Twenty Twelve Plagiarism Accusation
In 2011, the BBC TV mockumentary Twenty Twelve was criticised by The Games' makers as bearing a strong resemblance to the earlier Australian series, with Clarke saying, "We worked very hard on that project and we had long conversations with these people who've now done a show like that in Britain". The BBC denied claims of plagiarism, saying: "It is a very different show, the only similarities between them are that they are both set around the Olympics".
Clarke's website later called The Games' writers "John and Ross Stevenson, who run a charitable institute supplying formats to British television".
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