United Kingdom, June 20 -- Danny Boyle still has one big regret about the opening ceremony of London 2012.

The 68-year-old filmmaker devised and directed Isles of Wonder, the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, which featured nods to James Bond, Queen Elizabeth, the National Health Service, and William Shakespeare - but Danny regrets that the BBC wasn't a bigger part of the production.

Speaking to the Guardian newspaper, Danny explained: "My biggest regret was that we didn't feature the BBC more.

"I was stopped from doing it because it was the host broadcaster. Every other objection, I told them to go f*** themselves. But that one I accepted and I regret that now, especially given the way that technology is moving.

"The idea that...