Our Greatest Team: Athletes' Parade Live

:00:54. > :00:58.Wonderful hearing that and seeing those titles once more. The action

:00:58. > :01:01.is all over now at the Olympic Park but there's still one big final

:01:01. > :01:04.celebration to be had today on the streets of London. Hello, everyone.

:01:04. > :01:07.It's good to be back. Welcome to the Athletes' Victory Parade. With

:01:07. > :01:11.the Games now officially over, the pride of Team GB and Paralympics GB

:01:11. > :01:14.will make their way from the heart of the city in a few minutes' time,

:01:14. > :01:16.ending here in a grand finale outside Buckingham Palace. Friends,

:01:16. > :01:23.family, VIPs, and volunteers have been invited and are already

:01:23. > :01:26.arriving here to grab the best positions. And in fact, crowds are

:01:26. > :01:29.already filling up Trafalgar Square, which is going to be one of the

:01:29. > :01:36.best places to catch a glimpse of their sporting heroes and to salute

:01:36. > :01:39.them for their part in London 2012. Against the best athletes in the

:01:39. > :01:49.world, Team GB won 65 medals, 29 of them gold, and finished an

:01:49. > :01:54.impressive third in the medal table. For the paragon paeans - 34 gold

:01:55. > :02:04.medals with a total medal haul of 120. A truly magical summer of

:02:05. > :02:15.

:02:15. > :02:21.sporting achievement. -- for the Carolyn peons. -- Paralympians.

:02:21. > :02:31.every athlete waiting, ready to take part in these Games, welcome

:02:31. > :02:34.

:02:34. > :02:39.to London. There is no such thing as a standard run-of-the-mill human

:02:39. > :02:46.beings but we share the same human spirit. She has destroyed Harome

:02:46. > :02:51.world record and won gold again. For creativity can take many forms

:02:51. > :02:56.from physical achievement to theoretical physics. What we are

:02:56. > :03:03.seeing right now is that dreams do come true. There is a truth to

:03:03. > :03:11.sport, a purity, a drama, and intensity. The spirit that makes it

:03:11. > :03:19.irresistible to take part in and irresistible to watch. London 2012

:03:19. > :03:25.will inspire a generation. Is it enough? Yes, it is for Sarah Storey.

:03:25. > :03:29.In every Olympic sport, there is everything that matters in life.

:03:29. > :03:35.Humans stretched to the limit of their abilities, living for the

:03:35. > :03:42.moment but making an indelible mark on history. The champion becomes a

:03:42. > :03:48.legend. The Games provide an opportunity for afraid to excel and

:03:48. > :03:58.become outstanding in their field. My fellow countrymen, I say thank

:03:58. > :03:58.

:03:59. > :04:04.you, thank you for making this possible. Jessica Ennis is the

:04:04. > :04:12.Olympic champion, best all-round athlete in the world. I have never

:04:12. > :04:22.been so proud to be British and to be part of the Olympic movement.

:04:22. > :04:27.

:04:27. > :04:36.This is our time. One day we will tell our children and our

:04:36. > :04:45.grandchildren that when our time came, we did it right. Let's

:04:45. > :04:47.celebrate excellence, friendship and respect. Good luck to you.

:04:47. > :04:50.Incredible memories and well be reliving all those amazing moments

:04:50. > :04:53.with the athletes and their friends and families throughout the next

:04:53. > :04:55.two and a half hours. We've got Olympic silver medallist Colin

:04:55. > :05:05.Jackson in the studio with us. Colin, what's your favourite

:05:05. > :05:15.memory? I think I already know. are absolutely right. This is no

:05:15. > :05:15.

:05:15. > :05:20.Farah's 10,000m. I lost my voice courtesy of this performance.

:05:20. > :05:25.you had another one to do a week later. We will see so many of the

:05:25. > :05:31.stars over the next few hours, but it is wonderful to see the crowds

:05:31. > :05:35.packing the streets and the support has been immense. It has. From the

:05:35. > :05:40.torch relay itself, when so many people turned up just to see the

:05:40. > :05:47.cauldron that, and now to see the success of the team and giving them

:05:47. > :05:50.a final wave goodbye. A final thank you. Now the parade is just about

:05:50. > :05:52.to start. We've got reporters out all along the route but guiding us

:05:52. > :05:54.through this afternoon in the commentary box are Huw Edwards,

:05:54. > :06:02.Hazel Irvine and eleven-time Paralympic gold medallist, Tanni

:06:03. > :06:08.Grey-Thompson. Thank you, Gabby. It is the final

:06:08. > :06:17.chapter in the story of London 2012. We are in the heart of the city of

:06:17. > :06:21.London, that is the official residence of the mayor. We can pay

:06:21. > :06:31.tribute to the stars of the Games, more than 700 athletes will be

:06:31. > :06:40.

:06:40. > :06:42.taking part in the parade today, riding on twenty-one floats past St

:06:42. > :06:50.Paul's Cathedral where quite a considerable crowd has already

:06:50. > :06:56.gathered. We are looking forward to a splendid afternoon, a fitting end

:06:56. > :07:05.to what has been a wonderful summer. With me, Tanni Grey Thompson and

:07:05. > :07:11.Hazel Irvine. What are you looking forward to? A massive celebration,

:07:11. > :07:16.for the athletes to say thank you. Without their friends, family, and

:07:16. > :07:22.volunteers, this couldn't have happened. Hazel, we are just

:07:22. > :07:26.waiting for the initial flourish, the initial trumpet fanfare at the

:07:26. > :07:33.Mansion House, and just a sense of what you are looking forward to.

:07:33. > :07:36.Today's is the last hurrah, a chance to celebrate their

:07:36. > :07:40.sensational achievements over the summer and to acknowledge what they

:07:40. > :07:44.have done in the theatre of sport and what they have done for

:07:44. > :07:49.everyone around Great Britain and Northern Ireland. That negativity

:07:49. > :07:54.that some people felt has been replaced by pride and soaring

:07:54. > :07:59.enthusiasm, and admiration for the can-do spirit that London 2012

:07:59. > :08:09.organisers have shown everyone is capable of in this country.

:08:09. > :08:17.

:08:17. > :08:23.parade will begin very shortly. John and Sonali are here.

:08:23. > :08:32.There are 21 floats lined up, featuring the athlete who have

:08:32. > :08:37.entertained us so regally, and we are on the athletics float.

:08:37. > :08:40.streets are lined all the way down. This is the first time Team GB have

:08:40. > :08:45.got together like this since the end of the Olympics, but

:08:45. > :08:55.Paralympics GB, because the ceremony only ended 48 hours ago,

:08:55. > :08:57.

:08:57. > :09:02.there have been some very bleary- eyed athletes. We will be

:09:02. > :09:12.interviewing as many medalists as possible. Excuse me, can you hang

:09:12. > :09:15.

:09:16. > :09:19.on to this please? It is the Mobot! He has given me his job here.

:09:19. > :09:24.have the lord mayor of the city of London surrounded by some of the

:09:24. > :09:29.state trumpeters, who are ready to sound a fanfare, and some people

:09:29. > :09:35.waiting patiently, and just a few of them in a vested interest in the

:09:35. > :09:40.success of this afternoon's events. That is Jody Cundy who had a

:09:40. > :09:44.controversial Paralympic Games, with the glasses on his head. He

:09:44. > :09:51.came away with a medal, not the gold medal he wanted but a lot of

:09:51. > :10:00.people admired the way he conducted himself in the end in the Velodrome.

:10:00. > :10:05.Standing by, a magnificent livery of the state trumpeters of the Life

:10:05. > :10:09.Guards and they have been chosen for this, today. Look at Le crowd,

:10:09. > :10:15.dominating this part of the crossroads in the city of London,

:10:15. > :10:21.the Royal Exchange, and mansion house itself. We can see the

:10:21. > :10:26.western flank of the Bank of England. It is Princes Street, past

:10:26. > :10:33.the familiar: Switch receipt on the news so often, and up to the Royal

:10:33. > :10:39.Exchange here on the left-hand side, round to the mansion house itself.

:10:39. > :10:43.What we can expect this afternoon - Katherine Grainger there, enjoying

:10:43. > :10:52.the event already and it is not even under way yet. They will have

:10:52. > :11:02.to hold on to those railings as the event progresses, at two mph.

:11:02. > :11:10.

:11:10. > :11:20.is an a Anna Watkins and Catherine the Great as they are calling her.

:11:20. > :11:24.A lot of shirts and ties out there. John had a dig it people who should

:11:24. > :11:30.be sorting out the economy, maybe the bankers do deserve a lunch

:11:30. > :11:37.break, enjoying what is a very special event today. For the people

:11:37. > :11:46.watching at home today or round the UK, the nice thing about this

:11:47. > :11:51.summer is that it has been a you can -- a UK wide Games. Yes, there

:11:51. > :11:59.are athletes from every part of the country that has contributed

:11:59. > :12:04.towards the medals success. One of the great things that came out of

:12:04. > :12:09.the Paralympics was this huge crowds. We didn't expect those

:12:09. > :12:15.numbers and their athletes will be so pleased to see it completely

:12:15. > :12:21.packed. 20, 30 yards in little alleyways, people are coming out to

:12:21. > :12:24.support the athlete and that means a lot. Life as an athlete is pretty

:12:24. > :12:29.boring, you spend your whole life training and your family put up

:12:29. > :12:35.with so much from you. Some of them will be back in training next week.

:12:35. > :12:45.In fact some of them already under way. We saw Bradley Wiggins and

:12:45. > :12:51.

:12:51. > :12:59.Mark Cavendish taking part in cycling. So many athletes will be

:12:59. > :13:04.crammed on to these 21 floats. Before the Games, many opted not to

:13:04. > :13:11.take part to conserve their energy, so this is a chance to see more

:13:11. > :13:15.than 90% of the medal winners. Some are already back in competition,

:13:16. > :13:22.and we wish won gold medallists - Andy Murray, the very best tonight

:13:22. > :13:26.at the US Open tennis final. certainly do, and a magnificent

:13:26. > :13:31.scene, where we can see the geographical layout of this part of

:13:32. > :13:35.the city of London. People lining the route up towards St Paul's

:13:35. > :13:44.Cathedral and waiting for the parade to begin, which should be

:13:44. > :13:48.within the next few minutes. know you have joined the pantheon

:13:48. > :13:54.of sporting greats when you only need to have one name and we know

:13:54. > :13:59.who people are talking about. Hello! What are your impressions of

:13:59. > :14:05.this? For it is unbelievable, the amount of people who have come out

:14:06. > :14:10.here to support. I have great memories of the Games, but to see

:14:10. > :14:16.this, the crowd for me personally, without them I wouldn't have

:14:16. > :14:20.achieved what I achieved. Two gold medals and two children within the

:14:20. > :14:28.space of a week - how would you compare the emotions? Very

:14:28. > :14:32.different, but it has been unbelievable. I managed to give

:14:32. > :14:38.them one of beach which is the important thing. I haven't had much

:14:38. > :14:45.sleep. What about your postboxes - have you got two? At the one in

:14:45. > :14:52.Teddington is my local one, and the other day I was driving past and

:14:52. > :14:58.literally turning round the corner, opened the window of my car and did

:14:58. > :15:08.the Mobot. There was a kid with her mum and her mum was holding on to

:15:08. > :15:14.

:15:14. > :15:19.her on top up the post box. She saw No better way to get this parade

:15:19. > :15:23.under way, listening to Mo Farah, sharing his enthusiasm as the

:15:23. > :15:28.trumpeters signalled that the first floats are on the move.

:15:28. > :15:35.We caught a glimpse a short while ago of the very stylish head of

:15:35. > :15:39.this parade, because we have got some performers from the dancing

:15:39. > :15:46.group, and we will be seeing more of those. While we are talking

:15:46. > :15:52.about Mo, we should congratulate Mo and his wife, the two children John

:15:52. > :15:59.was referring to, twin girls. There indeed is Mo. Clearly, good things

:15:59. > :16:09.continue to happen to the Farah family on Saturdays!

:16:09. > :16:09.

:16:09. > :16:13.I think they're going to call them the Mo-tots, by the way. This great

:16:13. > :16:18.parade to celebrate London 2012 is under way. There we have our first

:16:18. > :16:25.proper glimpse of the dancing lions. They will be leading the way,

:16:25. > :16:28.behind, of course, the outriders and the horses of the Metropolitan

:16:28. > :16:32.Police. A good moment there to reflect on the contribution they've

:16:32. > :16:39.made to the security and smooth running of the Games during the

:16:39. > :16:46.month of August. They will be at the head of this

:16:46. > :16:51.section. Tom Daley clearly enjoying himself.

:16:51. > :16:56.I think it's fair to say that this is the kind of pace we can look

:16:56. > :17:03.forward to, a gentle, 2mph to get us to Buckingham Palace within

:17:03. > :17:06.about 90 minutes. We see some of our three day eventers. There is Mo

:17:06. > :17:11.again. You are right, after the furious pace of the Olympics 2mph

:17:11. > :17:14.is just about fair. It gives the crowd a chance as well. Really all

:17:15. > :17:18.these people have turned out to get a good look. Some of them will not

:17:18. > :17:22.have been to the Olympic Park, they will not have been to the venues

:17:22. > :17:25.themselves. So it's their first chance to see some of these Olympic

:17:25. > :17:30.stars in the flesh and that's something they really want to do.

:17:30. > :17:33.The crowd is extraordinary. I don't know why we should be surprised,

:17:34. > :17:39.after the amazing numbers of people that we have seen over the last few

:17:39. > :17:44.weeks, something like 12 million ticket holders from both Games. 2.7

:17:45. > :17:54.million attended the Paralympics and 34 venues around the United

:17:55. > :17:57.

:17:58. > :18:01.Kingdom all absolutely jam-packed. There is Johnny Peacock. He

:18:01. > :18:05.silenced the crowd almost, he held his fingers to his lips and

:18:05. > :18:08.immediately there was silence. was authority. Really that was a

:18:08. > :18:13.sense of the crowd wanting to give him every chance and every

:18:13. > :18:23.advantage and yes, the impact on the crowd was dramatic, wasn't it?

:18:23. > :18:24.

:18:24. > :18:28.When he won the crowd was chanting. Mike said in all the Olympics, he

:18:28. > :18:34.had not heard that level of support. That was Thriller Thursday they

:18:34. > :18:38.were calling it, with David Weir and Hannah Cockroft as well, two

:18:38. > :18:42.gold medals in the wheelchair events and she was such a dominant

:18:42. > :18:46.force in that wheelchair racing. Back to float number one. Bear with

:18:46. > :18:52.us, we will dip into lots of sections of the parade as we go

:18:52. > :18:56.along. There are 21 floats. They're arranged alphabetically. We caught

:18:56. > :19:02.a glimpse of float number 10. Now we are back to number one. We will

:19:02. > :19:08.be able to spot lots of stars. There is one, Nicola Adams, the

:19:08. > :19:12.first women boxing champion after that amazing day at ExCel Centre

:19:12. > :19:16.with Katy Taylor of Ireland taking gold in the next fight. Those who

:19:16. > :19:20.were there will always remember that day. The Joyce they generated

:19:20. > :19:30.-- noise they Joan rated I think could be heard in every part of the

:19:30. > :19:30.

:19:30. > :19:37.United Kingdom. Steph Reid there. She competed in the long jump.

:19:37. > :19:42.Another glimpse of a precious medal. Worn there by Johnny Peacock.

:19:42. > :19:48.Trained by Dan, who trained Greg Rutherford, as well. It's been a

:19:48. > :19:58.wonderful day indeed for all these athletes and that's the first gold

:19:58. > :20:06.medal in canoe slalom. Wonderful to see them relax and soaking up the

:20:06. > :20:11.applause of the crowd here. This is just the start, Hazel. The

:20:11. > :20:15.crowds are going to get bigger as you get to Trafalgar Square. Vicky

:20:15. > :20:24.Pendleton wearing her gold and silver medals. We understand,

:20:24. > :20:26.whisper it, Strictly Come Dancing might be next. You never know.

:20:26. > :20:31.This post-Games parade is a tradition. It started after the

:20:31. > :20:34.2004 Athens Games and I think it's anticipated by organisers here to

:20:34. > :20:37.be perhaps one of the greatest national celebrations in the

:20:37. > :20:42.capital in modern times. Clearly we had the Queen's Diamond Jubilee,

:20:42. > :20:49.the Olympic torch relay, but this could be set to exceed records. I

:20:49. > :20:52.mentioned Greg Rutherford, there he is. There are four athletics floats.

:20:52. > :20:57.That astonishing Saturday night. That really kicked off the party,

:20:57. > :21:01.didn't it? There is Tom once again. It's a great two-way process at

:21:01. > :21:04.this point, because lots of photos being taken on either side. Because

:21:04. > :21:11.they want to record the experience. They want to record the fact that

:21:11. > :21:14.this is a great final chapter in this wonderful summer. Tom's very

:21:14. > :21:20.popular. He shouldered so much anticipation and pressure. He was

:21:20. > :21:25.the poster boy, if you like of the Games. I did read Plymouth Argyle

:21:25. > :21:32.owner has paid for all post boxes to be painted gold and bronze in

:21:32. > :21:36.honour of Tom. There is Gemma Gibbons. Apparently they're going

:21:36. > :21:42.to be situated outside Home Park in Plymouth but you can only use them

:21:42. > :21:50.to post messages of congratulations to them. We have just seen the

:21:50. > :21:53.equestrian float go past with Lee Pearson. And Natasha Baker and

:21:53. > :21:56.Sophie Christianson. An amazing performance for the team of

:21:57. > :22:00.equestrian. Just to explain the stage of the parade for you now,

:22:00. > :22:05.and we will enjoy lots more of the scenes as we go along. The first

:22:05. > :22:10.floats are still passing through that square in front of the Mansion

:22:10. > :22:15.House and the Bank of England. They're making their way gently

:22:15. > :22:19.down towards Cannon Street and Queen Victoria Street to St Paul's.

:22:19. > :22:28.Our job today brings a new meaning to the term talent-spotting,

:22:28. > :22:32.doesn't it? There's plenty of it on show. Unprecedented success for

:22:32. > :22:37.Team GB and of course Paralympics GB as well. The most number of

:22:37. > :22:46.medals ever won in the Paralympics by Paralympics GB and unpress

:22:46. > :22:51.departmented success -- unprecedented success. We see the

:22:51. > :22:56.Brownlee brothers, one Yorkshire family winning gold and bronze.

:22:56. > :23:03.There he is, the main man, Sir Chris Hoy. He is sporting two gold

:23:03. > :23:06.medals which he claimed in the team sprint and the keirin bringing his

:23:06. > :23:13.overall tally to six and the one silver, don't forget that. Surely

:23:13. > :23:16.one of the most memorable sequences, not just because of his formidable

:23:16. > :23:21.achievements but wonderful images of his parents watching that

:23:21. > :23:25.triumph, barely able to watch. has put them through the mill,

:23:25. > :23:31.David and Carole. It was worth it. I don't think they're complaining,

:23:31. > :23:41.though! I do hear, Huw, that Sir Chris will be honoured as a Freeman

:23:41. > :23:57.

:23:57. > :24:02.of the City of of -- Edinburgh and The Lord Mayor of the City of

:24:02. > :24:07.London, surrounded by members of the City of London Corporation,

:24:07. > :24:09.Port of Alderman. These are the Boydy -- bodies in charge of the

:24:09. > :24:15.administration of the City of London. Lots of them have been in

:24:15. > :24:24.existence for centuries. They are wishing the teams well as they make

:24:24. > :24:34.their way along. That's Josie Pearson. It's one of the Welsh gold

:24:34. > :24:36.

:24:36. > :24:41.medals. She She is now competing in field events.

:24:41. > :24:44.The parade is looking fantastic. The crowds, why would we ever doubt

:24:44. > :24:49.they would not be ten-deep? The support has been immense. I am

:24:49. > :24:54.delighted to say that Lord Coe, somehow has summoned the energy for

:24:54. > :24:59.one last day. Cow sleep for a year for tomorrow. This is a a fitting

:24:59. > :25:03.end and a wonderful end. Isn't it it lovely. Has there ban moment in

:25:03. > :25:09.the last seven, eight, nine years where you have thought the cynicism,

:25:09. > :25:13.the worries about security, the worries about all the kind of extra

:25:14. > :25:17.periphery things that go on, you thought might be right? The honest

:25:17. > :25:20.answer is no, I never doubted it because the people that have helped

:25:20. > :25:23.us do this have been proud and passionate and it doesn't matter

:25:23. > :25:28.where they live, whether it's in northern Scotland or Cornwall.

:25:28. > :25:32.People have got this. You are right, we wouldn't doubt that they would

:25:32. > :25:37.be out ten-deep today. They were out ten-deep after we came back

:25:37. > :25:41.from Beijing. That didn't even take place in our own backward. -- back

:25:41. > :25:45.yard. 15 million people have watched the torch. We get it.

:25:45. > :25:48.Paralympics has been a magnificent success and it really has, as you

:25:48. > :25:51.say, the attitudes of people watching has changed dramatically

:25:52. > :25:57.the way we look at anybody with a disability and the performances

:25:57. > :26:07.were so incredible. How do you think that will man test itself --

:26:07. > :26:08.

:26:08. > :26:10.manifest itself going forward? don't think we are ever going to

:26:10. > :26:13.see sport the same way in this country again. I certainly don't

:26:13. > :26:15.think we are going to view disability. I quoted one of our

:26:15. > :26:17.Games-makers last night in the closing remarks, Emily, a second

:26:17. > :26:21.year student in east London, wheelchair basketball player, was

:26:22. > :26:26.committed enough to want to help at wheelchair fencing and she came out

:26:26. > :26:30.with a lovely statement. She said to me, it's lifted the cloud of

:26:30. > :26:34.limitation. The story isn't anywhere near complete. I am not

:26:34. > :26:38.sad today because I think the best - if I am being honest, I think the

:26:38. > :26:43.best stuff lies ahead now. Let's bring it on to the legacy, Colin,

:26:43. > :26:47.you were there seven years ago in Singapore and that was one of the

:26:47. > :26:51.key elements to that bid, it was about going forward. When we were

:26:51. > :26:55.in Singapore and talking about the bid and going through it and you

:26:55. > :26:59.yourself were really passionate about the legacy side of it, can

:26:59. > :27:03.you explain what it really means to you? I have a rough idea, but what

:27:03. > :27:06.does it mean to you? Originally it meant to winning trite stage the

:27:06. > :27:11.Games. -- the right to stage the Games. The first legacy is the

:27:11. > :27:15.delivery of two great Games and I am not marking our own homework

:27:15. > :27:18.today but I think we have pretty much delivered on that. We said we

:27:18. > :27:22.wanted to use the Games to transform east London, I don't

:27:22. > :27:25.think anybody could seriously question that. We wanted primarily

:27:25. > :27:30.to get more young people in sport. That will always be the bigger

:27:30. > :27:34.challenge. But my goodness, you know, you tell me a time in the

:27:34. > :27:40.history of this country where we have had a better opportunity to do

:27:40. > :27:44.that than starting right here today celebrating the best athletes that

:27:44. > :27:49.have ever put on a British shirt? Indeed they have and that brings us

:27:49. > :27:54.on to honours. Should every athlete with a medal automatically then get

:27:54. > :27:59.a gong? That's a challenging question, because I chair a

:27:59. > :28:03.committee. What's been agreed is that there will be a separate list

:28:03. > :28:08.which is right. These are the decisions, these are discussions

:28:08. > :28:12.that will still take place but clearly it's a massive - there is a

:28:12. > :28:21.massive celebration and how do you distinguish between anybody that

:28:21. > :28:25.has hit the heights in the last few weeks? Let alone work out who is on

:28:25. > :28:30.the... Rome was only built in a day! What are you going to be doing

:28:30. > :28:34.in a year's time? I have no idea. Really. I can't tell you that.

:28:34. > :28:38.sitting next to you now and I know you for a long time. You really

:28:38. > :28:44.seem proud. Have you - try and explain the sense of pride that you

:28:44. > :28:49.are really just showing. I am incredibly proud. I am incredibly

:28:49. > :28:53.proud to have witnessed what a nation with pride and passion and

:28:53. > :28:57.purpose and partnership has achieved. I don't want to get

:28:57. > :29:02.overly romantic about it but can you imagine if we - one of the

:29:02. > :29:06.legacies that we have to drive forward is the partnerships that

:29:06. > :29:09.have been created around the delivery of the Olympic and

:29:09. > :29:14.Paralympic Games, not just in London but in every town, village,

:29:14. > :29:17.city, even hamlet in the UK. Keep that pride, keep that passion.

:29:17. > :29:20.Let's start challenging some of the other things that we thought we

:29:20. > :29:24.would never be able to do. Keep the togetherness and smiles on our

:29:24. > :29:29.faces as well and that sense of achievement that doing this

:29:29. > :29:39.together together, this is what you can do. The parade goes on and Huw

:29:39. > :29:40.

:29:40. > :29:44.will tell us where we are up to, no We are reaching the area of St

:29:44. > :29:51.Paul's Cathedral, leading on to Trafalgar Square, where there will

:29:51. > :29:55.be an enormous crowd waiting. A very strong message from Sebastian

:29:55. > :30:00.Coe talking about legacy, underlining the fact that this is a

:30:00. > :30:05.very real thing with gym clubs and all sorts of sporting organisations

:30:05. > :30:10.across the country reflecting a surge of interest. There has been a

:30:10. > :30:18.massive surge of interest and one of the challengers is that no other

:30:18. > :30:21.city talked about legacy before the Games started. We talked about the

:30:21. > :30:27.bid to unlock we wanted the Games to bring, and it is about changing

:30:27. > :30:32.the culture of sports participation. The elite side matters, but it is

:30:32. > :30:37.also about encouraging people to be fit and healthy and the elite side

:30:37. > :30:43.comes out of that. This inspires hundreds of thousands of people to

:30:43. > :30:49.think differently about how they participate. A as the parade slowly

:30:49. > :30:53.makes its way along this famous route which is used in so many

:30:53. > :31:00.ceremonial occasions along the years, let's have a reflection on

:31:00. > :31:06.some of the big Paralympic names and their efforts and achievements.

:31:06. > :31:12.On super Saturday Great Britain won six gold medals in that other-

:31:12. > :31:17.worldly evening in east London. We can see Rebecca Adlington going

:31:17. > :31:23.past on the float. Then we marvelled at the Paralympic gold

:31:23. > :31:27.medals from John Lee Peacock, Hannah Cockroft, David Weir and

:31:27. > :31:37.Richard the Lionheart. We can see Ellie Simmonds here. The Olympic

:31:37. > :31:40.

:31:40. > :31:50.Stadium was chock-a-block every day Finishing with a flourish. David

:31:50. > :31:51.

:31:51. > :31:59.Weir, we salute you. If Christine Ohuruogu,, a sterling effort to get

:31:59. > :32:09.the silver medal. Very good indeed from Robbie Grabarz. The margin of

:32:09. > :32:19.the victory is massive, it is like watching Usain Bolt. Peacock takes

:32:19. > :32:24.

:32:24. > :32:31.Greg Rutherford is the Olympic champion. Jessica Ennis is the best

:32:31. > :32:38.all-round athlete in the world. Mo Farah at his kicking hard, has he

:32:38. > :32:48.got enough? He is going for it. Mo Farah for Great Britain - it is

:32:48. > :32:53.

:32:53. > :33:02.cold! -- gold! This man of his superhuman, David Weir. What a

:33:02. > :33:06.remarkable 11 days in your life. hasn't sunk in yet. I need to go

:33:06. > :33:11.home, spend some time with my family, watch my races back and

:33:11. > :33:15.look back at what I have done and what I have achieved. I need to

:33:16. > :33:21.look at my Twitter feet and Facebook and everything else, all

:33:21. > :33:29.of these messages saying I am this and that, soon be human, and

:33:29. > :33:32.amazing. Some people are saying my 1500 was the best race they have

:33:32. > :33:37.seen in their life and it was a great honour to be in the stadium,

:33:37. > :33:47.and when you read things like that it is unbelievable. When I picked

:33:47. > :33:49.

:33:49. > :33:56.up the paper on the train this more page headline said "Weir on the

:33:57. > :34:00.beer", I hope you got one last night. I had a few with team-mates

:34:00. > :34:06.after the closing ceremony because I have not celebrated with them so

:34:06. > :34:11.it was nice. Let me bring somebody else on this particular float who

:34:11. > :34:18.you might recognise - Jessica, this is the end of an extraordinary year

:34:18. > :34:24.for you. It has been an incredible year, ending it on this massive

:34:24. > :34:29.hike in London with an amazing team, with this crowd for one last time

:34:30. > :34:35.has been incredible. You have had a few weeks to reflect. Are you most

:34:35. > :34:38.proud that in the run-up to the Games when you could have been

:34:38. > :34:42.deflected by being the poster girl of the Games, you never lost your

:34:42. > :34:48.focus and the thing that mattered the most was winning the gold medal.

:34:48. > :34:53.That was most important to me and I tried so hard to not be distracted,

:34:53. > :34:57.to focus on my training and I knew that if I did that I would put

:34:57. > :35:02.myself in the best position possible. It is the most amazing

:35:02. > :35:08.feeling to know that I pulled that together and I did it and I am just

:35:08. > :35:13.enjoying every minute now. Have you been here a track since? Yesterday

:35:13. > :35:17.with my training partner Louise, and we did a few runs just to keep

:35:18. > :35:24.the body ticking over. Otherwise I have been relaxing and enjoying

:35:24. > :35:30.life. It is difficult to some more how the parents feel of any of

:35:30. > :35:35.these athletes but perhaps I am not exaggerating to say the proudest

:35:35. > :35:42.parents have got to be Jessica Ennis's parents. What has it been

:35:42. > :35:46.like? The whole summer has been brilliant. We have really enjoyed

:35:46. > :35:51.everything about it. The what has it been like for her since winning?

:35:51. > :35:56.It's there was a lot of pressure on her but now she's back down to

:35:56. > :36:00.earth and loving it, enjoying everything. A Alison, what has it

:36:00. > :36:06.been like for you? Presumably everyone you know has been ringing

:36:06. > :36:13.your phone to say well done? It is quiet for a bit, then you bump into

:36:13. > :36:23.someone you haven't saying and it starts all over again. She has done

:36:23. > :36:24.

:36:24. > :36:29.well, she has done us prowled. well? She has done better than that.

:36:29. > :36:33.Yes, she has had a little holiday with her fiance, she's back now,

:36:33. > :36:39.and she's getting ready to go back to training now and start again.

:36:39. > :36:45.How was it for you watching her when she's competing? It is awful.

:36:45. > :36:48.The hurdles are the worst thing for me because I know it can end. One

:36:48. > :36:53.mistake and it is all over. A nervous time but it has been

:36:53. > :36:59.exciting. What does today mean to you? It is a celebration of the

:36:59. > :37:04.whole Olympics and Paralympics, it has been fantastic. I know

:37:04. > :37:12.everybody here has enjoyed every minute and it has been great to

:37:12. > :37:19.enjoy the crowd and the athlete. missed Beijing, but here we are in

:37:19. > :37:25.London. Let me say on behalf of everyone, well done to you because

:37:25. > :37:30.I know what parents go through as well. Thank you. Matthew Pinsent,

:37:30. > :37:36.asking the questions. A man who put his parents through the male as

:37:36. > :37:43.well in the last few years. Jessica Ennis is now a Freeman of the city

:37:43. > :37:47.of Sheffield, she has had a stand at Bramall Lane named after her.

:37:47. > :37:53.Her postbox is right next to Sheffield City Hall, round the

:37:53. > :38:02.corner from the Crucible, and I will make sure I popped a letter in

:38:02. > :38:08.there when we are back for the World Championships. There is no

:38:08. > :38:13.further, doing the Mobot to his adoring fans. These are the members

:38:14. > :38:18.of the archery team lining up. What a magnificent scene - St

:38:18. > :38:23.Paul's Cathedral, having been cleaned, looking magnificent, and

:38:23. > :38:29.there we have the dancing lions leading the way with the marching

:38:29. > :38:34.band. 40 members of that band providing a lot of entertainment,

:38:34. > :38:39.and signalling to the crowds ahead with their music and dance that the

:38:39. > :38:45.parade is approaching. There you have the gentle slope down the hill

:38:45. > :38:52.towards Fleet Street itself. There is the inimitable Lee Pearson from

:38:52. > :38:59.the Paralympics dressage - a gold, silver and bronze, one shy of Tanni

:38:59. > :39:03.Grey Thompson's joint record of 11. I am hoping he will do another four

:39:03. > :39:13.years, he really deserves this. There is a wonderful photograph of

:39:13. > :39:14.

:39:14. > :39:19.Jessica Ennis and Richard Whitehead. He is an incredible athlete.

:39:19. > :39:24.Richard Whitehead's 200m was the moment of the Paralympics for me,

:39:24. > :39:34.it was extraordinary. That salute emulating his hero Chris Hoy,

:39:34. > :39:41.

:39:41. > :39:47.This is the second section of the parade here. Moving on, and now

:39:47. > :39:57.moving along swiftly to catch up with some of the midway floats,

:39:57. > :39:59.

:39:59. > :40:09.number 13 of 21 just approaching St Paul's. Ice saw Tom Aggar in the

:40:09. > :40:14.

:40:14. > :40:19.background there. -- I saw. This is the official national parade in the

:40:19. > :40:24.city, but over the last few days I'm sure you've all been aware on

:40:24. > :40:28.local radio and news and reading in the different local papers, a lot

:40:29. > :40:32.of that Paralympians will be experiencing that as we see these

:40:32. > :40:40.gamesmakers and the contribution they have made, but I think there

:40:40. > :40:47.has been a bunfight as to the amount of gold and postboxes, 90

:40:47. > :40:57.that the last count. The postboxes have been saying please leave the

:40:57. > :40:58.

:40:58. > :41:02.painting to us! There is Jonathan Fox with his gold medal. You can

:41:02. > :41:06.just see Nick Dempsey with this sunglasses on after his silver

:41:06. > :41:11.medal in the wind surfing. Windsurfing will not be included in

:41:11. > :41:21.the Rio Games and he might try his hand at the event that will replace

:41:21. > :41:25.

:41:25. > :41:32.it, and that his kite -- is kite surfing. The most successful

:41:32. > :41:42.Olympic sailor in the world, Ben Ainslie. On days like these, does

:41:42. > :41:42.

:41:43. > :41:52.it make you think I could go to Rio? If it is for inspiring stuff.

:41:53. > :41:58.

:41:58. > :42:02.-- it is for awe-inspiring. I just need to get through this. Royal

:42:02. > :42:10.Mail had to give in and give you two postboxes because one of your

:42:10. > :42:15.fans got arrested for spray- painting one. Yes, back home in

:42:15. > :42:23.Lymington, one of the locals took it upon himself to get involved. He

:42:23. > :42:27.got into trouble, but everyone was great. The whole nation has been so

:42:27. > :42:37.proud of every one of the athletes and it is very proud for the whole

:42:37. > :42:41.

:42:41. > :42:47.nation. Howl is Rita - that is not his girlfriend, it is his boat! You

:42:47. > :42:52.have four Olympic gold medals, you want to go on and win the America's

:42:52. > :42:58.Cup, how was that coming on? I came back from the States yesterday and

:42:58. > :43:03.that is what I have been focused on. It is a long way off, but that is

:43:03. > :43:08.the next goal. I can do that and then come back to the UK.

:43:08. > :43:14.certainly don't do things by halves. That is a major international

:43:14. > :43:18.sporting trophy. At the oldest sporting trophy in the world and

:43:18. > :43:26.probably the only one we have never won so it is about time we changed

:43:26. > :43:31.that. Ben Ainslie, modest and enthusiastic, the man who was

:43:31. > :43:41.famously made angry during the Games and that led to big things.

:43:41. > :43:47.

:43:47. > :43:52.Don't make him angry! That battle against the great Dane, Hough

:43:52. > :43:57.Christiansen, and he became the greatest sailor in Olympic history.

:43:57. > :44:02.And with more plans to come, which is the astonishing thing. Indeed,

:44:02. > :44:05.and after carrying the flag in the closing ceremony he said at the

:44:05. > :44:15.time the sport was wrecking his body, he probably wouldn't go

:44:15. > :44:28.

:44:28. > :44:32.forward to Rio, but now he said he That's the table tennis float going

:44:32. > :44:42.past. It's been a really good performance for table tennis, I

:44:42. > :44:45.

:44:45. > :44:50.think they performed above their expectation. We are all here

:44:50. > :44:55.sharing in the ep thaous afpl for the stars who have won medals, but

:44:55. > :44:59.for lots of people, of course, these people deserve medals too.

:44:59. > :45:04.They are what we call the Games- makers for thousands of volunteers

:45:04. > :45:09.who helped make it happen, Hassle. There are 14,000 who have been

:45:09. > :45:13.given ringside seats here along the Mall and into the actual area where

:45:13. > :45:17.the finale of this will take place. They've been given the best tickets

:45:17. > :45:22.with soldiers, ceremony performers, emergency service personnel and

:45:22. > :45:25.some London school kids, and quite rightly, they'll get the best

:45:25. > :45:29.places to stand and watch and the best seats. There is a special

:45:29. > :45:36.section along the Mall that's reserved for the Games-makers.

:45:36. > :45:39.They're all here. Very quiet, as usual! This is Abbey, Louise and

:45:39. > :45:42.Annette. Where were you volunteering? Volunteering in the

:45:42. > :45:47.park operational centre at the Olympic Park itself. And how was

:45:47. > :45:51.the Games experience for you? Amazing. Absolutely incredible. It

:45:51. > :45:53.was a chance in a lifetime and it was great to be part of it. Louise,

:45:53. > :45:58.what do you think it is about volunteers that's made it so

:45:58. > :46:08.special? We are a great bunch of people. We scream loudly, cheer

:46:08. > :46:09.

:46:09. > :46:16.cloudly but also work loud as well and enjoy it. What was the

:46:16. > :46:20.highlight for you. I saw the Weirwolf and Hurricane and Peacock

:46:20. > :46:27.in the stadium. How do you sum up the Games experience to people who

:46:27. > :46:37.were not here. It was awesome. It was great. It was good fun. We are

:46:37. > :46:38.

:46:38. > :46:42.proud to be British. We are all proud of you. Say hello!

:46:42. > :46:46.Quite right, too. A big applause for the Games-makers and I should

:46:46. > :46:51.say as well it's not just those who were serving at the high profile

:46:51. > :46:53.venues in the Olympic Park, we mean too those helping out at less

:46:53. > :46:58.glamorous places, railway stations, bus stations, all kinds of places

:46:58. > :47:04.where a welcome was needed where people needed help and they

:47:04. > :47:08.performed brilliantly. Indeed and as I said at the closing ceremony,

:47:08. > :47:12.70,000 at the Olympics alone on duty and 240,000 people volunteered

:47:12. > :47:15.just to be part of it all. Incredible numbers. I hear that

:47:15. > :47:18.some of the politicians are going to try, including Boris Johnson,

:47:18. > :47:22.the mayor, to try and use these people and try and get them

:47:22. > :47:25.involved in local sports groups, that's surely the way forward.

:47:25. > :47:29.had to go through a number of days of training before they got to the

:47:29. > :47:34.Games and I spoke to so many there who said we only volunteered for

:47:34. > :47:41.the Olympics but we are going to come back for the Paralympics. They

:47:41. > :47:45.worked long hours but it was amazing, there were rows of them.

:47:45. > :47:51.It made everyone feel that they had a great day out. Why do you think

:47:51. > :47:53.it's that people were so surprised by the contribution made by the

:47:53. > :47:59.Games-makers, maybe people's expectations weren't as high but

:47:59. > :48:05.really the thrill and enthusiasm of dealing with them as being one of

:48:05. > :48:10.the prime features of the Games, Tanni? I think the Games-makers

:48:10. > :48:14.were made to feel welcome and what their role was going to be. They

:48:14. > :48:18.knew they weren't going to be on 100 metre startline, when they got

:48:18. > :48:22.the jobs they were excited by it. I think they got little rewards along

:48:23. > :48:26.the way. When they finished their sessions they got a series of

:48:26. > :48:29.badges and it's amazing how proud they've been. I spoke to one last

:48:29. > :48:32.night who said they're going to wear the top just out in the street

:48:32. > :48:41.because they feel really proud they've been part of this amazing

:48:41. > :48:46.spectacle. As this parade makes its way past the magnificent St Paul's

:48:46. > :48:54.Cathedral and the crowds line the routes and I shall pose a question

:48:54. > :48:59.what does Muhammad Ali, sugar Ray Leonard have in common with Nicola

:48:59. > :49:05.Adams? They're all Olympic champions. Nicola said she was

:49:06. > :49:13.going to celebrate with a visit to Nandos. Other fast-food restaurants

:49:13. > :49:20.are available! Nicola is one of three gold medallists along with

:49:20. > :49:30.Anthony Joshua and Luke Campbell. Boy, did these guys pack a punch in

:49:30. > :49:30.

:49:30. > :49:36.the noisiest crowd of the lot at the ExCel centre?

:49:36. > :49:46.COMMENTATOR: Here we go then. Fred Evans becomes the most

:49:46. > :50:01.

:50:01. > :50:11.COMMENTATOR: Luke Campbell has done it again. A performance out of the

:50:11. > :50:27.

:50:27. > :50:34.COMMENTATOR: The winner in the blue Nicola Adams has just phaetd

:50:34. > :50:41.history -- made history. Nicola Adams is the Olympic champion.

:50:41. > :50:45.On float number 5 boxing champions. Luke Campbell, this is an

:50:45. > :50:49.extraordinary end to many years of hard work for you. Yeah, definitely.

:50:49. > :50:52.It's a very proud moment. Something I have been working for my whole

:50:52. > :50:57.life and achieving the goal and just the full nation getting behind

:50:57. > :51:01.us, it's so overwhelming. I am so proud to be from Great Britain.

:51:01. > :51:05.must ask, we did a documentary together for BBC North a year ago

:51:05. > :51:09.now and went to your home and your grandpha was saying I am not going

:51:09. > :51:14.to let him back in the house if he doesn't come home with gold. How

:51:14. > :51:19.did she respond? She's so happy. I feel honoured that I can make my

:51:20. > :51:25.family proud of me. She's really happy. Nice to see. Great stuff.

:51:25. > :51:28.Nicola, gold medallist, she's actually not this tall she's

:51:28. > :51:33.standing on a box. How are you doing? All right, how are you

:51:33. > :51:36.doing? Really excited. I can't believe people have turned tout see

:51:36. > :51:40.us, it's great. Have you had time since you won to think about the

:51:40. > :51:43.impact that you have made. I am sure you are bored with people

:51:43. > :51:48.saying you made history as the first woman gold medallist, has the

:51:48. > :51:53.importance of what you did sunk in yet? Yeah, it's starting to sink in

:51:53. > :51:56.now and it's an amazing achievement, not just for me but for Great

:51:56. > :52:00.Britain. As a nation as well, and I think it's fantastic that I was

:52:00. > :52:05.able to get that gold for my country. Have you had lots of

:52:05. > :52:09.teenager girls saying I want to do what you did? Yeah, I have. On

:52:09. > :52:12.Twitter and saying that you have inspired me to start boxing and

:52:12. > :52:20.take up sport and that's fantastic. It's all about inspiring the next

:52:20. > :52:25.generation. Anthony Joshua, the same size as you, actually. What's

:52:25. > :52:29.going on with Nicki today? seems to have grown since she got

:52:29. > :52:35.the gold medal. So many people over the years, whether it's Lennox

:52:35. > :52:39.Lewis or Audley har Harrison, thought I must turn pro. What are

:52:39. > :52:45.your plans. To be the best I can be, my concern is improvement and

:52:45. > :52:49.future plans that will come in the future, but as for now, I want to

:52:49. > :52:54.be a better fighter. How did you feel about being part of the final

:52:54. > :52:57.chapter of the most remarkable Olympics of all? Unbelievable.

:52:57. > :53:02.Things happened so quick and in a dramatic fashion all the way

:53:02. > :53:05.through, it's only now it's sinking in to what I have achieved and I

:53:05. > :53:09.thought I have another fight and if I Winnick become champion. To see

:53:09. > :53:13.everyone out here enjoying it and coming together is bigger than what

:53:13. > :53:18.I could believe. I want to say thank you to everyone out there.

:53:18. > :53:27.She's bigger than we can believe as well. Thanks to the box. Nicola,

:53:27. > :53:33.two happy gold medallists here. Huge crowds surging in Trafalgar

:53:33. > :53:36.Square and here we have the Temple Bar Memorial, the marking point, if

:53:36. > :53:41.you like of the limits, the western limit of the City of London. After

:53:41. > :53:47.this they'll be passing the law courts and going on towards the

:53:47. > :53:51.Adlwych and The Strand. Leading the way again the lions. A very, very

:53:51. > :54:00.friendly atmosphere as we can see between the crowds and the mounted

:54:00. > :54:03.police as they make their way along. It's lovely to see them high-fiving

:54:04. > :54:07.spectators. One of my memories as I was leaving the other night was

:54:07. > :54:11.seeing children high-fiving armed policemen. That will never happen

:54:11. > :54:16.again. It was a brilliant atmosphere.

:54:16. > :54:21.As we see the lions coming through the ranks of the spectators,

:54:21. > :54:25.they're encroaching on to the roads here, it's a fantastic atmosphere.

:54:26. > :54:28.As we hear the trumpets sounding, a quick word on Anthony Joshua and

:54:28. > :54:32.Nicola Adams, because we have been talking about their future.

:54:32. > :54:35.Anthony's definitely going to stay with GB amateur squad until his

:54:35. > :54:43.contract runs out in March because it's a big question for them now.

:54:43. > :54:53.Do they turn profession al, stayam staour? Nicola is going to go for

:54:53. > :54:55.

:54:55. > :55:00.the double in Rio in 2016. A formal welcome into the City of

:55:00. > :55:04.Westminster from the City of London. The fanfare tells us that the lead

:55:04. > :55:09.section of the parade has now arrived at Westminster.

:55:09. > :55:12.Passing the Law Courts there, on the left side, at the top end of

:55:12. > :55:17.Fleet Street, one of the great thoroughfares of medieval London

:55:17. > :55:25.and of course, once home to the British press. No longer. The spire

:55:26. > :55:31.there in the background is St Dunstan in the west.

:55:31. > :55:34.So making gentle progress towards Trafalgar Square itself.

:55:34. > :55:37.After that, we will see the athletes themselves being welcomed

:55:37. > :55:42.along the Mall and down towards Buckingham Palace where there will

:55:42. > :55:45.be a special event happening that will be an hour-long event that

:55:45. > :55:53.will include contributions by the Prime Minister and by the Mayor of

:55:54. > :55:58.It's building all the time here and the Coldstream Guards are making

:55:58. > :56:01.their way up on to the monument now and the music is rising. It's a

:56:01. > :56:05.musical festival later on this afternoon. Sir Steve Redgrave is

:56:05. > :56:10.here. Eight years ago you were involved in the torch procession

:56:10. > :56:14.from Athens here. You were the last bearer of the torch. Has there been

:56:14. > :56:18.a day since then, because that was a spectacle for the world, to say

:56:18. > :56:21.we are serious about this bid, has there been a day that you haven't

:56:21. > :56:26.thought about these Games? Definitely and even before that,

:56:26. > :56:30.the four years leading up to that it was all special and we were

:56:30. > :56:35.given the honour to have the athletes torch come in but yeah, we

:56:35. > :56:39.did use it to our benefit and public public sizing what we could

:56:39. > :56:43.do and I did the last leg from Buckingham Palace down the Mall and

:56:43. > :56:49.up the ramp of the flowing water coming down, that was special. I

:56:49. > :56:56.can remember running up it. There was little pools in there and the

:56:56. > :57:00.practice I was tip-toeing on the way. There were people either side

:57:00. > :57:06.and I was trying to put my foot down as hard as I could, to get

:57:06. > :57:09.other people wet as well! This was by no means a done deal and that

:57:09. > :57:13.final presentation in Singapore was the thing that swung it. The French

:57:13. > :57:18.thought they were really in the lead. Paris were still favourites.

:57:18. > :57:21.Going in to Singapore and I was out there on the presenting panel with

:57:21. > :57:25.Seb and the team and I must say they've done a fantastic job. He

:57:25. > :57:28.was here a few minutes ago, they've done an amazing job for the

:57:28. > :57:32.Olympics and the Paralympics. Being there out in the panel and then

:57:32. > :57:35.when it came to the announcement we were brought back into the hall.

:57:35. > :57:40.Paris were one side, we were the other. I was sitting in the front

:57:40. > :57:44.row in the corner. We had three photographers in front of us. Paris,

:57:44. > :57:48.there were 50 photographers. The media always seem to find out

:57:48. > :57:51.beforehand, whether it's a done deal. I knew one of the

:57:51. > :57:59.photographers really well. I said, you are going to have the

:57:59. > :58:04.photograph in the paper tomorrow. And And it was amazing. You have

:58:04. > :58:07.been to plenty of Olympics between you. Why has this Olympic Games

:58:07. > :58:12.universally been accepted as the greatest there has been so far and

:58:12. > :58:16.every year, every time the benchmark Gaza higher because of

:58:16. > :58:19.opening -- goes higher, because of opening and closing ceremonies.

:58:19. > :58:24.Every performance they've all said this has been the greatest. I don't

:58:24. > :58:29.think you can put a sort of - down to one element, it's almost every

:58:29. > :58:34.element. Sydney was absolutely fantastic. There's 17 areas that

:58:34. > :58:38.the IOC evaluate in the whole process. They were nines and tens,

:58:38. > :58:42.maybe a few eights in every department. I think we are nine and

:58:42. > :58:46.ten in all those departments, as well. But then when you come down

:58:46. > :58:50.to numbers of spectators, the Games-makers, as well as the

:58:50. > :58:54.athletes of doing their bit as well. It's fantastic when you have a home

:58:54. > :58:58.team that's performing fantastically. It seems now just

:58:58. > :59:03.that the Paralympics finishing last night, is this overshadowed what

:59:03. > :59:09.the summer Games has been like, but it hasn't at all, it's just been

:59:09. > :59:12.fantastic the whole way through. It's that team feel. There's no

:59:12. > :59:16.ways we could could doubt that. Sometimes we forget that Britain

:59:16. > :59:19.actually is a nation of sports people who love watching sports. We

:59:19. > :59:23.are enthusiastic, passionate. We go out there and support as many

:59:23. > :59:26.sports as we possibly can. To me it doesn't really surprise me that we

:59:26. > :59:30.have the numbers of people that turned out here. And the volunteers

:59:30. > :59:34.because we build our sporting heritage from grass roots sports,

:59:34. > :59:38.volunteers who go to sports clubs and give up their time for nothing.

:59:38. > :59:43.In your sport, rowing, I know there's been a huge picking up of

:59:43. > :59:52.the phone of people saying how do I start? How do you make sure this

:59:52. > :00:02.enthusiasm is translated to people This word legacy has been bandied

:00:02. > :00:06.around for the last 12 years, but now it is about how we move forward.

:00:06. > :00:11.Everyone has an idea of what they can put back to make sure the

:00:11. > :00:16.momentum carries on. It is not a reason for stopping - we can keep

:00:16. > :00:25.this ball rolling. When we look at the leads board, it is not how we

:00:25. > :00:33.do in Rio, it is about how we do four years after that will be an

:00:33. > :00:38.indication of London 2012. That is the one after that most people

:00:38. > :00:43.struggle at after they have hosted the Olympic Games. There may be a

:00:43. > :00:48.time now, people thinking that they have enjoyed being part of the

:00:48. > :00:53.Olympic Games, watching, being a gamesmakers, thinking about what

:00:53. > :00:59.can I bought? May be doing some coaching, maybe doing

:00:59. > :01:03.administration, helping from that point. There are so many areas

:01:03. > :01:11.sport needs in bringing the next generation through. Is it possible

:01:11. > :01:21.to bring one moment? Your empathy and compassion with the rowers who

:01:21. > :01:23.

:01:23. > :01:27.did not achieve what they wanted to achieve, their disappointment and

:01:27. > :01:37.exhaustion, people like Zac Purchase. It is difficult pick out

:01:37. > :01:37.

:01:37. > :01:47.one moment and I did what I felt needed to be done with the athletes

:01:47. > :01:56.

:01:56. > :02:00.who were really struggling. They got pipped to the post, and they

:02:00. > :02:05.lost to the crew that they beat four years earlier, and it should

:02:05. > :02:12.have been the other way round. is those moments that made these

:02:13. > :02:18.Games so special, a well of emotion that we dug into. We cried and

:02:18. > :02:25.laughed, and thank you so much for providing so many of those moments.

:02:25. > :02:30.Have a break now. I went away on holiday after the Games and I am

:02:30. > :02:38.thinking about what I will do now. I went into the bidding process,

:02:38. > :02:41.and now I am thinking what will I do? I'm 50 now! Now it can be the

:02:41. > :02:46.comeback. I did mention that a Chris Hoy when he said he was

:02:46. > :02:55.definitely going to retire and he has got more gold medals than me so

:02:55. > :02:59.maybe I should come back. Let's calm down and go back to the parade.

:02:59. > :03:05.Great to see Steve Redgrave, sharing his enthusiasm and pride at

:03:05. > :03:11.what has been achieved. The parade making its way along Fleet Street,

:03:11. > :03:20.this mid-section of that, towards the Strand. They have changed very

:03:20. > :03:25.little in terms of their status in the buildings around. A lot of

:03:26. > :03:35.significant marks along the way, and the crowd enjoying the vantage

:03:36. > :03:37.

:03:37. > :03:42.points along the route. Nathan Duke blowing a quick kiss to the camera.

:03:42. > :03:47.Sir Steve Redgrave mentioned Zac Purchase and his despair. Just a

:03:47. > :03:55.couple of weeks after that, he married his fiancee in St Paul's

:03:55. > :04:01.Cathedral and he said that was the day he got his gold. The old

:04:01. > :04:08.romantic! Congratulations to them. I think it is worth also remarking,

:04:08. > :04:15.we heard the discussion about Singapore and 2005 when London was

:04:15. > :04:22.first award of these Games, but the roots go back 18 years ago in a

:04:22. > :04:27.meeting on 12th June, 1994, when the idea was first mooted of an

:04:27. > :04:33.Olympic Games in London. The whole project has been handled with such

:04:33. > :04:38.vigour and passion, in such an assured and confident way, they

:04:38. > :04:42.have done us prowled. And I remember people at the beginning

:04:42. > :04:47.saying we will never win it, we will never build it on time, and

:04:47. > :04:54.then gradually people started to believe it could happen. That

:04:54. > :05:00.moment in Singapore, my memory of that his Denise Lewis body surfing

:05:00. > :05:06.to the back at the crowd. We said whatever the outcome, can we stand

:05:06. > :05:11.towards Paris and politely applaud them, and we missed it! If I

:05:11. > :05:15.remember her climbing on the table, she denies that but there is

:05:15. > :05:20.photographic evidence. The place that everybody from royalty to rock

:05:20. > :05:25.stars wanted to be, arguably the hottest tickets in town were for

:05:25. > :05:33.the Velodrome. They produced some of the most memorable moments and

:05:33. > :05:39.images of both of the Games, 12 gold medals on the track, moments

:05:39. > :05:49.that had us looking like babies. The likes of Chris Hoy, Laura Trott

:05:49. > :05:52.

:05:52. > :05:58.and Victoria Pendleton, and the fearless Sarah Storey.

:05:58. > :06:04.He smashes his own world record. Great Britain and now going to

:06:04. > :06:14.become the Olympic champions. they come up to the line. It is a

:06:14. > :06:20.

:06:20. > :06:26.new world record. It was a blistering quick move by Anthony

:06:26. > :06:33.Kappes. Sarah Storey=the modern British Paralympic record with her

:06:33. > :06:43.11th gold medal. Victoria Pendleton takes the gold medal. Bradley

:06:43. > :06:46.

:06:46. > :06:52.Wiggins is the Olympic champion. Bradley Wiggins is addictive

:06:52. > :06:59.because his competing today, so here is missing out. Chris Hoy,

:06:59. > :07:09.words fail you sometimes, don't they? Four years ago I thought we

:07:09. > :07:10.

:07:10. > :07:16.saw the best ever welcome for the athletes, but this tops it with

:07:16. > :07:21.people climbing lamp-posts! They have given us energy and enthusiasm

:07:21. > :07:27.and this is our chance to thank them. One group of people we should

:07:27. > :07:32.thank, the gamesmakers. I can see them over there. Maybe it is a

:07:32. > :07:37.chance for you to say thank you to them in particular. A volunteers,

:07:37. > :07:46.the armed forces, the police and organisers, they have made these

:07:46. > :07:51.Games and it is something to be proud of. Sarah Storey, everybody

:07:51. > :07:55.showing off their medals. Some people thought in the hiatus

:07:55. > :08:03.between the Olympics and the Paralympics they might be a

:08:03. > :08:09.disappointment but far from it. the athletes stepped up, everything

:08:09. > :08:13.stepped up a level. To have this amazing crowd, the amazing venues,

:08:13. > :08:18.the incredible volunteers, we couldn't have asked for more.

:08:18. > :08:23.Brown were you at the closing ceremony to realise you had been

:08:23. > :08:31.part of something on that scale? proud, it was cold everywhere, a

:08:31. > :08:36.sea of gold and it was amazing, I couldn't believe it. More and more

:08:36. > :08:41.gold medals. Lovely to see you. I was with you a few weeks ago in

:08:41. > :08:46.Sheffield with a bunch of kids, the next generation you were hoping to

:08:46. > :08:53.inspire. How many people have come up to you and said I have got a

:08:53. > :08:57.bike, I want to be a cyclist? and loads, and a lot of people on

:08:57. > :09:03.Twitter have been saying they have bought bikes since the Olympics. It

:09:03. > :09:08.is very exciting, I'm proud to be a part of it. Laura, let's have a

:09:08. > :09:13.word with you as well. This is the key question - how these medals

:09:13. > :09:19.come off your neck in the last three weeks? Yes, when I was on

:09:19. > :09:25.holiday, but only because I didn't want dodgy tan lines. Victoria

:09:25. > :09:29.Pendleton, you have said goodbye to your bicycle, is that right? I have

:09:29. > :09:35.indeed. And you will be going on strictly come Dancing - have you

:09:35. > :09:42.started training? Yes, it is hard work on the feet, but physically

:09:42. > :09:46.not so much. A congratulations on an extraordinary career. This

:09:46. > :09:52.particular float, it is gold medals wherever you look.

:09:52. > :09:58.We are standing here with the family of Chris Hoy. Sarah, what

:09:58. > :10:02.has it been like having him back? It has been fantastic, and to see

:10:02. > :10:09.him smiling again. He has been smiling throughout, but now it is

:10:10. > :10:14.with relief and happiness. He is delighted. Pressure off, I guess.

:10:14. > :10:19.Yes, and he's just trying to enjoy the moment now, knowing that those

:10:19. > :10:27.gold medals he has been working for, leaving no stone unturned, it has

:10:27. > :10:33.worked out. Let's turn to his mum, Carol, and we can think of those

:10:33. > :10:42.pictures of you not being able to look. I walk into shops, and people

:10:42. > :10:48.don't say hello, they do this...! I am too scared to watch. They won by

:10:48. > :10:54.a tiny margin so any of these guys could have won but I am so happy it

:10:54. > :10:59.was Chris. What kind of male bag have you had? It has taken days to

:10:59. > :11:05.get through e-mails and letters addressed to Sir Chris Hoy,

:11:05. > :11:14.Scotland - they have arrived in our letterbox. It is amazing. It has

:11:14. > :11:18.been fantastic, being recognised walking along the street as well.

:11:18. > :11:25.It has been life-changing. I don't know what the words are, but it has

:11:25. > :11:30.been fantastic. Sir Chris Hoy, Scotland, that has got to be the

:11:30. > :11:39.most cool address in the world, hasn't it? Absolutely, and we have

:11:39. > :11:45.got to say thanks to them for giving us Chris Hoy. We just so --

:11:45. > :11:51.saw Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy, but they share birthdays with Steven

:11:51. > :11:56.Redgrave, Mo Farah, and Roger Bannister. If you want to increase

:11:56. > :12:06.your child's sporting chances, you know the date to aim for. You have

:12:06. > :12:07.

:12:07. > :12:15.missed the boat for next year. March 23. That is the date. That is

:12:15. > :12:24.astonishing. Are you sure? That can't be true. Apparently so, yes!

:12:24. > :12:28.The among the stars today, two brothers have been the big hits of

:12:28. > :12:36.the Games, and Sonali has been talking to them.

:12:36. > :12:40.I'm with two of the best all-round athletes at the Games, Alistair

:12:40. > :12:47.Brownlee and Jonny Brownlee who stuck on the podium next to each

:12:47. > :12:52.other. How much has your life changed? It hasn't changed very

:12:52. > :12:55.much, I am still racing, still being going to the pool to swim,

:12:55. > :13:02.and running. I have been struggling to walk down the street without

:13:02. > :13:07.being stopped, people telling me how good it was when I raced. There

:13:07. > :13:15.has been brilliant. It has quietened down now, apart from

:13:15. > :13:25.today obviously. Helicopters have been your new mode of transport, I

:13:25. > :13:29.think your life has changed! Yes, there was great. It has changed but

:13:29. > :13:39.it is amazing here today seeing the support, absolutely incredible that

:13:39. > :13:42.

:13:42. > :13:45.so many people have turned out. Last time we spoke you hadn't had

:13:45. > :13:51.chance to go out for dinner with your parents and summer break, have

:13:51. > :13:56.you had chancier? Not really, I have been busy with training but I

:13:56. > :14:01.want to go home and go out for dinner with my parents and enjoy it.

:14:02. > :14:06.And of course that is your time to become world champion. Yes, my next

:14:06. > :14:15.race will be in October so I am looking forward to that. It is a

:14:15. > :14:20.new challenge. For you, Glasgow 2014 the next big aim maybe?

:14:20. > :14:27.Definitely a Glasgow. There is the world championships next year and

:14:27. > :14:37.the Commonwealth after that, definitely triathlon but I might

:14:37. > :14:39.

:14:39. > :14:43.What was remarkable about them is they revealed an 89-year-old man

:14:43. > :14:47.had sent them a letter, including a �10 for each of them, he wrote he

:14:47. > :14:51.watched them and it was the best thing he had ever seen in his life

:14:51. > :14:53.and Alastair said, I have had the letter in one pocket, and my gold

:14:53. > :14:57.medal in the other ever since. They've been touched by the

:14:57. > :15:02.response they've received from the general public and that gentleman,

:15:02. > :15:07.in particular. It was lovely to see Sarah Storey as well earlier,

:15:07. > :15:12.because she now goes into top of the medal table if she was an

:15:12. > :15:17.individual, she's now got 11 golds, eight silvers and three bronzes,

:15:17. > :15:23.split from swimming where we got five golds, and she now is in

:15:23. > :15:33.modern era, the most successful Paralympian of all time, and to do

:15:33. > :15:34.

:15:34. > :15:37.it in in in in two sports. For you, of all people, to say that, Tanni

:15:37. > :15:41.because reaching your exulted heights is something else. That has

:15:41. > :15:45.to be a source of pride and delight, but also recognising what an

:15:45. > :15:49.amazing thing she's achieved. first met Sarah when she was 14 in

:15:49. > :15:54.Barcelona and she looked so young and inexperienced and it's been an

:15:54. > :15:59.up and down journey through her for swimming and it was an ear

:15:59. > :16:05.infection which meant she couldn't swim and she got on the bike to do

:16:05. > :16:09.cross training and with other people, and I think we are going to

:16:09. > :16:19.have loads of people coming to cycling clubs now wanting to be the

:16:19. > :16:19.

:16:19. > :16:23.next Sarah Storey. There's another star of the Aquatic Centre. Ellie

:16:23. > :16:29.is still only 17. Incredible achievements. Everybody's enjoyed

:16:29. > :16:32.watching her. The young man who came to the Olympics at the Aquatic

:16:32. > :16:37.Centre with perhaps the most pressure was Tom Daley. I suppose

:16:37. > :16:41.because we all watched him since his appearance as a 14-year-old in

:16:41. > :16:44.Beijing. He was world champion and then losing his father, Rob. There

:16:44. > :16:54.was so much on his shoulders and the tension of that final Saturday

:16:54. > :16:58.

:16:58. > :17:02.night in the akwaut Aquatic Centre will stay with many of us.

:17:02. > :17:09.Going past the Royal Courts of Justice, as you can see. All we

:17:09. > :17:17.knew is a few judges in their wigs to come out. Here is Tom Daly. Or

:17:17. > :17:20.is it Justin Justin Bieber! didn't expect this many people to

:17:20. > :17:25.turn up. Compared to the Beijing parade this is a new level. Four

:17:25. > :17:29.years ago we did an event over the road there, aged 14, you had the

:17:29. > :17:32.heads of industry hanging on your every word and you were asked, you

:17:33. > :17:37.are going to give your entire teenager years basically in pursuit

:17:37. > :17:41.of a dream in London. Yeah. Would you have had it any other way?

:17:41. > :17:45.Definitely not. This is what I have always dreamed of, winning an

:17:45. > :17:50.Olympic medal. So all the hard work and sacrifice has been worth it. I

:17:50. > :17:55.don't see this - just look at this. It's like, the British people there

:17:55. > :18:00.are so supportive. It's fantastic. I don't think anyone expected the

:18:00. > :18:04.British people to embrace the Olympic Games and Paralympics Games

:18:04. > :18:08.like they have. One of the great images in the Aquatic Centre was

:18:08. > :18:13.you and a few of your pals jumping in the pool. Was that on the spur

:18:13. > :18:16.of the moment? It was not premeditated. It was spur of the

:18:16. > :18:24.moment. They picked me up and we jumped in the pool. We couldn't

:18:24. > :18:28.control ourselves. It was the first Olympic diving medal for years.

:18:28. > :18:31.Most 18-year-olds, a lot anyway, are thinking about the next years,

:18:31. > :18:36.heading off to university. You have done your A-levels, what do the

:18:36. > :18:40.next three or four years hold for you? I am back to school for two

:18:40. > :18:43.more maths modules and back to school and training. I am going to

:18:43. > :18:53.look into research a bit about universities. Are you really?

:18:53. > :18:56.

:18:56. > :19:03.but we will see. Best of luck. Two As and A*, by the way. A great

:19:03. > :19:08.brain, and brilliant body. What a combination. We congratulate him.

:19:08. > :19:16.Clearly enjoying the warmth and the response of the crowd. Just passing

:19:16. > :19:19.a Church there at the head of Adlwych. They go on to The Strand.

:19:19. > :19:24.Leading the way, there we are, the dancing lions.

:19:24. > :19:29.Just trying to gauge exactly where they've got to, because there's a

:19:29. > :19:35.great cheer for them as they approach. The parade itself is not

:19:35. > :19:39.bang on time, I have to say, but all the run - but nothing serious.

:19:39. > :19:46.We are still on The Strand. I am trying to spot where we are. Yes,

:19:46. > :19:51.it's about midway down the Strand. As we have been discussing the

:19:51. > :19:55.Olympic and Paralympic success is unprecedented. In the last few days

:19:55. > :19:58.it's emerged that athletes are going to get their own honours list.

:19:58. > :20:02.Under normal rules there would be one knighthood for a sports person

:20:02. > :20:08.every year, four CBEs, etc, but that could all change in the new

:20:08. > :20:11.year this time. With 29 Olympic and 34 Paralympics gold medallists I

:20:11. > :20:21.think they're going to have to rewrite the rule book. Sounds

:20:21. > :20:33.

:20:33. > :20:38.thraoeubg. I hope Max Boys is watching, he

:20:38. > :20:44.would have loved that. The footballers and those who took

:20:44. > :20:51.part in the the fencing on that float.

:20:51. > :20:58.The 40 musicians of the band, as they lead this front section along

:20:58. > :21:02.The Strand. This is to celebrate the achievements of more than 800

:21:02. > :21:07.athletes of the Games of London 2012. It's a great day. We caught a

:21:07. > :21:12.glimpse earlier of the equestrian floats and it was in both the

:21:12. > :21:15.Olympics and Paralympics that our equestrian teams led the medal

:21:15. > :21:20.tables, again never happened before. It was in the dressage events,

:21:20. > :21:28.something which before now in the Olympics anyway, would never have

:21:28. > :21:32.won a medal and that had us all schooling up and looking on at the

:21:32. > :21:40.incredible dancing horses who were performing to anything from Elgar

:21:40. > :21:50.to the theme tune from The Great Escape. Five gold medals at the

:21:50. > :21:58.Paras and two at the Olympics in that alone.

:21:58. > :22:04.Here she is on the edge of a potential individual gold.

:22:04. > :22:14.Absolutely remarkable performance. Outstanding. This is gold about to

:22:14. > :22:16.

:22:16. > :22:26.happen. She has made history. Natasha Baker's name is at the top

:22:26. > :22:27.

:22:27. > :22:31.of that leader board. What a great result.

:22:31. > :22:38.That's a great start. It's good news for Britain. We are right

:22:38. > :22:46.there. Zara Phillips absolutely screaming

:22:46. > :22:56.out of the arena. Over the last! It's silver for great Great Britain.

:22:56. > :22:57.

:22:57. > :23:02.This could be the first gold. Yes! Britain have got gold.

:23:02. > :23:06.We are on the equestrian float now. The only thing missing are horses.

:23:06. > :23:11.Nick, many congratulations to you and a long career and it comes to

:23:11. > :23:15.this. This is unbelievable. I have never seen anything like this.

:23:15. > :23:19.Absolutely amazing. The worst thing is there is no seats on this bus. I

:23:19. > :23:23.have to stand all the way! Where are the horses? Tucked up well and

:23:23. > :23:27.on the way to Switzerland now. There was the Japanese guy who was

:23:27. > :23:32.71 taking part in the Games. You are not quite there yet. Any

:23:32. > :23:37.thoughts on carrying on that long? I don't know about 71. Maybe Rio,

:23:37. > :23:41.but maybe that after that... Zara. Hello. You have seen some pretty

:23:41. > :23:46.extraordinary things in your life. Have you seen anything like this?

:23:46. > :23:51.No, it's unbelievable. To think everyone's come out for all of us.

:23:52. > :23:56.This is like the whole Games. That's what made it, the crowd were

:23:56. > :24:00.unbelievable and we are so grateful to them. We have so many, everyone

:24:00. > :24:03.with gold medals all over the place. Greenwich was one of the great

:24:03. > :24:08.success stories of the Games. To compete in that venue must have

:24:08. > :24:14.been fantastic. It was unbelievable. Not every day did we get to ride in

:24:14. > :24:19.front of 24,000 people and have that much support. The support from

:24:19. > :24:23.the home crowd was immense. This is for you, what, beyond belief?

:24:23. > :24:28.magical really. Who would have really realised that the amount of

:24:28. > :24:33.people that were going to support us. I mean, it's unbelievable the

:24:33. > :24:38.amount of people here and it's a little bit sad to think this is it

:24:38. > :24:45.now. There will be a few tears, I am sure. Let me head on up the bus.

:24:45. > :24:49.Come this way. Lee Pearson. Listen, it didn't turn

:24:49. > :24:56.out quite perhaps as would you have wanted the Games but nonetheless...

:24:56. > :25:00.I tried my hardest. It was a huge battle. The standard's February --

:25:00. > :25:04.phenomenal. What an amazing Paralympics Games. We always like

:25:04. > :25:08.to say thee things, but was it the best Paralympics Games ever?

:25:08. > :25:13.know it was the best ever. I am so proud of the British public to come

:25:13. > :25:18.out and watch Paralympics sport and embrace it and get educated about

:25:18. > :25:25.it. It's an honour to be an athlete in these Games. Dressage is now

:25:25. > :25:33.cool! Yeah. You have your three gold medals there. Have you slept

:25:33. > :25:37.with them? Yeah, I have. I can't wear them for too long because it

:25:37. > :25:41.gives me neck ache. They're heavy as well. Sophie, many

:25:41. > :25:47.congratulations. Lovely to see you. There aren't any horses here, but

:25:47. > :25:52.there are more gold medallists than you can shake a stick at on coach

:25:52. > :25:56.equestrian. Many of us can remember Sophie's

:25:56. > :26:00.huge performance at the Games and here are her family. Let's start

:26:00. > :26:08.with her dad, Carl. What was the experience like watching your your

:26:08. > :26:11.daughter? Incredible. The audience was marvellous. For her protocol is

:26:11. > :26:15.they shouldn't clap and they couldn't resist, they spontaneously

:26:15. > :26:21.stood up and applauded and it was marvellous. Really spectacular.

:26:21. > :26:25.Caroline, I notice you are wearing an accreditation, in what guise

:26:25. > :26:29.were you at the Games. Cheating a little bit, I was supposed to be a

:26:30. > :26:33.horse owner but Sophie that owns the horse thanks to a consortium of

:26:33. > :26:37.people thanks to people who put the money together. It was great. She's

:26:37. > :26:44.a huge backing crowd of people who help her do these things, including

:26:44. > :26:48.her coach, Clive. All the people at yard. Lots of people will want to

:26:48. > :26:51.know what does it feel like having a champion daughter? Fantastic. I

:26:51. > :26:57.am glad she doesn't live with us any more, her head wouldn't fit

:26:57. > :27:01.through the door! And brother, Alex, is that true? You can be sporting

:27:01. > :27:05.about your sister. Well, it is true, yeah. I think I am one of the only

:27:05. > :27:13.people that she will actually let me give her abuse, so I am sort of

:27:13. > :27:18.keeping her ego in check. What's the reaction been like at home?

:27:18. > :27:21.Postbox, inbox and e-mails? postbox was painted a few days ago

:27:22. > :27:25.and the amount of people we have seen walking past saying I didn't

:27:25. > :27:31.realise there was a gold medallist in our village, it's brilliant.

:27:31. > :27:33.Schools and everybody there really supported and Alex was a volunteer

:27:33. > :27:39.at the equestrian area. It was great to have the family together

:27:39. > :27:47.at that time. I really hope you enjoy today. Keep on doing it.

:27:47. > :27:50.Thank you very much. Speaking of postboxes, Sophie

:27:50. > :27:56.celebrating her but we saw Charlotte with John a few minutes

:27:56. > :28:00.ago. Now the 4th woman ever to win two golds at an Olympics for Great

:28:00. > :28:05.Britain. Kelly Holmes, Rebecca Adlington and Charlotte. She went

:28:05. > :28:09.back with Carl Hester with whom she won the team dressage to his

:28:09. > :28:14.channel island of Sarke and a homecoming welcome there for Carl

:28:14. > :28:23.and he, believe it or not, is the second ever channel islander to

:28:23. > :28:30.have won an Olympic medal. The last was in 1920 and their postbox was

:28:30. > :28:33.indeed painted gold. Well done Guernsey post. We are on the final

:28:33. > :28:39.approach in to Trafalgar Square. South Africa House there on the

:28:39. > :28:45.left. The road sweeping into the square itself, Nelson's Column,

:28:45. > :28:50.just off to the left-hand side. It's a great scene at the moment.

:28:50. > :28:55.When we look at the crowd that's gathered here now, we get a a sense

:28:55. > :29:01.of the intensity of interest and enthusiasm that both Games have

:29:01. > :29:06.actually produced. It's been amazing. I think it's lovely to

:29:06. > :29:09.hear Olympians talking about Paralympians and Paralympians

:29:09. > :29:12.talking about Olympians. All the athletes and coaches will be blown

:29:12. > :29:16.away by this level of interest. You expect people to come to the Games

:29:16. > :29:22.because it's the Olympics, for them to have taken time off work or come

:29:22. > :29:25.out of their offices, to carry the flags to cheer, it's unbelievable.

:29:25. > :29:28.It's important, for the athlete who is have won medals it's a great

:29:28. > :29:32.celebration but for maybe the athletes who haven't achieved quite

:29:32. > :29:37.what they wanted it's a chance to look back and enjoy the Games and

:29:37. > :29:39.celebrate and also just be with team-mates because the hard work

:29:39. > :29:44.starts again. We are already talking about Rio and eight years,

:29:44. > :29:50.time to look forward. And there's been a huge amount of pressure on

:29:50. > :29:53.these guises. -- guys. A home Games is so hard. They've been

:29:53. > :30:03.interviewed and asked questions, they've never been able to escape

:30:03. > :30:06.

:30:06. > :30:16.the London Games and this is their In Rio there will be two more

:30:16. > :30:18.

:30:18. > :30:23.sports, rugby sevens and golf. It is very significant as we look

:30:23. > :30:33.forward that there are other goals and other things to achieve for

:30:33. > :30:34.

:30:34. > :30:38.other sports men too. They are delighted in the triathlon because

:30:38. > :30:43.they have a number of world champions so that will be very

:30:43. > :30:53.exciting for the Rio programme. a hard act to follow. The Danny

:30:53. > :30:59.

:30:59. > :31:04.Boyle figure of the ceremonies in 2016 is Mario Ballic, and after the

:31:05. > :31:14.opening ceremony here he said "I want to make clear, we are not

:31:15. > :31:20.

:31:20. > :31:24.obliged to throw our President out Let me tell you about this parade -

:31:24. > :31:29.it will make its way down to Trafalgar Square, where there will

:31:29. > :31:34.be a crowd watching events on the big screen, then the athletes

:31:34. > :31:38.themselves will be allowed through Admiralty Arch through the Mall,

:31:38. > :31:43.and there will be a special event outside Buckingham Palace, where

:31:43. > :31:49.there will be some speeches by David Cameron and Boris Johnson to

:31:49. > :31:54.mark the end of this magnificent summer. There is Admiralty Arch and

:31:54. > :32:02.the start of the processional route down Trafalgar Square, along St

:32:02. > :32:07.James's Park to Buckingham Palace. The police there already because we

:32:07. > :32:13.can see them beyond the main centre arch which means the formal part of

:32:13. > :32:19.this parade is about to begin. Those lining the Mall, you will not

:32:19. > :32:24.be seeing the amount of people we saw at the Diamond Jubilee for

:32:24. > :32:30.example. They are handling this different made, people have had to

:32:30. > :32:39.apply for tickets. Many of them will be volunteers, and their

:32:39. > :32:45.families, who have been given the vantage point along the Mall. Many

:32:45. > :32:50.people will be following events on the big screens. Whitehall just

:32:50. > :32:59.down to the right leading down to Parliament Square. Trafalgar Square

:32:59. > :33:05.itself dominated by Nelsons, -- Nelson's Column, and a real sense

:33:05. > :33:12.of building towards the finale, which will involve plenty of music

:33:12. > :33:17.and a real welcome for athletes arriving outside the palace so they

:33:17. > :33:27.can be given the congratulations and applause that people want to

:33:27. > :33:28.

:33:28. > :33:32.offer them today. Clearly these scenes will be inspiring our next

:33:32. > :33:42.batch of Olympians and Paralympians because we talk about Rio 2016 but

:33:42. > :33:47.

:33:47. > :33:51.it is the Winter Games in 25th of - - in 2014. For many people have

:33:51. > :33:57.been invited to the practice sessions and of their art on record

:33:57. > :34:06.as saying it has inspired them for the Winter Games. The current World

:34:06. > :34:16.Cup champion for the skeleton said she has the bit between her teeth

:34:16. > :34:27.

:34:27. > :34:33.They always think the athletes from athletics and archery are very

:34:33. > :34:38.lucky because they get to be in front in the parade. I don't know

:34:38. > :34:46.whether every country does it in alphabetical order, but we do that

:34:46. > :34:52.in Britain and they get to go behind the flag-bearer. Shops of

:34:52. > :34:56.Jessica Ennis waving, and Steve Miller from Newcastle in the

:34:57. > :35:04.background, plucked rower. I think this is his fourth Paralympic Games.

:35:04. > :35:08.Because Peter Norfolk carried our flag and there was voted for by our

:35:08. > :35:12.team they didn't change the precedent and allowed tennis to be

:35:12. > :35:17.at the front so I think athletics and archery didn't know what had

:35:17. > :35:27.hit them. It was great to see Peter coming into the stadium and

:35:27. > :35:30.

:35:30. > :35:35.carrying the flag. They are getting close to us here and the Big Show

:35:35. > :35:41.will start when the parade begins arriving here. Steve Redgrave, what

:35:41. > :35:46.do you make of this parade? It is amazing. I have witnessed a couple

:35:46. > :35:50.of the parades before, always watching, never being a part of it.

:35:50. > :35:55.They started doing this after I retired but the crowd has been

:35:55. > :36:00.bigger than ever before. There has got to be a million people on the

:36:00. > :36:05.street. The atmosphere is very special. Just sitting here and

:36:05. > :36:11.seeing the people at the end is fantastic. Trafalgar Square is

:36:11. > :36:15.packed. It gives the athletes another memory. They won their

:36:15. > :36:21.medals, but this will give them a sense of appreciation of what they

:36:21. > :36:24.have done. It is a lovely way to finish it off. The weather gods

:36:24. > :36:32.must be big fans as well because do you remember the monsoon weather we

:36:32. > :36:39.were having before the Olympics? don't remember that at all! If his

:36:39. > :36:45.holding of, and people are enjoying it, anticipating the arrival. Let's

:36:45. > :36:49.talk about what's next for them. You achieve your dreams or get

:36:50. > :36:56.close, and just being in the Olympics for some people was enough,

:36:56. > :36:59.then what? They have to refocus. People like Jessica Ennis have the

:36:59. > :37:04.world championships, the Commonwealth Games, and they need

:37:04. > :37:10.to get energised. This has been an incredible moment for them, but

:37:10. > :37:14.they need to think about if this is enough. Jessica Ennis is still

:37:14. > :37:21.young, Mo Farah is still young, and they will want to achieve many more

:37:21. > :37:27.accolades. That first 12 months after the Olympic Games, is that

:37:27. > :37:31.the hardest? It wasn't for me, with my health and coming down with

:37:31. > :37:37.diabetes in the last three years of competing was very tough, so I was

:37:37. > :37:44.very pleased that was it for me and I felt I could stop, but then I got

:37:44. > :37:50.involved with the bidding. I got involved with the chairman of the

:37:50. > :37:54.BOA, the executives of the BOA, and they sat down and took me out for

:37:54. > :38:00.coffee just down the road from here and said they were thinking about

:38:00. > :38:06.bidding for the Olympics in 2012. I have something to get straight into

:38:07. > :38:11.and be part of. Some of these athletes were thinking about

:38:11. > :38:15.retiring for years ago but London was too much of the draw, but now

:38:16. > :38:20.they will stop and they will be thinking about what to do now. That

:38:20. > :38:24.will be really tough, but there will be a wave of excitement until

:38:24. > :38:30.the end of the year and beyond. They need that time. They don't

:38:30. > :38:36.want to come out with random statements, like I did. Shoot me!

:38:36. > :38:42.For I carried on for four years after that. Katherine Grainger is

:38:42. > :38:46.not making any rash statements, but she is even talking about carrying

:38:46. > :38:50.on and I know the rowing group as a whole, where I thought a lot of the

:38:50. > :38:57.team would think about stopping, but they are thinking why not carry

:38:57. > :39:02.on. Even more people on the streets than the Olympic parade four and

:39:02. > :39:06.eight years ago. In the royal wedding we saw a million people on

:39:07. > :39:12.the Mall. This country has brilliant ad showing its

:39:12. > :39:17.appreciation, coming out and being vocal. This is demonstrating how

:39:17. > :39:20.much sport means to the nation. There were a lot of people who

:39:20. > :39:27.doubted whether the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games would be a

:39:27. > :39:33.success. Would our men and women deliver great performances? Every

:39:33. > :39:38.box has been ticked. It has been a wonderful experience and looking at

:39:38. > :39:43.these pictures here, there will be people in Scotland, Wales, Northern

:39:43. > :39:48.Ireland thinking I wish I could be there. I hope they can enjoy the

:39:48. > :39:53.emotion. People in Scotland will be thinking about how they have the

:39:53. > :40:01.Commonwealth Games in two years. were talking about the Commonwealth

:40:01. > :40:07.Games in Manchester and what was it like previously? It was tremendous.

:40:07. > :40:12.I remember the 40th anniversary of Mary winning her medal in Munich,

:40:12. > :40:19.and the excitement was incredible. You have got to remember the

:40:19. > :40:24.schools are back now so I'm sure some of them will be here. There

:40:24. > :40:29.has been some criticism saying the schools have not been able to be

:40:29. > :40:35.part of it. We haven't been able to get them in, there has not been the

:40:35. > :40:43.space for it. Incredible scenes. Colin talking about the traffic,

:40:43. > :40:50.There is a traffic jam there, it is not moving very well! In 1996 they

:40:50. > :41:00.didn't have a parade like this for your success, did they? No, smaller

:41:00. > :41:07.

:41:07. > :41:14.floats! Rowing will be having a big impact. I have been asked to go on

:41:14. > :41:24.the selection panel and I am thinking oh, my God, what have I

:41:24. > :41:29.

:41:29. > :41:34.let myself in for. For they are getting close. Where are they, Huw?

:41:34. > :41:37.Very close, passing under Admiralty Arch so they should be with you

:41:38. > :41:42.that the Queen Victoria memorial within a few minutes. We are

:41:42. > :41:48.wondering if we have ever seen a crowd like this in central London

:41:48. > :41:53.for any kind of event. I said I remember Nelson Mandela coming here

:41:53. > :42:00.in the late 90s, there was a bit crowd but I'm pretty certain it was

:42:00. > :42:04.nothing like this today. No, it is absolutely gargantuan as befits the

:42:04. > :42:13.greatest thing this country has ever staged. It is by far and away

:42:14. > :42:19.the most successful Games. There were only 22 nations taking part

:42:19. > :42:23.the last time we hosted, and to pick up something that was said in

:42:23. > :42:30.the studio earlier, these medals for Great Britain's teams have come

:42:30. > :42:35.from every single corner of the United Kingdom. The success has

:42:35. > :42:39.touched everyone, and Ruth if we needed it that the whole is more

:42:39. > :42:45.than the sum of the part. Aristotle was on to something. I have never

:42:45. > :42:50.seen anything like this, and I don't know how many times since I

:42:50. > :42:55.retired I have been asked if I wish I could compete in London, and the

:42:55. > :43:01.answer is no because winning his lovely but you spend your whole

:43:01. > :43:06.life training. I wouldn't have minded sneaking on one of the back

:43:06. > :43:11.of the floats. So many thousands of people coming out and cheering is

:43:11. > :43:18.great for the athletes - what motivation to keep training.

:43:18. > :43:23.let's hear from another one of the stars on the floats today.

:43:23. > :43:33.I am with the face of the Paralympic Games, Ellie Simmonds.

:43:33. > :43:37.

:43:37. > :43:42.She has four medals, two of them gold medals. It is amazing, it is

:43:42. > :43:46.great to celebrate and be part of this. We knew that crowd would go

:43:46. > :43:55.crazy for you but I was not expecting this today. They are

:43:55. > :44:05.screaming your name. How does that feel? It is amazing, to celebrate

:44:05. > :44:13.

:44:13. > :44:20.with the public and it was great to It was amazing to have that honour

:44:20. > :44:25.and in front of 80,000 poem and Johnny as well, -- people. I was

:44:25. > :44:29.nervous but really excited. What now for you, Ellie? Have a break

:44:29. > :44:36.for a bit and get away from the water and just enjoy the

:44:36. > :44:40.celebrations after the Games and we have the World Championships next

:44:40. > :44:50.year. We feel like we have grown up with you and you are a star. Thank

:44:50. > :44:50.

:44:50. > :44:56.Two golds, silver and bronze this time. Two golds to go with the

:44:56. > :45:01.golds she claimed as a 14-year-old in Beijing. Very emotional, I

:45:01. > :45:05.noticed, in the last of those medals, Tanni. At that point it

:45:05. > :45:09.took a long time for the crowds and the expectation and the emotion to

:45:09. > :45:12.finally overwhelm her. Absolutely. You kind of forget in Beijing she

:45:12. > :45:17.was so young and I don't think there was any expectation on her.

:45:17. > :45:21.She won two golds and there was a sort of mad sort of flourish of

:45:21. > :45:26.publicity around her and came to these Games with pressure and to

:45:26. > :45:33.increase the number of event was amazing and brilliant for swimming.

:45:33. > :45:38.39 medals in total for swimming. It's lovely to see Colin Moynihan

:45:38. > :45:42.there, chair of the BOA, Princess Royal, Boris Johnson, everyone

:45:42. > :45:47.supporting the team. It's a true mingling of Olympics and

:45:47. > :45:52.Paralympics which London Games has helped deliver. An interesting mix

:45:52. > :46:02.there in the VIP box. We also saw the man who delivered the Olympics

:46:02. > :46:08.and that's the correct word to use, Sir on-- Sir John. He certainly did

:46:08. > :46:13.a wonderful job. The Princess Royal, of course, had that wonderful

:46:13. > :46:17.moment in an official capacity to present her own daughter with a

:46:17. > :46:27.silver medal and not many mums have a chance to do that. Although I I

:46:27. > :46:29.

:46:29. > :46:34.also note that Irish athlete Michael McKillop did. I presented

:46:34. > :46:39.the flowers at that ceremony and there was - no anyone coming out to

:46:39. > :46:44.present and I was saying where is the person. And they were saying,

:46:44. > :46:47.we're hiding them. I marched out with no presenter and she was

:46:47. > :46:57.revealed and it was wonderful to see Michael's face and his mum,

:46:57. > :46:57.

:46:57. > :47:00.they were both in tears by it. the parade is slowly, very slowly,

:47:00. > :47:06.making its way down towards Buckingham Palace. I told you a

:47:06. > :47:11.while ago that it was not a serious delay of about 15 minutes, I am now

:47:11. > :47:15.going to revise that in the interests of transparency. I am

:47:15. > :47:18.wondering whether it's closer to half an hour plus. That event will

:47:18. > :47:22.take place as soon as all the athletes arrive just in front of

:47:22. > :47:27.the Palace, that's where this event will take place and there will be

:47:27. > :47:33.plenty of music and speeches, too. We will be hearing from some of

:47:33. > :47:37.those who have been some of the more prominent faces, not part of

:47:37. > :47:41.the athletic community, sporting community, but people like Boris

:47:41. > :47:44.Johnson who have become even more well known as a result of the

:47:44. > :47:48.events of this summer. That's where the parade will end and there will

:47:48. > :47:53.be a big crowd and lots of them will be part of the community of

:47:53. > :47:57.Games-makers who have been working as volunteers. 70,000 of them

:47:57. > :48:07.working as volunteers in lots of different jobs during the past

:48:07. > :48:13.couple of months. Making our way down the Mall, past

:48:13. > :48:23.the entrance to Horse Guards Parade. Then passing Clarence House and

:48:23. > :48:25.

:48:25. > :48:31.Lancaster House on the way down to the Palace. Johnny Peacock there.

:48:31. > :48:36.Goldie has her arm in a sling, before her javelin final twaebged

:48:36. > :48:41.something in the foream and that did hamper her progress. She gave

:48:41. > :48:45.an interview afterwards with regard to her own chance. She's terribly

:48:45. > :48:55.disappointed but always eloquent. She's vowed she's going to carry on

:48:55. > :49:02.

:49:02. > :49:07.The first lead section of the parade, the procession arriving at

:49:07. > :49:12.the stands. Those stands mark the start, if you like, of the arena,

:49:12. > :49:17.the performance arena for the final area itself. We saw some of the

:49:17. > :49:27.guests, including Boris Johnson, in the background. A good dozen floats

:49:27. > :49:33.

:49:33. > :49:39.there are already through Admiralty Arch. There are 21 of them. Louis

:49:39. > :49:44.Smith, wow. It's great, isn't it? The reception is fantastic. We had

:49:44. > :49:54.a bit of down time after the Olympics. Just to relive the moment

:49:54. > :49:55.

:49:55. > :49:59.it's fantastic. Have you been... have been everywhere, holiday,

:49:59. > :50:05.working, hardly seen my family and parents. It's been manic. To come

:50:05. > :50:08.back to this, it's just crazy. Really good fun. The business about

:50:08. > :50:13.inspiring a generation and everything like that, what sort of

:50:13. > :50:17.response have you had from kids over the last month or so to what

:50:17. > :50:21.you achieved? The kids, so many people want to get involved in

:50:21. > :50:25.gymnastics and sport now. I have had so many tweets and messages

:50:25. > :50:30.from clubs and parents. That's what the Olympics is about. It's abouten

:50:30. > :50:39.spiring people to get involved in sport. It's fantastic. Have hu

:50:39. > :50:46.people saying, I want to get a pole get -- pommel horse? They're hard

:50:46. > :50:49.to come by, kids can get down to the gym club. As you can hear all

:50:49. > :50:53.the athletes and coaches in front of us are being announced. You are

:50:53. > :50:57.about to get your moment, as well. Can I bring Beth in. You got your

:50:57. > :51:01.medal, that took many years of hard work, didn't it? Yeah, a lot of

:51:01. > :51:05.people remember me from 2002 Commonwealth so it took ten years

:51:05. > :51:12.to finally achieve that one last dream. Can you imagine how many

:51:12. > :51:19.thousands of hours you have spent in gyms for that? No, I can't. 30

:51:19. > :51:23.hours a week and it took me a long time but I can't remember all that,

:51:23. > :51:27.I just remember the good times and standing on the podium. They're

:51:27. > :51:31.chanting for you and everybody else. Just acknowledge the applause,

:51:31. > :51:39.because the public love you and Louis and everybody else. Well done.

:51:40. > :51:44.I am with the amazing British rowing team. Let's start with Helen

:51:44. > :51:49.Glover and Heather Stanning who won the first gold of the Games. This

:51:49. > :51:57.is not your first victory parade, I hear your homecomings were

:51:58. > :52:03.incredible. We were fortunate enough to have homecomings, in

:52:03. > :52:06.Penzance. Not as busy as this. Scotland, the other end of the

:52:06. > :52:12.country, but they did a fantastic job coming out in the rain. It was

:52:12. > :52:15.really touching. We are so pleased everyone is so excited. You are a

:52:16. > :52:20.Captain in the Royal Artillery, are you rejoining your regiment soon?

:52:20. > :52:24.am back to work next Monday. Enjoying this time at the moment,

:52:24. > :52:30.being an athlete but back to work next week. Do you think you will

:52:30. > :52:34.fit right in? I hope so. A bit of readjusting but hopefully get back

:52:34. > :52:40.to work easily. You have another incredible parade planned for you

:52:40. > :52:44.there, as well. Thank you very much. Enjoy the rest of the parade.

:52:44. > :52:48.Incredible to think Helen Glover started rowing in 2005, the the

:52:48. > :52:54.year Great Britain was awarded these Games for London. By the way,

:52:54. > :52:57.Heather's postbox in Lossiemouth is the most northerly in the country.

:52:57. > :53:01.I am sure David Cameron is aware of that. I am absolutely sure he is

:53:01. > :53:05.and Colin Moynihan and Seb Coe as well who told us a while ago about

:53:05. > :53:09.his immense pride in what's been achieved and he's been modest,

:53:09. > :53:13.given the fact he's driven the bid and delivered the bid. It's

:53:13. > :53:18.something that, frankly, he should be not too modest about. Indeed. We

:53:18. > :53:22.saw Helen and Heather there, starting the gold rush by winning

:53:22. > :53:27.the first in women's rowing since it was introduced in 1976 for Great

:53:27. > :53:35.Britain and sure enough, you wait 36 years and three women's golds

:53:35. > :53:39.come along in four days. Amongst them one for Katherine The Great.

:53:39. > :53:44.Golden girl, how is this pa roeud for you -- parade for you,

:53:44. > :53:54.overwhelming? It's impossible to put into words. No idea this many

:53:54. > :53:54.

:53:54. > :54:01.people would come out all over again. It's one - amazing messages

:54:01. > :54:08.of support. It's just - you just want to hug everybody. Amazing.

:54:08. > :54:14.just be loving now being Olympic champion, finally? Well, things

:54:14. > :54:18.like this don't help make it sink in, it's even more surreal. I mean,

:54:18. > :54:25.you imagine what it might be like but no one dreamt this. This is

:54:25. > :54:29.beyond dreams come true. When you watch - Andy Murray said you were

:54:29. > :54:38.an inspiration to him, will you be keeping an eye on him today in the

:54:38. > :54:47.US Open. Everyone felt - to see him win was incredible. Wonderful. Now

:54:47. > :54:52.I am hoping he takes it on and wins the US Open. You need to be in the

:54:52. > :55:02.next press conferences, he had Sean Connery and Alex Ferguson bursting

:55:02. > :55:11.in. You go for it, enjoy the parade. Katherine's victory with Anna

:55:11. > :55:21.Watkins was one of the most popular I think in the Olympics. A win for

:55:21. > :55:28.

:55:28. > :55:35.sheer bloody-minded determineness. We see the team pursuitists. Laura

:55:35. > :55:44.Trott there. There's Philip Heinds and Victoria Pendleton. So many

:55:44. > :55:49.decorated in the Velodrome. It was one of the hottest tickets in town.

:55:49. > :55:56.We talk about legacy. Well, there is plans in Edinburgh for a Sir

:55:56. > :56:00.Chris Hoy cycle pathway. A route right around the city and that's

:56:00. > :56:04.really legacy in action. Interesting to see so many senior

:56:04. > :56:10.figures from the armed forces in that VIP stand. There will be lots

:56:10. > :56:15.of people watching who will want to acknowledge the role they played in

:56:15. > :56:18.the smooth running, they stepped in to help out with security

:56:18. > :56:21.arrangements when there were difficulties at the start, and

:56:21. > :56:28.really did help to smooth things over and things ran very

:56:28. > :56:32.efficiently indeed. When Sochi and Rio seek to emulate some of the

:56:32. > :56:39.aspects of London, they'll look at the enthusiasm but you made a great

:56:39. > :56:45.point, ease of access. That was very refreshing as someone who's

:56:45. > :56:54.been at a few of these things and we all have in this commentary box

:56:54. > :56:59.before. The other thing they'll pick up on is the LED pixels. A

:56:59. > :57:05.real winner. They streamed them around when Johnny Peacock won.

:57:05. > :57:13.That made it another special night. The other thing, a sense of humour.

:57:13. > :57:17.Mr Bean, James Bond. Danny Boyle, to be fair, we are weeks on now and

:57:17. > :57:20.it's easy to forget some of the things that happened weeks ago.

:57:20. > :57:24.Danny Boyle who did perform a miracle with that opening ceremony,

:57:24. > :57:28.had always said and said to me in May when I spoke to him then, that

:57:28. > :57:34.he wanted to introduce that quirky British sense of humour into the

:57:34. > :57:39.ceremony. That was such a gamble. To do that on a global stage is not

:57:39. > :57:43.an easy thing and not a given. I felt that really he did pull that

:57:43. > :57:47.off very well and cleverly blended that humour in a way that lots of

:57:47. > :57:50.people could get. Mr Bean, well, yes that's British humour, but

:57:50. > :57:53.British humour that's understood and is loved all over the world.

:57:53. > :58:01.was indeed. That opening ceremony of the Olympics, like watching and

:58:01. > :58:06.being on the film set of a live Danny Boyle movie. No cuts, no

:58:06. > :58:11.stoppages, all the tape actually fed in live, a triumph. And Kim

:58:11. > :58:17.Gavin at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics, spectacular show.

:58:17. > :58:20.Both were amazing, for Paralympics we are used to having the same

:58:20. > :58:24.ceremony. This was a chance to do something incredibly different. For

:58:24. > :58:29.both Games it was important that the athletes' parade, they came in

:58:29. > :58:32.quickly and gave the athletes the opportunity to leave. For those

:58:32. > :58:36.that were able to go it meant such a big thing for the athletes

:58:36. > :58:39.because that marks the start of it. A number of our athletes choose not

:58:39. > :58:49.to be there if they were competing the next day or day after but that

:58:49. > :58:52.

:58:52. > :59:02.The noise levels have risen because the first floats have come to the

:59:02. > :59:04.

:59:04. > :59:13.This is special. Yes, and I can see Mo Farah, the man who made me lose

:59:13. > :59:21.my voice! It is a day off from his kids, getting some peace and quiet.

:59:21. > :59:25.Brilliant stuff. He is a hero, a global hero. Anybody who knows

:59:25. > :59:30.anything about sport, N Dover and training, what he achieved is so

:59:30. > :59:35.special. He did so well at the world championships last year and

:59:35. > :59:40.coming back to repeat that, once you have had a season that has gone

:59:40. > :59:46.so well for you, it is so difficult come back and do it again. I

:59:46. > :59:50.thought he was struggle but he did it with greater ease. So many of

:59:50. > :59:57.the faces of this game to game into the Olympics with their faces all

:59:57. > :00:02.over posters - Jessica Ennis was all over Heathrow, a 70 ft image of

:00:02. > :00:07.her, and she had to live up to that and see those posters. That is an

:00:07. > :00:12.added pressure of the home Games. can't imagine the pressure from

:00:12. > :00:16.that point of view. They am struggling to comprehend from that

:00:16. > :00:21.point of view. We never had that within our time and I think I would

:00:21. > :00:28.have loved it in some ways, I would have been celebrating on one of the

:00:28. > :00:34.floats now. If they have waited patiently. We have sat here all

:00:34. > :00:39.afternoon and the crowd have waited, and now they are being rewarded for

:00:39. > :00:43.their patience. They get to see their heroes. If they are lucky

:00:43. > :00:53.they will have been to the venue and seen them in the flesh, but

:00:53. > :00:55.

:00:55. > :01:01.they have supported them through the mediums of television or were -

:01:01. > :01:04.- wherever it is. They are loving the environment and it is so much

:01:04. > :01:12.easier to go into another year of preparation when you see that

:01:12. > :01:16.genuine support. It is like genuine law they are being shown. Just

:01:16. > :01:21.think of the thousands of people watching this who will remember it.

:01:21. > :01:28.It is very special. I might disagree with you - being on one of

:01:28. > :01:32.these floats and going around, how can you top this? It will be really

:01:32. > :01:37.tough carrying on from that point of view. In it will drive you out

:01:37. > :01:41.of retirement. I spent a long time trying to persuade the cynics that

:01:41. > :01:48.they would love this and in my heart of hearts I knew they would,

:01:48. > :01:54.but there was always a tiny doubt that people would not get converted.

:01:54. > :01:59.I'm not into sport, well are you in to end ever and the human spirit.

:01:59. > :02:02.That is surprise people who were not into sport, they're into human

:02:02. > :02:08.beings are achieving, coming together and showing what they are

:02:09. > :02:13.capable of. It's has shown unity in the nation, the love and passion of

:02:13. > :02:19.people's achievements than successes. We support them whether

:02:19. > :02:24.it is rowing, wrestling, athletics. We became sports fans and we saw

:02:24. > :02:28.young people achieving phenomenal things. We saw gamesmakers making a

:02:28. > :02:38.path easy for people to come and enjoy the performances of these

:02:38. > :02:43.

:02:43. > :02:49.people. The enjoyment has been on real. -- unreal. Not long to go now

:02:49. > :02:53.before the finale gets under way as the floats come around the Queen

:02:54. > :02:57.Victoria Memorial, a great view of Buckingham Palace, and then they

:02:57. > :03:01.settle into their positions ready for the performances to begin

:03:01. > :03:06.because we will be having some music. Rebecca Adlington and the

:03:06. > :03:11.others will be enjoying that, and then we will also be hearing from

:03:11. > :03:16.the Prime Minister and the mayor of London. Rebecca will be celebrating

:03:16. > :03:22.over the next couple of days in her hometown of Mansfield. She has her

:03:22. > :03:28.homecoming parade tomorrow so Mansfield will have a big party

:03:28. > :03:35.tomorrow. A bird's-eye view, and just spotting in the foreground a

:03:35. > :03:45.Guard of Honour provided by the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, and they

:03:45. > :03:47.

:03:48. > :03:52.will be entertaining the crowd. A real sense of build up now, a real

:03:52. > :03:56.sense of charged up atmosphere as people prepared to say farewell in

:03:56. > :04:01.effect to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. That is what this

:04:01. > :04:05.is about, saying well done and congratulating people on their

:04:05. > :04:14.achievements, but also closing the book and saying farewell to the

:04:14. > :04:19.event of this wonderful summer. The floats have now arrived. We have

:04:19. > :04:24.just seen the end of the sequence of floats, 21 of them. They have

:04:24. > :04:34.made their way through Admiralty Arch and there are a dozen of them

:04:34. > :04:35.

:04:35. > :04:40.left to come into the arena itself. We are seeing some of the athletes,

:04:40. > :04:44.and passed on their parade trucks here, but you can also see that

:04:44. > :04:50.parents. I wouldn't want to drag them out, but this is the moment

:04:50. > :04:55.they have been waiting for to say well done to their sons and

:04:55. > :05:00.daughters coming through. A massive outpouring of emotion. It is it the

:05:00. > :05:06.weight of expectation has been lifted from people's shoulders,

:05:06. > :05:14.athletes and parents alike. One of the great moments from the Olympic

:05:14. > :05:24.Games, when it comes to talking about the love of parents, the

:05:24. > :05:28.

:05:28. > :05:32.father of Chad Le Clos. Can you imagine your child achieving

:05:32. > :05:38.something as wonderful as a medal in the Olympics and that

:05:38. > :05:48.Paralympics? He summed it up, I loved it when he said "what a

:05:48. > :05:49.

:05:49. > :05:55.We are here emphasising and admiration and I have lost count of

:05:55. > :06:00.the number of athletes holding a placard saying thank you. They are

:06:00. > :06:04.here as champions, but they want a safe thank you for the support.

:06:04. > :06:10.Because they know they could not have done it without their coaches,

:06:10. > :06:15.teachers, parents. There are many people involved in their careers.

:06:15. > :06:24.There is one sign in a dual language which says thank you from

:06:24. > :06:29.Stephanie Hughes, a guide of one of the visually impaired athletes. He

:06:29. > :06:34.is a PE teacher and he brought his pupils to wash the Paralympic Games.

:06:34. > :06:39.That changes attitudes as well, people going back to their local

:06:39. > :06:44.area and changing people's minds about Paralympics bought. A lot of

:06:44. > :06:48.people saying thank you in their own way today, and we saw a great

:06:48. > :06:53.contingent of gamesmakers a short while ago in their distinctive

:06:53. > :06:56.uniforms because they have been given pride of place in one section

:06:56. > :07:02.of this crowd because their contribution has been recognised

:07:02. > :07:08.fully. A here we are again amongst the

:07:08. > :07:18.crowd. The volunteers are dotted down that way and some more floats

:07:18. > :07:19.

:07:19. > :07:29.coming this way. One person who has seen her husband coming past,,

:07:29. > :07:29.

:07:29. > :07:34.Sarah Hoy, how was that? It I am so happy. How do you stop this? I'm

:07:34. > :07:38.not sure. Maybe we will have to have a Friday Parade, I'm not sure

:07:38. > :07:42.but we are really looking forward to what the future holds and being

:07:42. > :07:47.launched into the future by what the London Games has done for the

:07:47. > :07:50.country. For his it difficult to keep his feet on the ground? To be

:07:50. > :07:57.honest he's pretty grounded but the last few weeks have been filled

:07:57. > :08:02.with excitement and I hope that keeps going. One personal

:08:02. > :08:09.recommendation, watching that, get him to do plenty of that. 20th

:08:09. > :08:13.ironing as well. Sir Chris Hoy has called it a day at the Olympic

:08:13. > :08:21.Games anyway but his wife was saying there was always Glasgow

:08:21. > :08:25.2014 because that has stepped into the spotlight, and Chris will

:08:25. > :08:31.compete in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. What a way to go out

:08:31. > :08:38.that one be. There has got to be an inspiring thing. You can't fail at

:08:38. > :08:48.a venue like that if you are Chris Hoy. The no pressure! A few more

:08:48. > :08:50.

:08:50. > :08:55.floats to come, possibly four or 5. One thing I haven't told you about,

:08:55. > :09:00.keeping as little surprise, is that this thin Vale will also feature a

:09:00. > :09:04.pretty spectacular fly-past. I will not give you any more details but

:09:04. > :09:08.we will tell you about that in a few minutes. It will be pretty

:09:08. > :09:12.spectacular, and it will be a fitting tribute as this finale

:09:12. > :09:16.reaches a climax. If I'm surprised Beth Tweddle is not involved in

:09:16. > :09:21.that because as a retiring athlete now she is achieving a lot of

:09:21. > :09:29.things she has never been able to do as a gymnast, and one of them is

:09:29. > :09:39.wing walking which she has done recently. She says she has at

:09:39. > :09:44.

:09:44. > :09:54.sailing, and skydiving on her list. A frill seeker, clearly. -- thrill

:09:54. > :09:55.

:09:55. > :10:00.seeker. That is the root of the fly-past. It will come directly

:10:00. > :10:05.over the Mall and fly over the famous balcony of Buckingham Palace.

:10:05. > :10:10.We are very familiar with the form of the fly-past, but it is the

:10:10. > :10:14.combination of aircraft taking part and one of them will be one that is

:10:14. > :10:19.associated very strongly with the Olympics this year because it is an

:10:19. > :10:25.aircraft which we saw at the start of the summer to do with the flame

:10:25. > :10:33.itself. That will be part of the fly-past over Buckingham Palace.

:10:33. > :10:39.We can read on this flag Jonathan Adams, GB, don't just dream it - do

:10:39. > :10:45.it. You are Jonathan's Maugham, how was the experience of today for

:10:45. > :10:55.you? If it was brilliant, I am so proud of everyone. I cried last

:10:55. > :10:55.

:10:55. > :11:00.night, I don't want it to end. he see you? Just! His team mate

:11:00. > :11:06.pointed us out. What has it been like? One before, the whole thing

:11:06. > :11:12.has been completely brilliant. has gone so smoothly without any

:11:12. > :11:18.hitches. De to have a dream it could be this fun? No, it has been

:11:18. > :11:23.amazing. Totally breathtaking. the Paralympics to come home to

:11:23. > :11:33.England is just perfect. Enjoy what is left of the afternoon, we are

:11:33. > :11:39.

:11:39. > :11:43.A great sound and the rousing sight of the band of the Royal Marines,

:11:43. > :11:49.the musical wing of the Royal Navy, and they have been playing all

:11:49. > :11:53.along. They were right at the end, the tale of the parade itself. Now

:11:53. > :12:00.they have joined us setting the highest standards in music as they

:12:00. > :12:09.always do. Their presence tells us all the floats are here and the

:12:09. > :12:14.finale will begin very soon. I'm expecting a fly-past to take place

:12:14. > :12:17.in about eight minutes time so that will take place maybe just after

:12:18. > :12:23.the finale has started because these things are timed to

:12:23. > :12:31.perfection. These timings for the flight path can't be adjusted once

:12:31. > :12:37.they are set so the fly-past itself will take place at about 3:45pm.

:12:37. > :12:41.They are in for a treat when that happens because they're going to

:12:41. > :12:50.see an impressive display and that display will include the famous Red

:12:50. > :12:55.arrows. A lot of those who have been taking part and helping out

:12:55. > :13:01.with different kinds of tasks and services during the Olympic Games

:13:01. > :13:08.and Paralympic Games. People have come from all walks of life to help

:13:08. > :13:18.out, from doctors and advisers and administrators, people who have

:13:18. > :13:20.

:13:20. > :13:25.volunteered their services to help make the Games work. There you have

:13:25. > :13:30.a taste of the organisation because the athletes are being rounded up

:13:30. > :13:38.according to their various sports. We have seen them grouped on the

:13:38. > :13:48.float themselves but now they will be put into sections for this final

:13:48. > :13:48.

:13:48. > :13:53.entertainment. The Mall lined with flags, not just union jacks bought

:13:53. > :14:03.a limpet flax to all the way along flanking St James's Park to

:14:03. > :14:17.

:14:17. > :14:23.Here we have the first signs of the fly-past approaching. This is a

:14:23. > :14:32.distinctive plane, a BA plane in gold which brought the Olympic

:14:32. > :14:36.flame to the British Isles months ago. We saw David Beckham, Princess

:14:36. > :14:45.Royal there to greet it when at arrived. This is the first part of

:14:45. > :14:49.the fly-past. We get a better look when it

:14:49. > :14:52.approaches. We can see the distinctive BA tail and the golden

:14:52. > :14:59.colour which is shimmering in the light here on a lovely September

:14:59. > :15:07.day. Right over central London. Followed

:15:07. > :15:10.by the Lynx and Puma and Sea King helicopters but very keen crowds

:15:10. > :15:14.along the Mall and in front of the Palace will register the fact that

:15:14. > :15:24.the fly-past is happening. There will be a thunderous roar as it

:15:24. > :15:38.

:15:38. > :15:46.There we have a better view. The plane that brought the flame to

:15:46. > :15:49.the British Isles with a thank you written very clearly on the

:15:49. > :15:55.underside. A thank you to all the athletes and a thank you to all

:15:55. > :15:59.those who have taken part in the Games. Leading the way, the plane

:15:59. > :16:04.which brought the flame to Britain, now leading the way as we say

:16:04. > :16:13.farewell to this summer. Right over Buckingham Palace and

:16:13. > :16:19.all the greenery of green park and St James Park.

:16:19. > :16:25.Followed by the helicopters. There we have the golden plane

:16:25. > :16:33.making its way to west London. Here come the helicopters.

:16:33. > :16:43.Puma, Lynx and Sea King. The Sea King being the biggest of

:16:43. > :17:10.

:17:10. > :17:15.The Sea King, I am told is based in An impressive formation. The Sea

:17:15. > :17:21.King mark 7 is an airborne surveillance and control helicopter.

:17:21. > :17:28.The eyes in the sky of the Navy, if you like, searching for any aerial

:17:28. > :17:35.threats to the Navy, to the fleet. The Sea King, which is maybe

:17:35. > :17:45.looking a little couple little cumbersome by some on the outside

:17:45. > :18:01.

:18:01. > :18:05.but said to be advanced and an The Lynx, and the Puma, battlefield

:18:05. > :18:08.helicopter. There we have people armed with cameras and Binoculars

:18:08. > :18:16.and members of the armed forces who will know exactly what they're

:18:16. > :18:20.looking for. The four helicopters lead the way.

:18:20. > :18:25.Across central London, they've flown in from the east, from the

:18:25. > :18:31.direction of the city where this parade started, by the way. More

:18:31. > :18:37.than two hours ago. A great scene there, the old post office tower as

:18:37. > :18:39.it was once called in central London, and there we have them

:18:40. > :18:49.approaching directly along the line of the Mall towards the Palace

:18:50. > :19:08.

:19:08. > :19:18.Some applause then for the helicopters and we are looking out

:19:18. > :19:21.

:19:21. > :19:29.for the next formation. Two typhoons, along with the sentry

:19:29. > :19:36.E 3-D aircraft. The sentry based in Lincolnshire. Operated by the RAF

:19:36. > :19:43.in the airborne surveillance and command and control role. Then the

:19:43. > :19:53.typhoons from RAF in Lincolnshire, multirole aircraft. Always

:19:53. > :19:58.

:19:58. > :20:08.impressive to see. Sweeping along. What a sight!

:20:08. > :20:21.

:20:21. > :20:31.The Red Arrows streaming red, white There can't be a more impressive or

:20:31. > :20:37.

:20:37. > :20:45.more dramatic tribute to the The Hawk T1 in use by the Arrows

:20:45. > :20:49.from 1979 from Lincolnshire and such an impressive finale for this

:20:49. > :20:53.parade. As the show is about to begin, because we now have music

:20:53. > :21:00.and entertainment and we will have some contributions from the Prime

:21:00. > :21:05.Minister and the Mayor of London and others.

:21:05. > :21:11.Wembley Stadium in the background, the skies across London rather grey,

:21:11. > :21:16.but it's been dry. Some trails of red, white and blue smoke in the

:21:16. > :21:19.sky above the great gardens of Buckingham Palace. Everyone in

:21:19. > :21:26.Trafalgar Square, a great crowd there waiting for this event to

:21:26. > :21:30.begin on the big screens. Many, many thousands of people have

:21:30. > :21:40.packed in waiting for the final opportunity to say well done and

:21:40. > :21:50.

:21:50. > :21:57.thank you for a wonderful summer's The event, when it begins, will be

:21:57. > :22:03.led from the stage by Helen Skelton and Ben Shepherd and they may well

:22:03. > :22:08.be waiting for a few of the members of the crowd to join those already

:22:09. > :22:12.waiting around Buckingham Palace itself. There we can see a gentle

:22:12. > :22:20.walk down. No sense of a great rush, but they're trying to control the

:22:20. > :22:27.crowd so there is no mad rush here. The event is getting under way. So,

:22:27. > :22:32.let's join those who will introduce the events for us. Team GB and

:22:32. > :22:38.Paralympics GB arrive here on a a series of floats. Did you all enjoy

:22:38. > :22:42.that, ladies and gentlemen? It's going to get better. Hundreds of

:22:42. > :22:45.thousands of great British fans have lined the streets from Mansion

:22:45. > :22:49.House to Trafalgar Square to cheer our team on. In a few minutes we

:22:49. > :22:55.will be presenting them to you right here in front of Buckingham

:22:55. > :22:59.Palace. Today's parade finale is all about celebrating the successes

:22:59. > :23:05.of our fantastic athletes. But before we introduce you to a new

:23:05. > :23:15.guard of sporting heroes, please welcome to the stage the fabulous,

:23:15. > :23:28.

:23:28. > :23:33.the gorgeous Amy MacDonald singing # I never felt like this before

:23:33. > :23:38.# Try to hold it back and I feel it even more

:23:38. > :23:43.# Suite drips down my spine and my knees are weak

:23:43. > :23:48.# I cannot move, I cannot speak # But then you came and I held it

:23:48. > :23:54.together again # I managed to stumble through

:23:54. > :24:03.# 50,000 voices Singin' In The Rain # There's nothing that I wouldn't

:24:03. > :24:07.# Cause I'd move mountains if you asked me to

:24:07. > :24:17.# I'd swim the seven seas # I'll be the one to hold your

:24:17. > :24:20.torch again # I'll do anything you ask of me

:24:20. > :24:27.# Cause I'd move mountains if you asked me to

:24:27. > :24:37.# I'd swim the seven seas # I'll be the one to hold your

:24:37. > :24:40.

:24:40. > :24:44.torch again # I never knew how proud I would

:24:44. > :24:46.feel # Just standing in the rain

:24:46. > :24:56.# These three words mean everything to me

:24:56. > :24:58.

:24:58. > :25:00.# And I'd sing it again and again # Cause I'd move mountains if you

:25:00. > :25:04.asked me to # I'd swim the seven seas

:25:04. > :25:14.# I'll be the one to hold your torch again

:25:14. > :25:17.

:25:17. > :25:21.# I'll do anything you ask of me # Cause I'd move mountains if you

:25:21. > :25:26.asked me to # I'd swim the seven seas

:25:26. > :25:36.# I'll be the one to hold your torch again

:25:36. > :25:37.

:25:37. > :25:42.# I'll do anything you ask of me # Well the red, blue and white of

:25:42. > :25:45.the flag shines bright # And it's blowing there for me

:25:45. > :25:54.# With my hand on my heart, the honest truth

:25:54. > :25:57.# There's nowhere I'd rather be # Cause I'd move mountains if you

:25:57. > :26:01.asked me to # I'd swim the seven seas

:26:01. > :26:11.# I'll be the one to hold your torch again

:26:11. > :26:12.

:26:12. > :26:16.# I'll do anything you ask of me # Cause I'd move mountains if you

:26:16. > :26:19.asked me to # I'd swim the seven seas

:26:19. > :26:29.# I'll be the one to hold your torch again

:26:29. > :27:05.

:27:05. > :27:08.What's happening now at the finale itself is that they're enjoying a

:27:08. > :27:12.bit of film on the big screens, it's about some of the highlights

:27:12. > :27:18.of the Games. We have seen lots of highlights today. We have seen a

:27:18. > :27:23.huge number of highlights today and I suppose it's a good time, Tanni

:27:23. > :27:25.and Hazele, it's a good time to reflect on the fact what this has

:27:25. > :27:28.done today isn't just an opportunity for people to say

:27:29. > :27:33.thanks, but it's something which people have a great tendency to

:27:33. > :27:37.want to do, is to relive some of these great moments they've seen.

:27:37. > :27:40.There's been amazing moments. It feels like the start of the

:27:40. > :27:46.Olympics was a lifetime away. It's a really good point to reflect on

:27:46. > :27:49.all those wonderful performances, you know, I cried my eyes out

:27:49. > :27:52.before Katherine Grainger started rowing. When she was halfway

:27:52. > :27:55.through I was fine because I knew she was going to win. It's brought

:27:55. > :27:59.out so much emotion in the public that they didn't expect to feel or

:27:59. > :28:03.to see and it is the right time to bring all that together in one

:28:03. > :28:12.moment of celebration. When you think of some of the stars of the

:28:12. > :28:21.Olympics and Paralympics, Oscar Pistorius and all our British

:28:21. > :28:25.Paralympians and at the Olympics, Usain Bolt and Karane James for me

:28:25. > :28:29.in that 400 metres, he symbolised for me the crossover with the

:28:29. > :28:31.Olympics and the Paralympics and how they have co-existed so

:28:31. > :28:39.beautifully over the last seven weeks. That for me was the moment

:28:39. > :28:42.that sums up the last seven weeks. Lots to reflect on and Ben Shepherd

:28:42. > :28:48.and Helen Skelton getting ready to introduce the next section of this

:28:48. > :28:53.finale. Your Royal Highness, Princess Royal,

:28:53. > :28:56.Lords, ladies, gentlemen and children welcome to the Athletes

:28:56. > :28:59.Parade. Over a decade has passed since Britain decided to bid for

:28:59. > :29:03.the Games and in that time the National Lottery has invested

:29:03. > :29:09.billions of pounds into British sport. Compared to that in a

:29:09. > :29:19.relatively short amount of time Team GB and Paralympics GB did did

:29:19. > :29:25.

:29:25. > :29:30.fantastically well in 29 days We witnessed some unprecedented

:29:30. > :29:35.performances by it at leads from Great Britain. Not just by the

:29:35. > :29:41.medal-winners. New talent has emerged, personal bests were

:29:41. > :29:46.smashed and more athletes the never qualified for finals. It was a

:29:46. > :29:52.truly remarkable thing that we have been lucky enough to experience. To

:29:52. > :30:02.try and help us understand how this dream came true, please welcome

:30:02. > :30:12.Sarah Storey representing Paralympics GB, and Sir Chris Hoy

:30:12. > :30:17.

:30:17. > :30:24.representing the Olympics Team GB. You have got so many medals! You

:30:24. > :30:28.must be exhausted. What was it like at the closing ceremony? For when I

:30:28. > :30:35.walked into the stadium it was a sea of gold and it brought a lump

:30:35. > :30:40.to my throat. 80,000 people and the athletes, we just loved every

:30:40. > :30:46.minute of it. You have seen the support today, thousands of people

:30:46. > :30:52.lining the streets, did you expect that? Nor at all. After Beijing we

:30:53. > :30:57.had a fantastic reception. An unbelievable reception and this is

:30:57. > :31:02.on a different scale. I didn't think it was possible to have so

:31:02. > :31:06.many people supporting us. I am so proud and I want to say thank you

:31:06. > :31:14.to everyone who has made the effort and been involved in both of the

:31:15. > :31:20.Games. Take us back to when the boat heard that London had won the

:31:20. > :31:29.bid. What were you thinking and how does it affect your training?

:31:29. > :31:35.gives you an extra boost on a cold dark morning. It gives you an extra

:31:35. > :31:41.push and when you arrive in London and see the red white and blue, and

:31:41. > :31:46.I was fortunate enough to get a glimpse, it was unbelievable.

:31:47. > :31:56.I was lucky enough to meet your wife just before your keirin semi-

:31:57. > :32:03.

:32:03. > :32:07.final. Oh, yeah! What struck me is that she was so nervous. I had a

:32:08. > :32:12.moment of clarity of what the family and friends go through. She

:32:12. > :32:17.was visibly shaking and she was desperate for it to be over so you

:32:17. > :32:21.could finally see her. Paint a picture of how much friends and

:32:21. > :32:26.family have helped. We simply wouldn't be here without that

:32:26. > :32:30.support. You do get a glimpse of what happens with the family and

:32:30. > :32:36.friends when you get a video shop stop them. There is one of my mom

:32:36. > :32:43.who could not watch the racing. She had her hands over her eyes and

:32:43. > :32:49.asked my dad at the end of the race if I had won. They are living it

:32:49. > :32:53.with you, urging you one, and if you came last or first, they

:32:53. > :32:58.wouldn't care. They just support you and hope you do well. A have

:32:58. > :33:05.you managed to spend some time with her since then? A little bit, but

:33:05. > :33:11.it has been one hotel to the next, new events and a whirlwind. It is

:33:11. > :33:19.quite emotional, it takes a lot o to view. You just try to take it in,

:33:19. > :33:25.absorb it, and taking the photographs. I will be able to look

:33:25. > :33:31.back at them and relive it soon. know that you exceeded your targets,

:33:31. > :33:35.what was it about London that just clicked? For home support, amazing

:33:36. > :33:42.volunteers, the incredible support behind the support. Without a

:33:42. > :33:49.backroom staff, coaches, the whole country behind us, it is not

:33:49. > :33:53.possible to get out and perform at our very best. Each of the athletes

:33:53. > :34:03.wants to thank everybody because otherwise we would not have been

:34:03. > :34:07.able to bring home this bling. tag-line of the Olympics has been

:34:07. > :34:13.to inspire regeneration no doubt you have both done that, but how do

:34:13. > :34:19.children get themselves to where you are today? Dream big, work hard

:34:19. > :34:24.every day, where the writ is at the thing you want to be best at or

:34:24. > :34:29.anything else. You have to put the hours in to the school work in case

:34:29. > :34:34.your dream of being an athlete doesn't work, but follow your

:34:34. > :34:41.dreams and you won't go too far wrong. You are both an example of

:34:41. > :34:48.what can be achieved. Chris, one question from everyone, how will

:34:48. > :34:52.you be able to say goodbye to this? It is very difficult. If you have

:34:52. > :34:59.to end an Olympic career anywhere, this is the way to do it, to do it

:34:59. > :35:09.in front of this unbelievable crowd. A number of athletes are retiring

:35:09. > :35:14.

:35:15. > :35:22.today in terms of their Alan picks -- Olympics careers, but I will be

:35:22. > :35:29.going to Glasgow 24 team. That is good news! It is a bit greedy, but

:35:29. > :35:34.if I can have the Olympics at home and the Commonwealth Games at home,

:35:34. > :35:40.that is a brilliant end to my career. Few days like today make

:35:40. > :35:44.your decision of carrying on to Rio any easier? A definitely, when

:35:44. > :35:52.there is so much emotion and so many people to thank, you have to

:35:52. > :35:57.go away and put a plan together so I intend to enjoy this, have a

:35:57. > :36:05.little holiday, and go on to the next four years with a fresh mind

:36:05. > :36:15.and a smile on my face. We want you to enjoy today. If you would like

:36:15. > :36:24.

:36:24. > :36:30.to go and during your team mates -- join your team mates.

:36:30. > :36:37.Now, the moment we have all been waiting for. Millions of supporters

:36:37. > :36:41.across the UK have followed their every move for months. It started

:36:41. > :36:47.on 27th July, and ended for some just a few hours ago on the other

:36:47. > :36:54.side of London in Stratford. can't believe Sarah Storey was not

:36:54. > :37:04.falling asleep at the microphone. They have had a brilliant few weeks.

:37:04. > :37:23.

:37:23. > :37:33.Please, show your appreciation for As they prepare to welcome the

:37:33. > :37:40.

:37:40. > :37:46.athletes, they will be escorted on to the rousing sound of the Pet

:37:46. > :37:56.Shop Boys, and they will be performing for this section of the

:37:56. > :38:17.

:38:17. > :38:27.This is the moment we will remember every day for the rest of our lives.

:38:27. > :38:27.

:38:27. > :38:35.Time name Rush us, put on this day we have arrived. It has been along

:38:35. > :38:45.time coming, we were in the running for so long but now we are on our

:38:45. > :38:45.

:38:45. > :38:55.way. Let the ride just take us side by side and make us see the world

:38:55. > :38:57.

:38:57. > :39:07.through new eyes every day. You're a winner, I'm a winner. This is

:39:07. > :39:08.

:39:08. > :39:18.happening so fast. You're a winner, I'm a winner. Let's enjoy it while

:39:18. > :39:20.

:39:20. > :39:30.it lasts. Being a loser, paid my dues. Fought my way up from the

:39:30. > :39:32.

:39:32. > :39:38.ground. Now at this moment, the crowd acclaimed us, you just listen

:39:38. > :39:47.to that sound. It has been a long time coming, you've been in the

:39:47. > :39:57.running for so long, but now we are on our way. Let them ride just take

:39:57. > :40:00.

:40:00. > :40:07.us side by side and make us see the world throughIs every day. --

:40:07. > :40:17.through new eyes. You're a winner, I'm a winner, this is happening so

:40:17. > :40:20.

:40:20. > :40:28.fast. You're a winner, I'm a winner, let's enjoy it while it lasts. It

:40:28. > :40:38.took us so long, we worked so hard. We came so far just to compete.

:40:38. > :40:39.

:40:39. > :40:49.Don't forget the love and laughter, now the world is that our feet.

:40:49. > :40:58.Looking back at the times we felt downcast, didn't think we were

:40:58. > :41:08.going anywhere, just living in the past. But in the desperation, the

:41:08. > :41:18.inspiration... Euro winner, I'm a winner, this is happening so fast.

:41:18. > :41:21.

:41:21. > :41:31.You're a winner, I'm a winner, let's enjoy it while it last.

:41:31. > :41:39.

:41:39. > :41:49.Because you're a winner, York a winner -- you're a winner. This is

:41:49. > :41:52.

:41:52. > :42:02.happening so fast. Enjoy it while it lasts. Because you're a winner.

:42:02. > :42:05.

:42:05. > :42:15.Thank you. It is amazing to be here. This is a song about London, it is

:42:15. > :42:16.

:42:16. > :42:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:42:56. > :42:59.# Sometimes you're better off dead There's gun in your hand and it's

:42:59. > :43:02.pointing at your head You think you're mad, too unstable Kicking in

:43:02. > :43:05.chairs and knocking down tables In a restaurant in a West End town

:43:05. > :43:15.Call the police, there's a madman around Running down underground to

:43:15. > :43:28.

:43:28. > :43:30.a dive bar In a West End town In a West End town, a dead end world Too

:43:30. > :43:34.many shadows, whispering voices Faces on posters, too many choices

:43:34. > :43:39.If, when, why, what? How much have you got? Have you got it, do you

:43:39. > :43:48.get it, if so, how often? And which do you choose, a hard or soft

:43:48. > :43:58.option? In a West End town, a dead end world. The East End boys and

:43:58. > :44:07.

:44:07. > :44:17.West End girls. In a West End town, a dead end world. The East End boys

:44:17. > :44:28.

:44:28. > :44:38.and West End girls. West End girls. # In a West End town

:44:38. > :44:41.

:44:41. > :44:47.# East End boys and West End girls # West End girls

:44:47. > :44:50.# You have got a heart of glass or a heart of stone

:44:50. > :44:54.# Just you wait until I get you home

:44:54. > :45:01.# We have no future, no past # Here today, built to last

:45:01. > :45:04.# In every city in every nation from lake Geneva to the Finland

:45:04. > :45:08.station # In a West End town, a dead end

:45:08. > :45:13.world # The East End boys and West End

:45:13. > :45:17.girls # In a West End town, a dead end

:45:17. > :45:27.world # East End boys, West End girls

:45:27. > :45:51.

:45:51. > :46:01.# West End girls # East End boys

:46:01. > :46:05.

:46:05. > :46:15.# West End girls # West End girls. #

:46:15. > :46:16.

:46:16. > :46:23.Thank you. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING the Olympics, the next Olympics are

:46:23. > :46:33.going west to Brazil, so this is called Go West. Let me hear you

:46:33. > :47:03.

:47:03. > :47:12.# Together we will go our way # Together we will leave some day

:47:12. > :47:17.# Together your hand in my hands # Together, we will make our plans

:47:17. > :47:26.# We will fly so high # Tell all our friends goodbye

:47:26. > :47:30.# We will start life new # This is what we'll do

:47:30. > :47:34.# Go west # Life is peaceful there

:47:34. > :47:38.# Go west # In the open air

:47:38. > :47:44.# Go west # Where the skies are blue

:47:44. > :47:50.# Go west # This is what we're gonna do

:47:50. > :47:59.# Together, we will love the beach # Together, we will learn and teach

:47:59. > :48:02.# Together, change our pace of life # Together, we will work and strive

:48:02. > :48:06.# I love you # I know you love me

:48:06. > :48:09.# I want you # How could I disagree

:48:09. > :48:14.# So that's why # I make no protest

:48:14. > :48:17.# When you say # You will do the rest

:48:17. > :48:20.# Go west # Life is peaceful there

:48:20. > :48:25.# Go west # In the open air

:48:25. > :48:29.# Go west # Baby, you and me

:48:29. > :48:33.# Go west # This is our destiny

:48:33. > :48:38.# Go west # Sun in winter time

:48:38. > :48:41.# Go west # everybody's feeling fine

:48:41. > :48:47.# Go west # Where the skies are blue

:48:47. > :48:53.# Go west # This is what we're gonna do

:48:53. > :49:03.# There where the air is free # We'll be what we want to be

:49:03. > :49:04.

:49:04. > :49:08.# Now if we make a stand # We'll find our promised land

:49:08. > :49:11.# Go west # Life is peaceful there

:49:11. > :49:15.# Go west # There in the open air

:49:15. > :49:21.# Go west # Where the skies are blue

:49:21. > :49:25.# Go west # This is what we are our destiny

:49:25. > :49:30.# Life is peaceful there # Go west

:49:30. > :49:33.# In the open air # Go west

:49:33. > :49:41.# Baby you and me # Go west

:49:41. > :49:44.# This is our destiny # Sun in winter time

:49:44. > :49:48.# Everybody's feeling fine # Go west

:49:48. > :49:58.# Where the skies are blue # Go west

:49:58. > :50:07.

:50:07. > :50:08.# This is what we're gonna do # Go west! #

:50:08. > :50:10.London, thank you very much. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.

:50:10. > :50:17.Your Royal Highness, my Lords, ladies, gentlemen, and children, I

:50:17. > :50:22.give you the athletes from Team GB and ParalympicsGB!

:50:22. > :50:28.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. Please also show your appreciation for our flag

:50:28. > :50:31.and banner bearers from the ambition and inspiration programmes,

:50:31. > :50:35.hopefully we will be seeing more of them in years to come. It's also

:50:35. > :50:45.important to us that we make sure the volunteers and Games Makers

:50:45. > :51:03.

:51:04. > :51:07.know just how valuable they were to It now gives me great pleasure to

:51:07. > :51:17.welcome her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, Prime Minister

:51:17. > :51:48.

:51:48. > :51:53.David Cameron, and the Mayor of To everyone here on this

:51:53. > :52:01.extraordinary day, after this amazing parade, on behalf of the

:52:01. > :52:05.whole nation, thank you. Thank you to the athletes, to Team GB, to

:52:05. > :52:15.Paralympics GB, you have given us a golden summer of British sport and

:52:15. > :52:15.

:52:15. > :52:20.you have made us all so proud. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. From the

:52:20. > :52:26.heroes of the Velodrome, to the giants of the Aquatic Centre and

:52:26. > :52:29.champions of track and field, from Lee valley to Eton Dorney and to

:52:29. > :52:34.Weymouth, to everyone of our great Olympians and Paralympians, you

:52:34. > :52:44.have given us moments that we will never forget. The whole country

:52:44. > :52:44.

:52:44. > :52:48.salutes your brilliance. And thank you to all those who made

:52:48. > :52:58.this possible. Britain's engineers and construction workers, Seb Coe

:52:58. > :52:59.

:52:59. > :53:03.and his amazing team, the police who kept us safe, and to our

:53:03. > :53:13.servicemen and women who stepped up so magnificently. You proved again

:53:13. > :53:20.

:53:20. > :53:22.you are the greatest in the world. And to the thousands of volunteers

:53:23. > :53:27.who turned London into a city of smiling faces. You are the people

:53:27. > :53:35.who made these the greatest Games ever.

:53:35. > :53:40.Most of all, thank you for what is still to come. You promised to

:53:40. > :53:43.inspire a generation and that is exactly what you are doing. If

:53:43. > :53:50.other people's children are anything like mine, they are

:53:50. > :53:54.dreaming of being Bradley Wiggins or Jessica Ennis or David Weir or

:53:54. > :53:59.Johnny Peacock. They're thinking about sport and disability in ways

:53:59. > :54:05.they never did before. They are seeing the values that really

:54:05. > :54:11.matter in life. Hard work, courage, friendship, respect, teamwork, the

:54:11. > :54:19.character to overcome adversity. You showed us the best face of

:54:19. > :54:23.Britain. Who we really are, one United Kingdom, one flag, one

:54:23. > :54:28.celebration and you showed us all that we can be - warm, welcoming,

:54:28. > :54:35.tolerant, vibrant, with a future every bit as exciting and thrilling

:54:35. > :54:38.as our past. 100 days on from those unforgettable celebrations for Her

:54:38. > :54:41.Majesty's Diamond Jubilee, that took place right where we are

:54:41. > :54:48.standing now, this is the great British summer that will be

:54:48. > :54:51.remembered in hundreds of years to come. We are a country that maybe

:54:51. > :54:57.small geographically, but we can do great things. You showed that we

:54:57. > :55:01.can take on the world and yes, we can win. So let the spirit that

:55:01. > :55:05.delivered these Games, that celebrated Britain's success, that

:55:05. > :55:15.brought this country together, let that spirit live on for generations

:55:15. > :55:22.

:55:22. > :55:27.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. And can I now introduce someone who

:55:27. > :55:30.is herself a great Olympian, someone who has brought into this

:55:30. > :55:37.world a medal-winning Olympian, someone who attended every event

:55:37. > :55:42.come rain or shine. Can you please give a very warm welcome to her

:55:42. > :55:51.Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, Princess Anne.

:55:51. > :55:55.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING. Thank you, Prime Minister. Ladies

:55:55. > :55:59.and gentlemen, first can I say what a pleasure and privilege it has

:55:59. > :56:05.been to be President of the British Olympic Association for a home

:56:05. > :56:08.Games here in great great great -- Great Britain. The privilege this

:56:08. > :56:12.position has been in to sit on the board at LOCOG and see so many

:56:12. > :56:17.faces out there who have been critical to making the whole event

:56:17. > :56:21.the success it has been, to laying the foundations, to building up the

:56:21. > :56:29.numbers of people, bringing in the volunteers, making the whole system

:56:29. > :56:36.work, and producing the stages, the platforms, the support for these

:56:36. > :56:39.Games and these athletes. It's been an extraordinary journey and the

:56:39. > :56:42.IOC member Sir Craig and I were there when the decision was first

:56:42. > :56:48.made, so I have to say this has been a really remarkable period of

:56:48. > :56:55.time. But can I also say a big thank you to the Chef de Missions

:56:55. > :57:00.of the BOA, and the BPA, Andy Hunt and Craig Hunter and all their

:57:00. > :57:04.staff for the way in which they have helped to ensure that all the

:57:04. > :57:10.athletes were the best they could possibly be prepared, before the

:57:10. > :57:15.Games and for all the facilities through the Games, to compete at

:57:15. > :57:19.their best. To all of them, a huge thank you. Because for them the

:57:19. > :57:24.satisfaction has been enormous to watch the success of these Games.

:57:24. > :57:27.To them the inspiration for the legacy that will follow and the

:57:27. > :57:34.support they will get for the future, we look forward to that,

:57:34. > :57:39.too. Another big thank you to the great British public for its

:57:39. > :57:44.outstanding support, whether that's been as spectators, as volunteers,

:57:44. > :57:53.or as people in a range of different uniforms who have all

:57:53. > :57:58.been volunteers to support the Games. But finally to our athletes,

:57:58. > :58:02.for their always inspiring achievements and I do mean all the

:58:02. > :58:08.athletes, everybody. Not just those who have won medals, all of them.

:58:08. > :58:18.You are now all Olympians and Paralympians. You set the tone for

:58:18. > :58:21.

:58:22. > :58:25.the future. Thank you. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING.

:58:25. > :58:29.Thank you very much your Royal Highness. My friends I am going to

:58:29. > :58:32.keep this brief because I have some heroic people behind me who have

:58:32. > :58:42.been on floats all afternoon without being allowed to touch a

:58:42. > :58:45.

:58:45. > :58:49.drop of beer. I am going to get The Prime Minister is right that we

:58:49. > :58:56.should pay tribute to the thousands of people who have helped deliver

:58:56. > :59:06.the greatest Olympic and Paralympic Games that have ever been held. We

:59:06. > :59:10.

:59:10. > :59:16.say thank you to the armed services, and that police, and G4S, and the

:59:16. > :59:20.transport workers and the tens of thousands of volunteers, but a ball

:59:20. > :59:26.that is right now that we should thank the people without whom the

:59:26. > :59:32.last six weeks would not have made sense or been possible - the most

:59:32. > :59:38.successful team of athletes this country has ever assembled. I want

:59:38. > :59:48.to say to all of you - my God, they risk a lot of you - this was your

:59:48. > :59:54.

:59:54. > :00:02.achievement. -- there's a lot of you. You righted the doubters and

:00:02. > :00:12.you caused two train passengers to break into spontaneous conversation

:00:12. > :00:13.

:00:14. > :00:20.with their neighbours about subjects other than there are --

:00:20. > :00:25.their trod on toes. He showed this is about grit, hard work and coming

:00:25. > :00:35.back from defeat. You showed amazing courage in defeat, and

:00:35. > :00:37.

:00:37. > :00:42.speaking as a spectator you produced tears of joy on the sofa

:00:42. > :00:51.suffix of Britain. You probably not only helped to inspire a generation,

:00:51. > :01:00.but helped to create one as well, propelled by no stimulant more

:01:00. > :01:08.sinister than the beetroot juice favoured by David Weir. You did

:01:08. > :01:14.rack up more medals than France, Germany and Australia, more medals

:01:14. > :01:23.per head than virtually any country on earth. You brought spot home to

:01:23. > :01:31.a country where no doubt it was invented. You brought home rowing,

:01:31. > :01:36.you have brought home cycling, you brought home judo. I'm not sure

:01:36. > :01:41.that was invented in London, but never mind. You brought home ping-

:01:41. > :01:45.pong, and you brought home the truth about this country, that when

:01:46. > :01:52.we put our minds to it, there is no limit to what Britain can achieve.

:01:52. > :01:59.You have made everybody very proud. You have given hope for the future,

:01:59. > :02:09.and on behalf of everyone I say thank you. Let's give them a big

:02:09. > :02:12.

:02:12. > :02:16.cheer as they go forwards to Rio de Janeiro.

:02:16. > :02:21.Thunderous applause for Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, who

:02:21. > :02:26.has enthused the crowd and been a popular figure wherever he has gone,

:02:26. > :02:36.bringing this finale to a close before they sing the national

:02:36. > :02:42.

:02:42. > :02:52.anthem with Katherine Jenkins leading the way. # God save our

:02:52. > :02:55.

:02:55. > :03:05.gracious Queen. Long live our noble Queen. God save the Queen.

:03:05. > :03:07.

:03:07. > :03:17.# Send her victorious. # Happy and glorious. # Long to

:03:17. > :03:37.

:03:38. > :03:43.reign over us. Ladies and gentlemen, we have

:03:43. > :03:50.nearly come to the end of today's parade. It just remains to thank

:03:50. > :04:00.some people. Firstly the gorgeous Katherine Jenkins, also the band of

:04:00. > :04:09.the Coldstream Guards, the Queen's Guards, and the performing lions

:04:09. > :04:17.down the front, and everyone gathered here in Queens Gardens.

:04:17. > :04:27.Thank you for being here, and thank you two hours because for the very

:04:27. > :04:30.

:04:30. > :04:37.kind words. -- to our speakers. The Princess Royal making her way back

:04:37. > :04:40.to the VIP stand. She made remarks about the

:04:40. > :04:49.contributions have not just sports people but everyone who has been

:04:49. > :04:52.involved. There is one group of people

:04:52. > :05:02.surrounding us who we are phenomenally proud of. It is time

:05:02. > :05:12.to put your hands together one last time for our greatest team!

:05:12. > :05:16.

:05:16. > :05:21.Thank you to our great esteem and thank you to everyone who has been

:05:21. > :05:31.here today, everyone who has been a part of the greatest summer, the

:05:31. > :06:03.

:06:03. > :06:08.greatest the -- Olympics. Please welcome The Noisettes. # The

:06:08. > :06:12.eagle has landed # The butterfly is out of her

:06:12. > :06:14.cocoon # It ain't like I planned it

:06:14. > :06:16.# But lately I'm shining like the moon

:06:16. > :06:18.# I tell you something about turning doors

:06:18. > :06:21.# Too many questions will kill the surprise

:06:21. > :06:30.# After tonight there'll be no alibis

:06:30. > :06:32.# I'll be the apple of your eye # I feel like a winner

:06:32. > :06:36.# I feel like the world is in my hands

:06:36. > :06:42.# I feel like a winner # I got the world at my feet

:06:42. > :06:47.# I can dance to the beat of my song

:06:47. > :06:53.# Emancipation # I don't need your key to set me

:06:53. > :06:57.free # Rise to the occasion, yeah

:06:57. > :07:01.# Life gives a hand just wait and see (Just wait and see)

:07:01. > :07:06.# And while you're waiting for the world to change

:07:06. > :07:08.# I'll be your light as before the dawn

:07:08. > :07:18.# I'll be the star that you wish upon

:07:18. > :07:21.

:07:21. > :07:23.# I'll be the song a man should carry on # I feel like a winner

:07:23. > :07:27.# I feel like the world is in my hands

:07:27. > :07:30.# I feel like a winner # I got the world at my feet

:07:30. > :07:34.# I can dance to the beat of my song

:07:34. > :07:39.# I feel like a winner # I feel like the world is in my

:07:39. > :07:43.hands # I feel like a winner

:07:43. > :07:52.# I got the world at my feet # I can dance to the beat of my

:07:52. > :08:02.song # Shine like the morning sun

:08:02. > :08:04.

:08:05. > :08:07.# Everybody, everyone # Shine like the morning sun

:08:07. > :08:10.# Everybody, everyone # I feel like a winner

:08:10. > :08:15.# I feel like the world is in my hands

:08:15. > :08:18.# I feel like a winner # 'Cause I got the world at my feet

:08:18. > :08:24.# I can dance to the beat of my song

:08:24. > :08:28.# Because I feel like a winner # I feel like the world is in my

:08:28. > :08:37.hands # I feel like a winner

:08:37. > :08:47.# I got the world at my feet # I can dance to the beat of my

:08:47. > :09:10.

:09:10. > :09:20.Music the Gros, helping to write the final chapter of the story of

:09:20. > :09:22.

:09:22. > :09:29.London 2012. -- The Noisettes. The 14th Paralympic Games, and an

:09:29. > :09:33.amazing amount to celebrate. If you have missed today's events, don't

:09:33. > :09:41.forget that 8:30pm this evening you will have the highlights of the

:09:41. > :09:51.parade itself. The gamesmakers celebrating their achievements,

:09:51. > :10:04.

:10:04. > :10:11.70,000 volunteers taking part in Look at that, the sun has come out.

:10:11. > :10:17.What was it like on the floats? is not warm, I have to say.

:10:17. > :10:25.Certainly on top of the floats, it was quite brisk. There is a real

:10:25. > :10:28.hint of autumn in the air. People hanging off cranes, windows, every

:10:28. > :10:32.health and safety regulation has been broken by people hoping to get

:10:33. > :10:37.a vantage point on this extraordinary parade. I hope there

:10:37. > :10:46.is still a glimmer of that claim burning tonight for this amazing

:10:46. > :10:50.summer a sport in New York. I kind of feel like Andy Murray's of tears

:10:50. > :10:57.at Wimbledon helped to kick-start this amazing summer and it would be

:10:57. > :11:02.great to bookend them with tears of victory tonight.

:11:02. > :11:08.There was no room for the coaches and support staff, but they were

:11:08. > :11:14.mentioned in the speeches, and they are so vital, aren't they? We have

:11:14. > :11:19.some amazing athletes, and some amazing results, but a lot of them

:11:19. > :11:28.are due to the supporters, the physios, the coaches, getting the

:11:28. > :11:33.best boat of those athletes. The British Olympic Association is

:11:33. > :11:40.great at putting those teams together to make sure these people

:11:40. > :11:46.can perform. I know some of them are here today but some of them

:11:46. > :11:52.have not come down today, but they should be remembered as well.

:11:52. > :11:57.last night Lord Coe Said we should look at Paralympic sport in a

:11:57. > :12:03.different way, what does that mean? We were talking about winning and

:12:03. > :12:10.losing, talking about expectations, and none of the "poor little

:12:11. > :12:19.disabled people, aren't they brave and marvellous". That is an amazing

:12:19. > :12:25.legacy to go forward. Legacy, what does that word mean to you, Hazel?

:12:25. > :12:30.Clearly this will be mirrored in the Paralympics, in Huntingdon in

:12:30. > :12:36.the gymnastics club they normally get 30 kids trying that taster

:12:36. > :12:42.sessions every week - 170 have signed up every week, and that is

:12:42. > :12:48.what we want to replicate. We have a three-year-old, from my own

:12:48. > :12:58.perspective, and she will now go to bed without saying "can I just

:12:58. > :13:01.

:13:01. > :13:06.This has been a happy summer for everyone and extraordinary to be

:13:06. > :13:10.part of. We will never experienced anything like this again in terms

:13:10. > :13:16.of global sporting events, and these people here, perhaps they

:13:16. > :13:20.don't realise right now, just how special this has been. This is a

:13:20. > :13:25.unique moment in their lives, once in a lifetime. They will look back

:13:25. > :13:32.and reflect on this, and it will be an inspirational time for them. A

:13:32. > :13:37.great memory, and they will think we can achieve this. We have done

:13:37. > :13:41.it as a team, I have done it as an individual, and what can I do to

:13:42. > :13:48.help others experience this wonderful occasion. The team going

:13:48. > :13:53.on to Rio, for them it is so important. Yes, and it is a unique

:13:53. > :14:01.opportunity, but woe betide us if we let it slip through our fingers.

:14:01. > :14:07.Everyone can make speeches, and say it is imperative - do it, don't

:14:07. > :14:11.just talk about it. As always, Boris made a funny speech, but one

:14:12. > :14:16.of the points he made about the hard work, effort and determination,

:14:16. > :14:20.any top athlete knows that. Not every child watching this the

:14:20. > :14:25.Olympic Games will be competing for the country but there are so many

:14:25. > :14:29.other ways to contribute and make a difference. We have seen some

:14:29. > :14:36.talented athlete but it is the hard work and determination, that is the

:14:36. > :14:40.message that has come through. It is that people that try hard, and

:14:40. > :14:45.we have had a lot of people who have failed at previous Games and

:14:45. > :14:50.come back and succeeded here. It is about trying and eventually getting

:14:50. > :14:55.your rewards. I it will be the Winter Olympics in a couple of

:14:55. > :15:00.years as well. Absolutely, and we were talking in commentary about

:15:00. > :15:04.the legacy and the impact. 39 of them were here, and the speed

:15:04. > :15:09.skaters training in Germany stopped to watch Jason Kenny and they said

:15:09. > :15:14.they felt as connected to Team GB as the athletes here in London.

:15:14. > :15:19.will never host the Winter Olympic Games, which pretty much know that.

:15:19. > :15:26.It has been a wonderful experience, the BBC team has had a fantastic

:15:26. > :15:31.summer. That is about it. London 2012 is officially over. We have a

:15:31. > :15:35.well of memories to dip into, and whether it was competing,

:15:35. > :15:42.volunteering, or watching on the sofa at home, we have all been

:15:42. > :15:52.involved in this magnificent occasion. Four years to Rio.

:15:52. > :16:10.

:16:10. > :16:20.It is cold! -- gold! We have done it in style. He is the greatest

:16:20. > :16:38.

:16:38. > :16:48.sailing and then being in the This gold medal is his seventh in

:16:48. > :16:51.