated in the 1970s, is becoming an Olympic sport for the first time. The Dutch breakers are among the top in the world. Can they qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris? And can breaking maintain its bravado in the strictly defined world of top sport?
Drawn by French animator Picha, here are 26 episodes of the hilarious animal Olympics antics. These are parodies of Olympic events, based vaguely on behaviours in the animal kingdom, such as egg laying and rolling (chickens), slop slurping (pigs) and kangaroo boxing.
Follow gymnast Simone Biles as she balances her personal life, mental health journey and training ahead of a highly anticipated return to the Olympics Games of Paris 2024.
Les Jeux de La Fontaine
The three-part documentary series features Phelps looking back at each race of his Olympic career with NBC Sports swimming commentators Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines.
After catastrophic earthquakes devastate Japan, one family's resolve is tested on a journey of survival through the sinking archipelago.
Tsukasa, whose dreams were crushed. Inori, left to fend for herself. These two share a dream...and their tenacity may be the only thing that sees them through. Their destination? The ice...on the world's stage!
72 - A Gathering of Champions
Why are the Olympic Games divided into winter and summer? The fastest runner and the fastest skater, who is faster? As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is about to open, the 10-episode documentary "The Great Winter" produced by the Central Radio and Television Film and Television Documentary Center will be broadcast on CCTV-9 from February 1st. An interesting and scientific documentary about the popular science of the Winter Olympics, focusing on the relevant knowledge of the various events of the Winter Olympic Games and the highlights of the construction of the Beijing Winter Olympics venue, using the interesting method of "animation + popular science expert explanation", multi-angle and in-depth Showcasing the unique charm of the Winter Olympics.
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