Starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Amelia Bullmore, Olivia Colman, Vincent Franklin and Karl Theobald, narrated by David Tennant, Twenty Twelve is a new six-part comic documentary series about the people paddling hard beneath the water to make the Olympics happen in London in 2012. You’re organizing the Biggest Show On Earth. You’ve got nine billion pounds to spend and plenty of time to think about it all. What can possibly go wrong?

The series follows the Deliverance Team as they do their level best to get to the end of the day, the end of the week, and ideally the end of the Olympics without all the wheels coming off at once.

A similar thing was made in Australia prior to the 2000 Olympic Games, written by and starring one of the Antipodes' best comics, John Clarke, The Games is an example of how this kind of show can be done superbly well. It really is hilarious, check it out!

Jessica's reaction is priceless.

Hugh Bonneville ‏ @hughbon #TwentyTwelve watchers: we pop up on #SportRelief on Fri 23 March, BBC1 and 4 new eps start Fri 30 March, BBC2 10pm #sothatsallgood

Gold for Hynes!
Jessica wins RTS Award for Twenty Twelve.