Re: Paralympic Opening Ceremony
It was a fantastic display and well worth staying till the end, the overrun was perhaps inevitable and everything else seems to have worked well.
The ovation for the Brits was staggering and the guy who came down the wire with the flame was something else.
A good viewing audience as well by all accounts, over 11 million watched it in the UK which compares favourably with the first London 2012 games, which is as it should be given that both events are 'proper'.
We have to accept that Channel four will run adverts on a regular basis throughout 500 hours of live coverage but there seemed to be some odd moments chosen last night to sell us stuff most don't want or need. I would have thought that the significance of the athletes from Greece arriving in the stadium might have dawned on someone but sadly no.
Sorry to the vast army of Jon Snow's fans but I thought his performance as anchor role was appalling, he seemed to be on a different planet to the rest of us. It was like he was reporting from a war zone than the opening of the games
The theme was one of 'enlightenment' but was it really a prerequisite for him to keep on lecturing us all about how war torn certain countries are as they entered the stadium ?. Likewise, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, he clearly had done little homework and could have told us much more about the athletes and their particular sports instead of waffling.
His Canadian co-commentator kept trying but gave up as he continually got shut out. Not a great fan of Ms Balding but she could do a good stint here along with Mr Edwards so lets hope for a great games.