London opened its Olymic Year with a spectacular fireworks display on the Thames.
Quarter of a million people watched the eight-minute display which had a surprise start with the display being launched from Big Ben and synchronised to its chimes. Guy Fawks would have thought he had woken up in heaven if he had seen it.
The display then continued along the Thames, with fireworks launched from barges in the Thames as well as from its normal center of the London Eye. The show was all synchronised to music and was introduced with a broadcast of the original announcement that was made when London won the honour of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games.
The most comprehensive coverage can be seen on the BBC website at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12101999
This is the display as seen on Sky News:
