Absolutely. It is emotional to look back at this and see how we made the games ours that year. Same with the opening and closing ceremony. It was a fantastic time.
The nostalgia, the emotions, the memories, the pride, the success, the brilliance, the wonder, the best Olympic Games ever held and the greatest two weeks to ever to be British - it was perfect! If I could find a way to bottle all of this and inject it into my veins I would I never wanted it to end!
I couldn’t agree more with you. I wish we could relive that wonderful time again. It was just simply perfect. Sure, there are still some things I wish they had included instead in the opening ceremony, including more things from our nations history rather than more ‘relatively’ recent events like they did with the industrial revolution onwards that some people from around the world didn’t get. But apart from that it was spot on and everybody played their part perfectly and I wish we could have that again as, I don’t know if we could even do that now with the same type of Britain we somehow are left with now in 2024. Same, if I could inject this feeling into my veins, I would in a heartbeat.
amazing opening of the Olympics! this was also one reason why 2012 was a amazing year for me! im still amazed that this happened when I was 9 years old! im also British American
2024 had some really fluent animation and pretty bright colors. I would say it was a visual improvement compared to this uncanny realistic 3D animation but did not have as much character or style flare. The new one just feels very and soulless, especially with the monotonous narration and Corporate Memphis art style in comparison to 2012...
This was purely a magical time. After all the pessimism in the years leading up to our olympics it was soon forgotten and the whole country came together to support our athletes and for those three weeks everyone was optimistic in a way that wasn’t seen in the U.K. since the ‘90s. I feel so fortunate that I got to go to the Olympic park to watch the games (handball, fencing at the excel, and football). We set an example for the whole world in how to make an Olympic Games sustainable long-term and no other country has matched us since. I felt so proud to be a Brit during the games, I really wish that we’d bid again for another Olympic Games.
Just watched this again, eight years later. So inspiring, and such a wonderful time. That summer was just the happiest time for me, a new baby girl, watching the Olympic flame go past in Peckham just after I'd registered her birth and then enjoying the wonder of the games for a blissful month. London did us proud. Fast forward to today, and we are overcome with Covid 19 and another lockdown looming. The joy and the pain of life.
2 games have gone since in 2 beautiful cities but I’m pretty sure life itself peaked in 2012 with these games and then it’s never been the same since. Perhaps it never will.
admit it when you saw this for the first time you knew then and there the Olympics was really coming to London and the UK This was are Olympics and we put a show on for the whole world Thank you 2012🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧🥇🥈🥉
+Russell Bardin Me too, camped for the 1st week, back home to Scotland for the rowing and super sunday on tv, then back down for the 2nd week. Amazing atmosphere in London. Cool hearing the medal results on the tube n DLR on the way into town every morning. Felt like the centre of the world for a couple of weeks. No one does sport like the UK :) We need a World Cup now - hope they take it off Russia or quatar n give it to us
With Rio just a few weeks away, I had to come back to watch this. Absolutely amazing. I will never forget that feeling, even though temporary, of us being the centre of the universe. So proud to be a Londoner.
Just reminiscing with this... Loved the BBC coverage. I remember having 7 screens on at once at one point... No idea why, there's no way I could keep track of them all but it was bloody lovely.
I spent my summer in London and it was possibly the best summer of my life. I was so inspired by so many people, not only in the Olympics but the Paralympics too, I met the Paralympics GB flag bearer, what an inspiration he is. It's fair to say this is the best country on earth. Proud to be British and to have hosted an amazing summer.
Firstly, this is stunning. So well put together. Secondly, I can't believe that so much time has passed from the event itself!!! Still pumps me up though.
I know what you mean. Graphic quality has drastically changed and improved since then as well as tastes, but the London Olympics still feels so modern which it ‘truly was’ (and honestly I don’t think they would’ve had to do the venues and design work any differently today) and the visuals here for this official Olympics trailer stillhold up.
I remember it like yesterday, Summer holiday in London and the vibe was so lit and life was good lol. The standout Olympians from that year, Andy Murray, Jessica Ennis and Michael Phelps.
Absolutely love this. The hair stands up all over my body every time I hear and watch this. Scottish...yet extremely proud to be British. Hopefully we stay united and see this great spectacular event again.
Watching this again has brought it all back. Goosebumps. What a theme. So proud to have had the Games in my back yard. The joy and feelgood factor around the country. I think we peaked as a nation then. Things went downhill fast once this and the Paras finished.
Elbow got to "First Steps" as the composing work coincided with the first steps of the young son of one of the singers... They felt it fit in with athletes too. The cartoon work came from an Australian who had moved to London, and was inspired by what he saw of the ever-changing city looking out of his window. But all starts with the clouded but bright sky, the mountains and the waters in a U-shaped valley. The clouds have silver linings. A fishing boat we see tied up at a jetty is seen moments later out on the water dispensing what seem to be nets, but then transform into the buoyed-up lanes that competitiors at aquatic events in the Games are to follow. This is a profound image and story readily seen as referencing the Disciples who were fisherfolk shown the way to become "fishers of men"... In another hilly area (not so close to London!) a lorry is seen laying out hurdles along a country road. The hurdles placed along our way. A container port (Tilbury?) is then shown, suggesting arrivals and departures of things contained, before - for unknown reasons - we shift to the blue corner of a boxing ring, around which red, white and blue ropes stretch. A fight or struggle or contest is to take place within the confines of Britain. 0:22 finally shows London and again we see the row of distant lights that we have already seen several times. The only known building is the Telecommunications Tower (ex Post Office Tower), but there are many chimneys on ordinary houses, as well as some spired creation of Victorian architecture. We move to opening shops, and the archetype of London tradition "Pie and Mash", next to "Photo Finish" which obviously makes sporting references. Then we see that sailing is taking place by the White Cliffs of Dover, diving into the same lake, weightlifting at the same port, running next to the Pie & Mash, boxing at the venue we have already seen. The gymnastics venue is Tate Modern, but meaning Bankside Power Station! Long jump is being jumped on a cliff coast near a lighthouse, Mountain-biking in rugged hills with exposed outcrops of rock. At 1:22, a London street with a gasometer at the end. A velodrome that is also a vast quarried hole. At 2:17, the Gherkin, St Paul's, Parliament (???) and the Shard, which are then all brought within the Stadium, along with the London Eye and other landmarks. And I've got tears in my eyes...
Just looking back at this advert for the first time in years, and I wish I hadn’t been so hasty on London 2012 at the time, because after looking back on the whole thing, I can say that London put the best games on ever in the modern history. The logo and font used for promotional material was the only problem with it. I can also say that London 2012 was the last Olympic Games in recent memory to not be filled with massive issues in some way or another. Sochi had a doping scandal, Rio had a tragic death near the end, Pyeongchang banned many countries from entering, and Tokyo was delayed by a whole year. With Beijing starting next week (for the Winter Games this time), I hope this one runs smoothly for the first time in a decade.
I wish the BBC, Channel 4, and Eurosport would use this music for every Olympics (Both Summer and Winter) to show how this is the undisputed greatest show on earth.
Read an interview with Guy Garvey in 'The Independent' & he said that the lyrics came from watching one of his Elbow bandmates' young chldren learning to walk, hence 'First Steps'. I believe some of the lyrics are 'The will to fly is in your eyes'.
Ive gone cold...olympics show freedom and togetherness. just 8 years later those freedoms were taken away due to covid. From 2022 make every single day count.
Every time I hear this I see Chris Hoy, his face covered by that reflective visor, raising both arms into the air and roaring as he pelted across the line in the Keirin, his last ever professional race. I see Mo Farah, Jess Ennis and Greg Rutherford standing shoulder to shoulder with their medals around their necks, draped in one massive Union Jack. Gemma Gibbons on the ground, punching the air and looking skyward, thanking her mother. Tom Daley‘s entire coaching team, with him on their shoulders, jumping into the pool in celebration. Andy Murray beating Nadal to gold almost 1 month to the day after losing to him in the Wimbledon final. Peter Wilson falling to his knees in tears of joy in the double trap. So many incredible memories of that summer. I have never felt so proud to be British as I did for those 16 days, and don’t imagine I ever will again
I always love it when I can see creativity behind a piece. Here it is just marvelous, how the creators took the sports out of the stadium and yet they manage to have it present in the back or as a shadow. A wonderful fusion of sport, art, music and patriotism [in a good way]. And I am also a fan on elbow :)
Amazingly inspirational. The combination of music and images perfectly captures the excitement of the Games - athletes pushing the very boundaries of achievement. Makes me proud to be British but also proud to be part of the human race (and it's not often we get to say that).
Me too. Some years later, I realised that the oneness and goodness and joy and togetherness we felt then was a sub-part of what the Holy Spirit can offer while we remain on the Earth ... as a foretaste of the full majesty ofGod's love. And that we don't have to give up ever, so no withdrawal symptoms needed...
So sad the Olympics are nearly over, it's been a completely breath-taking experience, well done to all of the athletes, no matter what sport you do, no matter what country you're from, no matter whether you won a medal or not, London 2012 has truly been beautiful :D
Leo said it all very well , we spent the summer glued to our tv and we were fortunate enough to go to Cardiff to see team GB play and also to the Olympic stadium to see one of the evening sessions of the Paralmypics which turned to be the jewel in the crown of the whole summer well done Great Britain !
This is Brilliant. Every time I hear it, the excitement of the London 2012 Olympics revels through my body. The Part at 01;18 actually send shivers down my spin, and then towards the end of it, tears do well. Brilliant Elbow - Release it!
Come back to watch this for the build up for the Rio 2016 games. So proud of the games we put on in London, but can't wait to see what twist Rio will put on the Olympics! PS, BBC got this advert ABSOLUTELY spot on for the London games!
Could not agree more, I live in Australia " The land of the Eternal Advert" where on free to air television they manage to have 4 advert breaks in an episode of The Simpsons. The one blessing that can be given to you by aussie TV is that it forces you to read or get out in the open and enjoy life as it should be
I loved BBC's ad for the Beijing Olympics and this one is just as great! Sport brings nations together. We are proud our athletes are representing us and I'm sure they are honored to do so. Good luck to all the participants. Do your people proud!
I feel overwhelmed...with Team GB now doing the same at the Paralympics as at the Olympics... after everything that's happened that you mentioned. It's AMAZING.
The 2020 Summer Olympics starts, begins and opens on Friday 24th July 2020 and closes, ends and finishes on Sunday 23rd August 2020 and Olympic Torch Relay around Europe, UK & Ireland started, began and opened on Thursday 12th March 2020 and ending, finishing and closing on Friday 24th July 2020.👍☺😀😁
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The BBC really did get it right with London 2012, so emotional watching it back.
Absolutely.
Yes...wonderful memories !
Absolutely. It is emotional to look back at this and see how we made the games ours that year. Same with the opening and closing ceremony. It was a fantastic time.
To be fair the BBC are the best at what they do. No one can compete..
David Clark
Outside Broadcasts.
Second to none! 👍
The nostalgia, the emotions, the memories, the pride, the success, the brilliance, the wonder, the best Olympic Games ever held and the greatest two weeks to ever to be British - it was perfect! If I could find a way to bottle all of this and inject it into my veins I would I never wanted it to end!
I couldn’t agree more with you. I wish we could relive that wonderful time again. It was just simply perfect. Sure, there are still some things I wish they had included instead in the opening ceremony, including more things from our nations history rather than more ‘relatively’ recent events like they did with the industrial revolution onwards that some people from around the world didn’t get. But apart from that it was spot on and everybody played their part perfectly and I wish we could have that again as, I don’t know if we could even do that now with the same type of Britain we somehow are left with now in 2024. Same, if I could inject this feeling into my veins, I would in a heartbeat.
The best Olympic games I’ve seen in my lifetime. Such timeless memories.
still gives me goosebumps every time I hear this
I NEVER shed a tear except when I see this. Utterly brilliant.
+Jim Hailwood it's just a fantastic composition by elbow and the orchestra. outstanding!!!
I remember showing this off to anyone from abroad who'd watch it. Seriously proud at the time!!
amazing opening of the Olympics! this was also one reason why 2012 was a amazing year for me! im still amazed that this happened when I was 9 years old! im also British American
This was a truly incredible time for the UK 🇬🇧
Yep, seems so long ago now with the way things currently are
The greatest summer we ever had
Who went here after watching the Paris 2024 trailer?
Are you new to that topic????
I did
And it sucks
2024 had some really fluent animation and pretty bright colors. I would say it was a visual improvement compared to this uncanny realistic 3D animation but did not have as much character or style flare. The new one just feels very and soulless, especially with the monotonous narration and Corporate Memphis art style in comparison to 2012...
@@offlimits2474 this was better
This was purely a magical time. After all the pessimism in the years leading up to our olympics it was soon forgotten and the whole country came together to support our athletes and for those three weeks everyone was optimistic in a way that wasn’t seen in the U.K. since the ‘90s.
I feel so fortunate that I got to go to the Olympic park to watch the games (handball, fencing at the excel, and football).
We set an example for the whole world in how to make an Olympic Games sustainable long-term and no other country has matched us since.
I felt so proud to be a Brit during the games, I really wish that we’d bid again for another Olympic Games.
So proud being British, that shot of London in the middle of the stadium will always be with me
our Olympics was simply the best ever .
Just watched this again, eight years later. So inspiring, and such a wonderful time. That summer was just the happiest time for me, a new baby girl, watching the Olympic flame go past in Peckham just after I'd registered her birth and then enjoying the wonder of the games for a blissful month. London did us proud. Fast forward to today, and we are overcome with Covid 19 and another lockdown looming. The joy and the pain of life.
This is just beautiful, the best trailer for any program I’ve ever seen👌🏿
2 games have gone since in 2 beautiful cities but I’m pretty sure life itself peaked in 2012 with these games and then it’s never been the same since. Perhaps it never will.
admit it when you saw this for the first time you knew then and there the Olympics was really coming to London and the UK
This was are Olympics and we put a show on for the whole world
Thank you 2012🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧🥇🥈🥉
Gives me goose bumps every time I watch this , and reminds me of a brilliant summer in which we had the opportunity to go to some of the events
+Russell Bardin Me too, camped for the 1st week, back home to Scotland for the rowing and super sunday on tv, then back down for the 2nd week. Amazing atmosphere in London. Cool hearing the medal results on the tube n DLR on the way into town every morning. Felt like the centre of the world for a couple of weeks. No one does sport like the UK :) We need a World Cup now - hope they take it off Russia or quatar n give it to us
Hopefully the Olympics can return here soon. It was an incredible time not only for our country but the world 🇬🇧🇬🇧 🇬🇧
With Rio just a few weeks away, I had to come back to watch this. Absolutely amazing. I will never forget that feeling, even though temporary, of us being the centre of the universe. So proud to be a Londoner.
Yes, it was the best we can be. And will be.
i was a GM at 2012, proud of it and amazing opening
Same. So proud
oabuseer I'm from Yorkshire and London's good for tourism but in general the place just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Highly emotive and inspirational, both in sight and sound.
This still gives me goosebumps every time
Just reminiscing with this... Loved the BBC coverage. I remember having 7 screens on at once at one point... No idea why, there's no way I could keep track of them all but it was bloody lovely.
I spent my summer in London and it was possibly the best summer of my life. I was so inspired by so many people, not only in the Olympics but the Paralympics too, I met the Paralympics GB flag bearer, what an inspiration he is. It's fair to say this is the best country on earth. Proud to be British and to have hosted an amazing summer.
I remember watching this on the one show over 10yrs ago (before the games) and just felt inspired.
Firstly, this is stunning. So well put together. Secondly, I can't believe that so much time has passed from the event itself!!! Still pumps me up though.
Has it really been 7 yrs ago !!!!, where did that time go.
Can’t believe this is 10 years ago and the graphics stood the rest of time
I know what you mean. Graphic quality has drastically changed and improved since then as well as tastes, but the London Olympics still feels so modern which it ‘truly was’ (and honestly I don’t think they would’ve had to do the venues and design work any differently today) and the visuals here for this official Olympics trailer stillhold up.
I remember it like yesterday, Summer holiday in London and the vibe was so lit and life was good lol. The standout Olympians from that year, Andy Murray, Jessica Ennis and Michael Phelps.
Absolutely love this. The hair stands up all over my body every time I hear and watch this. Scottish...yet extremely proud to be British. Hopefully we stay united and see this great spectacular event again.
The transition at 1:46 is immense! Amazing job BBC.
This still gives me goosebumps even now!
11 years on and still watch this with great, lifetime memories of London 2012 ❤
2012 has the hardest Olympic/Para track ever.
Harder Than You Think - Public Enemy
Fight me.
Wish we could go back to that summer in london. An amazing time i was lucky enough to go to a few events, a memorable 16 days.
Dammit that was good, must be getting soft but this brought a tear to my eye. What a great games London put on.
It's a phenomenal short animation - encapturing so much positive human spirit with a back drop unmistakably of the 2012 games. The BBC nailed it.
Don't ever take this away please, we won't ever see something better from UK.
If this advert don’t make you wanna get your ass to the gym I dunno what will.
I literally got chills watching this lol
The 24 channels extra so you could watch every single event. PERFECT love the BBC
What time started
one of the happiest periods of my life!
The nostalgia
Watching this again has brought it all back. Goosebumps. What a theme. So proud to have had the Games in my back yard. The joy and feelgood factor around the country. I think we peaked as a nation then. Things went downhill fast once this and the Paras finished.
Elbow got to "First Steps" as the composing work coincided with the first steps of the young son of one of the singers... They felt it fit in with athletes too. The cartoon work came from an Australian who had moved to London, and was inspired by what he saw of the ever-changing city looking out of his window. But all starts with the clouded but bright sky, the mountains and the waters in a U-shaped valley. The clouds have silver linings. A fishing boat we see tied up at a jetty is seen moments later out on the water dispensing what seem to be nets, but then transform into the buoyed-up lanes that competitiors at aquatic events in the Games are to follow. This is a profound image and story readily seen as referencing the Disciples who were fisherfolk shown the way to become "fishers of men"... In another hilly area (not so close to London!) a lorry is seen laying out hurdles along a country road. The hurdles placed along our way. A container port (Tilbury?) is then shown, suggesting arrivals and departures of things contained, before - for unknown reasons - we shift to the blue corner of a boxing ring, around which red, white and blue ropes stretch. A fight or struggle or contest is to take place within the confines of Britain. 0:22 finally shows London and again we see the row of distant lights that we have already seen several times. The only known building is the Telecommunications Tower (ex Post Office Tower), but there are many chimneys on ordinary houses, as well as some spired creation of Victorian architecture. We move to opening shops, and the archetype of London tradition "Pie and Mash", next to "Photo Finish" which obviously makes sporting references. Then we see that sailing is taking place by the White Cliffs of Dover, diving into the same lake, weightlifting at the same port, running next to the Pie & Mash, boxing at the venue we have already seen. The gymnastics venue is Tate Modern, but meaning Bankside Power Station! Long jump is being jumped on a cliff coast near a lighthouse, Mountain-biking in rugged hills with exposed outcrops of rock. At 1:22, a London street with a gasometer at the end. A velodrome that is also a vast quarried hole. At 2:17, the Gherkin, St Paul's, Parliament (???) and the Shard, which are then all brought within the Stadium, along with the London Eye and other landmarks. And I've got tears in my eyes...
Just looking back at this advert for the first time in years, and I wish I hadn’t been so hasty on London 2012 at the time, because after looking back on the whole thing, I can say that London put the best games on ever in the modern history. The logo and font used for promotional material was the only problem with it. I can also say that London 2012 was the last Olympic Games in recent memory to not be filled with massive issues in some way or another. Sochi had a doping scandal, Rio had a tragic death near the end, Pyeongchang banned many countries from entering, and Tokyo was delayed by a whole year. With Beijing starting next week (for the Winter Games this time), I hope this one runs smoothly for the first time in a decade.
One year today, and still, the games give me chills up my spine.
12 years ago now! Writing this whilst watching Paris 2024, the city that London beat to host the 2012 games back in 2005!
Still love this in 2024... Fantastic :)
10 years ago today since the opening ceremony
I wish the BBC, Channel 4, and Eurosport would use this music for every Olympics (Both Summer and Winter) to show how this is the undisputed greatest show on earth.
Read an interview with Guy Garvey in 'The Independent' & he said that the lyrics came from watching one of his Elbow bandmates' young chldren learning to walk, hence 'First Steps'. I believe some of the lyrics are 'The will to fly is in your eyes'.
8 years ago today already wow!!
I'm proud to be British. London 2012 was simply the best games in my lifetime. I think Rio won't match these games.
Ive gone cold...olympics show freedom and togetherness. just 8 years later those freedoms were taken away due to covid. From 2022 make every single day count.
This is the London 2012 Olympic Games at 7am on the 8th of February live from the BBC
Just came back here to watch this before tonight's opening ceremony. Loved London and now can't wait for Rio!
you only need two and half mins to show greatness of a nation
And then 3.5 years to rip it apart within the space of a decade.
Still the best Olympics advert of all time !
Beat Olympics of the modern age by far if not in history
The moment the Diver turns into a Rower . . . Brilliant!
Brings good memories which I will always treasure.
Every time I hear this I see Chris Hoy, his face covered by that reflective visor, raising both arms into the air and roaring as he pelted across the line in the Keirin, his last ever professional race.
I see Mo Farah, Jess Ennis and Greg Rutherford standing shoulder to shoulder with their medals around their necks, draped in one massive Union Jack.
Gemma Gibbons on the ground, punching the air and looking skyward, thanking her mother.
Tom Daley‘s entire coaching team, with him on their shoulders, jumping into the pool in celebration.
Andy Murray beating Nadal to gold almost 1 month to the day after losing to him in the Wimbledon final.
Peter Wilson falling to his knees in tears of joy in the double trap.
So many incredible memories of that summer. I have never felt so proud to be British as I did for those 16 days, and don’t imagine I ever will again
Such inspiring music and visuals. So proud we held the Olympics. Guy Garvey....Genius!
Im back again,,, 2021,,, LOVE THIS MUSIC.
goosebumps every time
I always love it when I can see creativity behind a piece. Here it is just marvelous, how the creators took the sports out of the stadium and yet they manage to have it present in the back or as a shadow. A wonderful fusion of sport, art, music and patriotism [in a good way].
And I am also a fan on elbow :)
Amazingly inspirational. The combination of music and images perfectly captures the excitement of the Games - athletes pushing the very boundaries of achievement. Makes me proud to be British but also proud to be part of the human race (and it's not often we get to say that).
I absolutely love this. Music makes me tingle every time and the animation is amazing.
Song is called “elbow first steps”
I remember getting severe withdrawal symptoms when the London Olympics ended 😭🙈
Me too.
Some years later, I realised that the oneness and goodness and joy and togetherness we felt then was a sub-part of what the Holy Spirit can offer while we remain on the Earth ... as a foretaste of the full majesty ofGod's love.
And that we don't have to give up ever, so no withdrawal symptoms needed...
Every time I watch this I always have a smile of what was the best Olympics ever. Happy and Glorious Games.
Just a work of genius
July 25th, 2024: "Like" if you came here one day prior to Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony 😊
To remember London 2012 is to live again ❤
So sad the Olympics are nearly over, it's been a completely breath-taking experience, well done to all of the athletes, no matter what sport you do, no matter what country you're from, no matter whether you won a medal or not, London 2012 has truly been beautiful :D
Leo said it all very well , we spent the summer glued to our tv and we were fortunate enough to go to Cardiff to see team GB play and also to the Olympic stadium to see one of the evening sessions of the Paralmypics which turned to be the jewel in the crown of the whole summer well done Great Britain !
This is Brilliant. Every time I hear it, the excitement of the London 2012 Olympics revels through my body. The Part at 01;18 actually send shivers down my spin, and then towards the end of it, tears do well. Brilliant Elbow - Release it!
Come back to watch this for the build up for the Rio 2016 games. So proud of the games we put on in London, but can't wait to see what twist Rio will put on the Olympics! PS, BBC got this advert ABSOLUTELY spot on for the London games!
Too right, it's a work of art.
Had to look very hard to find this full-length version! Superb work from the BBC, as always.
Best theme song ever and best Olympics ever 😎
The last truly great Olympics.
Props to whoever designed this video, it's awesome! Gets you in the mood for watching, that's for sure.
What a beautiful advert.
So beautiful at the time.
Now this country has sunken so low. Makes me want to cry.
It's available now from digital stores, all proceeds go to charity.
And wasn't the opening ceremony just AMAZING!!!
The animation was perfect. I certainly brings back memories of gold, silver, bronze and victory!
gotta say ive seen this video like 20+ times whilst working at the bbc... and yet its still amazing.
This is so nostalgic for me omg
Still makes my spine tingle today
So long in the past now. Some dreams were never meant to come true.
Love it, such a beautiful piece of animation complimented with an epic soundtrack.
Got shivers watching that.
Elbow, you ticked every box with that song.
Only the BBC can bring together talents to produce superb work like this. Wonderful.
brilliant advert, brilliant coverage, sterling job BBC
it gives me a shiver, that makes me proud and sad at the same time.
Could not agree more, I live in Australia " The land of the Eternal Advert" where on free to air television they manage to have 4 advert breaks in an episode of The Simpsons. The one blessing that can be given to you by aussie TV is that it forces you to read or get out in the open and enjoy life as it should be
What a games ! Legendary , My little girl was born on super Saturday
Goosebumps
I loved BBC's ad for the Beijing Olympics and this one is just as great! Sport brings nations together. We are proud our athletes are representing us and I'm sure they are honored to do so. Good luck to all the participants. Do your people proud!
I feel overwhelmed...with Team GB now doing the same at the Paralympics as at the Olympics... after everything that's happened that you mentioned. It's AMAZING.
The 2020 Summer Olympics starts, begins and opens on Friday 24th July 2020 and closes, ends and finishes on Sunday 23rd August 2020 and Olympic Torch Relay around Europe, UK & Ireland started, began and opened on Thursday 12th March 2020 and ending, finishing and closing on Friday 24th July 2020.👍☺😀😁
But now it's postpon till 2021
They did a really good job of this advert, and I think it does a good job of showcasing the main sports of the games.
I just can't forget this song best ever I feel as though I am going to cry
Elbow - First Steps
... You're welcome. :)
BBC’s promos are always excellent. Puts the NBC ones here in the States to shame!
Chills! Every time!