Don Burke
Director
Backyard Blitz (2001)
Season 3
Backyard Blitz was an Logie Award winning Australian lifestyle and DIY television program that aired on the Nine Network between 2000 through to 2007 before its cancellation. It was hosted by Jamie Durie and was produced by Don Burke. The show featured a very similar premise to the show Ground Force, in which a team of gardeners employed by the show descend on a supposedly worthy individual's place and improve the garden for the cameras within a specified time limit. This similarity in fact led to legal action being taken by the rival Seven Network who at the time was set to debut an Australian version of Ground Force. The show like many of its other lifestyle brethren was mainly watched by older viewers and was widely derided by younger viewers and television critics. However it was a strong ratings performer. On 14 November 2006 Backyard Blitz was axed by the Nine Network after seven years on air. Don Burke, whose own show Burke's Backyard was broadcast by Nine for nearly 18 years before it was axed in 2004, said his production company was "quite shocked by this decision". In mid-2007 Nine aired the six remaining unaired episodes that were filmed before the show was cancelled. In 2008, it aired a spin-off show Domestic Blitz hosted by Shelley Craft and Scott Cam
Released Feb. 10, 2001
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Reality TV
Keywords: imdb.makeover, imdb.garden, imdb.horticulture, imdb.hunk, imdb.manpower, imdb.artistic-flair, imdb.gardening + 3 more, imdb.backyard, imdb.garden-design, imdb.non-fiction
Network: Nine Network
S3E1 - Revisiting Old Friends
Feb. 10, 2002, midnight
S3E2 - Garden Gallery
Feb. 17, 2002, midnight
S3E3 - Lakeside Luxury
Feb. 24, 2002, midnight
S3E4 - Tropical Feast
March 3, 2002, midnight
S3E5 - Stylish Serenity
March 10, 2002, midnight
S3E6 - Double or Nothing
March 17, 2002, midnight
S3E7 - Honeymooners' Haven
April 7, 2002, midnight
S3E8 - Drainage Dilemma
April 14, 2002, midnight
S3E9 - Welcome Home
April 21, 2002, midnight
S3E10 - Resort Retreat
April 28, 2002, midnight
S3E11 - Mediterranean Makeover
May 5, 2002, midnight
S3E12 - Mighty Tots
May 12, 2002, midnight
S3E13 - Mum's Melbourne Makeover
May 19, 2002, midnight
S3E14 - Family Paradise
May 26, 2002, midnight
S3E15 - Sean's Storm
Aug. 25, 2002, midnight
S3E16 - Biker's Backyard
Sept. 1, 2002, midnight
S3E17 - Colours and Curves
Sept. 8, 2002, midnight
S3E18 - Elvis Fever
Sept. 15, 2002, midnight
S3E19 - Olympic Gold
Sept. 22, 2002, midnight
S3E20 - Level Pleasure
Sept. 29, 2002, midnight
S3E21 - Kids Under Cover
Oct. 13, 2002, midnight
S3E22 - Family Fun
Oct. 20, 2002, midnight
S3E23 - Rainforest Retreat
Oct. 27, 2002, midnight
S3E24 - Commander's Courtyard
Nov. 3, 2002, midnight
S3E25 - Border Brilliance
Nov. 10, 2002, midnight
S3E26 - Family Form
Nov. 17, 2002, midnight
Network: Nine Network
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: Feb. 10, 2001
Last Air Date: Oct. 15, 2006, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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