Don Burke
Director
Backyard Blitz (2001)
Season 4
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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S4E1 - Wedding Spectacular
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Feb. 9, 2003, midnight
S4E2 - Wedded Bliss
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Feb. 16, 2003, midnight
S4E3 - Respite and Recreation
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Feb. 23, 2003, midnight
S4E4 - Time to Relax
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March 2, 2003, midnight
S4E5 - Storage Solution
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March 9, 2003, midnight
S4E6 - Swimspa Garden
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March 16, 2003, midnight
S4E7 - Peardie's Place
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March 30, 2003, midnight
S4E8 - Urban Oasis
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April 6, 2003, midnight
S4E9 - Focal Point
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April 27, 2003, midnight
S4E10 - Simonds Catholic College
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May 4, 2003, midnight
S4E11 - Maltese Mother's Day
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May 11, 2003, midnight
S4E12 - Asian Inspiration
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May 18, 2003, midnight
S4E13 - Golden Girl
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May 25, 2003, midnight
S4E14 - Miracle Mum
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Aug. 24, 2003, midnight
S4E15 - Kiddies Corner
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Aug. 31, 2003, midnight
S4E16 - Martial Arts Makeover
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Sept. 7, 2003, midnight
S4E17 - Renovator's Delight
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Sept. 14, 2003, midnight
S4E18 - Spring Spectacular
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Sept. 21, 2003, midnight
S4E19 - Culinary Creation
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Sept. 28, 2003, midnight
S4E20 - Take It Or Leave It
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Oct. 12, 2003, midnight
S4E21 - Underground Bungalow
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Oct. 19, 2003, midnight
S4E22 - Home Away From Home
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Oct. 26, 2003, midnight
S4E23 - The Entertainer
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Nov. 2, 2003, midnight
S4E24 - Shabby but Chic
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Nov. 9, 2003, midnight
S4E25 - On The Level 16
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Nov. 16, 2003, midnight
S4E26 - Father of the Year
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Nov. 23, 2003, midnight
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60 min/ep
9120 min
Oct. 15, 2006, midnight
Ended
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