Twenty Twelve

Twenty Twelve
GenreMockumentary
Created byJohn Morton
Written byJohn Morton
Directed byJohn Morton
StarringHugh Bonneville
Jessica Hynes
Amelia Bullmore
Olivia Colman
Vincent Franklin
Karl Theobald
Morven Christie
Narrated byDavid Tennant
Theme music composerIrving Berlin
Opening theme"Let's Face the Music and Dance" sung by Nat King Cole
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerJon Plowman
ProducerPaul Schlesinger
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Four (2011–2012)
BBC Two (2012)
BBC HD
Release14 March 2011 (2011-03-14) –
24 July 2012 (2012-07-24)
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Twenty Twelve is a BBC television comedy series written and directed by John Morton. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Amelia Bullmore, the programme is a spoof on-location mockumentary following the organisation of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. It was first broadcast on UK television station BBC Four in March 2011 to coincide with the 500-day countdown to the opening ceremony.

Twenty Twelve gained mainly positive reviews from critics, and a four-part second series was announced on 15 April 2011,[1] which began airing on 30 March 2012 on BBC Two.[2] A further three episodes of series 2 began airing from 10 July 2012.[3] The series' last episode was broadcast on 24 July 2012, three days before the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games.

Several core characters went on to appear in a sequel, W1A, in 2014.[4]

  1. ^ "BBC Four recommissions hit comedy series Twenty Twelve". BBC Press Office. 15 April 2011.
  2. ^ "The British Comedy award-winning Twenty Twelve returns tonight for a four-part second series". BBC Press Office. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  3. ^ Mickel, Andrew (17 December 2011). "'Twenty Twelve' gets third series". Digital Spy.
  4. ^ "BBC's Twenty Twelve sequel to focus on the corporation itself". TheGuardian.com. 5 December 2013.