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Backyard Blitz
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Genre	Lifestyle
Created by	Don Burke
Developed by	CTC Productions
Presented by	Host Jamie Durie Team Members Scott Cam Jamie Durie Jody Rigby Nigel Ruck
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	159
Production
Producer(s)	Don Burke Jamie Durie Rick Spence
Running time	30 - 60 minutes (Including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	Nine Network
Picture format	PAL (2000) 576i (SDTV) (2001 – 2007)
Original run	9 April 2000 – 16 September 2007
Chronology
Related shows	Ground Force (1998 – 2005) Domestic Blitz (2008 – )
External links
Official website

Backyard Blitz is a Logie Award winning Australian lifestyle and DIY television program that aired on the Nine Network between 2000 and 2007. 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.^[1]

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. The four regular presenters on the show were landscaper Jamie Durie, builder/carpenter Scott Cam, Landscaper Nigel Ruck and horticulturist Jody Rigby.

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".^[2] In mid-2007 Nine aired the six remaining unaired episodes that were filmed before the show was cancelled.

Contents 1 Awards 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Awards

The show won six 'Nost Popular Lifestyle Program' award at the Logies (2002 - 2006) and was nominated in the same cetergory in 2007 but lost. Jamie Durie won the 'Most Popular New Male Talent' in 2001 and was nominated for 'Most Popular TV Presenter' in 2005 and 2006 for his role on the show.

[edit] See also

• Domestic Blitz
• Ground Force
• Mucking In
• List of Australian television series

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Backyard Blitz at the Internet Movie Database
• Backyard Blitz at TV.com
• Fansite
• Video review