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Twenty Twelve: Series 2, Episodes 1-4

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Starring
  • Hugh Bonneville
  • Amelia Bullmore
  • Olivia Colman
  • Jessica Hynes
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    Production Company BBC Productions
    Broadcaster BBC2

    Following its debut on BBC4 in March 2011, Twenty Twelve returned for a second series on BBC2.

    The Olympics Deliverance Committee, headed by Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville), have a new set of challenges to face as the games draw ever closer. From a stand-off between the French and the Algerians over the 'shared belief centre' to the installation of new hand dryers in the bathrooms, the run up to the Olympics is not going to go smoothly for the team.

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    Twenty Twelve: Series 2, Episodes 1-4
    Reviews

     pick of the bunch - for one final week - remains John Morton's iron fist inside a velvet glove... Tremendous performances and pin-point satire

     Gabriel Tate
    Time Out     Full Review

    comic heaven... If the real Games are half as much fun as this, the London Olympics will be a triumph.

     David Chater
    The Times     Full Review

    It’s a great final episode, a zinger at the end of a too-brief series. Can we have an Olympic Games special in the summer, please? Alison Graham
    Radio Times

    well plotted and boasts some splendid dialogue Andrew Billen
    The Times     Full Review

    far and away the funniest series on television at the moment David Chater
    The Times     Full Review

    it's John Morton's script that deserves the gold Oliver Franklin
    GQ

    one of the funniest things on television... last night's episode seemed close to perfect Tom Sutcliffe
    The Independent

    wonderful. Literally LOL Sam Wollaston
    The Guardian

    Another perfectly judged script with superb performances, most notably Olivia Colman's PA. Solid gold stuff Julia Raeside
    The Guardian

    Well observed, impeccably cast mock-dock ****

     Gabriel Tate
    Time Out     Full Review

    Is it just us or is 'Twenty Twelve' getting funnier as the Olympics draw nearer?... the script is pitched perfectly between fondness and scepticism ****

     Phil Harrison
    Time Out     Full Review

     another brilliant episode of Twenty Twelve tonight — the funniest series on television David Chater
    The Times     Full Review

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