0:00:02 > 0:00:04Coe has beaten Cram!
0:00:04 > 0:00:06What a marvellous finish!
0:00:06 > 0:00:09And Seb Coe gets the gold medal!
0:00:09 > 0:00:13# There may be trouble ahead
0:00:14 > 0:00:20# But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
0:00:21 > 0:00:25# Lets face the music and dance
0:00:25 > 0:00:28# Let's face the music and dance. #
0:00:28 > 0:00:34This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Right, OK. Shall we...?
0:00:39 > 0:00:44- OK, guys. Let's do this.- Can I remind everyone, phones off, please?
0:00:44 > 0:00:46OK.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- PHONE VIBRATES - Before we get started...
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Hi, Fran. Sure. Go ahead.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53'As usual, it's Monday morning
0:00:53 > 0:00:58'for London 2012 Head of Deliverance Ian Fletcher and his team.'
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Yeah. Not going to happen.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06Sure. But we don't want Richard Branson in any kind of Lycra.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08'For the steering meeting,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11'Ian is joined by Head of Contracts Nick Jellet,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13'Head of Sustainability Kay Hope
0:01:13 > 0:01:18'and Head of Brand, Siobhan Sharpe from PR company Perfect Curve.'
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Cool. Sure. Fran, I've got to go. OK. Bye.
0:01:24 > 0:01:30Right. Before we get started, I had a call from upstairs this morning...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Right. Here we go.
0:01:32 > 0:01:39Seb had the idea that it would be good if as many of us as wanted to entered the London Marathon.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43That's his best ever. What? Run it?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46He's talked to you about this, Siobhan.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- It's 26 miles! - I'm doing it.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53I'm so in, guys. My ass is so in gear on this.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- How far IS that? - No compulsion, obviously.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- Have a think.- I have done.
0:01:58 > 0:02:04- So, moving on...- Sure. Thanks, Ian. - Still me, I think.- OK.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07We've all had the CVs. We'll look at those.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12First, I want to talk about the interview process, how we want that to work.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18'The main item this week is the appointment of Curator of the Cultural Olympiad,
0:02:18 > 0:02:24'following the departure of the previous incumbent after "uncreative differences of vision".'
0:02:24 > 0:02:30I've got nothing against the Cultural Olympiad. I like guys on stilts, but why us?
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Haven't we got enough to do? - I think after the complications...
0:02:34 > 0:02:39Sure. Seb and Boris and Tess were, like, "We're hands off on this."
0:02:39 > 0:02:44So something I do want us all to think about at this stage
0:02:44 > 0:02:48are the open questions that will allow us to discriminate
0:02:48 > 0:02:50between these three candidates,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54and enable them to give a full account of themselves.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59As an example, a key question is, "What is the Cultural Olympiad"?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02That's a really good open question.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- All right?- Yeah.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09I'm totally good with that.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11It'll end up with guys on stilts.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16'Nick has been thinking carefully about the London Marathon.'
0:03:16 > 0:03:19It's a stupid idea. I'll say it, if no-one else will.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25Why do you say that? > Fine, if you're Ethiopian or Nigerian or whathaveyou.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Those guys are elite athletes.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32But 30,000 white guys staggering around behind them dressed as lions,
0:03:32 > 0:03:37soiling themselves and having heart attacks, that's not a sport.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44'It's the day of the Cultural Olympiad interviews,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47'but as Siobhan Sharpe arrives,
0:03:47 > 0:03:52'it's clear that her marathon training programme hasn't started well.'
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- I just tore a muscle. - Is it serious? >
0:03:55 > 0:04:01Johan's like, "You've got to rest for six weeks." That's not going to happen. Johan's my coach.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- You've got a coach? > - Sure.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07You enter the London Marathon, you don't want to look like an amateur.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10So he's, like, "There's nothing you can do."
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I'm, like, "Oh, really? So what's your job?"
0:04:13 > 0:04:15You don't respect his judgment? >
0:04:15 > 0:04:21I hired the guy. You don't pay good money for a coach to have him tell you what to do.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26'Meanwhile, the first of the three candidates has arrived early.'
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Can you get that to me by the end of the week?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33That'll be great. Can I get a receipt, please?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Thanks very much. I've got to go.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41'Anna Mitchell has come prepared not just for the interview itself
0:04:41 > 0:04:44'but also for the possibility of being successful.'
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- Anna, come on in.- Thanks.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- This is Kay...- Hi. - ..Siobhan Sharpe from Perfect Curve.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54'In the building twice a month in an advisory capacity
0:04:54 > 0:04:58'on the Paralympic closing ceremony planning group,
0:04:58 > 0:05:04'Anna has her experience as Creative Coordinator for Belfast's year as European City of Dance to drawn on,
0:05:04 > 0:05:09'as well as three weeks as Acting Head of Forward Planning at the Royal Opera House.'
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- Welcome to the ODC. You don't need me...- Welcome.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16..to tell you how important this role is.
0:05:16 > 0:05:22- The Cultural Olympiad is at the heart of what we're all about. - Yes, it is.- Yeah.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27It's also a term that can mean different things to many different people.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32- So that might be a good place... - Sure.- ..to start by...- Absolutely.
0:05:32 > 0:05:39- For me, personally, if the Cultural Olympiad is about anything, and I believe it is...- Sure.- Yes.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44..we're talking about underwriting a commonality of creative purpose
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- through a shared awareness of diversity.- Right.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- Would you like to say more about that?- Yes, I would.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52I'm struggling already.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57- Sure. This was something I was keen to drive forward in Cardiff.- Yes.
0:05:57 > 0:06:03- We talked a lot about cultural "in-reach" as well as "out-reach". - Right. Did you?
0:06:03 > 0:06:08Street theatre, public art, stand-alone eventaging or circus skills...
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Guys on stilts! No. Absolutely!
0:06:12 > 0:06:17'Meanwhile, outside, the next candidate is arriving.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21'As distant niece of ex Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24'Roshanara Khan is no stranger to success.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28'Rumoured to have enjoyed a brief spell at Oxford
0:06:28 > 0:06:32'as younger sister to Boris Johnson's girlfriend,
0:06:32 > 0:06:39'she rose to prominence in 2004 when she sold her internet fitness site, ripped.com, for £7 million.'
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- You're not nervous? - No. I don't get nervous.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46My mother said to me, "Success comes in cans, not can'ts."
0:06:46 > 0:06:49It's like a pun, I guess. Cans.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Yes, it is.
0:06:52 > 0:07:00- It's about creating public spaces where cross-cultural resonances can self-generate...- Yes, good.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Things start to get really exciting.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06'Meanwhile, Anna Mitchell's interview is almost at an end.'
0:07:06 > 0:07:11- In Cardiff...- Great.- ..we used giant inflatable babies...- That's great.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15- Unless there are any more...? - No. I don't think so.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- NICK: You're joking. - We're done here.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24ANNA: 'Basically, I enjoyed the whole experience.'
0:07:24 > 0:07:30'With the interview over, Anna has emerged having basically enjoyed the whole experience.'
0:07:30 > 0:07:35I had a lot of things I needed to say and they sat there and listened.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38So it was a genuine conversation.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Roshanara, let me do the introductions.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44This is Kay... Siobhan Sharpe from Perfect Curve.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49'Meanwhile, for Ian and his panel, the next interview has started.'
0:07:49 > 0:07:55I wonder if a good place to start might be to talk about the fundamental question.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- What is the Cultural Olympiad? - Yes, exactly.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03In a sense, to ask what is it that we're celebrating here?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- Right.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10And beyond that, what is it that constitutes British culture?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Yeah, yeah. Completely.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16No. We're asking YOU, love. We're asking you what you think.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20'It's becoming clear that, for Roshanara Khan,
0:08:20 > 0:08:26'the Cultural Olympiad is more about questions than about answering those questions.'
0:08:26 > 0:08:32We have a big cultural space, OK? So we take that idea and make it real.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36You mean...? What do you mean? We take our big cultural space,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39literally, like a huge tent...
0:08:39 > 0:08:44- Oh, cool.- ..and it goes round the country from city to city.- Cool.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46This tent of yours, it's empty? Yeah, yeah.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Then we see what people want to put in it.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52NICK: Like what, for instance?
0:08:52 > 0:08:56We literally see what people bring to the tent.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58You put on a play?
0:08:58 > 0:09:03Install webcams. If you want to know who we are culturally, log on, find out.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05< Plant a tree. Tree?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08For sustainable future. OK. Why not? >
0:09:08 > 0:09:11NICK: Guys on stilts! ROSHANARA: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Don't try to make this about your parents...
0:09:16 > 0:09:21'For Ian, meanwhile, lunch time is a chance to catch up on other issues.'
0:09:21 > 0:09:26It doesn't matter whether I want to see them or not. That's not...
0:09:26 > 0:09:31OK, then. No, I don't particularly want to see them, since you ask.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36And I don't want to see the Lion King, but that's not the...
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Because, guess what, Laura, I've got quite a lot on.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42I'm organising the fucking Olympic Games.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48Ian's got very broad shoulders. You never see them, but there's a lot of weight on them.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51< Does he ever talk to you about...?
0:09:51 > 0:09:56He doesn't need to. We're a team. I know exactly what he's feeling.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01< Do you think he knows that? He doesn't need to. < Of course.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08'It's the afternoon, and the third and final of the three candidates
0:10:08 > 0:10:12'for Curator of the Cultural Olympiad has already arrived.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18'Fidel Wilson was originally from Coventry,
0:10:18 > 0:10:23'but then trained as a successful choreographer achieving notoriety
0:10:23 > 0:10:28'for a series of spontaneous naked flash-mob events around the world.'
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Let me do the introductions. KAY HOPE, Head of Sustainability.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37- Nick Jellet...- Siobhan Sharpe. - Who is from Perfect Curve.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41'He hit the headlines when violence broke out following a performance
0:10:41 > 0:10:45'of his all-male stage version of Little Women in Venice.'
0:10:45 > 0:10:49I'll start by asking you about your sense
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- of what the Cultural Olympiad is about or could be about.- Cool.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Or should be about.- Sure. Question.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00- Question. Er... Sport. Art. What they got in common?- Right.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- OK.- I'd say that's easy. Nothing.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08The body. The body's where sport and culture meet.
0:11:08 > 0:11:14- Cool.- We've got this opportunity to find a national groove. OK.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19For me, this Cultural Olympiad has always been about, you know, it's...
0:11:19 > 0:11:22'It's already clear that, for Fidel Wilson,
0:11:22 > 0:11:26'the Cultural Olympiad is a physical experience, as opposed to an idea.'
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Bear with me, right? Young, old.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Black, white. Rich, poor. Whatever.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Stand together and say...
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Today, we're gonna get up. And we're gonna dance.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45In the street. Tomorrow, right? We're gonna jump.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49For joy. Day after that...
0:11:53 > 0:11:55We run for our lives.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- Right, well...- It's time, man.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00We're here and we're now.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Right?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04And we're alive.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- That's it.- Right.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Well...
0:12:18 > 0:12:22- Yay!- I was wondering if you could say a bit more.- No.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27- That's what I've got, take it or leave it.- Right.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33So, day 12. Just done 10k with my friend Alice.
0:12:33 > 0:12:39Think she was struggling a bit, but I feel great. Never thought I could do this but it turns out I can.
0:12:39 > 0:12:45'Meanwhile, Head of Sustainability Kay Hope, has started training for the marathon
0:12:45 > 0:12:50'and is posting a daily video blog of her progress as a single mother.'
0:12:50 > 0:12:55..made me realise what a great place I'm at. Just me and Kieran.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Really happy things turned out the way they have. Can do what I want.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05Can go running, whatever. Just really happy, basically.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09It feels very private, just me talking about how I feel.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14I suppose there are people out there who watch it, there must be.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19How does that feel? > I don't know if Simon is watching. I don't care.
0:13:19 > 0:13:25He probably isn't anyway. I don't think about it, whether he is or he isn't.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29No point in rushing training. That way, a lot of injuries happen.
0:13:29 > 0:13:36'Head of Infrastructure Graham Hitchens approached his preparations in a more scientific fashion.'
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- I've got my gait analysed. - Your gait?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Yeah. There's this South African guy in Kentish Town...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45He might be from New Zealand. Whatever.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- What was the result of the analysis? - That was quite interesting.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54He looked at my feet and he told me to go outside and run 50 yards.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59When I got back, he'd gone. I'm thinking, "That's not a good sign."
0:13:59 > 0:14:05Being positive, Nick told me that he would pay a lot of money not to see me run.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- So I'm thinking, basically, result! - < Yeah.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19'Meanwhile, after last week's interviews for the Cultural Olympiad
0:14:19 > 0:14:23'Ian has called the interview panel back to begin the postmortem.'
0:14:23 > 0:14:28- She talked a lot about that. - She talked a lot about everything.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33Before we move towards a decision, it might be worth refocusing...
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Thank you, Sally. ..on our selection criteria.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42'The hope is to reach a decision and to make an early announcement to the press.'
0:14:42 > 0:14:47- So, we're looking for merit and eligibility.- I'm good with that.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- This is not about gut feelings. - No way.- Or a beauty contest.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56If it were, that second lass would win hands down and she was useless.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00'The panel seems to be moving towards some kind of decision.'
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Roshanara Khan.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I'd like to support her because she's a woman
0:15:05 > 0:15:11but you've got to be suspicious about a woman who arrives looking like a supermodel.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16- That is NOT in the job description. - Well...- The job of being a woman.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19If only it were that easy. She's a nice enough lass.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22She's had things easy. I've no problem with that.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27- But you've got to have more up your sleeve than an empty tent.- Right.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35- Fidel Wilson.- He was great. - He was different.- He was way cool.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37The question would be his experience,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41whether he can manage a team and administer a £73-million budget
0:15:41 > 0:15:45efficiently to deliver his vision practically on the ground.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Right. - Now you're being daft.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53'At last, there's a growing realisation
0:15:53 > 0:15:59'that the panel has managed to eliminate all the candidates except Anna Mitchell.'
0:15:59 > 0:16:02We went with the experienced candidate.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07'Even though it's the end of a long day, Ian decides to go for a run
0:16:07 > 0:16:09'instead of going straight home.'
0:16:09 > 0:16:14It's not a requirement of the job that you have to like the person.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18It isn't like a marriage where, if you don't like the person,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21it's just pointless and painful for everybody.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25In a job like yours, is it difficult to keep your personal life...? >
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- I'm going to go to the toilet now. - OK. Right. >
0:16:39 > 0:16:41PHONE RINGS
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Hi. How are you? Good. I'm good...
0:16:48 > 0:16:51'As Head of Deliverance, Ian has got a big enough job to do,
0:16:51 > 0:16:57'but he's got a call from Sebastian Coe, and that means putting everything on hold.'
0:16:57 > 0:17:02The feeling in the room was that she was the most experienced candidate.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Right. OK.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Right. When you say, "It would have been good if..."
0:17:11 > 0:17:15'There is concern upstairs that in reaching an autonomous conclusion
0:17:15 > 0:17:22'the interviewing panel should be mindful of the ethnic balance across executive appointments.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25'Suddenly, a decision which seemed clear-cut
0:17:25 > 0:17:29'is beginning to look increasingly as if it wasn't.'
0:17:29 > 0:17:35Leave that with me. I'll run it through the computer and see who sneezes.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Sure. I'll get back to you as soon as... Absolutely. Understood.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42OK. Talk soon. Bye.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51- It's up to you, obviously, but you might want to go now.- OK.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Right.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56OK. Um...
0:17:57 > 0:18:02The key thing is that we sit on the Anna Mitchell press release.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06I'm telling you what he said. Siobhan, there's no point shouting.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10'It's important now that Ian moves swiftly and decisively.'
0:18:10 > 0:18:12I'll phone you back. Bye.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- Hi.- Oh, hi.- Right, I've had a call from upstairs.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21- I don't suppose it's possible to put a nine o'clock in?- Sure.
0:18:21 > 0:18:28- I've done it. I e-mailed Nick, Kay and Siobhan and left messages on their mobiles.- Sally, that's great.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- It's going to be better if it's 8.30.- I said 8.30.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Right.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Brilliant.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39- Excuse the shorts.- Not a problem. - Thank God you were still here.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44- Thought I'd catch up then go straight to the gym.- Gym?- Yeah.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- Maybe you should enter the marathon. - Me? No way. I could never do that.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- Why not?- I'm not fit enough.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- Of course you are.- I do 10k on the running machine...- That's miles.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Be good to have someone to train with.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02PHONE RINGS
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Siobhan, I said I'd phone you back.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09You've got to understand, this is coming from upstairs.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Still the same flag pole, they've just changed the...flag.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I've got a bit of nipple rash.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I think of it as a badge of honour.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21'For Kay Hope, it's another day, another blog.'
0:19:21 > 0:19:25..just a 5k, which is great, but women are amazing!
0:19:25 > 0:19:29I know it sounds funny, but no wonder men can't hack it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34It looks as if we've appointed a woman to run the Cultural Olympiad
0:19:34 > 0:19:39so I've been thinking, "Go, Anna Mitchell! Go, women! Go us!"
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Don't know.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48No. Don't know. No. Still don't know.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53'Meanwhile, it's another day and Ian Fletcher is already under pressure.'
0:19:53 > 0:19:57I have no idea what time I'm going to be back, do I?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00No, the thing is...
0:20:00 > 0:20:02What you don't... Ow! Fuck!
0:20:02 > 0:20:07NICK: They're supposed to be hands-off. It's like Maoist China.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11'By 8.30, it's already groundhog day in the meeting room.'
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- Fine if you're Chinese. I'm from Yorkshire.- Here's the thing.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19We are where we are. I have got journalists coming out of my ears.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21We need to make a decision.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25'After the response from above to their choice of Anna Mitchell,
0:20:25 > 0:20:30'Ian called the panel in to discuss the merits of the other candidates.'
0:20:30 > 0:20:33All right, let's do this in stages.
0:20:33 > 0:20:39- Are we in agreement that we don't want to offer the post to Roshanara Khan?- No.- I'm sorry.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Let's take Roshanara out of the equation.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48The next question is... There aren't any more questions.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53- Siobhan, will you get a press release about Fidel Wilson ready? - I'm on it.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58- This process is ridiculous. - Well, at least we didn't go public with Anna Mitchell.
0:20:58 > 0:21:04- That is good.- We should congratulate ourselves.- Yes.- That would have...
0:21:04 > 0:21:07You're looking at a total shit storm.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- So that's all good.- Yes.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14In many ways, we would have preferred our original choice.
0:21:14 > 0:21:22When someone invites you to re-examine a decision, sometimes you arrive at a better decision.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25< You think you've made a better decision?
0:21:25 > 0:21:29We've made a different decision. In a boring world, different is good.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33PHONE RINGING Hello. Ian Fletcher's office.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37'By lunch time, things are more different than Ian thought.'
0:21:37 > 0:21:40I've had journalists calling me for the last hour.
0:21:40 > 0:21:47'A journalist asked Anna Mitchell for her reaction to her appointment to the Cultural Olympiad.'
0:21:47 > 0:21:51The blogosphere and Twitter world is going ape-shit.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56- What happens now?- Ready for this? - Yes.- She's in the building.- Right.
0:21:56 > 0:22:02- Can you believe it?- No. Yes. - For a Paralympics closing ceremony whatever thing.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- So...- I haven't finished.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09We can't announce Fidel Wilson because he hasn't turned his phone on and formally said yes.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14- Also, I'm getting unbelievable wind from all the running.- Oh, dear.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- Have you finished now?- Yeah.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21How do you manage to keep calm when you're under so much pressure?
0:22:21 > 0:22:25It's not easy. You could run a car off it. It's incredible!
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Hi, there.- Hello, Ian.
0:22:32 > 0:22:39'Meanwhile, the problem of what to say to Anna Mitchell has arrived sooner than Ian was ready for it.'
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- So, how are you?- I'm good.- Good.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- Yes, I'm pretty good.- Great.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Great.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52BREAKS WIND
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- DOORS OPEN - Right, this is where I get off.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- Are you...?- No. I'm on the way up.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- Right. Are you? - I think so, yes.- Good.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16- Maybe you'd like to pop into my office after your meeting.- Sure.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- On your way down.- Yes.- Right. Good.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29I've phoned the web team and asked them to remove it from the site...
0:23:29 > 0:23:32'Kay has been quietly busy with her own issues.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37'She's decided to discontinue her blog and pull out of the marathon.'
0:23:37 > 0:23:42I was only running so I could blog about it. That's the thing.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46In the end, what's so great about having infected toenails?
0:23:46 > 0:23:49I've got other things in my life.
0:23:49 > 0:23:55'Meanwhile, Anna has finished her meeting upstairs and is awaiting her appointment with Ian and fate.'
0:23:55 > 0:23:59I can't tell you anything yet. You don't want to tempt fate.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02< Or take anything for granted.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- Anna, hi.- Hi.- Sorry to keep you waiting.- No problem, Ian.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Come on through.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Please, have a seat.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14'If Ian's task is to be the caring doctor
0:24:14 > 0:24:19'explaining to a relieved patient they got the test results mixed up,
0:24:19 > 0:24:25'Anna's task is to grasp that, in fact, she's going to die after all.'
0:24:35 > 0:24:40- Hi.- Oh, hi.- Still nothing back from Fidel Wilson?- Not so far.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45Tight hamstrings! What's the point of a mobile if you don't turn it on?
0:24:45 > 0:24:51'With a potential crisis dealt with, all that's left is for final details to be settled.'
0:24:51 > 0:24:55We haven't got a home number. I feel he has an interesting home life.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57BREAKS WIND
0:24:57 > 0:25:02- Would you like another Wind-eze? - No thanks. Can't face any more.
0:25:02 > 0:25:09- I was thinking of trying to fit in another run, now that the decks are pretty much level again.- Right.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12I don't know whether you brought your kit in today.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Yeah. I think I did.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- Right, well, maybe...if... - PHONE RINGS
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Hello. Ian Fletcher's office.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Oh, yes. One second.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- I'll see if he's available. It's the DCMS.- What do they want?
0:25:27 > 0:25:31I'm just putting you through. Thank you.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Hello. What can I do for you?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Yeah.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41'But Ian Fletcher's is a world where the moment you think
0:25:41 > 0:25:48'you're going for a run with your PA instead of seeing a lengthy musical with your wife's parents,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50'the Department of Culture, Media and Sport phones up
0:25:50 > 0:25:54'to say that, although it's vital the panel decides independently,
0:25:55 > 0:26:02'in changing its mind about who to choose, it would seem perverse if the person eventually appointed
0:26:02 > 0:26:05'was not, in some way or other, a woman.'
0:26:09 > 0:26:14- Sally, do we have a number for Roshanara Khan?- Yes. I've got it.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18It's all good.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22It removes a whole layer of uncertainty at a stroke...
0:26:22 > 0:26:25< Are you allowed to smoke in here?
0:26:26 > 0:26:33In an ideal world, we'd have gone with our second choice but the thing is to look for the positive.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35So where is that? >
0:26:35 > 0:26:42I'd started to think I'd lost any appetite for cigarettes. Turns out, it's as strong as ever.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Let's get out there. I've had enough of this office.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- It's Fidel Wilson.- Oh. Great.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55- He left a message while I was changing.- So, what does it...?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58FIDEL: 'Shit! I left my phone at a friend's house.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02'I can't believe it! OK, so, yeah, man.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05'I'm pumped here!
0:27:05 > 0:27:08'Point me at it. I am ready to go on this.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13'So, thank you, guys. This is gonna be AWESOME!
0:27:13 > 0:27:16'So call me, OK?
0:27:16 > 0:27:20'Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Woo! Come on!'
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Right.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Hello? Is that Fidel?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32This is Ian Fletcher from the ODC.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Yes. How are you? Good...
0:27:35 > 0:27:42'For the second time, Ian has the delicate task of helping someone who thought they were happy
0:27:42 > 0:27:45'to understand that they really aren't.'
0:27:45 > 0:27:49I very much hope that we can find an amicable...
0:27:53 > 0:27:55OK. So that's all good.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- I picked these up.- Right. - If you want one.- Yeah.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- It's been a long day. - Thanks. That's great.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06I don't know if you've got time for a run or if you have to get back.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- Do you know what I'd like to do?- No.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14I'd like to go to a pub and I'd like to have a cold beer.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- Right. - And then possibly another one.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- After you've been running?- Do you fancy going for a drink, Sally?
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Er... Yeah. OK.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Good.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57# ..There may be tear drops to shed
0:28:58 > 0:29:04# So while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
0:29:04 > 0:29:11# Let's face the music and dance
0:29:11 > 0:29:15# Let's face the music
0:29:15 > 0:29:17# And dance. #
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