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Hacker's Olympic Rundown
Genre Comedy
Sports
Written by Jaime Wilson
Graham Davies
Presented by Hacker T. Dog
Starring Phil Fletcher
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 11 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 5 minutes
Production company(s) CBBC Productions
Release
Original network CBBC
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release 8 August (2016-08-08) – 22 August 2016 (2016-08-22)

Hacker's Olympic Rundown is a British comedy-sports miniseries which aired on CBBC during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Presented by Hacker T. Dog, each episode features a rundown of the previous day's events with a humorous twist on them. Characters from Hacker Time, Wilf Breadbin and Derek McGee appeared as Hacker's 'roving reporter' and studio crew respectively. The series began on 8 August 2016. 11 episodes aired throughout August. All roles were portrayed by Phil Fletcher and were written by Jaime Wilson and Graham Davies.

Format

Each episode features Hacker T. Dog (Phil Fletcher) as he covers a variety of sports in a comedic fashion, making fun of what was going on. Similar to Harry Hill's TV Burp. He also talked to his 'roving reporter' Wilfred Breadbin (also portrayed by Fletcher) who reported on something that had little to no relation to sports. Crew member Derek McGee (also portrayed by Fletcher) would help Hacker with presenting.

Episodes

Series Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 11 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 22 August 2016 (2016-08-22)

Series 1 (2016)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Original air date
1 1 "Episode 1" 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)

Events covered:

  • Opening ceremony
  • Men's swimming
  • Women's swimming
  • Men's fencing
  • Men's water polo
2 2 "Episode 2" 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)

Events covered:

  • Women's equestrian
  • Men's tennis
  • Men's swimming
  • Men's diving
  • Women's judo
  • Men's gymnastics
  • Women's tennis
  • Men's rowing
  • Men's equestrian
3 3 "Episode 3" 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)

Events covered:

  • Men's swimming
  • Men's boxing
  • Women's swimming
  • Women's diving
  • Women's gymnastics
  • Men's equestrian
  • Women's equestrian
  • Men's field hockey
4 4 "Episode 4" 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)

Events covered:

  • Men's canoeing
  • Men's cycling
  • Men's diving
  • Men's shooting
  • Women's judo
5 5 "Episode 5" 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)

Events covered:

  • Women's gymnastics
  • Men's cycling
  • Women's rowing
  • Men's rugby sevens
  • Men's canoeing
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