Wednesday 25 August 2010

By BBC London Olympics 2012 planning parodied


The London 2012 Olympics the BBC is to prody preparations in a new comedy series. "Twenty Twelve" has been shot in the style of mockumentary series "The Office," and the British broadcaster says it hopes it will "bring some humour" to the serious logistical challenges facing prepares.

The BBC says the six part will series deal with "such hot topics as how to phase the traffic lights across London to get people from west to east." After the Olympics writers have also tried to make light of the process of selling a taekwondo hall, theCulture Olympiad the search for someone to run and how wind turbines will operate in the absence of wind.

2000 Sydney Games Australia's ABC aired a alike that the Games took a satirical look at Olympic bureaucrats.