Twenty Twelve
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two / BBC Four
- 2011 - 2012
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Mockumentary about the team organising the London Olympics. Stars Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Olivia Colman. Also features Amelia Bullmore, Karl Theobald, Vincent Franklin, Morven Christie, Samuel Barnett and more.
Streaming rank this week: 910
Press clippings Page 14
When life imitates TV
The Olympic clock ground to a halt only hours after Twenty Twelve's satire on the same subject. But it's not the first time real life has mirrored television...
James Donaghy, The Guardian, 16th March 2011Leaked Emails: Twenty Twelve's 'clock-up'
If you watched Twenty Twelve on Monday night, you will have seen the fictional Olympic clock breaking down.
Jaine Sykes, BBC Comedy, 16th March 2011Last Night's TV - Twenty Twelve, BBC4
At the top of their Games.
Brian Viner, The Independent, 15th March 2011Twenty Twelve, Monday 10pm, BBC Four
It's very rare for a new comedy to hit the ground running and become an instant success. Even so, I always feel a sense of disappointment if I haven't laughed out loud five minutes or so into an opening episode, particularly when the premise and cast list have inspired high expectations. And so it was with last night's Twenty Twelve.
Jane Murphy, Orange TV, 15th March 2011BBC accused of plagiarism with new series Twenty Twelve
Australian writers are claiming that the BBC has stolen their concept for the new BBC 4 series Twenty Twelve.
Stephen Lepitak, The Drum, 15th March 2011Twenty Twelve, BBC Four, review
Ed Cumming finds that the BBC Four's new spoof documentary about a fictitious 2012 Olympics committee misses its target.
Ed Cumming, The Telegraph, 15th March 2011Twenty Twelve feels toothless
Twenty Twelve is a cheeky comedy that charts the daily activities of the headless chickens at the Olympic Deliverance Commission, but also suggests that we've been hypnotised into not questioning the Olympic dream.
Keith Watson, Metro, 15th March 2011Twenty Twelve - 2012 BBC Sitcom Review
New to the illustrious BBC4 is the sitcom twenty twelve an Office style fake documentary satirically designed to laugh a long with the tricky business of hosting an Olympic games. The sitcom written and directed by "People like Us" mastermind John Morton managed to come under fire before even been released. This was due to the fact that the idea in itself is spookily similar to an Australian sitcom called the games which was based around getting ready for the Sydney Olympics and famously featured the 100 meter sprint track being 93 meters long.
R. Green, Comedy Critic, 15th March 2011'Twenty Twelve' 1.1
The docuspoof/mockumentary format feels curiously old-fashioned suddenly. It's the perfect approach to take with BBC4's Twenty Twelve, which charts the efforts of an inept Olympic Deliverance Commission to promote London 2012, but there was something too safe and cozy about the whole endeavour. Almost like it's a part of the Olympic marketing and, with a future cameo from Lord Sebastian Coe himself, that's probably half-true. So, rather than deliver a scabrous and insightful criticism of the Olympic Games, Twenty Twelve is just a quietly mocking series that elicits the odd giggle.
Dan Owen, Obsessed With Film, 15th March 2011Twenty Twelve out of starting block with 341k viewers
BBC4 sitcom about the preparations for the London 2012 Olympics begins with a 1.75% audience share.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 15th March 2011