I'm sitting in my studio watching a tape of last night's dress rehearsal for the Olympic opening ceremony, filmed inside the stadium, using the same camera angles they'll be using on the night.

The footage has "Not For Transmission" burned across the screen in large grey letters.

It's oh-so-tempting to ignore the IOC's restrictions, plug the video deck into my PC, encode a clip or two and post it up here.

It would cause a lot of attention.

It would also be completely illegal and would severely test the patience of my extremely patient employers who have let me blog away merrily for more than a year.

So I'm afraid you're going to have to wait until Friday to see it for youself.