Don Burke
Director
Backyard Blitz (2001)
Season 2
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
S2E1 - Baby Blitz
Feb. 11, 2001, midnight
S2E2 - Summerhouse
Feb. 18, 2001, midnight
S2E3 - Peaceful Haven
Feb. 25, 2001, midnight
S2E4 - Communal Garden
March 4, 2001, midnight
S2E5 - Contemporary Chic
March 11, 2001, midnight
S2E6 - Brady Bunch
March 18, 2001, midnight
S2E7 - Moroccan Magic
April 1, 2001, midnight
S2E8 - Family Space
April 22, 2001, midnight
S2E9 - Concrete to Classic
April 29, 2001, midnight
S2E10 - Top Deck Landscape
May 13, 2001, midnight
S2E11 - Sail Away
May 20, 2001, midnight
S2E12 - Final Frontier
May 27, 2001, midnight
S2E13 - Child's Play
June 3, 2001, midnight
S2E14 - Garden Therapy
Sept. 2, 2001, midnight
S2E15 - Squatters Garden
Sept. 9, 2001, midnight
S2E16 - Formal Fancy
Sept. 16, 2001, midnight
S2E17 - Funky and Functional
Sept. 23, 2001, midnight
S2E18 - Elegantly English
Oct. 7, 2001, midnight
S2E19 - Jungle Magic
Oct. 14, 2001, midnight
S2E20 - Steps to Style
Oct. 21, 2001, midnight
S2E21 - Garden Tapestry
Oct. 28, 2001, midnight
S2E22 - Memorial Garden
Nov. 4, 2001, midnight
S2E23 - Summer Stunner
Nov. 11, 2001, midnight
S2E24 - Garden Revival
Nov. 18, 2001, midnight
S2E25 - Dream Makeover
Nov. 25, 2001, 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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