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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#1331 Post by Rainey » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:23 pm

Celini wrote:the question is more "why did BBC not b*y the rights for the Opening/Closing?"
this is very disappointing when you think of their amazing coverage of the Olympics :(
C4 have always covered the Paralympics ever since it began at Stoke Mandaville.
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#1332 Post by Sunny Saver » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:23 pm

Can you imagine if this was the Royal Wedding? Do you William take 'Go Compare, Go Compare'... :mrgreen:
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#1333 Post by Celini » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:25 pm

Rainey wrote:
Celini wrote:the question is more "why did BBC not b*y the rights for the Opening/Closing?"
this is very disappointing when you think of their amazing coverage of the Olympics :(
C4 have always covered the Paralympics ever since it began at Stoke Mandaville.
oh I see!
But it's the first time here in the UK, I think BBC should have fought for it! This should be on a public channel, I think.
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#1334 Post by Beate » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:25 pm

Sunny Saver wrote:Can you imagine if this was the Royal Wedding? Do you William take 'Go Compare, Go Compare'... :mrgreen:
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#1335 Post by anakin » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:31 pm

Sunny Saver wrote:Can you imagine if this was the Royal Wedding? Do you William take 'Go Compare, Go Compare'... :mrgreen:
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#1336 Post by Jayman » Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:07 am

WOW! What an incredible fireworks display!!
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#1337 Post by tilly » Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:52 am

Gutted missed it but so tired by 10pm! Good luck team gb o/
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#1338 Post by claire » Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:56 pm

First gold medal in cycling. Well done team GB.
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#1339 Post by SteveDan » Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:15 pm

Celini wrote:
Rainey wrote:
Celini wrote:the question is more "why did BBC not b*y the rights for the Opening/Closing?"
this is very disappointing when you think of their amazing coverage of the Olympics :(
C4 have always covered the Paralympics ever since it began at Stoke Mandaville.
oh I see!
But it's the first time here in the UK, I think BBC should have fought for it! This should be on a public channel, I think.
I think this is the first time C4 have had the rights. I seem to remember Beijing on BBC (I may be wrong). Apparently BBC were outbid by C4 (BBC bid something like £4million to C4s £9 million)
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#1340 Post by tilly » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:06 pm

2golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronze so far!! Well done
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