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
Episode 60 min
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S3E1 - Revisiting Old Friends
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Feb. 10, 2002, midnight
S3E2 - Garden Gallery
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Feb. 17, 2002, midnight
S3E3 - Lakeside Luxury
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Feb. 24, 2002, midnight
S3E4 - Tropical Feast
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March 3, 2002, midnight
S3E5 - Stylish Serenity
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March 10, 2002, midnight
S3E6 - Double or Nothing
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March 17, 2002, midnight
S3E7 - Honeymooners' Haven
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April 7, 2002, midnight
S3E8 - Drainage Dilemma
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April 14, 2002, midnight
S3E9 - Welcome Home
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April 21, 2002, midnight
S3E10 - Resort Retreat
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April 28, 2002, midnight
S3E11 - Mediterranean Makeover
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May 5, 2002, midnight
S3E12 - Mighty Tots
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May 12, 2002, midnight
S3E13 - Mum's Melbourne Makeover
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May 19, 2002, midnight
S3E14 - Family Paradise
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May 26, 2002, midnight
S3E15 - Sean's Storm
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Aug. 25, 2002, midnight
S3E16 - Biker's Backyard
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Sept. 1, 2002, midnight
S3E17 - Colours and Curves
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Sept. 8, 2002, midnight
S3E18 - Elvis Fever
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Sept. 15, 2002, midnight
S3E19 - Olympic Gold
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Sept. 22, 2002, midnight
S3E20 - Level Pleasure
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Sept. 29, 2002, midnight
S3E21 - Kids Under Cover
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Oct. 13, 2002, midnight
S3E22 - Family Fun
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Oct. 20, 2002, midnight
S3E23 - Rainforest Retreat
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Oct. 27, 2002, midnight
S3E24 - Commander's Courtyard
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Nov. 3, 2002, midnight
S3E25 - Border Brilliance
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Nov. 10, 2002, midnight
S3E26 - Family Form
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Nov. 17, 2002, midnight
Nine Network
60 min/ep
9120 min
Oct. 15, 2006, midnight
Ended
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