0:00:02 > 0:00:06This programme contains some strong language
0:00:06 > 0:00:09- COMMENTATOR:- What a marvellous finish! Seb Coe gets the gold medal!
0:00:09 > 0:00:14# There may be trouble ahead
0:00:14 > 0:00:16# But while there's moonlight
0:00:16 > 0:00:17# And music
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# And love and romance
0:00:20 > 0:00:26# Let's face the music and dance
0:00:26 > 0:00:31# Let's face the music and dance. #
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0:00:40 > 0:00:42Sarah, hi.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Yeah, no, that's fine, put him on.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Hi, how are you?
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Yeah.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49No, no, yeah.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Yeah. Uh-huh?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Sure. So wait, this Hoy guy, the guy with the huge legs, yeah?
0:00:54 > 0:00:58They're going on about peak flow double breathing, OK? I know.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01You're not solving the problem either,
0:01:01 > 0:01:02you're just moving it around.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Absolutely, yes.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Obviously this is... No, I'm fine. No, er, look.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09This was flagged from the outset.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Thing is, she's terrific in the water,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14but out of the water she's got this nose thing going on.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Absolutely, yep, yep. No, absolutely.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Yep, yep, yep. Absolutely.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Monday morning at the Olympic Deliverance Commission in London.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30- Morning, Sally.- Oh, hi, morning!
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- Good weekend?- Yeah, not bad. - Do anything interesting?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Er, no, not really.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I went to the gym on Friday
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- and thought about going out on Saturday night but didn't. - Fair enough.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44This is the London 2012 engine room.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Whilst others up on deck may be in the public eye,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49these are the men and women whose responsibility it is
0:01:49 > 0:01:53to deliver London's Olympic Games on time and on budget.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Before joining the Olympic Deliverance Commission
0:01:56 > 0:01:57as Head of Deliverance,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Ian Fletcher had spells with British Nuclear Fuels
0:02:00 > 0:02:03before progressing through the National Disasters Executive
0:02:03 > 0:02:07to his most recent job as director of the Urban Regeneration Agency,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10in which role he was largely responsible for Manchester.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Oh, thanks, Sally, brilliant.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15- Kay Hope just called. She's stuck in traffic.- Yes, obviously.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- And Seb's office called. - Yes, I spoke to him.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- Also, your wife phoned.- I know. - She said...- I'm doing it, thanks.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- Right. Do you want the plasters this morning?- Oh, no.- Sure?
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Yes, no, let me, er, get, er...
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Would you like a cinnamon Danish?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- Oh, now, Sally... - I'm going back down anyway.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- What are you trying to do to me? - Well, live dangerously(!)
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- You know me too well.- Not a problem,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Right, I know Kay is delayed, but I think we should just make a start.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45So if I can just gently remind everyone, phones set to off, please.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50OK, so just one preliminary before we... PHONE BUZZES
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Sorry, got to get this, sorry.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Ian is joined for this deliverance review group
0:02:55 > 0:02:57by Head of Contracts Nick Jerrett
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and head of infrastructure Graham Hitchens.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02As well as by Head of Brand, Siobhan Sharpe,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04from PR company Perfect Curve.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Matthew Pinsent? I don't even know who that is.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08I've got to go.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11OK. OK, bye. Sorry.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13One preliminary before we get on to the main business.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Graham, I had a call from upstairs this morning.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- I presume you've seen the Analogicus report.- What?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Oh, yeah, I've seen it, yeah.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22There's nothing in there we don't already know,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24but the fact that it's now in the public domain...
0:03:24 > 0:03:28That's fine. Suddenly everyone's talking about traffic light phasing
0:03:28 > 0:03:30like it's some kind of sliced bread. OK?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32It's not...it's not a surgical bullet.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35A surgical...? Bullet or bread?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Basically what it is...
0:03:37 > 0:03:39A report has been published which cites traffic chaos
0:03:39 > 0:03:44as the most likely impediment to the smooth running of the 2012 Games.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Traffic light phasing, it's not like playing with colours.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49It's like doing open heart bypass surgery,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52only with the patient actually alive.
0:03:52 > 0:03:58OK, basically, I'd like to get a concrete statement about our plans for that area out by Friday.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- Yeah, OK.- That sounds reasonable? - Yeah... What, this Friday?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Yes, is that going to be OK?
0:04:03 > 0:04:04- Yes, fine.- Good, OK.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Which brings us on to... Thanks for that, Sally.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Hellfire! Good luck with that!
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Right, OK, the main item this week is obviously Friday.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18It's a big week for the team. On Friday, they break through the 1,000 Days To Go hurdle.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I think what I want to say at this stage
0:04:21 > 0:04:23is that 1,000 days isn't just a number.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26What we're looking at here is a total game changer.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29It's a chance for us to make a big, confident, public statement
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- about who we are, where we've got to, but also, where we're going. - Yeah, cool.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35So, Siobhan, in terms of practicality...
0:04:35 > 0:04:37OK, thanks for that, Ian.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Um, OK, guys, here's where we ramp up the public interest in 2012
0:04:41 > 0:04:44and take it to the next level. OK? Good?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47And how we do that, we break open the Google juice,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50we go viral, and we launch 2012, 2.0.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- OK. Got a question.- I'll kinda be coming to questions later.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- Well, I've come to one now. - OK, cool.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57What are you talking about?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- As of Friday morning, we're going to be launching the 2012 website.- Thank you.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05'Yeah, she's a bright girl, Siobhan, lot of ability,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09'and OK, she's got a big job in some fancy advertising agency...'
0:05:09 > 0:05:12And that's great, but if you're going at 90mph all the time
0:05:12 > 0:05:15you're going to end up killing someone. Don't care who you are.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19As Head of Contracts for London 2012, Nick Jerrett knows a thing or two.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23'Half the people you work with at senior level are women. Over half.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25'Which is great. You can't have enough women.'
0:05:25 > 0:05:29I know a lot of guys are frightened by them, they find them intimidating.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32But I'm sorry, I'm from Yorkshire. I'm not having it.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- What the hell is this? - Bloody big clock. - Unless that guy's that tiny.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- That clock is huge. - OK, that was like a joke, yeah?
0:05:38 > 0:05:42The guy standing next to it is Anthony Preston, who created it.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- Anthony who?- So the clock's counting down to 2012.- Counting backwards?
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Sure, totally. We install it this week. We make a big noise,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51we get Seb to wind it up and set it going Friday.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- OK.- And we stream the whole thing live on the website.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Fine. Well, that would be the time to get Seb to say anything we need
0:05:59 > 0:06:02about how fantastic the traffic's going to be at Games time.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Graham.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05What?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Yeah, fine, that's fine.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Good, OK. Fine. Well, thanks for that, Siobhan.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Guys, this is a slam dunk.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- Hi.- Kay, hi.- Sorry, Ian, sorry, everybody.- Welcome.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Bloody traffic is diabolical. - Well, you're here now.- Right, so.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Have I missed anything important?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25You've missed the meeting now. Basically.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- Hi, Anthony.- Yeah. - Terrific to meet you.
0:06:32 > 0:06:38It's Tuesday, and Siobhan has come to Shoreditch in East London to meet artist Anthony Preston.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I wanted it to be dead simple from the outset, know what I mean?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- Sure, yeah, simple's good. - Didn't want any bollocks.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Sure, that's a great idea.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50His specially commissioned 1,000 Day 2012 clock
0:06:50 > 0:06:56is something of a departure for an artist who's probably best known up to now for gaining a reputation.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- So, I'm noticing you've got a bit of a green vibe going on here. - Yeah, so?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- How did you get to that? - It's green because it's green.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- OK, that's cool.- Cool?- Sure.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Who's trying to be cool? Because I'm fucking not, I'll tell you that now.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- OK, that's totally cool.- It's a wind-up clock, for Christ's sake.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Doesn't use any energy.- Oh, OK, so it's green.- Congratulations.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Oh, that's terrific.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22So your idea with this is that ordinary people
0:07:22 > 0:07:24will just wind it up and keep it going?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- If you say so.- OK, I love this.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31OK, so, as of now, it's set for 5pm, July 27th, 2012.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Yeah, but that will be digital. It's not finished yet.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38So that's like the start of the opening ceremony for the Games.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42OK, that's terrific. Um, OK. So, OK.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45And once it's installed, it will go backwards 1,000 days.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- No, wait, it it will go forwards. - No, it won't go forwards.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Sure, no, absolutely. OK. So, OK.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56So, um, when it starts, it'll... It's just basically counting down.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- It's not fucking complicated. - Absolutely, absolutely.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02So, the thing is, OK, here's the thing, OK, so.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04It's basically counting backwards?
0:08:04 > 0:08:08It'll count back to the beginning of time if people go on winding it up.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Sure, OK.- OK?- Absolutely. - 'kin 'ell!
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Sure. It's totally sensational.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Well, I know I didn't, but, I mean, really...
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Wait a minute! I thought you said there WAS a shower.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Yeah, well, a shower over the bath is still a shower. Ah, fuck!
0:08:30 > 0:08:348.30am, Wednesday morning, and Ian is already under pressure.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37The thing is, I'm not going to have a lot of time today to look at hotels.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42It's recently become clear to him that he'll have a weekend with his wife in Barcelona.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45How much time are you going to be spending in the bathroom?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49It is difficult with a job like this. It is all-consuming, I realise that,
0:08:49 > 0:08:53and sometimes there isn't as much time as there should be for other areas of your life.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56So, this idea of a weekend away, it does make a lot of sense,
0:08:56 > 0:08:58and there's no way of getting round that.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00And are you looking forward to it?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03It's subsequently been rebranded as a romantic mini-break.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Which is obviously a lot more complicated.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13- Morning, Sally.- Oh, morning.- Hi, how are you?- Good, not bad, thank you.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Good.- So, Boris's office called. - Oh, yes? What did they want?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19He's wondering why he hasn't been involved in the 1,000 Day day thing on Friday.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Oh, God, no.- I've told them Seb's doing it,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- but that seemed to make it worse. - I thought we might have escaped. Seb'll go nuts.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- And also a your wife rang. - Yes, I know, thanks.- Sure.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- How's it going?- So far, so good. - Good.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38Graham Hitchens is monitoring a trial of some upgraded traffic-light-phasing software,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42designed to improve traffic flows across London in time for 2012.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44It's like flying an aeroplane.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46You get this right, no-one notices. Get it wrong...
0:09:46 > 0:09:49- Everyone notices.- Yeah, first they notice, then they die.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53So how do we make sure that, you know, they don't die?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Well, first you test it, OK?
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Then you test it again, and when you've done that, you test it again.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02And then once you've finished all of that, you test it again.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- Basically, a lot of testing, then? - Yeah, I mean, what you're doing, OK,
0:10:06 > 0:10:08you'll gradually design failure out of the system.
0:10:08 > 0:10:14So, after you've done all the testing, the aircraft, simply, it can't crash?
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Yeah, I mean, if it does crash after all of that, to be honest,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19you really are seriously fucked.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23We're still good for something positive to give Seb on Friday? PHONE RINGS
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- Yeah, no worries. This Friday? - Yes.- Yeah, that's fine.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Hi. No, no, that's fine. Put him through.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Hello! Good morning, how are you?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35As on most mornings, Ian has had a call from Boris Johnson's office.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40And per ardua ad astra, yes. Exactly, yes, yes.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43No, absolutely.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I got the message earlier. That's terrific news.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51He's called to point out he's free to take part in Friday's 1,000 Day Day day.
0:10:51 > 0:10:58Fantastic for us. Yes, yes, no, brilliant. Absolutely.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59No, no, absolutely.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03It's actually a very flexible space,
0:11:03 > 0:11:10- easily convertible into a sort of multi-ethnic indoor skateboarding experience, for instance.- Yeah.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Head of Sustainability Kay Hope
0:11:12 > 0:11:15has come to St Mary's Youth Group in Stoke Newington
0:11:15 > 0:11:18to meet group leader Shaquille Johnson.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- We've already got a skateboarding park in the park.- Right.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24But if we got a pitch, like a five-a-side pitch, AstroTurf,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- then maybe we could do something. - There will be the hockey arena,
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- but that'll be part of Urban Duck World after the Games. - God, you're killing me.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33It's part of her mission to find a sustainable use
0:11:33 > 0:11:37for the Tae Kwon Do Arena, post-2012.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40It'll take us a couple of hours to get there, and by then,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43we're not going to have time for any other shit, you know?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45So, thank you, and I kinda like you,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- but this is some mad shit. - Right.- You know what I'm saying?
0:11:47 > 0:11:51- Of course, but you will think about it, though?- I've just done that.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- That's what I've just done?- Yes.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Bruce Forsyth, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Stephen Hawking, Joanna Lumley,
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Stephen Fry - obviously -
0:11:59 > 0:12:02either Prince Harry or Prince William or Trinny or Susannah,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04we're looking at the combination...
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Back at the Olympic Deliverance Commission, Head of Brands Siobhan Sharpe
0:12:08 > 0:12:11has arrived with a list of potential Olympic torch bearers
0:12:11 > 0:12:15which her team of creatives at Perfect Curve have thrown up.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Sir Trevor McDonald, obviously, Lord Alan Sugar, if he'd do it, Gok Wan.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Wait, wait, hang on a minute. Bruce Forsyth?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- We love Bruce.- Well, yes, but...
0:12:25 > 0:12:27- Keep dancin'!- You're not serious?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29These are our national heroes?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- You're getting the go-to list. - Gok Wan?
0:12:32 > 0:12:36With Sebastian Coe keen to include an announcement about torch bearers
0:12:36 > 0:12:38as part of 1,000 Day day, pressure is on.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41But deciding on a list of names that adequately reflect
0:12:41 > 0:12:43what Britain is today is no easy task.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Someone with a bit more gravitas. Like Michael Palin, or...
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- Yeah, he's actually dead.- No, he's not. Michael Palin is not dead.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51You're telling me. He's from Sheffield.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56- Sorry.- Hi, Kay, come on in. - Had to go to Stoke Newington.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- Yes, of course. - Traffic's absolutely...
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Well, luckily, Graham's on top of that, aren't you?
0:13:01 > 0:13:06Yeah, basically, the worse it gets, the more we're learning about why that is.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11As the meeting continues, Ian is keen to steer the level of conversation upwards.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- What about JK Rowling?- OK.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Well, that's a bit more...
0:13:15 > 0:13:19We've kind of got Joanna Lumley, so we're sort of covered there.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20OK, right.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- Carol Ann Duffy.- Ah, now, right.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Yeah, no, we did talk about Duffy. - She's cool.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- Kay's talking about Carol Ann Duffy. - She'd look great with a torch.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Want Carol as well?- No, no. - Carol's the mum, right?
0:13:31 > 0:13:35- Carol Ann Duffy is the Poet Laureate. - Thank you, Ian.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Yeah, OK, anyway.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Who's that guy with the hair and glasses?
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- This is ridiculous.- Erm, er, it'll come to me in a minute.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47All we're after are some national figures who have earned respect
0:13:47 > 0:13:49because of who they are as people.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54People who make you feel proud to be British. That's all. So come on, surely.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Got it! Gok Wan.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Thank you very much. Gok Wan!
0:14:15 > 0:14:16What?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Do we actually need to book anything anyway?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32With one meeting over,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35there are already other issues waiting to be dealt with.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39I thought we might drop our bags at the hotel, just wander out,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42have a drink, find a little tapas bar somewhere and see how we...
0:14:44 > 0:14:47No, OK, fine. Yeah, OK. Bye.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Right, good. Good grief, Sally, that's enormous!
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- Do you like avocado?- Yes, I love avocado.- It's nice, isn't it?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- I really ought to make my own sandwich.- Not a problem.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01It'll be terrific for circus girls in the whole of the Lea Valley.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Of course, yes, I understand that. Would you think about it, though?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09OK, well, I'll call you again tomorrow then.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I'll call you anyway.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12OK. Bye.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Is that the tae kwon do arena?
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Yes, that was actually the guy who runs Rudolpho's Travelling Circus.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I don't know whether you know them.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Rudolpho's, Rudolpho's...
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I've fixed up a meeting to discuss a permanent home.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26A permanent home for a travelling circus?
0:15:26 > 0:15:27He wasn't giving anything away.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29No, I bet he wasn't.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31It's an uphill battle, but we'll get there.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35We're close with the National Indoor Donkey Sanctuary people. Shame they got cold feet.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Presumably you tried the tae kwon do people?- Er, pardon?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41I'm sure there's a British Tae Kwon Do Association.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44So, in terms of use for the tae kwon do arena post-games,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- I would think a tae kwon do arena would tick quite a lot of boxes.- Mmm.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Yes.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Sally, I really think you should stop there.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53OK, sure. Not a problem.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54From a sustainability point of view,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57the Olympics isn't really about sport at all.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59This whole thing starts when the sport ends.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Presumably sustainability is very closely connected to legacy.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Beg your pardon? It is not. They are not the same. They are not.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Sustainability is about using the Games as a catalyst for change.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13It's about improving life in the East End of London
0:16:13 > 0:16:16and encouraging new ways of life across the whole of the UK
0:16:16 > 0:16:21- that take into account not just our debt to the past, but also to the future.- Right.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- Whereas legacy is totally different.- Yes.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Yes, I see.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Yeah, yeah.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- I think I did say...- Absolutely. That would be a disaster.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38If we give Boris some scissors to play with,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40and the tape to cut, that should keep him happy.
0:16:40 > 0:16:46Meanwhile, Ian has decided to go across town to pay a visit to PR company, Perfect Curve.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48That's what I'm saying. I don't know who he is.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- OK, this is Barney.- Hey.- Hi.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55With 1,000 Day day now only a day away, he's keen to see
0:16:55 > 0:16:59how preparations for the 2012 website relaunch are going.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00- How's it going, Barn?- Pretty cool.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04There's a couple of things taking longer than we'd like, but that's normal.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06OK, so this is, like, Ian.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09He's, kinda like, he's the head of everything, so...
0:17:09 > 0:17:10I am, head of delivery.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Barney Lumsden is head of Siobhan Sharpe's online team.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17When it's finished, we are going to have, like, text here,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20bloggy stuff here, you've got your webcam here,
0:17:20 > 0:17:25- RSS, Twitter feeds here, videos here...- Say about the clock?
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Yeah, that's cool.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Uh, we've got, like, a live webcam situation going on here.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32We've been looking at ways to create a sense of urgency
0:17:32 > 0:17:36at the centre of the relaunch, kind of like a ticking clock.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- And it was Barney that came up with the idea of the clock.- Right.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- So from Friday onwards...- Tomorrow?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45From Friday onwards, anyone who visits the 2012 website
0:17:45 > 0:17:49will see a live webcam image of the clock counting backwards towards the opening ceremony.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51..To the start of the opening ceremony.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55And what we're trying to say is, it's kind of like a dynamic thing.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Um, it's constantly in motion, but also
0:17:57 > 0:18:00what we're saying is launch sequence is commenced.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02What's the matter? What's with the face?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- The clock. - OK, yeah, the clock is sensational.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09I'm sure it is. But how does it work, exactly?
0:18:09 > 0:18:12OK, OK. Um, OK, so, the thing with the clock is, OK,
0:18:12 > 0:18:14um, so here's the thing with the clock.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19Um, the great thing about the clock is it's counting backwards.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Backwards in time or backwards in numbers?
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- Sure. Either. I mean both.- Right. - Absolutely. It's sensational.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- It's pretty cool. - Can we have a word?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- Totally, yeah. - By the way, whilst I'm here...
0:18:30 > 0:18:36It's probably just me but, this, Olyp...Olypmic? Is that some kind of?
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Yeah, no, that's just like, you know, spelling.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- Oh, right.- Yeah, we can change that whenever you want.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Yeah, we can change that. Good.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- You want me to actually... - Well, why not?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54There. That better?
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- Well, I mean, it's different.- It's cool.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- Give us two minutes.- Yeah, sure. - Bye!
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Hang loose.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05First of all, OK, what is it with that guy?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- What is it with him? - Is he a close friend of yours, or?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- Barney's totally plugged in. - He's an idiot.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14Ian is concerned some of Siobhan's preparations for tomorrow may not be fully there.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Our online presence is a key part of who we are.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18It's virtually our virtual front door.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- It's virtually off its hinges. - Here's the thing, OK?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24The thing is, here, OK? OK, here's the thing. So, the thing is...
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Forgive me if I haven't got time for the usual pleasantries,
0:19:27 > 0:19:32but get that guy some new glasses, get him some new hair, get a new guy, whatever,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34but this needs to be sorted by the morning, OK?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36OK, no, I'm totally good with that.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40With the clock, I need a clear, unambiguous explanation of how it works.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- Something even Boris can grasp.- OK.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- Because right now, I'm really struggling to understand it. - Absolutely. Cool.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51SIRENS
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Kentish Town Road. Hornsey Rise...
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Meanwhile, Graham Hitchens is burning the midnight oil.
0:19:57 > 0:20:03The new traffic-light-phasing trial has been live for 48 hours and is reaching a crucial stage.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05That's quite interesting.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08It's resulted in traffic flows being significantly slower.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Slower?- I know, it's mad.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13But I think it's because
0:20:13 > 0:20:15we've been trialling it in too small an area.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20I mean, you're talking about a system capable of making six billion decisions a second.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21God, that's very...
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Yes, so now what we're going to do is, we're going to trial it in a much bigger area, OK?
0:20:26 > 0:20:30So, like, the whole north and north east London.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Right. Is that wise?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Yeah, it is.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37SIRENS AND HORNS BLARE
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Inevitably, it's Friday.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49Where is he at this present time? He's still there? No way! No way!
0:20:49 > 0:20:53But with people gathering outside London's Tate Modern for the official commissioning
0:20:53 > 0:20:59of Andrew Preston's 1,000 Day clock and the start of the final countdown to London 2012,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02so far, there's no sign of either Sebastian Coe or Boris Johnson.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05He's been stuck there for, like, an hour.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08This is just, like, somebody somewhere just hit pause, you know?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11OK, then, I'll meet you at the airport. I'll meet you there.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14No, I won't - there's one every 15 minutes.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Meanwhile, Ian's own final countdown to Barcelona is also now under way.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Laura, the flight's not until 6:55pm. I won't, Laura.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25On this one occasion I won't be useless, OK?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- So the latest is that Seb is still in the Rotherhithe Tunnel.- Great.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Also the Central line is down because of improvement works.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- What about Boris?- Sure. - Isn't he on his bike?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Boris is under police protection.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Right, do you want to explain that, or...?- Sure.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Um, Boris was threatened by a bunch of cabbies.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Um, because they were angry about the traffic chaos.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- Brilliant, brilliant(!) - OK, so, here's the thing.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- What we're maybe looking at is delaying...- We can't.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- The whole point is... Could you take those off?- Sure.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55It has to be counting down precisely to the start of the opening ceremony.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- That's the whole point of today. - OK, OK, so what we do.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02- OK, here's the thing, OK, so he's up for that. - OK, now you're babbling.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03- Sure.- So, the clock...
0:22:03 > 0:22:05With both his star speakers now apparently involved
0:22:05 > 0:22:08in Graham Hitchens' new traffic-light-phasing trial,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Ian knows he's running out of time.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Even if it's not clear which way time is going.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16So, um, here's the thing, here's where we're at with this.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20The clock is going to be counting down 1,000 days backwards to 2012.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- Or backwards from 2012?- Exactly. - Well, there's a difference, Siobhan.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- If you want to be...- This is quite a key...- It's one or two...
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- No, no, it's not, Siobhan! - Get over it!
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Right. I'll ask him.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- OK. Anthony, he's a brilliant guy. - I don't care.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37- Hi, Anthony! This is Ian Fletcher, head of deliverance for 2012.- OK, so?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Ian, this is Anthony Preston.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Ian is about to be reminded that the artist isn't always
0:22:42 > 0:22:45the best person to ask to explain his own creation in actual words.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- I need to double check how... - It's come in backwards.- Totally.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50So tomorrow, unless I've got this wrong,
0:22:50 > 0:22:54It's going to be reading 26th July, 2012?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- Totally.- The day before the Olympics.- Absolutely.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- What is it with you guys? - So in 1,000 days' time.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- It's not fucking complicated! - Good. So in 1,000 days' time...
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- Fucking hell. - OK, so in 1,000 days, it'll be...
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- He's doing my fucking head in. - Everything's totally cool.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11So, basically, just to be clear about this,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14am I right in thinking that at the start of the Olympics in 2012,
0:23:14 > 0:23:18this clock will be reading, well, it'll be now, it'll be today?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Totally, yeah, totally.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Sure, yeah, that's cool. Absolutely cool.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Oh, he's gone. Great(!)
0:23:26 > 0:23:29We're very excited to be working with Anthony Preston.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Having succeeded in clarifying the clock's unique design concept,
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Ian is now faced with explaining it to the waiting press.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- Why is it counting the wrong way? - It isn't.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- Surely it should count towards the Games, not back away from them.- No.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46If you want my personal take, the clock is a powerful
0:23:46 > 0:23:50and, at the same time, playful comment on time itself.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53After all, every year we put the clocks forward,
0:23:53 > 0:23:54but time goes back.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57For now, as we stand here today,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59the clock points us towards our destination.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02When we arrive, it will remind us of this day,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04and of the journey we've all taken.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07But with still no sign of either Sebastian Coe or Boris Johnson,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Ian has reached the point where he has to make a decision.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13'I don't know who said it's when all the wheels come off at once
0:24:13 > 0:24:15'you find out who you really are.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17'It's all very well as an expression,
0:24:17 > 0:24:18'but when that happens,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20'you often find out that you're the driver.'
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Still, handbrake off.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Having dealt with one problem, he is now faced with an even bigger one.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32OK, ladies and gentlemen, I think we'll...
0:24:32 > 0:24:35How to formally introduce the commissioning of the 1,000 Day clock
0:24:35 > 0:24:40when neither of the people due to perform that task have made it to the ceremony.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43As you know, London 2012 is very much the people's Games, which is why,
0:24:43 > 0:24:48I'm pleased to be able to announce formally today that Peter Andre
0:24:48 > 0:24:52has agreed to be our principal torch bearer for London 2012.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53Woo! Yay!
0:24:53 > 0:24:55SHE CLAPS
0:24:57 > 0:25:00I think it would only be appropriate
0:25:00 > 0:25:03and very much in line with the essence of London 2012
0:25:03 > 0:25:06to invite a member of the public to perform the honour of winding up
0:25:06 > 0:25:10and starting Anthony Preston's magnificent 1,000 Day clock.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16So, Siobhan, if you'd like to perhaps, get that process under way?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Finding a member of the public to wind up...
0:25:18 > 0:25:23Um, excuse, me, my name's Siobhan Sharpe. Would you come and, no? OK.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Hey there, hello! My name's Siobhan Sharpe.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Ian has succeeded in turning a potential disaster into a triumph.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31This is Sadie, who's 65, from Surrey,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34she's a member of the public, an ordinary normal...
0:25:34 > 0:25:36OK, just wind it round. That's it.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- This is Andrew Preston, our artist. - Anthony.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Great, if you'd like to turn round, and if you turn round...
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Could we come to the front of the clock?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45It's becoming clear to him
0:25:45 > 0:25:48that if he's going to be on the flight to Barcelona,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52he needs to leave for Liverpool Street Station before it's too late to get there.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Just get in the middle please, thanks. OK. OK?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57HORNS BLARE
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Laura, I'm doing my best.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01No, we're moving again now, we're flying along.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I'll be with you in no time.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07But there are some things that even head of deliverance for London 2012 can't control.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10And traffic light phasing turns out to be one of them.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14So what happens if she gets on the plane and you don't make it?
0:26:14 > 0:26:19- Well, let's not count our chickens. - No.- No, so it's all good.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33# There may be trouble ahead
0:26:33 > 0:26:39# But while there's moonlight and music, and love and romance... #
0:26:39 > 0:26:43My name's Siobhan Sharpe, I'm head of brand for London 2012.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45And I'll be your tour guide today.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I have no idea where this guy's going.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- Let's assume he knows.- Fine.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51I'm not interested in how this happened,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54I'm interested in getting to the Olympic Park by 11:45 at the latest.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56If you get away a bit earlier.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57When you say early...
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Whoa, whoa! OK.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03What we don't want to do is end up going through the Blackwall Tunnel, OK?
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- So where are we up to?- Right. Yeah.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- No, no!- Not the M11! We'll end up at bloody Stansted airport.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Keep him there for ten more minutes, OK?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Um, if you... So, we'll basically...
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Actually, what roundabout is this?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22# There may be teardrops to shed
0:27:24 > 0:27:29# So while there's moonlight and music, and love and romance
0:27:31 > 0:27:37# Let's face the music and dance
0:27:37 > 0:27:41# Let's face the music
0:27:41 > 0:27:44# And dance!
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