Cricket, because it would give countries who normally have relatively little chance of winning a medal, like India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia something to look forward to.

The Batman and Robin thing was probably the oddest choice of reference of the night. It was a reference to very popular 80s sitcom 'Only Fools and Horses', and one of the more famous episodes where the characters are in fancy dress as Batman and Robin and end up unknowingly doing things which would be comedic to do…

The Batman and Robin thing was probably the oddest choice of reference of the night. It was a reference to very popular 80s sitcom 'Only Fools and Horses', and one of the more famous episodes where the characters are in fancy dress as Batman and Robin and end up unknowingly doing things which would be comedic to do…

A fox and a badger.

A fox and a badger.

The general consensus of people I've spoken to seems to be that the whole thing was what we'd all spent months dreading the opening ceremony would be like.

The general consensus of people I've spoken to seems to be that the whole thing was what we'd all spent months dreading the opening ceremony would be like.