Now that Danny Boyle and Stephen Daldry are creative chiefs of the 2012 spectacle, the show may be worth watchingPicture it – 27 July 2012. A poorly built stadium in the middle of a technically, if temporarily, regenerated landscape. Master of ceremonies Ewan McGregor walks out in a top hat, tails and protest T-shirt bearing the slogan "London's gain is Scotland's pain", and welcomes UK taxpayers to the money pit.