Becks 
What a complete legend.
This cermony has everything.
This is only short Jedward so far.
Jepic.
I hope there’s a Trainspotting theme still to come in the form of a Tube train.
Abide With Me here is haunting - a beautiful tribute to the 7/7 victims.
64 years of hurt - the Olympics are coming home.
They’ve missed a trick by not fitting Alan Partridge in here somewhere.
Some great bits in this. The try scoring at the start was bizarre but the musical montage was good.
I still can’t believe johnny rotten got in on an Olympic ceremony
I was hoping they would get that in somewhere
Step On by the Happy Mondays and Firestarter by the Prodigy. Magic. I think it’s appropriate that Essex is in there somewhere. This is the Essex Olympics after all. I’m just disappointed Phil Mitchell or Dot Cotton haven’t made an appearance so far. Maybe they’ll be carrying the torch later on.
Facbook and the loss of privacy represented well earlier.
No OASIS wtf
We need the pogues to lead out the Irish team, claim the mount and launch into rainy night in soho
Excellent representation from Argentina - good luck to each and every one of our boys and girls.
They could have had a Supersonic tie-in with Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds and Concorde.
Bangladesh have the same colours as clooney quin
Time to nail your colours to the mast. Who will light the flame?
My money’s on Redgrave. What a pity he won’t be competing at Lakeside for the rowing this week. But it could be sailing legend Ben Ainslie. One of the great Olympians.
Bannister sid
Neil Tennant
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The unmistakable strains of Neil Tennant and the Pet Shop Boys’ “West End Girls” welcomes China.
I didn’t like the slant Huw Edwards made there as the North Koreans made their entrance.
He called them “one of the world’s most secretive countries”. At least they’ll be coming into these games under the radar.