Hacker's Olympic Rundown
GenreComedy
Sports
Written byJaime Wilson
Graham Davies
Presented byHacker T. Dog
StarringPhil Fletcher
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes11 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time5 minutes
Production companyCBBC Productions
Original release
NetworkCBBC
Release8 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 Scoop character, 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.[1]

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

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1118 August 2016 (2016-08-08)22 August 2016 (2016-08-22)

Series 1 (2016)

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

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22"Episode 2"9 August 2016 (2016-08-09)

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33"Episode 3"10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)

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44"Episode 4"11 August 2016 (2016-08-11)

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55"Episode 5"12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)

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References

  1. ↑ "Hacker's Olympic Rundown". RadioTimes. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

Hacker's Olympic Rundown at BBC Online

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