Twenty Twelve

Twenty Twelve

2011 · 2 seasons · 13 eps · ★ 7.4 · Comedy

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A mock-documentary following the challenges - both personal and professional - faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on Earth: the 2012 Olympics. From getting a busload of non-English speaking Brazilians from A to B, who to appoint to run the Cultural Olympiad and what to do when the much-vaunted wind turbines won't turn because there's no wind, it's all in a day's work for the men and women whose job it is to stage the greatest sporting event in the world.

Created by John Morton

Networks: BBC Four, BBC Two

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Hugh Bonneville Ian Fletcher
Olivia Colman Sally Owen
Jessica Hynes Siobhan Sharpe
Amelia Bullmore Kay Hope
Karl Theobald Graham Hitchens
Vincent Franklin Nick Jowett
Morven Christie Fi Healey
Samuel Barnett Daniel Stroud
Sara Pascoe Coco Lomax
Joel Fry Karl Marx
David Tennant Narrator (voice)
Alex Beckett Barney Lumsden

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