0:00:02 > 0:00:09This programme contains some strong language
0:00:09 > 0:00:14# There may be trouble ahead
0:00:14 > 0:00:20# But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
0:00:20 > 0:00:24# Let's face the music and dance
0:00:24 > 0:00:31# Let's face the music and dance. #
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yes, no, absolutely.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38No, absolutely. We're completely up to speed with this.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40'It's 07:30 in the morning,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43'but Twenty Twelve Head of Deliverance, Ian Fletcher
0:00:43 > 0:00:46'has already had his first call of the day from the Mayor's Office.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48They're called Priority Lanes,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52and there is no higher priority than bikes, therefore if... Argh!
0:00:52 > 0:00:56No, I'm fine... Therefore if they haven't got any bikes in them
0:00:56 > 0:01:00then they're not Priority Lanes. Exactly, consequentia mirabilis...
0:01:03 > 0:01:05No, absolutely.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Great, yes. Well, look. What I'll do is...
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Yes, no, absolutely.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I'll get Graham Hitchens, Head of Infrastructure, onto this.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Exactly. Yes, exactly, and the moustache. Exactly, yes.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21In fact, better idea, why don't you call him direct?
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Because this is exactly...
0:01:23 > 0:01:26this whole "Games Lanes" thing is exactly the kind of stuff
0:01:26 > 0:01:28that really pushes his buttons.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And we'll take it from there! OK?
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Right, absolutely. Yes.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35OK, bye. Bye, bye.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36- Christ! Morning, Sally.- Oh, hi.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39I mean, what the bloody hell was he like when he was a nine year old?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- That's what I want to know. - Yes that's, uh.- How are you today?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- Um, yeah, not bad thanks. No, I'm good.- Good.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Have you spoken to Seb yet? - No, not yet. No.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- I know he's been calling but I could not get Biggles off the intercom. - Yes, cos, er...
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Do you know anything about the paper towels in the toilets? - Right...- They've disappeared.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01- Now there's some kind of... I don't know what on the wall.- I think you might have to ask Kay.- Kay?
0:02:01 > 0:02:06- Yes. I think it's actually something to do with more, er...- Ahh. - Changing to a sustainable...
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Yes, yes. Whatever. Brilliant.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Um, Seb wanted you to call him as a matter of some urgency, actually.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Right, OK. I thought he was in India. - Yes, he is.- Great. OK.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19- I'll just do your knuckles, shall I? - Oh, no. That's, er, oh. Well, OK. Maybe, then.- Yep.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Right. No, absolutely. We have to be setting the agenda
0:02:24 > 0:02:27otherwise this could get very out of shape, very quickly.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30'Overnight, the head of the Algerian Olympic Delegation
0:02:30 > 0:02:31'has issued a statement.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34'Following a tour of the Olympic Village he is insisting
0:02:34 > 0:02:38'on separate worship facilities, after discovering that the Shared Belief Centre,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41'which has already been built, does not face Mecca.'
0:02:41 > 0:02:44That should give us a bit of, ooh, that should give a bit of, er...
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Yes! To assess the... Exactly, yes!
0:02:46 > 0:02:49If there is any damage, and I really don't think there will be.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50So that's all good.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Absolutely! Yes, will do. Not at all.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56OK, bye! Bye, bye, bye.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Right.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Well, this is going to be interesting.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Yes. You might want to keep still a moment.- Right, sorry. - No, that's fine.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09- You do realise, I'm completely in your hands, Nurse. - Yes, no, that's not a problem.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19Erm... A couple of preliminaries before we get started. Firstly ticketing.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Oh right, here we go.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Just want to clarify and remove any further fuzziness around this area,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26there seems to be a pretty strong view from upstairs
0:03:26 > 0:03:27that we all make a point
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- of using the official channels when applying for tickets.- Right.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- The Germans have already got towels on half the seats for the sprint events anyway.- Yeah, classic.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Well, no. I think the key thing is...
0:03:36 > 0:03:38'For this morning's Heads Up,
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Ian is joined by Head of Contracts, Nick Jowett,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43'Head of Infrastructure, Graham Hitchins,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45'and Head of Sustainability, Kay Hope.'
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- ..it is a completely fair and open process.- Oh, that's great.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- See you all at the women's ping pong, then.- OK, good.- You haven't applied for that as well?
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Right, now, the other thing is a reminder that as of this week
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- we're going to be a slightly larger family.- Yeah, what?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01I gather Fiona Healey might well be joining us today at some point.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02- So that's all good.- Today?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Fiona who?- A bit earlier than we thought, but it'll be great
0:04:05 > 0:04:07to finally have Legacy round the table with us here
0:04:07 > 0:04:10rather than outside the tent, uh, looking in at the table.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Great.- I'm sure we'll all make her feel welcome. Good!
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- I thought that wasn't till next month.- Well, I know.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17But as it turns out it's even earlier than that.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- Right.- So that's all good.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21So moving on to the main business now.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I'm sure we've all seen the stories this morning,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27and you don't need me to tell you how high the stakes are with this
0:04:27 > 0:04:30and how crucial it is that we take a completely...
0:04:30 > 0:04:33No, na-ah. Not going to happen. Nope. Hey...
0:04:33 > 0:04:35OK, so here's the thing, here's where we're at.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38I'm talking now. No-one knows who Sally Gunnell is.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Did she run, did she jump, did she throw stuff? Who cares?
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Everyone knows who Sharon Osborne is. It's a no-brainer. Right, I've got to go. OK. Bye.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47'Given the potential importance of the Algerian situation
0:04:47 > 0:04:50'Head of Brand, Siobhan Sharpe, from PR company Perfect Curve,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53'has arrived to join them, despite how busy she is.'
0:04:53 > 0:04:58- So.- Siobhan.- Hey, guys.- Welcome. - OK, so thanks for waiting.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- Um, so first up...- No, actually we have started, Siobhan.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- Oh, OK.- If that's OK?- Sure.- Good.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06So, as I was...
0:05:06 > 0:05:10'Ian's immediate priority is to agree an initial response to
0:05:10 > 0:05:15'the Algerian statement as soon as possible in order to gain the initiative and to buy time.'
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Well, let's cut to the chase with this.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Basically, we're talking about a mosque
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- in the middle of the Olympic Village. - Right.- Brilliant.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- Now clearly this is a non starter, for obvious reasons. - Not going to happen. Way too crazy.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31- Cos, I suppose once you go down that road, I mean where will it end? - Exactly.- Well, Mecca presumably.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Yeah, Mecca, yeah.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34On the other hand, crucially,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37we can't be seen to be closed to the idea of a Mosque either.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- No, absolutely. No.- Totally. - Especially not if we are.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Yes. And at the same time any suggestion of special treatment
0:05:43 > 0:05:44on religious grounds
0:05:44 > 0:05:47could potentially trigger a wave of reaction
0:05:47 > 0:05:50from any of the other religious groups among competing nations.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I'm not being funny here, but, trust me,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- you do not want to annoy the Russian Orthodox weight lifters.- Right.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59- Some of those guys are on, like, four chickens a day already, before...- OK. Thank you, Graham.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02OK. Well, I'm just saying, that's all.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05This couldn't be a more delicate issue and we have to get it right.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- Absolutely, yes.- OK, guys. If we don't whack this racoon first time
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- we are looking at a total crap fest here, OK. - Yes, OK, Siobhan.- No question.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Bearing all that in mind I think what I want us to focus on right now
0:06:15 > 0:06:18is how we move from the problem phase of the problem
0:06:18 > 0:06:20to the solution phase of the problem as swiftly as possible.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Right, yes. - I'm totally good with that.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- Right. I'm going to say this.- Nick.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Call me old fashioned,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28would anyone notice if the Algerians didn't turn up?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I mean, really?
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Right. OK.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35As host city for Twenty Twelve,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37London prides itself on its multicultural, uh...
0:06:37 > 0:06:40..multiculturalness? Er, no.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Prides itself on its... multiculturality.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Can you just check and see if that's actually a proper...
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Sure, no a problem.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47'By now it's nearly ten o'clock.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49'With the press waiting for a response
0:06:49 > 0:06:51'to the Algerian threat to boycott the Games,
0:06:51 > 0:06:56'Ian has decided to draft a press release himself to save time.'
0:06:56 > 0:06:59'And not only that, but Siobhan has agreed to help him.'
0:06:59 > 0:07:02The Centre is designed, specifically designed
0:07:02 > 0:07:05with the needs of the world's major belief systems in mind.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Christian, no let's put that last. Let's put Islam first.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- OK, yep.- Good call. - Islam, Buddhism, Hindu...- Muslim.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- No we've had that. Hindu. Have I said that already?- Yes.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Bugger. God.- Judaism?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Oh, bloody hell! Yes, brilliant, Sally. Brilliant.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- That was a close call. Judaism. - Muslim.- No, we've had that already.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Na-ah, I don't think so.- It's possible you haven't been listening.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30No, I totally have. You got Islam, you got...
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- Well, there you go. - No, Muslim, Ian. Duh.- Right.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- And Muslim's kinda like the main shit here, you know?- OK.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39The last thing I want to be is picky about this but,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42as far as I'm aware, the definition of a Muslim is one who believes in Islam.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- No. Really? - Really.- Yes, actually.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Wow! God, that's like, who knew?
0:07:48 > 0:07:54Well exactly. I know. OK right, good. So Islam, Buddhism, Hindu, Judaism. Have I left any out?
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- Erm...- Sounds cool to me. OK, guys, I think we're done here. Let's roll.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I mean are we going to put in Christianity or...
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- Oh, God, yes.- You know, just in case? - Jesus.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Yeah, hi. It's me.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Don't reply to this, well you won't anyway, you haven't replied to the others...
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Since separating from his wife
0:08:10 > 0:08:13three months ago, Ian's been living with his sister in Dulwich,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16but tomorrow he's due to move into a rented flat of his own.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18The only spare set of keys to this flat I'm moving into
0:08:18 > 0:08:22are through your bloody letter box, for some reason, instead of sending them to me.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25'Laura's been refusing to forward any mail since I left.'
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Bills, car tax, credit cards. Complete chaos.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- PRODUCER:- Why do you think she's doing that?- God knows.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33She's being bloody awkward, really. She's had the locks changed, obviously.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35It's so I have to go and pick them up whilst she's there.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- PRODUCER:- Why do you think she wants you to?- She's being bloody awkward.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- PRODUCER:- D'you think it could be because you're moving into your own flat
0:08:42 > 0:08:45so that sort of marks a new stage in the whole emotional journey of,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47you know, towards, or apart from each other?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Yes, no. She's just being bloody awkward. PRODUCER:- Oh, right.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53REPORTER: There is a new development, Katie, which is this reaction
0:08:53 > 0:08:55from the President of the French Olympic Committee.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58He was pretty clear that if the French see
0:08:58 > 0:09:02anything they regard as any kind of concession to the Algerian demands
0:09:02 > 0:09:07for a Mosque, then they too would be prepared to pull out of the Games.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09In the meantime the organizers themselves,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11the Olympic Deliverance Commission,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13have put out what it's fair to describe
0:09:13 > 0:09:16as a pretty carefully-worded statement on this issue.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18In it they talk about London as a host city,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21which prides itself on its multiculturality,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24which I guess is a word we're all going to have to get used to now.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26But by the time Ian has got back up to the office,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29the stakes in the Algerian boycott issue have suddenly got higher.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Whether that's enough
0:09:31 > 0:09:34to take the heat out of this potentially explosive issue,
0:09:34 > 0:09:36I guess the next few days will tell. Katie.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- Right, well. Great. Sorry, Katie. - Yeah, sorry, Katie.- Brilliant.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Can I talk to you about Games Lanes? - Not now, Graham.- OK.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44OK, guys. So here's the thing with this.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46We just caught a barrel load of shit here. Let's handle it.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Still, I suppose at least we know multiculturality is a word.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51PHONE RINGS Hi, how are you.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- It's leading-edge green technology - they're from Denmark.- Denmark?
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- Yeah, I'll bet it is.- Yeah, like they know about hand dryers.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Guys, we've got major mission creep, here. Can we focus?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- We've had the wind-up kettle, but this...- Hang on, wind-up kettle?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05With events now gathering momentum by the hour,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Ian has called the team together in the hope of staying ahead of them.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I don't ask for much in life, but where I come from,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14you don't dry your hands on your trousers. That's all I'm saying, I don't care who you are.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- How's it going?- Yeah, not bad. - Yeah, good.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20That contraption could change the world for the better. I really think that.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I've nothing against changing the world, love. It just doesn't dry your hands.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I've just been speaking to Seb in India.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Later today we're hoping to talk to this Dr Benhamadi guy,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31and unless we've got something decent to offer him,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33we'll be washing our hands of the Olympic Games.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- Hmm, yeah, right.- Totally. - So. What have we got here?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38The earlier press release may have bought them time,
0:10:38 > 0:10:41but Ian's worry now is that they may have already spent it.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43OK, what it is, if you look at the plans,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45the problem we've got
0:10:45 > 0:10:48is that none of the walls of the Belief Centre actually faces Mecca.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50But that's impossible.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- The problem is it faces East. - That's right, isn't it?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56No, that's not right. Cos Mecca is only East if you're due West of it.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58But there are four walls. There are only four directions.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01One of them must be... Just a minute, which way is East?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03No, don't start that.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04It's upside down.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- OK so East is over here. - Right, OK.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- Hang on, it's over here.- Yep. - Whatever.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Whereas the problem you've got is Mecca
0:11:11 > 0:11:16is actually 121 degrees East South East, over here somewhere.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Right. Thank you, Graham.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Currently 909 feet above sea level, no pet shops.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24So, short of turning the entire building around...
0:11:24 > 0:11:27With the Shared Belief Centre already designed and built,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29the task now is to decide what to do about that.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- I mean we could offer them tickets. - How are we going to get hold of those?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Yeah, I mean, unless they're keen on men's volleyball.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37You've not applied for that as well?
0:11:37 > 0:11:43The centre of this is an issue of faith and we've got to find a way of addressing that head on.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- OK, what about shoes?- Shoes?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48What if we agree nobody will wear shoes in the Shared Belief Centre.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Yes.- Cool.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Yes. I'm not sure that's going to be quite enough to swing it somehow.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55What if we get them to take socks off as well.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- Yes, well.- No, that's wrong. I don't think it works like that.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Why don't we just hand out free beards to everyone?- Thanks, Nick.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I'm sorry, we're all over the place. I don't care who you are.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06OK, here you go look, "Qiblah, Arabic for direction.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09"Also transliterated as Qibla, Kiblah or Kibla."
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- Well, yes. - OK, whatever.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15"Direction faced during prayer
0:12:15 > 0:12:19"symbolizing the unity of Muslims worldwide under Law of God."
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- Right. OK.- Right, well that's it then. We're stuffed.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23It must be possible to have one internal wall
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- that faces in a different direction, surely.- What?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Why can't we build our own Qiblah wall inside somewhere?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Cool.- It's going to look like a kid's drawing in there.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- Let's worry about that later, but it must be possible. - It's surely possible, yes.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Thanks, Ian, that's great. Let's do this. Let's build this wall.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I'll give you the number of the guys that did my kitchen. This is right up their street.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49They can measure up this afternoon, they offer a complete service,
0:12:49 > 0:12:53but you probably need to decide whether you want curtains or blinds.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Right. God. I mean, I just haven't had time to...
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Of course, not a problem.- Frankly it's bloody annoying, really.- Yeah.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02They say fully furnished and bugger off with all the curtains in the flat.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Yes. Very annoying actually. So, in the bedroom... - Right, yes. Sorry, Sally.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10For Ian, finding the time to finalise arrangements for the move into his new flat hasn't been easy.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- What would you suggest?- Me?- Yes. Otherwise I'm just never going to make this.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- In the bedroom? - Yes.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Um, well...
0:13:19 > 0:13:23But fortunately, his PA, Sally Owen, is on hand to be there for him.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I'm very lucky with Sally. There are lots of days where you think,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29"How could I actually have got through it without her?"
0:13:29 > 0:13:31And it's funny cos you think, you know, she's so bright,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34why doesn't she just, you know, what's she doing behind that desk?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38But then I suppose she seems happy enough so no, I am very lucky.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40And then go for something more Venetian in the living room.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- Right.- And that can sometimes be quite nice, actually.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Well that sounds, I mean, let's do it. Let's go with that shall we?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- Yeah, OK. - Kay, hi. Come on in.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- We're done aren't we, Sally? - I think so.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- Have you?- Oh yes, no that was lovely, thanks.- Not a problem.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Ian has asked Head of Sustainability Kay Hope to step into his office.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- This won't take a moment. I know how busy you are.- Yes, absolutely.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I just wanted to mention something to you, that's all.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09I'm on my way over to Clerkenwell to meet the hand drier guys.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Oh right, yes.- They're going to take me through a few modifications. - Right. That's great, Kay.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- Everyone's busy, sustainability is the last thing anyone wants to think about.- Well, that's not true.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17That's fine.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Sustainability isn't about being popular.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Sustainability is the centre pole that keeps this whole tent up.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Well...- No, it is.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Were it not for that centre pole at the centre then it,
0:14:27 > 0:14:30you know, I mean how would we know where the centre was?
0:14:30 > 0:14:34If this works, this could go down as the Games that changed the way the world dried its hands.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- Right. - I really think that.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- That's great, but that's not actually what I wanted to talk to you about. - Oh, right.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42I just wanted to run something past you very quickly.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45You know Fiona Healey is probably arriving at some point today.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Right, yes.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50I was thinking, it's great Legacy are finally going to have a presence
0:14:50 > 0:14:52in the building alongside Sustainability.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55And while we're getting an office sorted for her, what with the re-jig,
0:14:55 > 0:14:59I was just thinking it might be possible to put a temporary desk in your office...
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- A desk? - Yes, just as a...
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- What do you mean? What kind of a desk?- What kind of a desk?
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Yes, actually.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I'm sure Keith will come up with some temporary arrangement that...
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Sustainability is not actually about temporary arrangements, actually.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16No, of course not. Obviously it's not ideal, but we're talking about a couple of days at most,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19and Sustainability and Legacy, well, they, they're...
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- Are totally different. - Well, of course they are, yes. - Totally.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25No absolutely, but at the same time in lots of other ways,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28I mean, you know, they're natural bedfellows.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Speaking to a source inside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
0:15:34 > 0:15:36just here behind me a few minutes ago, Katie,
0:15:36 > 0:15:40and they were unable to either confirm or deny
0:15:40 > 0:15:42the stories that we've been hearing that Morocco is now the latest
0:15:42 > 0:15:45country to become involved in this rapidly escalating crisis.
0:15:45 > 0:15:51But as the day progresses it's becoming clear that office arrangements
0:15:51 > 0:15:53may turn out to be the least of Ian's problems.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Then of course that raises the very real prospect of other Muslim
0:15:56 > 0:16:00and non-Muslim countries lining up to support either one side or the other,
0:16:00 > 0:16:06which of course is exactly the sort of nightmare scenario
0:16:06 > 0:16:10'that Olympic organisers will be desperate to...'
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Think I've got the gist of that. So that's all good.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- Ian Fletcher's Office. - Yeah, can we talk about... - No, sorry, Graham.- OK.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Well, problems are just solutions waiting to happen.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Following news of a possible Moroccan threat to pull out
0:16:21 > 0:16:23of the Games in support of the Algerians,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Ian has been asked by the Foreign Office to take part in a video conference
0:16:26 > 0:16:29with Dr Benhamadi in Algiers and Seb Coe in Mumbai.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32No, I can't do that. Sorry, I can't do that.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Yes, no, I'll get him to call you back. The earliest possible.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Right. Yes, of course I will. All right, thank you very much.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Thanks. No. Bye-bye.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- Should be back about four. - Right, yes.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Maybe five at the latest I imagine, but really who knows today.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- Absolutely, yes. - Right. OK.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Uh, I don't know whether...
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Oh yes, that's great thanks, Sally. I haven't had time for anything.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I just thought, you know, in the cab. Just for energy and potassium.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Yes, no that's brilliant.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- First Aid, curtain fittings, bananas. I mean, where's it going to end? - Not a problem.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Ah, right.- Err.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- I've got a feeling that's Fiona Healey.- Right.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- Today of all days. - I'll just tell her to go away.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15No, no it's OK.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- I suppose I should just say hello to her quickly.- Not a problem.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Head of Legacy Fiona Healey has arrived
0:17:20 > 0:17:22for her first day in the ODC offices.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25You, too. Welcome to Deliverance.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Thank you. You make it sound like a nightclub.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- Well yes, we are pretty funky, aren't we Sally?- Uh, yes.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Yeah, no, This is really annoying, but I'm just on my way out actually. - Oh sure, no worries Ian.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Otherwise I'd give you the full initiation routine myself.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40That's a shame, but I'm a big girl. I can figure things out for myself.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42In the meantime if there's anything you need, ask Sally,
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- because she's basically running the Olympics.- OK.- I'm not really, actually.- Sure.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- Great to meet you and we'll do this properly later.- Sure, absolutely Ian. - Bye.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- Right, OK.- Graham can I, just before you start.- Yep.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- I just want you to ask yourself, is this so important?- Yeah, it is.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- No, I haven't finished yet.- OK. - Is this so important that it has to be dealt with now?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- Yeah, it is. Yeah. - Right. Can you walk and talk?
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- Erm, yeah.- Right.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07The whole point of Game Lanes
0:18:07 > 0:18:10is there's nothing else allowed in there for those three weeks.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14As Head of Infrastructure, Graham Hitchins has been talking to
0:18:14 > 0:18:17the Mayor's office about the issue of special Games Lanes
0:18:17 > 0:18:19on London's roads during the period of the Games.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Now they're saying I've got to phone them back, like today, and talk to him personally,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- like, you know, talk to the Mayor of London.- OK.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28No. It's not OK, is it? Cos what am I supposed to say to him?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31I don't know any Latin.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- I think for Boris the thing about bike lanes is their symbolic value. - Yeah, that's fine.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- You know, as well as their practical value. It's a flagship policy. - Yeah, that's all fine.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42You can have as many symbolic bike lanes as you like, with symbolic bikes.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- In the end you've got real people trying to ride them, though.- Yes.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I mean, you've got a symbolic bike lane in the middle of the road
0:18:48 > 0:18:52where everything else is real, you got a disaster waiting to happen.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Following the Moroccan response to the French response
0:18:56 > 0:18:58to the Algerian threat to boycott the Games,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00press interest in the developing crisis is growing.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05- REPORTER:- But isn't the problem now how do you stop the Algerians
0:19:05 > 0:19:08and possibly the Moroccans pulling out without building a Mosque?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11How do you stop the French pulling out if you do?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14And in the meantime how do you stop the contagion spreading?
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Yes. Multiculturality is the centre pole, of not just the 2012 tent,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21which we happen to think is a pretty impressive tent in its own right,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23but also of London's tent,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26and some would say it's what keeps Britain's tent up today.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28In fact without that pole,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30it could be argued there wouldn't be a centre at all.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33So that's all good, and we take that thought going forward today,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37as in consultation with our Belief Partners, we just tension the last few guy ropes
0:19:37 > 0:19:40and tighten the canvas of our plans in that area.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43OK. Thanks, guys. That's great.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- It's bloody big, isn't it? - Yes, it is.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Graham, please don't feel you need to come in for this.- No, that's alright.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I mean I know you've got a lot on today as it is.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59No, that's fine. I've come all this way in a bloody taxi.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Left my money and that in my jacket anyway, so...
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- Oh, well.- And my bloody Oyster Card.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Oh, well look, I can give you 20 quid if you want.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09- You don't have to do that. I was going to come in anyway. - No, no, that's not what...
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- Oh yeah, alright, I don't mind. Thanks. Great.- Right.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17So we've got Dr Benhamadi in Algiers, Seb in Mumbai,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21though we're having a bit of trouble with that at the moment.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- Right.- I don't know how familiar you are with the telepresence thing. - A bit, yes.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Really is phenomenal when it works.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- Here we are. Ian Fletcher, this is Richard Parker.- Yes, hello, Ian.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Hello. Good to meet you. And this is Graham...
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- Oh, yeah, Graham, yeah. - Yes.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Yeah, I left my Oyster card in my jacket, so...
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- Shall we do this?- Yes.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
0:20:42 > 0:20:46with responsibility for Afghanistan, South Asia, North America, the Middle East
0:20:46 > 0:20:48and North Africa, Richard Parker
0:20:48 > 0:20:52is a man who doesn't have time to suffer fools either gladly or in any other way.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57- Yeah, hi. Oh, right. - Right. When do you think that'll be?
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Cos we're pretty much ready at this end.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Er, London...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05No, that is in London, I can assure you.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Ian, I haven't talked to this Benhamadi guy personally,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10but by all accounts he can be a bit tricky.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- I think we've got a good proposition for him.- Good.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Unless he's going to insist on a minaret.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Cos however tricky he is, the fact is he's probably our one chance to stop this going nuclear.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Yes.- And he knows it.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24In my experience a guy like this shapes to put his foot on your throat,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27the best way to stop him is to compliment him on his shoes.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29- Right, yes. - Anyway, good luck.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- Thank you. - So where are we up to, Justin?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Because there's bugger all on telly at the moment.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Yeah, it's looking like we're struggling a bit with Mumbai at the moment.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Anything at all you're not struggling with?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44The good news is we're nearly there with Algiers, we should have him any minute.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- Justin's on our fast-track programme.- Right.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- But he's doing it at his own speed. - Really?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51We used to have this brilliant tech support guy.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55He was phenomenal. But he left and he wasn't actually replaced.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Still, chance for the Justins of this world to step up to the plate and not fuck everything up.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Hello? Yes.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Meanwhile back over at the ODC,
0:22:03 > 0:22:07newly-arrived Head of Legacy Fi Healey is busy settling in.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- Hi, Sally. - Oh, hi. Yes, hi.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15- OK, so. Most important question first, I guess.- OK, yep.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18What is my best chance of getting a decent cappuccino?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Yes, there's a machine two floors down in the lift lobby actually.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- Right. - Doesn't take five pences.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- OK, great. Erm, thanks for that. - Yep, not a problem.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34'Hi yes, it's Justin again at the British Foreign
0:22:34 > 0:22:36'and Commonwealth Office.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38'Yeah. We're just, erm, London. Yeah.'
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Yeah, we're ready for Dr Benhamadi now, please.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46OK. Shall I do that now? OK, thank you.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- Oh, great. - OK, right.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- Seb, hi. How are you? - Excellent.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Seb. Seb. Is this, am I doing this right?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- No, you're fine. He may not actually be hearing you.- Yeah, no.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Or in fact seeing you. I don't think he can see you.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Yeah, he's not seeing anything.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- Well, here's an idea, shall we sort that out?- Um, hello?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10What he needs to do, he needs to turn his camera on at his end.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Well, no, his camera's on. That's how we can see him.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Yeah, no, but he can't see us so he needs to turn his camera on.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17We can see him, he just can't see us.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19I mean what is he, blind?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Hi there, it's Justin here. Yeah, London.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24You haven't given us Algiers.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Given the potential importance of the potentially four-way video conference,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30things have not got off to a good start.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33No, it's great, but also it looks like...
0:23:33 > 0:23:37I did press four. I did press four. No, it is Lord Coe, honestly.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41You're going to have to trust me. It's definitely him. Are you sure?
0:23:41 > 0:23:42OK, I'll try that.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Sorry about this, I think we've got a bit of a half-wit here.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48That's handy. Between you you've almost got a whole.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52- OK, here we go. Oh right, OK. - Oh, Jesus Christ.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- OK. Right.- Right, get that off. - OK, sorry. Hello?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58I don't quite, I mean I've never seen that before.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Yeah, it's plugged up wrong. - What?- No, Graham.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- Plugged up wrong. - Yeah, it's a classic.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- Does your guy know about this? - Uh, no. Well, I mean he's Head of Infrastructure.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- OK. Well, somebody's got to be. - I don't think this is really his...
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- To be honest, guys, this is basic stuff, actually.- Even so, Graham.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14It seems to me we have tried our idiot
0:24:14 > 0:24:16and that doesn't seem to be working.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- So the issue is what have we got to lose by trying yours?- Yes. Uh...
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Even though Graham wasn't originally due to be part of the video conference at all,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26fate has somehow decreed that he now is.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29You sure about this? I don't think anyone's been behind there before.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31No, looks like it.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Hello? No, he's gone now.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Looks like someone's plugged in the whole National Grid round here.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40- Graham perhaps it's best to leave this to... - OK, here you go, here try this.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- IAN SIGHS - OK, right.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- How's that? Right. OK. - Graham, I think I'd leave this.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53OK so that's that and that's that. OK.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54I think we need to think about other ways of doing this.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Thank God you lot aren't organising the Olympics.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Right. I know what I did. - Oh, God, no. That's right, you are!
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Yeah they're all one out, that's what it is. It's obvious.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Right, so got to take those buggers out again.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- There is a number for help here. - Is there a number for Dignitas?
0:25:11 > 0:25:16OK. Right. So I'm just going to... No, hang on. No, that's wrong.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18No, Graham, I really would leave this now.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Hang on. OK, right. Right. Here we go.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Bloody hell. - Right.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31- OK, Graham, come out. - OK, got it now. Hang on.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32That's actually pretty impressive.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Working under pressure and against the clock,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Graham is prepared to work methodically towards
0:25:37 > 0:25:40identifying the correct box and then to think outside it.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- Hang on, where's this one come from? - How long does it take to fly to Algiers?
0:25:43 > 0:25:47- I mean, is there any reason we can't do that?- Hold on! There he is! - Jesus.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- Right, Graham, stop. - We've got him. - How we doing? Oh right.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56- Do you think he can hear us?- I am hearing you, yes. And seeing you.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Dr Benhamadi, Richard Parker, Under Secretary of State,
0:25:59 > 0:26:01very good to see you.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Welcome to our virtual world.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Yes. I have been here for half an hour.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08At last, just when it looked least likely,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12there's finally contact with the man at the centre of the whole crisis.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14It's very good to have you with us now.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Shall we start? We are all getting older.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Exactly, yes. And with that in mind I'd to bring in straight away Ian Fletcher,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- Head of Deliverance for London 2012. - Hello, Dr Benhamadi.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25It's very good to see you at last
0:26:25 > 0:26:28and to have this chance to talk things through with you
0:26:28 > 0:26:31and to just take the heat out of the, uh, discuss this thing.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34I'm sure we all want to be reasonable about this.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Well, of course, reason is a Western obsession.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Well, I'm not sure I'd go as far as calling it an obsession.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Some would say that it is a mirage in the sand,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45that it does not bring happiness, that it is inimical to faith.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Right. Yes. Excellent.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49But... Dr Benhamadi?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Oh, Jesus Christ. That's a bit unfortunate.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Yeah he looks like one of those...
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Oh, what is it? Oh you know. Argh, you know those huge dogs!
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Graham, Graham!
0:26:58 > 0:27:01My mate Ross, his sister. She's got one and it's a bloody great...
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Giant Schnauzer! That's it! There you go with bloody great face. Oh, here you are.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10Ah, right. Dr Benhamadi, welcome back. Can you hear us?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- Yes.- Oh good, because I think we lost you for a moment there.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- Yes. I did not lose you.- Ah.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19- If you people think... - INTERRUPTED AUDIO
0:27:19 > 0:27:21..you are wrong.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- Ah, right. - No, he's gone now. Yeah.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- Did you just call that guy a dog? - Yeah, I mean, that's... What?
0:27:43 > 0:27:48# There may be trouble ahead
0:27:48 > 0:27:55# But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
0:27:55 > 0:27:59# Let's face the music and dance
0:27:59 > 0:28:05# Let's face the music and dance. #
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