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10 May 2012 Last updated at 07:43 ET

2012 Games flame lit in Greece The flame for the London 2012 torch relay and Olympic Games is lit in Olympia, Greece, and briefly goes out. The flame for the London 2012 Olympic Games relay is passed from bowl to torch at the lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece

What is the Olympic torch relay? The making of a modern phenomenon Actresses pass the flame at the lighting ceremony in Olympia ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

1948: Torch relay on a shoestring When London staged the 'Austerity Games' HJ Bignall (right) hands over the Olympic flame to Fred Prevett at Redhill, Surrey in 1948

Olympic torch timeline Explore the torches from 1936 onwards Graphic of Olympic torches through the ages

In pictures: The Olympic torch Key moments from past torch relays The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games torch silhouetted against Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Torch arrives in UK 18th May 2012

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