Hugh Bonneville: TV review: Twenty Twelve; The Newsroom Ready, steady, bang – who shot Hugh Bonneville with the starting pistol? Share 0 Email Stuart Jeffries guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 10 July 2012 18.40 ED (THE GUARDIAN)

Unrivalled incompetence … Hugh Bonneville and his team in Twenty Twelve. Photograph: Colin Hutton/BBC

Remember what you were doing when they shot Hugh Bonneville? That's right, you were watching Hugh Bonneville getting shot on TV. It was only last night. The questions will get harder.

In the right circumstances, busting a cap in Hugh's ass (or was it his calf?) with a starting pistol would get Team GB on the medals table. In the wrong circumstances, such as those on Twenty Twelve (BBC2), accidentally wounding the man who is both master of Downton and head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission is as near to treason as modern Britain gets. Even murdering the Queen by force-feeding her corgi chunks isn't so heinous.

Hugh's problem was that he wasn't standing in the secure corridor. This summer, according to head of infrastructure Graham, all roads lead to Stratford but there is only one secure corridor, which is reserved for the first lady, the second lady, the third lady, the third lady's pet raccoon, David, and any other dignitary who happens to be in town. Oh yes, and athletes. The rest of London will be under curfew from midnight to 11.50pm. During those 10 minutes, Londoners will be allowed out for a quick spin on whatever Boris bikes haven't been totalled by weightlifters.

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