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True, its been on endless promo pics...
JAMES BOND AND THE QUEEN AT OLYMPICS VOTED ‘MOMENT THAT MOST CHANGED U.K. TV’
According to a poll of British TV viewers, the Queen’s London Games appearance alongside Daniel Craig‘s James Bond has been voted the “moment that most changed British TV,” the Hollywood Reporter reveals.
“Viewers gazed in wonder and puzzlement, pride and laughter: is this really the Queen?” says TV historian Jonathan Bignell. “The moment beautifully broke the boundaries between fact and fiction, and in doing so made its mark worldwide.”
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/09/olympics-clip-with-james-bond-and-the-queen-voted-moment-that-most-changed-u-k-tv/
But yeah, this result is surprising.
My favourite episode :)
How has the Queen appearing with Bond 'changed TV'? Its chnaged out perception of her maybe and was a 'wow' moment but its hardly the most revolutionary thing since John Logie Baird.
You could say Python changed TV comedy with its subversive nature and playing with struture and audience expectations but as RC7 says the only other one is Big Brother which heralded the start of the dismal instant celebrity culture in which we still find ourselves entombed.
And as someone who pays the extortionate licence fee for basically just MOTD, Newsnight, The Thick Of It and the odd documentary can someone tell me why there is a BBC America website?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304153/Queen-wins-honorary-Bafta-memorable-Bond-girl-yet.html
“She knew the Jubilee, obviously in the same year, was gonna be very formal. And you have an instinct when you perform in public. You just have instincts. And I’m sure that was part of the instinct: ‘Let’s change it, make it different.’”
The symbolism of an East End-set Games also struck a regal chord. “I think she also must have known, because I was involved, that they were going to make it like a People’s Games… so there was a chance to take a risk with it.”
Equally, she may be royal, but it seems Elizabeth II is mortal like the rest of us. She likes a bit of celebrity. “She wanted her staff to have a day out with a movie star. And so we did!” Boyle grins. “Daniel came, and he’s a movie star! He’s James Bond! Everybody can get their picture taken…” Did the Queen cosy up with Daniel Craig for a pic, too? “Absolutely!” laughs Danny Boyle. “Yeah! But she was very, very keen and insistent that her staff did as well. I liked that about her very much. You thought, yeah, that’s decent, looking after them like that. And we had a lovely afternoon filming with the two of them.”
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-04-27/danny-boyle-on-the-moment-the-queen-got-her-picture-taken-with-james-bond
Ho ho ho. Innocent times.
Speaking of the Olympics I read that the 2020 games are at risk of cancellation.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/tokyo-olympics-coronavirus-2020-postponed-japan-china-date-ioc-outbreak-a9371331.html