There's all sorts of speculation and funny little stories of cows mooing on the grass to James Bond parachuting in from outer space. 'There's a great deal of excitement, partly because they've managed to keep the details of tonight's ceremony under wraps. Westmacott was relieved that the show hadn't proved to be the washout that afflicted the Queen's jubilee a few weeks back. NBC has delayed the start of the broadcast here until it's all but over in London in order to show it at prime time and pull in all those advertising dollars. The British ambassador to the US, Sir Peter Westmacott, made a fleeting appearance on a Washington TV news station a few minutes ago flagging up to Americans that they're being kept in the dark far longer than the rest of the world about the delights or otherwise of the Olympic opening ceremony.
