On the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. Seven years after it won the bid for the Games, the host city is ready to welcome the world with a three-hour extravaganza designed to showcase the best of British culture past and present. Follow our live report for all the build-up to the show which kicks off at 2000 GMT. With organisers promising that no seat will be left unfilled at the 80,000-seater Olympic stadium, huge crowds have already started pouring into the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London. They will be treated to pre-ceremony entertainment from the symbolic local time of 20:12 before the real action begins.