Sprint over to Obsessed With Film, where I've reviewed the first episode of BBC4's brand new docuspoof TWENTY TWELVE, starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Olivia Colman & Amelia Bullmore. The Olympics! A big clock! A giant sandwich!
The docuspoof/mockumentary format feels curiously old-fashioned suddenly. It's the perfect approach to take with BBC4's Twenty Twelve, which charts the efforts of an inept Olympic Deliverance Commission to promote London 2012, but there was something too safe and cozy about the whole endeavour. Almost like it's a part of the Olympic marketing and, with a future cameo from Lord Sebastian Coe himself, that's probably half-true. So, rather than deliver a scabrous and insightful criticism of the Olympic Games, Twenty Twelve is just a quietly mocking series that elicits the odd giggle. Continue reading...
