the opening ceremony of the 2012 olympic games is underway in london. the event masterminded by the oscar-winning film director danny boyle is an eccentric, exuberant and a times-moving celebration in british culture. the ceremony started when bradley wiggins, the first british winner of the tour de france, ran a huge bell. the opening scene had a delicate depiction of the british country life made way for pandemonium of the industrial revolution. scenes in tabloid included references to the beatles, the armed forces, james bond and britain's colonial past. after the entry of the queen elizabeth and ioc president jacques rogge, the show continued with an extraordinary visual and musical tribute to the
