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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Ian is alarmed to see that the website is riddled with errors only a day before its launch.
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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Ian is alarmed to see that the website is riddled with spelling errors only a day before its launch.launch.
-->'''Ian:''' This, though, it's just a little thing, but this... "Olypmic"? Is that some kind of, uh..?\\
'''Barney:''' Oh yeah, that, you know, that's just, like, spelling. ''[beat]'' We can change that any time. ''[beat. Ian gives him a prompting look]'' I mean do you want me to-\\
'''Ian:''' ''[cheerfully]'' Well, why not? \\
'''Barney:''' ''[hesitantly changes it to "Olypicm"]'' There. That better?\\\\
'''Ian:''' Well it's different.
-->'''Ian:''' This, though, it's just a little thing, but this... "Olypmic"? Is that some kind of, uh..?\\
'''Barney:''' Oh yeah, that, you know, that's just, like, spelling. ''[beat]'' We can change that any time. ''[beat. Ian gives him a prompting look]'' I mean do you want me to-\\
'''Ian:''' ''[cheerfully]'' Well, why not? \\
'''Barney:''' ''[hesitantly changes it to "Olypicm"]'' There. That better?\\\\
'''Ian:''' Well it's different.
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* OnlySaneMan: Ian Fletcher thinks he is, and part of the conceit of the show is that he's presented as if he is. There isn't really one at all, though straightforward Yorkshireman Nick usually comes closest.
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* OnlySaneMan: Ian Fletcher thinks he is, and part of the conceit of the show is that he's presented as if he is. There isn't really one at all, though straightforward Yorkshireman Nick Jellet usually comes closest.
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* SixthRanger: Fi Healey, head of Legacy. Most of the office take to her immediately, but Kay is annoyed at the confusion absolutely everyone shares between Legacy and Sustainability, and Fi's [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter greater popularity]] just makes her dislike her even more. Sally also seems ([[ShrinkingViolet quietly]]) worried about her flirting with Ian.
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Not to be confused with the [[Film/TwoThousandTwelve Roland Emmerich-directed apocalypse film]], which focusses around a very different set of disasters around an event scheduled (supposedly) for 2012.
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Not to be confused with the [[Film/TwoThousandTwelve Roland Emmerich-directed apocalypse film]], film (spelt ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' [[SpellMyNameWithAnS as opposed to]] ''Twenty Twelve''), which focusses around a very different set of disasters around an event scheduled (supposedly) for 2012.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: The fact that Sally is obviously head-over-heels in love with Ian is an elephant that remains strenuously ignored by everyone in the room. [[spoiler: The last episode however implies He starts out entirely oblivious, but increasing hints that he's beginning to share her feelings.]]noticed the {{UST}} emerge late in the series.
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** Siobhan Sharpe: "What the thing is, is...", "OK, yeah", "Holy shit!"yah", "[[DullSurprise Holy shit]]."
* LifeImitatesArt: Given that there's a large-but-finite number of things an Olympic Organising Committee have to organise, and the show's whole premise was that all of them would cause problems, it was inevitable that they'd be on target with a few of them. The problems with the countdown clock were particularly prescient.
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* OnlySaneMan: Ian Fletcher thinks he is, and part of the conceit of the show is that he's presented as if he is, but there isn't really one.
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* OnlySaneMan: Ian Fletcher thinks he is, and part of the conceit of the show is that he's presented as if he is, but there is. There isn't really one.one at all, though straightforward Yorkshireman Nick usually comes closest.
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* TheRival: Once the office gets a new employee in charge of Legacy on top of the one in charge of Sustainability, the claws come out, since Kay was already annoyed that nobody could tell the difference.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Ian is alarmed to see that the website is riddled with errors only a day before its launch.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Ian is alarmed to see that the website is riddled with errors only a day before its launch.
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* TwiceShy: Ian and Sally, both afflicted with crippling cases of BritishStuffiness.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Ian and Sally, at least once he gets divorces and notices that she's obviously crazy about him. Gets a BolivianArmyEnding as Ian appears to be about to ask her to come with him to Italy.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Ian and Sally, at least once he gets divorces and notices that she's obviously crazy about him. Gets a BolivianArmyEnding as Ian appears to be about to ask her to come with him to Italy.
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* TheComicallySerious: The terminally inept [[NoSenseOfHumour Dave Wellbeck]] and his disastrous public speaking.
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* TheComicallySerious: The terminally inept [[NoSenseOfHumour [[CannotTellAJoke Dave Wellbeck]] and his disastrous public speaking.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Lord Coe's appearance at the end of episode two was clearly meant to be a surprise, but it seems nobody thought to tell the publicity people to keep it secret, so it was mentioned in just about every pre-transmission article about the show as well as in the trailers.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Lord Coe's appearance at the end of episode two was clearly meant to be a surprise, but it seems nobody thought to tell the publicity people to keep it secret, so it was mentioned in just about every pre-transmission article about the show as well as in the trailers.trailers.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: In-universe; much of the conflict within the show comes from things being rushed and poorly thought through, necessitating a rushed and poorly thought through solution.
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* ArtisticLicenceGeography: In-universe, Graham Hitchens' answer to the problem of ensuring that the Olympic torch relay will pass within 90% of the population is to redraw the map so that the major cities are closer together.
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* ArtisticLicenceGeography: In-universe, Graham Hitchens' answer to the problem of ensuring that the Olympic torch relay will pass within a certain distance of 90% of the population is to redraw the map so that the major cities are closer together.
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* CannotTellAJoke: Dave Wellbeck is [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny utterly ''terrible'' at anything approaching public speaking]].
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* CannotTellAJoke: Dave Wellbeck is [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny utterly utterly]] ''terrible'' at anything approaching public speaking]].speaking.
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** Nick: "...I'm from [[OopNorf [[OopNorth Yorkshire]]!"
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: In-universe; much of the conflict within the show comes from things being rushed and poorly thought through, necessitating a rushed and poorly thought through solution.
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** "Viral COncept Designer" Karl Marx sticks out as one of these even in the CloudCuckooLand of Perfect Curve.
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** "Viral COncept Concept Designer" Karl Marx sticks out as one of these even in the CloudCuckooLand of Perfect Curve.
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** Sally: "...not a problem!"
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** "Viral COncept Designer" Karl Marx sticks out as one of these even in the CloudCuckooLand of Perfect Curve.
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Not to be confused with the [[Film/TwoThousandTwelve Roland Emmerich-directed apocalypse film]], which focusses around a very different nature of disasters scheduled (supposedly) for 2012.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Lord Coe's appearance at the end of episode two was clearly meant to be a surprise, but it seems nobody thought to tell the publicity people to keep it secret, so it was mentioned in just about every pre-transmission article about the show as well as in the trailers.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Lord Coe's appearance at the end of episode two was clearly meant to be a surprise, but it seems nobody thought to tell the publicity people to keep it secret, so it was mentioned in just about every pre-transmission article about the show as well as in the trailers.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Siobhan SharpeSharpe. Several of the other characters seem to have a tenuous grip on reality at times too, especially Kay.
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* HyperCompetentSidekick: Fletcher's [=PAs=], Sally Owen and Daniel Stroud. Arguably, Siobhan has her own hyper competent sidekick in Coco.
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* AsHimself: Lord Coe.
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* AsHimself: Lord Coe. And in the last episode, Aled Jones.
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* {{Catchphrase}}:
** Ian Fletcher: "So that's all good then".
** Kay Hope: "I really think that".
** Graham Hitchens: "Classic". (Meant in the way that other people would say "Typical!")
** Siobhan Sharpe: "What the thing is, is...", "OK, yeah", "Holy shit!"
** Ian Fletcher: "So that's all good then".
** Kay Hope: "I really think that".
** Graham Hitchens: "Classic". (Meant in the way that other people would say "Typical!")
** Siobhan Sharpe: "What the thing is, is...", "OK, yeah", "Holy shit!"
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: The fact that Sally is obviously head-over-heels in love with Ian is an elephant that remains strenuously ignored by everyone in the room.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: The fact that Sally is obviously head-over-heels in love with Ian is an elephant that remains strenuously ignored by everyone in the room. [[spoiler: The last episode however implies that he's beginning to share her feelings.]]
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* AllForNothing: Most episodes' "A"-plots end like this, with something the team has been working hard to get right, ultimately being scrapped.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: The fact that Sally is obviously head over heels in love with Ian is an elephant that remains strenuously ignored by everyone in the room.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: The fact that Sally is obviously head over heels in love with Ian is an elephant that remains strenuously ignored by everyone in the room.
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* AllForNothing: Most episodes' "A"-plots end like this, with something the team has been working hard to get right, right ultimately being scrapped.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: The fact that Sally is obviouslyhead over heels head-over-heels in love with Ian is an elephant that remains strenuously ignored by everyone in the room.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Ian, quite often, in conjunction with IMeantToDoThat, e.g. conjuring up some convoluted artistic statement to explain away the fact that due to an almighty cock-up, the Olympic countdown clock actually counts ''up''.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Ian, quite often, in conjunction with IMeantToDoThat, e.g. conjuring up some convoluted artistic statement to explain away the fact that that, due to an almighty cock-up, the Olympic countdown clock actually counts ''up''.
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* RunningGag: Ian's difficulties with the card-entry doors.
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* RunningGag: Ian's difficulties with the card-entry doors.doors and inability to fold his folding bike without injuring himself.
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* BerserkButton: Kay Hope, Head of Sustainability is absolutely not Head of Legacy and does not take kindly to people getting them mixed up.
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* BerserkButton: Kay Hope, Hope is Head of Sustainability is absolutely not Head of Legacy and does not take kindly Sustainability. DO NOT suggest she has anything to people getting them mixed up.do with Legacy.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "500 Day" is 500 days before the Olympic Games start. It is marked with a "500 Day Day" for which the team organise a special event, the "500 Day Day Day".
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* AsHimself: Lord Coe.
* IMeantToDoThat: Ian's default position after any [=PR=] blunder. Sometimes it even works.
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* OnlySaneMan: Ian Fletcher thinks he is, and part of the conceit of the show is that he's presented as if he is, but if there ''is'' an Only Sane Man, it's probably Nick Jowett.
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* OfCourseISmoke: Kay pulls this when she realises that Ian and Fi's smoke break allows them to have conversations that she's not part of.
* OnlySaneMan: Ian Fletcher thinks he is, and part of the conceit of the show is that he's presented as if he is, butif there ''is'' an Only Sane Man, it's probably Nick Jowett.isn't really one.
* OnlySaneMan: Ian Fletcher thinks he is, and part of the conceit of the show is that he's presented as if he is, but
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* RunningGag: Ian's difficulties with the card-entry doors.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Lord Coe's appearance at the end of episode two was clearly meant to be a surprise, but it seems nobody thought to tell the publicity people to keep it secret, so it was mentioned in just about every pre-transmission article about the show as well as in the trailers.
* RunningGag: Ian's difficulties with the card-entry doors.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Lord Coe's appearance at the end of episode two was clearly meant to be a surprise, but it seems nobody thought to tell the publicity people to keep it secret, so it was mentioned in just about every pre-transmission article about the show as well as in the trailers.
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* AllForNothing: Most episodes' "A"-plots end like this, with something the team has been working hard to get right, ultimately being scrapped.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Obviously, it's based on the London Olympics. Also more significant to the trop, Olivia Colman being unavailable for the second half of series two and her character being replaced by a gender-flipped but otherwise SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Obviously, it's based on the London Olympics. Also more significant to the trop, trope, Olivia Colman being unavailable for the second half of series two and her character being replaced by a gender-flipped but otherwise SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute.
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BBC {{Mockumentary}} sitcom about the fictional Olympic Deliverance Executive in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Made by the people behind {{Series/PeopleLikeUs}} and a SpiritualSuccessor to that show.
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BBC {{Mockumentary}} sitcom about the fictional Olympic Deliverance Executive in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Made by the people behind {{Series/PeopleLikeUs}} Series/PeopleLikeUs and a SpiritualSuccessor to that show.
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Also alleged to be influenced to a greater or lesser degree by Australian show Series/TheGames though the BBC has denied any connection.
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BBC {{Mockumentary}} sitcom about the fictional Olympic Deliverance Executive in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Made by the people behind {{Series/PeopleLikeUs}} and a SpiritualSuccessor to that show.
!Tropes
* ArtisticLicenceGeography: In-universe, Graham Hitchens' answer to the problem of ensuring that the Olympic torch relay will pass within 90% of the population is to redraw the map so that the major cities are closer together.
* BerserkButton: Kay Hope, Head of Sustainability is absolutely not Head of Legacy and does not take kindly to people getting them mixed up.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Siobhan Sharpe
* {{Mockumentary}}
* OnlySaneMan: Ian Fletcher thinks he is, and part of the conceit of the show is that he's presented as if he is, but if there ''is'' an Only Sane Man, it's probably Nick Jowett.
!Tropes
* ArtisticLicenceGeography: In-universe, Graham Hitchens' answer to the problem of ensuring that the Olympic torch relay will pass within 90% of the population is to redraw the map so that the major cities are closer together.
* BerserkButton: Kay Hope, Head of Sustainability is absolutely not Head of Legacy and does not take kindly to people getting them mixed up.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Siobhan Sharpe
* {{Mockumentary}}
* OnlySaneMan: Ian Fletcher thinks he is, and part of the conceit of the show is that he's presented as if he is, but if there ''is'' an Only Sane Man, it's probably Nick Jowett.
