# Missed the Olympic opening ceremony

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 12, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missed-the-olympic-opening-ceremony/459693 "2008-08-12T01:18:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missed-the-olympic-opening-ceremony/459693/1 "2008-08-12T01:18:46Z")

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I missed watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics at Beijing. Is there some way I can catch a rerun. Do any of the telecasters have it on their schedule to show it anytime again soon?

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missed-the-olympic-opening-ceremony/459693/2 "2008-08-12T02:07:37Z")

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I heard a snippet on the radio from NBC that they were going to show it this Friday at 8 PM but I may have been mistaken because my weekly TV program shows other Olympic coverage at that time.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missed-the-olympic-opening-ceremony/459693/3 "2008-08-12T02:37:15Z")

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If its rebroadcast, tape it, Tivo it or DVR it. That way you can reduce NBC’s five-hour version of it to about two hours.

It will also be easier to spot the fake CGI fireworks.

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**Author:** ![d0nk3y](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@d0nk3y](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d0nk3y)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missed-the-olympic-opening-ceremony/459693/4 "2008-08-12T03:59:35Z")

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I just stumbled across it here (about 30 minutes, I think):  
[http://www.noob.us/entertainment/2008-beijing-olympics-opening-ceremony/](http://www.noob.us/entertainment/2008-beijing-olympics-opening-ceremony/)

but that ruins most of the magic ☹

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**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missed-the-olympic-opening-ceremony/459693/5 "2008-08-12T16:46:24Z")

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It’s available on the BBC iPlayer website, along with anything else worth watching from the last 7 days’ of output. However, while this works (and is free) for anyone here in the UK, I don’t know if people overseas or in other broadcasting territories are able to access the service.

[BBC website iplayer link](http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/)

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missed-the-olympic-opening-ceremony/459693/6 "2008-08-12T17:40:49Z")

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[Here’s](http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html?videoid=0808_hd_ocb_hl_en197) 52 minutes of it but you need NBC’s plugin to watch it.