Paralympic Games: Opening Ceremony

So Jon Snow thinks the Paralympics are going to go on for 11 YEARS... can Channel 4 afford this?

Interesting to see Claire Balding back... definitely a good choice she was one of the better presenters on the BBC's coverage.

Not quite sure what looks worse, the 4 with or without the tape! Noone outside of this forum would notice anyway. Nice studio, its like Match of the Day meets The Apprentice: You're Hired but it's a shame that the BBC weren't made to vacate the studio inside Olympic Park. By rights, Channel 4 should have that if they're the official broadcaster.

On a completely unrelated side note, the cheek of David Cameron turning up and saying he hopes the Paralympics change the perception of disabledpeople.

Are we going to get a similar cauldron to the Olympics? In the past they could used the Olympic cauldron, however the petals all went to their NOCs after the Olympics finished.

I'm pretty sure I heard on BBC earlier that it is the same style petal cauldron, but will be lit differently.

Perhaps we are going to see something different? or they made two sets of petals?

Jon Snow is wrong for this, as is the studio location. Zero atmosphere.

And these VT's are setting a really sombre tone.

That's a stupid statement. The studio was the property of the BBC and it didn't belong to anyone else. I hate to say it but there may have been accessiblilty issues with using them studios anyway.

Yep 40+ less petals though


How would you make the BBC vacate a studio they own and built



Agreed on both points, why aren't they using the balcony the BBC had in the stadium? Surprised Clare Balding wasn't given the job.

I don't think the BBC had installed a lift in its shipping container studio.

I agree about Jon Snow, it's almost as if he's been forced to do it because he is Channel 4's chief newscaster and therefore has to do it. Imagine David Dimbleby hosting the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Channel 4 should have used a studio with a real view, you get third rate football matches done with real views, so the Paralympics surely should have one.

There were shipping container studios all over the Olympic Park, so presumably they weren't all arranged by the BBC.

I understand why they're showing this VT but my God it's setting a somber tone.

They've done reports live from the stadium, so I don't see a problem with lack of atmosphere.

The VTs are interesting and informative. They're setting the story of achievement and challenge.

Live now to the stadium with Krishnan - fab atmosphere!