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The Game

The Games - London puts on a show

The Game

The Times

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3.21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2012

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Giles Smith reviews the opening ceremony, Craig Lord previews the swimming and Mike Atherton gives his take on the archery

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This is a podcast from The Times, Sports Newspaper of the Year.

0:57.0

Hello and welcome to the Games, the podcast of record from the Times being recorded

1:03.8

just a stone's throw from the Olympic Park in East London where we have just

1:07.3

witnessed an incredible opening ceremony. I'm Chris Skinner and I'm about to get

1:10.9

the reaction from Times columnist Giles Smith.

1:13.2

I'll also talk to Craig Lord about the swimming which starts later today, and Mike Averton

1:17.0

about the archery at Lords.

1:20.8

I'm joined now by Joel Smith who is the Times Olympic TV columnist.

1:29.0

We have just finished watching the opening ceremony.

1:31.7

We're talking now early into Saturday morning.

1:34.0

Charles, what did you make of that?

1:36.0

Well, I'm still a bit stunned actually, I mean partly the hour of the morning,

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