They're not bad, but pretty standard stuff, and not as good as the Torino ones IMO. Still better than what we've got though IMO - the promo did win me over in the end but as the titles it just doesn't work at all IMO.
You can watch them at the start of every programme on the EBU website link given earlier (that site also has the full pre-opening sequence, including countdown clocks & tones).
It's only a matter of time before Adrian Chiles gives in to temptation or exhaustion and comes out with:
"I wanna tell ya a story."
The BBC DVD of the games will naturally be called 'Linga-a-Long-a-Lympics.'
The cosiness of the BBC output from the Ling Long Pagoda is positively Bygravian. With Granny Sue Barker as his sidekick, every elasticated slipper in the country will be at attention for the rest of the games.
But how long can this approach last? Is it inevitable result of an ageing population? The voice of the grey pound?
As Maxie himself might well have said, will it Linga Longa or pa-Go Da way of all flesh? Surely it's time for the BBC to get over the loss of Des Lynam, and employ some slightly livelier sports presenters who know just as little about sport.
More Russ Brand and less Russ Conway, in other words.
"That's a good idea, Son."
It's only a matter of time before Adrian Chiles gives in to temptation or exhaustion and comes out with:
"I wanna tell ya a story."
The BBC DVD of the games will naturally be called 'Linga-a-Long-a-Lympics.'
The cosiness of the BBC output from the Ling Long Pagoda is positively Bygravian. With Granny Sue Barker as his sidekick, every elasticated slipper in the country will be at attention for the rest of the games.
But how long can this approach last? Is it inevitable result of an ageing population? The voice of the grey pound?
As Maxie himself might well have said, will it Linga Longa or pa-Go Da way of all flesh? Surely it's time for the BBC to get over the loss of Des Lynam, and employ some slightly livelier sports presenters who know just as little about sport.
More Russ Brand and less Russ Conway, in other words.
"That's a good idea, Son."
It's only a matter of time before Adrian Chiles gives in to temptation or exhaustion and comes out with:
"I wanna tell ya a story."
The BBC DVD of the games will naturally be called 'Linga-a-Long-a-Lympics.'
The cosiness of the BBC output from the Ling Long Pagoda is positively Bygravian. With Granny Sue Barker as his sidekick, every elasticated slipper in the country will be at attention for the rest of the games.
But how long can this approach last? Is it inevitable result of an ageing population? The voice of the grey pound?
As Maxie himself might well have said, will it Linga Longa or pa-Go Da way of all flesh? Surely it's time for the BBC to get over the loss of Des Lynam, and employ some slightly livelier sports presenters who know just as little about sport.
More Russ Brand and less Russ Conway, in other words.
"That's a good idea, Son."
So
you
don't like Chiles or Barker, then. They're both very popular presenters.
What exactly are you expecting from those who link between events and throw in the odd interview?
Why don't you tell us who you would like to see presenting - and what else they could bring to the programme other than "youth" - which seems to be what you're driving at.
Little Richardjohn posted:
I see. This is one of THOSE forums.
I thought it was a bit better than that. I was obviously misinformed.
I turned on TV to watch 200M freestyle swimming final live - My country's Park Tae-hwan was there.
As I can get AFN Prime Korea - who bring the coverage from NBC - on the terrestrial TV (don't expect some caps. I don't have any video capper and get AFN with a not-so-good quality), I had a chance to compare it with Korean terrestrial broadcasters.
The NBC feed shows (At least) one minute delayed games, and was different from the BOB feed, as the NBC centred around the American athletes and shows different angles from the BOB feed. The transition (Olympic rings moves left to right) has the additional NBC logo. (I remember the Olympic-rings-with-the-Opera-House transition NBC used for the Sydney games) (Sorry for my short English.)
The Korean broadcasters uses BOB feed. They usually patches Korean language up over the BOB graphics. When the glorious moment of the Korea happened, they repeat it at least once.
So no comment then on the big scandal of these games according to some of the tabloids at least - the cropped, boob-free, close up shots of Sharron Davies in the swimming!
So no comment then on the big scandal of these games according to some of the tabloids at least - the crops, boob-free, close up shots of Sharron Davies in the swimming!
For those of us who don't read 'em, what's that then?
The strangest story so far. Sharron Davis and other BBC commentators on the swimming programme mentioned yesterday that there was some doubt about whether the pool at the Water Cube was the required 50 metres or not. A deficit of four centimetres was mentioned, which would naturally eradicate any records made at this games - as with the 4cm deficit in the Rannersdorf swimming pool in Austria - only much, much more embarrassing.
This story faded uresolved into the night, washed away by the general sporting Dampness of the Pants of Sue Barker and her fellow Hockeysticks. But by this morning it had faded from sight completely. Evading even the might of Google.