He may have had the upper hand on belting out ballads but singers like the Maloney
Mewler are everywhere and Rylan was certainly unique.
He was a great father figure to waiflike Miranda (Abby Leamon) who transformed from
mewler into lovestruck teen almost instantly.
But the
mewlers were always making two spectacular miscalculations; first about the inspirational quality of the Olympics themselves and second about the British public's long-smouldering desire to hurl themselves heart and head into a united national celebration of shared sporting ecstasy.