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Welcome to the second of our BBC newsletters looking ahead to the 2008 Olympics and Paralympics, as well as, of course, to the London Games in 2012. Olympic years ending in the number 8 have a special relevance here in the UK, and as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the London Games in 1908, as well as the 60th anniversary of the 1948 Olympics, we will be doing everything we can to ensure that your enjoyment of this Olympic and Paralympic year is particularly memorable. Colleagues from across the BBC are keeping you updated in this newsletter on what we're doing both this year and as part of our plans for London 2012. You will see information about our preparations for the Beijing Games; our new Olympics website; the latest on BBC London and BBC Essex activities; the BBC's Big Screens initiative with Chinese communities here in the UK; and some personal reflections from BBC London's Olympics Correspondent, Adrian Warner. What I would welcome is your feedback on what you read in this newsletter. Please use the link below to get in contact with the BBC's Olympics and Paralympics Co-ordinating Group. As I said in our first newsletter, we will strive to make the BBC's Olympic and Paralympic experience the most creative and ambitious content offer the BBC has ever brought to our audiences: both this year and throughout the London Olympiad. Mark Byford, Deputy Director-General BBC 
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Looking ahead to 2008: the Beijing Olympics and a special centenaryBy Dave Gordon, Head of Major Events, BBC Sport January 2008 – and if any extra incentive is needed to toast the New Year, it's the thought here in BBC Sport that this is Olympic year. There are just under 200 days to the start of the Beijing Olympics and not much longer than that to the Paralympics. Planning has been under way since Athens, but it's time now to sharpen our focus and hone our plans for coverage of the 'Greatest Show on Earth'. read the full article
The new Olympics websiteBy Claire Stocks, Assistant Editor, BBC Sport Online With the Beijing Olympics less than seven months away, we've recently launched a new Olympics section on the BBC website. read the full article
Building an Olympic city for 2012By Mike MacFarlane, Executive Editor, BBC London Last autumn there was a growing sense in London that, while the big national headlines might have diminished slightly, the hard work of getting everything in place for 2012 was going on apace. BBC London kept a close eye on all the developments, as it will do week in week out right up to the opening ceremony in Stratford. read the full article | |
Beijing 2008 – a hard act to follow?By Adrian Warner, BBC London's Olympics correspondent London 2012 and the Government will have one simple message when the world turns its attention to the Beijing Olympics this year – "Size isn't everything." read the full article | |
Olympic Dreams 2008By Tessa Livingstone, Executive Producer, Olympic Dreams The BBC has now launched its long-term documentary project that is following athletes right up to the London Olympics in 2012. read the full article | |
Chinese Big Screens ProjectBy Rosemary Richards, Editor, BBC Video Nation BBC Video Nation and BBC Big Screens are planning a celebration focusing on British Chinese communities in the immediate lead-up to the Beijing Olympics in 2008. read the full article | |
BBC Essex: on track for 2012By Gerald Main, Editor, BBC Essex It's still five years away but there's already a real buzz of excitement and anticipation about the Olympics and Paralympics in Essex. BBC Essex's first special week-long radio broadcast on the Games at the end of November 2007 revealed a high level of local interest in the run-up to 2012 and a readiness among listeners to get involved. read the full article | |
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