SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE
SIGN IN SEARCH MENU
SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE


Twenty Twelve

Genres: Comedy

Rate:

7.0

Add to Show Favourites

Seasons


Season 1

Twenty Twelve is a British television mockumentary comedy series written and directed by John Morton which follows the trials of the management of the Olympic Deliverance Commission (ODC), the body tasked to organise the 2012 London Summer Olympics, as they overcome logistical difficulties, production errors, infrastructure problems and troublesome contributors.

The series premiered in the UK on BBC Four on 14 March, 2011.

Twenty Twelve premiered in South Africa on DStv's BBC Entertainment channel on Tuesday 5 June 2012, at 22h00. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.

Season 1 premiered on BBC Entertainment on Tuesday 5 June 2012, at 22h00. New episodes broadcast in a double bill, weekly. There are six episodes in the first season.

Synopsis

Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Olivia Colman star in this comedy about the people paddling hard beneath the water to make the Olympics happen in London in 2012.

Filmed in a documentary style, Twenty Twelve deals with such hot topics as how to phase the traffic lights across London to get people from west to east, who to sell the Taekwondo hall to after the event, what to do when protesters leave large quantities of horse dung on the doorstep in protest at the location of the equestrian events site, and how to cope with sportsmen who want to help but are just too dull.

From getting a busload of non-English speaking Brazilians from A to B, who to appoint to run the Cultural Olympiad, and what to do when the much-vaunted wind turbines won't turn because there's no wind, it's all in a day's work for the men and women whose job it is to stage the greatest sporting event in the world.

Deliciously topical, wickedly funny and sometimes uncannily close to real life, Twenty Twelve is a cautionary tale on how not to stage a major global sporting event.

Seasons

Series exclusive to BBC Entertainment

Season 1 (6 episodes)

Premiere: 5 June 2012 | Finale: 19 June 2012 | Tuesdays, 22h00 (double bill)

Season 2 (4 episodes)

Premiere: 26 June 2012 | Finale: 17 July 2012 | Tuesdays, 22h00


Season 1 Cast

as
Graham Hitchens

as
Ian Fletcher

as
Kay Hope

as
Nick Jowett

as
Sally Owen

as
Siobhan Sharpe

as
Anthony Preston

as
AP The Today Programme

as
Dave Wellbeck

as
Jane Owen

as
Jason Topper

as
Martin Soper

as
Narrator

as
Nina Christiani

as
Receptionist

as
Tony Ward


LATEST ARTICLES

New on TV today: Wednesday 16 July 2025

David Klatzow: Looking into Darkness begins on S3 and Amy Bradley is Missing on Netflix.


Evil Witch Teasers - August 2025

Series finale! Pavithra fights to survive and there's a trrrembling Rajput house...


Suidooster Teasers - August 2025

Gary has a risky plan to catch the girl who robbed him.


New on TV today: Tuesday 15 July 2025

Normal People hook up on Disney+ as Race to Survive: New Zealand kicks off on M-Net.


Revealed! Cast and story details for Mzansi Wethu's new telenovela Homecoming

A doctor in a white coat gets a check-up from a doctor wearing beads.


Uzalo Teasers - August 2025

It's a beef buffet at the hostel and MaDlala asks God to lead her not into temptation.


Gelukbringers Teasers - August 2025

Azra receives a mysterious letter about her dad's murder and chaos unfolds when a video is leaked.


New on TV today: Monday 14 July 2025

Based on real life miniseries Happy Face is on M-Net and Magda Louw returns to kykNET.


New on TV today: Sunday 13 July 2025

Hitler and Churchill take centre stage on HISTORY and Jaws @ 50 debuts on National Geographic.


New on TV today: Saturday 12 July 2025

There's a Predator Countdown on BBC Earth and the return of 1000-lb Sisters and F*ck, That's Delicious.

LATEST SITE ACTIVITY


More activity at TVSA Central



LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS



LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS





×
×

You browser doesn't have Flash, Silverlight, Gears, BrowserPlus or HTML5 support.