- Nimrod in the build up, always beautiful, always dusty.
- The film from the Source of the Thames - I "got" it when the theme from the South Bank show played (so not that fast then!)
- Bursting the balloons in the countdown
- Wiggo ringing the bell!! So pleased he was able to be involved, given he had a big race ahead of him.
- The children singing, both from their own corner of these Isles, and the choir of deaf kids, who gave us one of the most uplifiting versions of our dirge-like anthem I've heard
- The whole Industrial Revolution piece, forging & raising the rings (WOW!), the drumming - love a bit of drumming!
- James Bond meets the ACTUAL QUEEN!
And then she ACTUALLY jumps out of a helicopter! I'd love to see more of her sense of humour - she's been boss for 60 years now, time for her to stop being Phil's straight man.
- Mr Bean & the Chariots of Fire sequence - possibly the only sop to the global audience.
- Tim Berners-Lee getting global recognition at the end of that fantastic song & dance routine (which included the Brookside lesbian kiss in the kiss montage!). Apparently the US commentators didn't know who he was - so a co-commentator suggested googling him! Brilliant!
- The NHS bit went on too long and lost me, until the Mary Poppinses flew in and it perked up again. I need to rewatch this.
- Mike Oldfield!! In Dulci Jubilo a favourite carol anyway, so it was real goosebump time!
- Finishing with a beautiful rendition of Abide with me, to remember the unspecified departed. I hope others were thinking of the 11 Israeli athletes & coaches murdered at Munich in 1972, even though the IOC has refused any kind of memorial or moment of silence in the 40 years since it happened.
More great photos from Sports Illustrated.
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