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-COMMENTATOR: -What a marvellous finish! Seb Coe gets the gold medal! | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
# There may be trouble ahead | 0:00:09 | 0:00:14 | |
# But while there's moonlight | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
# And music | 0:00:16 | 0:00:17 | |
# And love and romance | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
# Let's face the music and dance | 0:00:20 | 0:00:26 | |
# Let's face the music and dance. # | 0:00:26 | 0:00:31 | |
MOBILE PHONE RINGS | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
Sarah, hi. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
Yeah, no, that's fine, put him on. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
Hi, how are you? | 0:00:44 | 0:00:45 | |
Yeah. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
No, no, yeah. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:49 | |
Yeah. Uh-huh? | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
Sure. So wait, this Hoy guy, the guy with the huge legs, yeah? | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
They're going on about peak flow double breathing, OK? I know. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
You're not solving the problem either, | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
you're just moving it around. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:02 | |
Absolutely, yes. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:03 | |
Obviously this is... No, I'm fine. No, er, look. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
This was flagged from the outset. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
Thing is, she's terrific in the water, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
but out of the water she's got this nose thing going on. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
Absolutely, yep, yep. No, absolutely. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
Yep, yep, yep. Absolutely. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
Monday morning at the Olympic Deliverance Commission in London. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
-Morning, Sally. -Oh, hi, morning! | 0:01:29 | 0:01:30 | |
-Good weekend? -Yeah, not bad. -Do anything interesting? | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
Er, no, not really. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
I went to the gym on Friday | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
-and thought about going out on Saturday night but didn't. -Fair enough. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
This is the London 2012 engine room. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
Whilst others up on deck may be in the public eye, | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
these are the men and women whose responsibility it is | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
to deliver London's Olympic Games on time and on budget. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
Before joining the Olympic Deliverance Commission | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
as Head of Deliverance, | 0:01:56 | 0:01:57 | |
Ian Fletcher had spells with British Nuclear Fuels | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
before progressing through the National Disasters Executive | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
to his most recent job as director of the Urban Regeneration Agency, | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
in which role he was largely responsible for Manchester. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
Oh, thanks, Sally, brilliant. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:11 | |
-Kay Hope just called. She's stuck in traffic. -Yes, obviously. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
-And Seb's office called. -Yes, I spoke to him. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
-Also, your wife phoned. -I know. -She said... -I'm doing it, thanks. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
-Right. Do you want the plasters this morning? -Oh, no. -Sure? | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
Yes, no, let me, er, get, er... | 0:02:24 | 0:02:25 | |
Would you like a cinnamon Danish? | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
-Oh, now, Sally... -I'm going back down anyway. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
-What are you trying to do to me? -Well, live dangerously(!) | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
-You know me too well. -Not a problem, | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
Right, I know Kay is delayed, but I think we should just make a start. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
So if I can just gently remind everyone, phones set to off, please. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:45 | |
OK, so just one preliminary before we... PHONE BUZZES | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
Sorry, got to get this, sorry. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
Ian is joined for this deliverance review group | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
by Head of Contracts Nick Jerrett | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
and head of infrastructure Graham Hitchens. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
As well as by Head of Brand, Siobhan Sharpe, | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
from PR company Perfect Curve. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
Matthew Pinsent? I don't even know who that is. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
I've got to go. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:08 | |
OK. OK, bye. Sorry. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
One preliminary before we get on to the main business. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
Graham, I had a call from upstairs this morning. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:16 | |
-I presume you've seen the Analogicus report. -What? | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
Oh, yeah, I've seen it, yeah. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
There's nothing in there we don't already know, | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
but the fact that it's now in the public domain... | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
That's fine. Suddenly everyone's talking about traffic light phasing | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
like it's some kind of sliced bread. OK? | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
It's not...it's not a surgical bullet. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
A surgical...? Bullet or bread? | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
Basically what it is... | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
A report has been published which cites traffic chaos | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
as the most likely impediment to the smooth running of the 2012 Games. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:44 | |
Traffic light phasing, it's not like playing with colours. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
It's like doing open heart bypass surgery, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
only with the patient actually alive. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
OK, basically, I'd like to get a concrete statement about our plans for that area out by Friday. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:58 | |
-Yeah, OK. -That sounds reasonable? -Yeah... What, this Friday? | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
Yes, is that going to be OK? | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
-Yes, fine. -Good, OK. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:04 | |
Which brings us on to... Thanks for that, Sally. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
Hellfire! Good luck with that! | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
Right, OK, the main item this week is obviously Friday. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
It's a big week for the team. On Friday, they break through the 1,000 Days To Go hurdle. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
I think what I want to say at this stage | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
is that 1,000 days isn't just a number. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
What we're looking at here is a total game changer. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
It's a chance for us to make a big, confident, public statement | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
-about who we are, where we've got to, but also, where we're going. -Yeah, cool. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
So, Siobhan, in terms of practicality... | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
OK, thanks for that, Ian. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
Um, OK, guys, here's where we ramp up the public interest in 2012 | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
and take it to the next level. OK? Good? | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
And how we do that, we break open the Google juice, | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
we go viral, and we launch 2012, 2.0. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
-OK. Got a question. -I'll kinda be coming to questions later. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
-Well, I've come to one now. -OK, cool. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
What are you talking about? | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
-As of Friday morning, we're going to be launching the 2012 website. -Thank you. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
'Yeah, she's a bright girl, Siobhan, lot of ability, | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
'and OK, she's got a big job in some fancy advertising agency...' | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
And that's great, but if you're going at 90mph all the time | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
you're going to end up killing someone. Don't care who you are. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
As Head of Contracts for London 2012, Nick Jerrett knows a thing or two. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
'Half the people you work with at senior level are women. Over half. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:23 | |
'Which is great. You can't have enough women.' | 0:05:23 | 0:05:25 | |
I know a lot of guys are frightened by them, they find them intimidating. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
But I'm sorry, I'm from Yorkshire. I'm not having it. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
-What the hell is this? -Bloody big clock. -Unless that guy's that tiny. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
-That clock is huge. -OK, that was like a joke, yeah? | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
The guy standing next to it is Anthony Preston, who created it. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
-Anthony who? -So the clock's counting down to 2012. -Counting backwards? | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
Sure, totally. We install it this week. We make a big noise, | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
we get Seb to wind it up and set it going Friday. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
-OK. -And we stream the whole thing live on the website. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:55 | |
Fine. Well, that would be the time to get Seb to say anything we need | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
about how fantastic the traffic's going to be at Games time. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
Graham. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:03 | |
What? | 0:06:03 | 0:06:05 | |
Yeah, fine, that's fine. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
Good, OK. Fine. Well, thanks for that, Siobhan. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
Guys, this is a slam dunk. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
-Hi. -Kay, hi. -Sorry, Ian, sorry, everybody. -Welcome. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
-Bloody traffic is diabolical. -Well, you're here now. -Right, so. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
Have I missed anything important? | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
You've missed the meeting now. Basically. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
-Hi, Anthony. -Yeah. -Terrific to meet you. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:32 | |
It's Tuesday, and Siobhan has come to Shoreditch in East London to meet artist Anthony Preston. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:38 | |
I wanted it to be dead simple from the outset, know what I mean? | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
-Sure, yeah, simple's good. -Didn't want any bollocks. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
Sure, that's a great idea. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
His specially commissioned 1,000 Day 2012 clock | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
is something of a departure for an artist who's probably best known up to now for gaining a reputation. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:56 | |
-So, I'm noticing you've got a bit of a green vibe going on here. -Yeah, so? | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
-How did you get to that? -It's green because it's green. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:04 | |
-OK, that's cool. -Cool? -Sure. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
Who's trying to be cool? Because I'm fucking not, I'll tell you that now. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
-OK, that's totally cool. -It's a wind-up clock, for Christ's sake. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:14 | |
-Doesn't use any energy. -Oh, OK, so it's green. -Congratulations. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
Oh, that's terrific. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:18 | |
So your idea with this is that ordinary people | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
will just wind it up and keep it going? | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
-If you say so. -OK, I love this. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
OK, so, as of now, it's set for 5pm, July 27th, 2012. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:31 | |
Yeah, but that will be digital. It's not finished yet. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
So that's like the start of the opening ceremony for the Games. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
OK, that's terrific. Um, OK. So, OK. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:42 | |
And once it's installed, it will go backwards 1,000 days. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
-No, wait, it it will go forwards. -No, it won't go forwards. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
Sure, no, absolutely. OK. So, OK. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
So, um, when it starts, it'll... It's just basically counting down. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
-It's not fucking complicated. -Absolutely, absolutely. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
So, the thing is, OK, here's the thing, OK, so. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
It's basically counting backwards? | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
It'll count back to the beginning of time if people go on winding it up. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
-Sure, OK. -OK? -Absolutely. -'kin 'ell! | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
Sure. It's totally sensational. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
Well, I know I didn't, but, I mean, really... | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
Wait a minute! I thought you said there WAS a shower. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
Yeah, well, a shower over the bath is still a shower. Ah, fuck! | 0:08:25 | 0:08:30 | |
8.30am, Wednesday morning, and Ian is already under pressure. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
The thing is, I'm not going to have a lot of time today to look at hotels. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
It's recently become clear to him that he'll have a weekend with his wife in Barcelona. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:42 | |
How much time are you going to be spending in the bathroom? | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
It is difficult with a job like this. It is all-consuming, I realise that, | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
and sometimes there isn't as much time as there should be for other areas of your life. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:53 | |
So, this idea of a weekend away, it does make a lot of sense, | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
and there's no way of getting round that. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
And are you looking forward to it? | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
It's subsequently been rebranded as a romantic mini-break. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
Which is obviously a lot more complicated. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:06 | |
-Morning, Sally. -Oh, morning. -Hi, how are you? -Good, not bad, thank you. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:13 | |
-Good. -So, Boris's office called. -Oh, yes? What did they want? | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
He's wondering why he hasn't been involved in the 1,000 Day day thing on Friday. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
-Oh, God, no. -I've told them Seb's doing it, | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
-but that seemed to make it worse. -I thought we might have escaped. Seb'll go nuts. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
-And also a your wife rang. -Yes, I know, thanks. -Sure. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
-How's it going? -So far, so good. -Good. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
Graham Hitchens is monitoring a trial of some upgraded traffic-light-phasing software, | 0:09:33 | 0:09:38 | |
designed to improve traffic flows across London in time for 2012. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
It's like flying an aeroplane. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
You get this right, no-one notices. Get it wrong... | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
-Everyone notices. -Yeah, first they notice, then they die. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
So how do we make sure that, you know, they don't die? | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
Well, first you test it, OK? | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
Then you test it again, and when you've done that, you test it again. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
And then once you've finished all of that, you test it again. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
-Basically, a lot of testing, then? -Yeah, I mean, what you're doing, OK, | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
you'll gradually design failure out of the system. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
So, after you've done all the testing, the aircraft, simply, it can't crash? | 0:10:08 | 0:10:14 | |
Yeah, I mean, if it does crash after all of that, to be honest, | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
you really are seriously fucked. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
We're still good for something positive to give Seb on Friday? PHONE RINGS | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
-Yeah, no worries. This Friday? -Yes. -Yeah, that's fine. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
Hi. No, no, that's fine. Put him through. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
Hello! Good morning, how are you? | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
As on most mornings, Ian has had a call from Boris Johnson's office. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
And per ardua ad astra, yes. Exactly, yes, yes. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:40 | |
No, absolutely. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
I got the message earlier. That's terrific news. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
He's called to point out he's free to take part in Friday's 1,000 Day Day day. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:51 | |
Fantastic for us. Yes, yes, no, brilliant. Absolutely. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:58 | |
No, no, absolutely. | 0:10:58 | 0:10:59 | |
It's actually a very flexible space, | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
-easily convertible into a sort of multi-ethnic indoor skateboarding experience, for instance. -Yeah. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:10 | |
Head of Sustainability Kay Hope | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
has come to St Mary's Youth Group in Stoke Newington | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
to meet group leader Shaquille Johnson. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
-We've already got a skateboarding park in the park. -Right. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
But if we got a pitch, like a five-a-side pitch, AstroTurf, | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
-then maybe we could do something. -There will be the hockey arena, | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
-but that'll be part of Urban Duck World after the Games. -God, you're killing me. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:31 | |
It's part of her mission to find a sustainable use | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
for the Tae Kwon Do Arena, post-2012. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:37 | |
It'll take us a couple of hours to get there, and by then, | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
we're not going to have time for any other shit, you know? | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
So, thank you, and I kinda like you, | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
-but this is some mad shit. -Right. -You know what I'm saying? | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
-Of course, but you will think about it, though? -I've just done that. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:51 | |
-That's what I've just done? -Yes. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
Bruce Forsyth, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Stephen Hawking, Joanna Lumley, | 0:11:54 | 0:11:58 | |
Stephen Fry - obviously - | 0:11:58 | 0:11:59 | |
either Prince Harry or Prince William or Trinny or Susannah, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
we're looking at the combination... | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
Back at the Olympic Deliverance Commission, Head of Brands Siobhan Sharpe | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
has arrived with a list of potential Olympic torch bearers | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
which her team of creatives at Perfect Curve have thrown up. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:15 | |
Sir Trevor McDonald, obviously, Lord Alan Sugar, if he'd do it, Gok Wan. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:19 | |
Wait, wait, hang on a minute. Bruce Forsyth? | 0:12:19 | 0:12:23 | |
-We love Bruce. -Well, yes, but... | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
-Keep dancin'! -You're not serious? | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
These are our national heroes? | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
-You're getting the go-to list. -Gok Wan? | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
With Sebastian Coe keen to include an announcement about torch bearers | 0:12:32 | 0:12:36 | |
as part of 1,000 Day day, pressure is on. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:38 | |
But deciding on a list of names that adequately reflect | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
what Britain is today is no easy task. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
Someone with a bit more gravitas. Like Michael Palin, or... | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
-Yeah, he's actually dead. -No, he's not. Michael Palin is not dead. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
You're telling me. He's from Sheffield. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:51 | |
-Sorry. -Hi, Kay, come on in. -Had to go to Stoke Newington. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:56 | |
-Yes, of course. -Traffic's absolutely... | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
Well, luckily, Graham's on top of that, aren't you? | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
Yeah, basically, the worse it gets, the more we're learning about why that is. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:06 | |
As the meeting continues, Ian is keen to steer the level of conversation upwards. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
-What about JK Rowling? -OK. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
Well, that's a bit more... | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
We've kind of got Joanna Lumley, so we're sort of covered there. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:19 | |
OK, right. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:20 | |
-Carol Ann Duffy. -Ah, now, right. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
-Yeah, no, we did talk about Duffy. -She's cool. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
-Kay's talking about Carol Ann Duffy. -She'd look great with a torch. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
-Want Carol as well? -No, no. -Carol's the mum, right? | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
-Carol Ann Duffy is the Poet Laureate. -Thank you, Ian. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
Yeah, OK, anyway. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:37 | |
Who's that guy with the hair and glasses? | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
-This is ridiculous. -Erm, er, it'll come to me in a minute. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:43 | |
All we're after are some national figures who have earned respect | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
because of who they are as people. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
People who make you feel proud to be British. That's all. So come on, surely. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:54 | |
Got it! Gok Wan. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
Thank you very much. Gok Wan! | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
What? | 0:14:15 | 0:14:16 | |
Do we actually need to book anything anyway? | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
With one meeting over, | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
there are already other issues waiting to be dealt with. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
I thought we might drop our bags at the hotel, just wander out, | 0:14:35 | 0:14:39 | |
have a drink, find a little tapas bar somewhere and see how we... | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
No, OK, fine. Yeah, OK. Bye. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
Right, good. Good grief, Sally, that's enormous! | 0:14:48 | 0:14:52 | |
-Do you like avocado? -Yes, I love avocado. -It's nice, isn't it? | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
-I really ought to make my own sandwich. -Not a problem. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
It'll be terrific for circus girls in the whole of the Lea Valley. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
Of course, yes, I understand that. Would you think about it, though? | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
OK, well, I'll call you again tomorrow then. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:09 | |
I'll call you anyway. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:11 | |
OK. Bye. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:12 | |
Is that the tae kwon do arena? | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
Yes, that was actually the guy who runs Rudolpho's Travelling Circus. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
I don't know whether you know them. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:20 | |
Rudolpho's, Rudolpho's... | 0:15:20 | 0:15:21 | |
I've fixed up a meeting to discuss a permanent home. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:23 | |
A permanent home for a travelling circus? | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
He wasn't giving anything away. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:27 | |
No, I bet he wasn't. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
It's an uphill battle, but we'll get there. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
We're close with the National Indoor Donkey Sanctuary people. Shame they got cold feet. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
-Presumably you tried the tae kwon do people? -Er, pardon? | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
I'm sure there's a British Tae Kwon Do Association. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
So, in terms of use for the tae kwon do arena post-games, | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
-I would think a tae kwon do arena would tick quite a lot of boxes. -Mmm. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
Yes. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
Sally, I really think you should stop there. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
OK, sure. Not a problem. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:53 | |
From a sustainability point of view, | 0:15:53 | 0:15:54 | |
the Olympics isn't really about sport at all. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
This whole thing starts when the sport ends. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
Presumably sustainability is very closely connected to legacy. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
Beg your pardon? It is not. They are not the same. They are not. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:07 | |
Sustainability is about using the Games as a catalyst for change. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
It's about improving life in the East End of London | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
and encouraging new ways of life across the whole of the UK | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
-that take into account not just our debt to the past, but also to the future. -Right. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:21 | |
-Whereas legacy is totally different. -Yes. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
Yes, I see. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:27 | |
Yeah, yeah. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
-I think I did say... -Absolutely. That would be a disaster. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
If we give Boris some scissors to play with, | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
and the tape to cut, that should keep him happy. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
Meanwhile, Ian has decided to go across town to pay a visit to PR company, Perfect Curve. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:46 | |
That's what I'm saying. I don't know who he is. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
-OK, this is Barney. -Hey. -Hi. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
With 1,000 Day day now only a day away, he's keen to see | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
how preparations for the 2012 website relaunch are going. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
-How's it going, Barn? -Pretty cool. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:00 | |
There's a couple of things taking longer than we'd like, but that's normal. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
OK, so this is, like, Ian. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
He's, kinda like, he's the head of everything, so... | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
I am, head of delivery. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:10 | |
Barney Lumsden is head of Siobhan Sharpe's online team. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
When it's finished, we are going to have, like, text here, | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
bloggy stuff here, you've got your webcam here, | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
-RSS, Twitter feeds here, videos here... -Say about the clock? | 0:17:20 | 0:17:25 | |
Yeah, that's cool. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:26 | |
Uh, we've got, like, a live webcam situation going on here. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
We've been looking at ways to create a sense of urgency | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
at the centre of the relaunch, kind of like a ticking clock. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
-And it was Barney that came up with the idea of the clock. -Right. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
-So from Friday onwards... -Tomorrow? | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
From Friday onwards, anyone who visits the 2012 website | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
will see a live webcam image of the clock counting backwards towards the opening ceremony. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:49 | |
..To the start of the opening ceremony. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
And what we're trying to say is, it's kind of like a dynamic thing. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
Um, it's constantly in motion, but also | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
what we're saying is launch sequence is commenced. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
What's the matter? What's with the face? | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
-The clock. -OK, yeah, the clock is sensational. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
I'm sure it is. But how does it work, exactly? | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
OK, OK. Um, OK, so, the thing with the clock is, OK, | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
um, so here's the thing with the clock. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
Um, the great thing about the clock is it's counting backwards. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:19 | |
Backwards in time or backwards in numbers? | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
-Sure. Either. I mean both. -Right. -Absolutely. It's sensational. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:25 | |
-It's pretty cool. -Can we have a word? | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
-Totally, yeah. -By the way, whilst I'm here... | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
It's probably just me but, this, Olyp...Olypmic? Is that some kind of? | 0:18:30 | 0:18:36 | |
Yeah, no, that's just like, you know, spelling. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:40 | |
-Oh, right. -Yeah, we can change that whenever you want. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:44 | |
Yeah, we can change that. Good. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
-You want me to actually... -Well, why not? | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
There. That better? | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
-Well, I mean, it's different. -It's cool. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:58 | |
-Give us two minutes. -Yeah, sure. -Bye! | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
Hang loose. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:02 | |
First of all, OK, what is it with that guy? | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
-What is it with him? -Is he a close friend of yours, or? | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
-Barney's totally plugged in. -He's an idiot. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:09 | |
Ian is concerned some of Siobhan's preparations for tomorrow may not be fully there. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:14 | |
Our online presence is a key part of who we are. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:16 | |
It's virtually our virtual front door. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
-It's virtually off its hinges. -Here's the thing, OK? | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
The thing is, here, OK? OK, here's the thing. So, the thing is... | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
Forgive me if I haven't got time for the usual pleasantries, | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
but get that guy some new glasses, get him some new hair, get a new guy, whatever, | 0:19:27 | 0:19:32 | |
but this needs to be sorted by the morning, OK? | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
OK, no, I'm totally good with that. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
With the clock, I need a clear, unambiguous explanation of how it works. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
-Something even Boris can grasp. -OK. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
-Because right now, I'm really struggling to understand it. -Absolutely. Cool. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
SIRENS | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
Kentish Town Road. Hornsey Rise... | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
Meanwhile, Graham Hitchens is burning the midnight oil. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
The new traffic-light-phasing trial has been live for 48 hours and is reaching a crucial stage. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:03 | |
That's quite interesting. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
It's resulted in traffic flows being significantly slower. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
-Slower? -I know, it's mad. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
But I think it's because | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
we've been trialling it in too small an area. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
I mean, you're talking about a system capable of making six billion decisions a second. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:20 | |
God, that's very... | 0:20:20 | 0:20:21 | |
Yes, so now what we're going to do is, we're going to trial it in a much bigger area, OK? | 0:20:21 | 0:20:26 | |
So, like, the whole north and north east London. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
Right. Is that wise? | 0:20:30 | 0:20:31 | |
Yeah, it is. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
SIRENS AND HORNS BLARE | 0:20:33 | 0:20:37 | |
Inevitably, it's Friday. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
Where is he at this present time? He's still there? No way! No way! | 0:20:44 | 0:20:49 | |
But with people gathering outside London's Tate Modern for the official commissioning | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
of Andrew Preston's 1,000 Day clock and the start of the final countdown to London 2012, | 0:20:53 | 0:20:59 | |
so far, there's no sign of either Sebastian Coe or Boris Johnson. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
He's been stuck there for, like, an hour. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
This is just, like, somebody somewhere just hit pause, you know? | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
OK, then, I'll meet you at the airport. I'll meet you there. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
No, I won't - there's one every 15 minutes. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
Meanwhile, Ian's own final countdown to Barcelona is also now under way. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:18 | |
Laura, the flight's not until 6:55pm. I won't, Laura. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
On this one occasion I won't be useless, OK? | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
-So the latest is that Seb is still in the Rotherhithe Tunnel. -Great. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
Also the Central line is down because of improvement works. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
-What about Boris? -Sure. -Isn't he on his bike? | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
Boris is under police protection. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
-Right, do you want to explain that, or...? -Sure. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
Um, Boris was threatened by a bunch of cabbies. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
Um, because they were angry about the traffic chaos. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
-Brilliant, brilliant(!) -OK, so, here's the thing. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
-What we're maybe looking at is delaying... -We can't. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
-The whole point is... Could you take those off? -Sure. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
It has to be counting down precisely to the start of the opening ceremony. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
-That's the whole point of today. -OK, OK, so what we do. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:58 | |
-OK, here's the thing, OK, so he's up for that. -OK, now you're babbling. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:02 | |
-Sure. -So, the clock... | 0:22:02 | 0:22:03 | |
With both his star speakers now apparently involved | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
in Graham Hitchens' new traffic-light-phasing trial, | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
Ian knows he's running out of time. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:10 | |
Even if it's not clear which way time is going. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:13 | |
So, um, here's the thing, here's where we're at with this. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
The clock is going to be counting down 1,000 days backwards to 2012. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
-Or backwards from 2012? -Exactly. -Well, there's a difference, Siobhan. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:24 | |
-If you want to be... -This is quite a key... -It's one or two... | 0:22:24 | 0:22:27 | |
-No, no, it's not, Siobhan! -Get over it! | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
Right. I'll ask him. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:30 | |
-OK. Anthony, he's a brilliant guy. -I don't care. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
-Hi, Anthony! This is Ian Fletcher, head of deliverance for 2012. -OK, so? | 0:22:32 | 0:22:37 | |
Ian, this is Anthony Preston. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
Ian is about to be reminded that the artist isn't always | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
the best person to ask to explain his own creation in actual words. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
-I need to double check how... -It's come in backwards. -Totally. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
So tomorrow, unless I've got this wrong, | 0:22:49 | 0:22:50 | |
It's going to be reading 26th July, 2012? | 0:22:50 | 0:22:54 | |
-Totally. -The day before the Olympics. -Absolutely. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:56 | |
-What is it with you guys? -So in 1,000 days' time. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:59 | |
-It's not fucking complicated! -Good. So in 1,000 days' time... | 0:22:59 | 0:23:03 | |
-Fucking hell. -OK, so in 1,000 days, it'll be... | 0:23:03 | 0:23:05 | |
-He's doing my fucking head in. -Everything's totally cool. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
So, basically, just to be clear about this, | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
am I right in thinking that at the start of the Olympics in 2012, | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
this clock will be reading, well, it'll be now, it'll be today? | 0:23:14 | 0:23:18 | |
Totally, yeah, totally. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
Sure, yeah, that's cool. Absolutely cool. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:22 | |
Oh, he's gone. Great(!) | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
We're very excited to be working with Anthony Preston. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:29 | |
Having succeeded in clarifying the clock's unique design concept, | 0:23:29 | 0:23:33 | |
Ian is now faced with explaining it to the waiting press. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:37 | |
-Why is it counting the wrong way? -It isn't. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
-Surely it should count towards the Games, not back away from them. -No. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
If you want my personal take, the clock is a powerful | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
and, at the same time, playful comment on time itself. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:50 | |
After all, every year we put the clocks forward, | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
but time goes back. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:54 | |
For now, as we stand here today, | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
the clock points us towards our destination. | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
When we arrive, it will remind us of this day, | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
and of the journey we've all taken. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:04 | |
But with still no sign of either Sebastian Coe or Boris Johnson, | 0:24:04 | 0:24:07 | |
Ian has reached the point where he has to make a decision. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
'I don't know who said it's when all the wheels come off at once | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
'you find out who you really are. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
'It's all very well as an expression, | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
'but when that happens, | 0:24:17 | 0:24:18 | |
'you often find out that you're the driver.' | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
Still, handbrake off. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:23 | |
Having dealt with one problem, he is now faced with an even bigger one. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:29 | |
OK, ladies and gentlemen, I think we'll... | 0:24:29 | 0:24:32 | |
How to formally introduce the commissioning of the 1,000 Day clock | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
when neither of the people due to perform that task have made it to the ceremony. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:40 | |
As you know, London 2012 is very much the people's Games, which is why, | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
I'm pleased to be able to announce formally today that Peter Andre | 0:24:43 | 0:24:48 | |
has agreed to be our principal torch bearer for London 2012. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:52 | |
Woo! Yay! | 0:24:52 | 0:24:53 | |
SHE CLAPS | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
I think it would only be appropriate | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
and very much in line with the essence of London 2012 | 0:25:00 | 0:25:03 | |
to invite a member of the public to perform the honour of winding up | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
and starting Anthony Preston's magnificent 1,000 Day clock. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:10 | |
So, Siobhan, if you'd like to perhaps, get that process under way? | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
Finding a member of the public to wind up... | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
Um, excuse, me, my name's Siobhan Sharpe. Would you come and, no? OK. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:23 | |
Hey there, hello! My name's Siobhan Sharpe. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
Ian has succeeded in turning a potential disaster into a triumph. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
This is Sadie, who's 65, from Surrey, | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
she's a member of the public, an ordinary normal... | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
OK, just wind it round. That's it. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:36 | |
-This is Andrew Preston, our artist. -Anthony. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
Great, if you'd like to turn round, and if you turn round... | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
Could we come to the front of the clock? | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
It's becoming clear to him | 0:25:44 | 0:25:45 | |
that if he's going to be on the flight to Barcelona, | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
he needs to leave for Liverpool Street Station before it's too late to get there. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:52 | |
Just get in the middle please, thanks. OK. OK? | 0:25:52 | 0:25:55 | |
HORNS BLARE | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
Laura, I'm doing my best. | 0:25:57 | 0:25:58 | |
No, we're moving again now, we're flying along. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:01 | |
I'll be with you in no time. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
But there are some things that even head of deliverance for London 2012 can't control. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:07 | |
And traffic light phasing turns out to be one of them. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
So what happens if she gets on the plane and you don't make it? | 0:26:10 | 0:26:14 | |
-Well, let's not count our chickens. -No. -No, so it's all good. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:19 | |
# There may be trouble ahead | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
# But while there's moonlight and music, and love and romance... # | 0:26:33 | 0:26:39 | |
My name's Siobhan Sharpe, I'm head of brand for London 2012. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:43 | |
And I'll be your tour guide today. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:45 | |
I have no idea where this guy's going. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
-Let's assume he knows. -Fine. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
I'm not interested in how this happened, | 0:26:49 | 0:26:51 | |
I'm interested in getting to the Olympic Park by 11:45 at the latest. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
If you get away a bit earlier. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
When you say early... | 0:26:56 | 0:26:57 | |
Whoa, whoa! OK. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
What we don't want to do is end up going through the Blackwall Tunnel, OK? | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
-So where are we up to? -Right. Yeah. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
-No, no! -Not the M11! We'll end up at bloody Stansted airport. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
Keep him there for ten more minutes, OK? | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
Um, if you... So, we'll basically... | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
Actually, what roundabout is this? | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
# There may be teardrops to shed | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
# So while there's moonlight and music, and love and romance | 0:27:24 | 0:27:29 | |
# Let's face the music and dance | 0:27:31 | 0:27:37 | |
# Let's face the music | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
# And dance! | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
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