In 1998, as Sydney prepared to hold the most successful Olympics ever, John and Ross Stevenson (who has topped virtually every Melbourne radio survey since 1992) developed 'The Games', an important documentary series in which the problems of organising an event of this magnitude were identified, re-labelled and buried at sea in a lead-lined container. Again, in 2000, in the months leading up to the carefully understated Opening Ceremony, clever footwork from John, Gina Riley, Bryan Dawe, Nicholas Bell and others, ensured that at least some of the highlights involved sport of some kind. By any measure this was an astonishing turnaround and a personal triumph for everyone involved. The series won a hatful of awards and attracted a very large audience on ABC television in Straya, and in New Zealand, the US and Canada.

Following the triumph of the Sydney Olympics, the Games Team were brought in as consultants on the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics. They are now working on the Vancouver Winter Games in 2010 and the London 2012 Games