0:00:02 > 0:00:04'If the French see anything they regard as a concession
0:00:04 > 0:00:06'to Algerian demands for a mosque, then they too
0:00:06 > 0:00:09'would be prepared to pull out of the Games.'
0:00:09 > 0:00:11This couldn't be a more delicate issue. We have to get it right.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Seb, hi, how are you? Seb?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The problem is none of the walls of the Belief Centre
0:00:17 > 0:00:18actually faces Mecca.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21- Islam, Buddhism, Hindu...- Muslim.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23No, we've had that already.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26What if we all agree that nobody will ever wear shoes
0:00:26 > 0:00:28- in the Shared Belief Centre at any time?- Yes.- Cool.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Dr Benhamadi, very good to see you.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Welcome to our virtual world.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Yes. I have been here for half an hour.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36- Dr Benhamadi?- Excellent.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Just a minute - which way is east?
0:00:38 > 0:00:40They're Muslim, Ian. Duh.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- Did you just call that guy a dog? - Yeah, I mean... What?
0:00:45 > 0:00:53This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59# There may be trouble ahead
0:00:59 > 0:01:06# But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
0:01:06 > 0:01:11# Let's face the music and dance
0:01:11 > 0:01:17# Let's face the music and dance. #
0:01:25 > 0:01:29'But what I can tell you, Katie, is that whatever the precise nature
0:01:29 > 0:01:32'of those discussions were, er, and, of course, we don't know that,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35'um, in the past hour, the Algerians have now issued
0:01:35 > 0:01:38'a deadline of midnight tonight, er, for their concerns
0:01:38 > 0:01:42'about the worship facilities in the Olympic Village to be met.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45'And, if that doesn't happen, they now say they'll boycott the Games.'
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Oh, great.- Right.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Yeah, great.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52OK. So let's have a quick up-sum of where we are with this, shall we?
0:01:52 > 0:01:53OK, sure. Thanks for that, Ian. So...
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- No, from me.- Sure.- If that's OK. - No, sure. Totally good with that.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01It's Monday afternoon and Twenty Twelve Head of Deliverance Ian Fletcher has
0:02:01 > 0:02:05convened an Urgent Special Solutions Meeting for his team,
0:02:05 > 0:02:09which today includes new arrival Fi Healey on her first day at the ODC.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12So, uh... Oh, first of all we should say, "Welcome, Fi."
0:02:12 > 0:02:13- Welcome.- Hello, welcome.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Perhaps not the best day to join us on but it's good to see you here, nonetheless.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Thank you, Ian. I've heard so much about the Deliverance Team. I just hope I'll make the grade.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23I'm sure you'll be fine.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Yeah, you'll be fine.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Too late for that anyway. You're here now, love.- Shall we start?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30The initial cause of the rapidly developing crisis was an Algerian
0:02:30 > 0:02:34request for separate Islamic worship facilities following their discovery
0:02:34 > 0:02:38that the Shared Belief Centre in the Olympic Village does not face Mecca.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- 7 hours 34 and counting, guys. - OK, thank you, Siobhan.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I've got a meeting out on site with a guy from Muslim Focus UK in an hour.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- So that's one hour zero, guys. - Yes, thank you.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- They're very keen to... By the way, best not to broadcast that at this stage...- Right.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54The last thing we need is for any group to feel
0:02:54 > 0:02:57we're talking to any other group without being open about it.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- Right, especially if we are. - That's a no-brainer.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Yes, no, but they're very keen to do what they can to help us with this,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06but what I really need is something positive to put on the table
0:03:06 > 0:03:08if they're going to be able to do that for us.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Obviously I'm playing catch-up here...- Yes.- ..but if we're
0:03:10 > 0:03:13thinking outside the box, from a Legacy Perspective,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17the idea of a mosque in the Olympic Village could be a very positive thing in Legacy.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- Right, yes...- Not going to happen.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- I'm afraid that's going to be a red rag to a bull.- Absolutely, yes.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Especially if that is like a Christian bull or a French bull.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26So I've been looking at the plans...
0:03:26 > 0:03:30As time ticks away, Nick has come up with a solution which has
0:03:30 > 0:03:32the potential to be both urgent and special.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35..swap it with this one over here altogether.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Er, Laundry Services.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Stands on its own, faces north-west. The only building that does.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42OK. So Laundry Services becomes the Shared Belief Centre?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Knock an entrance here, stick your whatever it's called, doodah,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47on the opposite wall here, facing Mecca. You're laughing.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49That is so cool.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52With just over seven hours until the deadline, a plan is forming.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- What's good about...- Sure. - It's not actually..- Cool.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59- It's not actually a separate... - Totally.- Siobhan, I'm just going to say this.- Sure, OK.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03I like that we're not talking of separate worship facilities but, on the other hand,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06we can say truthfully we've listened to their concerns and reassure them
0:04:06 > 0:04:10the Shared Belief Centre will be fully aligned with Islamic practices and faith.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Yeah, say that if you like.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- Yep.- I should maybe also just say that could work equally well from a Legacy point of view.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- Well, good. That's... - Yes, and beyond Legacy...
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Can you go beyond Legacy? - Beyond that, from a Sustainability perspective, I think it could be
0:04:21 > 0:04:25a beacon of inclusiveness for Sustainable Shared Believability
0:04:25 > 0:04:28post-Games across the whole of the Lower Lea Valley.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- Right.- I really think that.- Good.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- Yeah.- Great job, guys.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- So that's all good. - This is a slam dunk.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Yeah, happy days.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Right, OK. You can get me on the mobile any time obviously.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- Absolutely, yes, right. - Unless there's anything else...
0:04:47 > 0:04:50With one meeting over, Ian is on his way to the Olympic Park
0:04:50 > 0:04:53for a key meeting with a representative from Muslim Focus UK.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- With the water at your flat... - Right. Well, can it wait?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I called Capital City Water.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- Oh, no, Sally, you haven't! - No, no, it's not a problem.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I called them and spoke to the Chief Executive.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Good God. What did he have to say?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06He's in Africa at the moment so I had to wait for him
0:05:06 > 0:05:07to get back from a balloon trip.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- He's on holiday?- Yes, so the reception wasn't very good,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13but he did agree to send some emails in the end.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Even so, the earliest they can get your water put back on is tomorrow night.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Tomorrow night?- Yes, or possibly Wednesday morning.- Oh, great(!)
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Yeah, it's annoying actually. Um...
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- It's not my sister's fault she married Dick Dullard, the Dullest Man in Dulwich.- No.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I said goodbye to him this morning and I am not going back there
0:05:28 > 0:05:30and saying hello again even if I end up washing in my own spit.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- Yes. Um, if...- No, that's my stuff. I don't want you to spend any more time on that, Sally.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36You've done more than enough already.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- No, no, but if... - OK, guys, let's do this.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Let's put the metal on the peddle here, people.- OK, I'd better go.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- Yes, right. I got you this, just in case.- Oh, right. What's this?
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- I just thought...- Caramel slice. - In case of an energy gap.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Sally, you are Wonder Woman without the Lycra, and I mean that in a tasteful way.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55No, no, not a problem.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Sure, OK. No, I get that, but here's the thing...
0:05:59 > 0:06:02No, I'm totally looking at the statement now. I've got it here.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04No, but here's the thing with this,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07what does the Archbishop of Canterbury actually know
0:06:07 > 0:06:08about the Olympics, OK?
0:06:08 > 0:06:11As the crisis deepens, the Church of England has issued a statement
0:06:11 > 0:06:16urging the Olympic authorities not to favour any one single faith over any other during the Games,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19including faiths that are insisting on their own mosque.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21I don't want to be controversial here
0:06:21 > 0:06:24but maybe he should just stick to Sussex, you know, I'm just putting it out there.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- It's Kent, Siobhan.- Excuse me? - Canterbury's actually in Kent.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31OK, well, maybe he should stick to stuff like, I don't know, God, and leave...
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- PHONE RINGS - But it doesn't matter whether God's in Sussex or Kent,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37you know. Get over it. That's not the point here.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Hello. Yes, I can talk. It just depends what I've got to listen to.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42OK. OK, OK. OK.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44No, that's ridiculous, I'm moving in tonight.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47You'll have to courier them to Sally in the office now. It's your...
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Meanwhile, Ian has had a call from his estranged wife Laura who is
0:06:51 > 0:06:54refusing to forward the only set of spare keys to his new flat
0:06:54 > 0:06:59after they were mistakenly delivered to her address by the letting agents.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Don't care, you can keep my passport. I'm not going anywhere.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06I don't need a fucking driving licence. I've got a bike.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I don't care. I don't care.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Oh, right.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I see. Right.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Thanks.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Right, brilliant. So, he's currently stuck on the Central line
0:07:17 > 0:07:19due to routine signal failure at Mile End.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20- Bummer.- Yes, exactly.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Outside the entrance to the Olympic Park,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Ian and Siobhan are now waiting for Saleem Ahmed from Muslim Focus UK.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29OK, if we just make sure you've all got your personal ID to hand.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31- Totally.- Speed things up.- ID?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Either passport or driver's licence, you should have that with you.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Oh, right. Well, I've got my ODC pass.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- OK. Have you tried using that as a passport or driver's licence? - Well, no, it's an ID card.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- Right. So how's that going to work? - Oh God. Fucking brilliant.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46OK, so we were thinking - and please say if this doesn't make sense...
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Having eventually got onto the Olympic site, thanks to a call from Sally to the Home Office,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Ian is in what was going to be the Laundry Services Building
0:07:53 > 0:07:55with consultant architect Mike Whitaker,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58who has been working exclusively on designs for the Olympic Village
0:07:58 > 0:08:00for the last four years of his personal life.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03If it would be possible to make the main entrance somewhere in that wall...
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- OK, right.- ..which we've established faces north-west.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- OK. Lovely.- Then the idea would be to close up the entrance we've just come through.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11I'm just talking broad strokes here.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- Yeah, fine.- Then that would become the kiblah wall.- Yeah. The what?
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Well, traditionally, the...
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Yeah, you know what? Fuck it! So we block that up.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Yes, then put windows in where you feel appropriate.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24If all that is actually possible, I think we're in some kind of shape.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Right. Yeah.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- Yeah, fine. - You seem very calm, Mike.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Yeah. No, it's good for me to be calm.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Right.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40It's total madness. I mean, the guy's totally obsessed by bikes.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- That's all he ever thinks about. - Right.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46It's London he's Mayor of, a bloody great city. It's not bloody Trumpton.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Back at the ODC, Head of Infrastructure Graham Hitchins
0:08:49 > 0:08:51is fighting his own battles with the Mayor's office
0:08:51 > 0:08:55over the issue of dedicated cycle lanes during the period of the Games.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59The bike's problem in transport planning terms is an immediate category issue.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Category issue?- Yeah, exactly. I mean, when you think about it,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05the bike - nobody's being honest about this - basically,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08what a bike is, is actually a pedestrian with wheels.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- And that's the problem.- Right. Still, must get on, I suppose.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I mean, it's no good pretending,
0:09:13 > 0:09:16"Oh, look, it's a car. Let's give it its own lane in the road."
0:09:16 > 0:09:18It's not a car. I mean, that's like saying,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21"I'll strap a bloody great pair of wings on me and I'm an aeroplane."
0:09:21 > 0:09:24I'm not an aeroplane. I'm me with a pair of wings on.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I mean, you wouldn't let me near the sky, would you?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28I wouldn't personally, no.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31No, exactly. It's madness, it's total depravity.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- Depravity? - Yeah, or, you know, whatever it is.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- I think that's something different. - Yeah.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Meanwhile, back at the Olympic Village, Saleem Ahmed
0:09:45 > 0:09:49from Muslim Focus UK still hasn't arrived, but someone else has.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Wait a minute. Who the hell's this guy?- Oh, sure. OK.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- Siobhan!- Hey, Rick!
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- Hi!- Hey. It's so great to see you, Rick.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01- Wow! What is it?- Oh, stop it!
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- You've lost weight.- Get out of here!
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Oh, come on! I hardly recognise you. How did you do that?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08You look sensational. She looks sensational.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Yes.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Hi, it's Richard.- Yes, hi.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13So, Ian Fletcher, Richard Salter.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- It's really good to meet you. I'm sure you've lost weight as well. - Well, let's not...
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Though can I say, if you haven't, you so don't need to.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- Here's the thing with Rick. Rick is a really cool guy, OK?- Yeah.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Basically, he, like, runs their media office.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I don't even know if he's, like, a real vicar or anything.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31- But, Siobhan...- So he's like,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34"Siobhan, I'm totally happy to come out there to kick this shit around."
0:10:34 > 0:10:37And I'm like, "If you guys want to come and kick some shit,
0:10:37 > 0:10:39"have we got some shit for you!"
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Despite the public commitment to a multi-faith 2012,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46the situation has suddenly become much MORE multi-faith than Ian had bargained for.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Siobhan has invited her own guest.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50..so catastrophically stupid.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Any minute now, if he ever manages to get off the Central line,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- a guy from Muslim Focus UK is going to come through that door.- Sure.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57- Key word in that sentence - Muslim. - Totally.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00This is a guy I've invited here specially, who is on our side and,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03in good faith and - in his case, there's that word Muslim again -
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Cool.- ..in good faith, is going out of his way to try and help us
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- avoid the real possibility of the Olympic Games completely unravelling in front of our eyes.- Sure.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12And the first thing he'll see when he arrives is us in a huddle
0:11:12 > 0:11:15talking body image with a guy wearing a dog collar.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- Sure, OK. He could so take that thing off.- No.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19He won't mind. He's, like, way cool about that stuff.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- He came to a party once as Olivia Newton...- Siobhan, please don't complete that sentence.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- OK. That's cool.- What will happen is, I stay here and deal with this clown as quickly as I can.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- Sure.- You go outside...- OK, cool. - No, I haven't finished yet.- Sure.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32You go out, sweep up Saleem Ahmed when he gets here
0:11:32 > 0:11:36and entertain him in your own special way until the coast is clear.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- Cool.- Got it?- Sure, totally. Yeah, good call.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42No, I mean a lottery's a very democratic idea in principle
0:11:42 > 0:11:44and, of course, we all...
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Richard Salter has worked in the media office of the Church of England
0:11:47 > 0:11:49for four years, despite being a real vicar.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53But it doesn't help if you're in for 800 quid for Usain Bolt
0:11:53 > 0:11:56and you end up with tickets for women's asymmetric..
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Yes. So, about shared worship facilities...
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Oh, of course. I'm sorry. You must get that all the time. - Yes, I do, yes.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04No, I mean poor you. What an utter, utter car crash.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Ian has decided to brief Richard Salter on the situation
0:12:07 > 0:12:10as a way of getting him either on side or off site.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15So this wall will, in fact, be facing Mecca for those who are particularly bothered about that.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Yeah. Um, yeah, it's fascinating isn't it? It's kind of all about symbolism.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24- Exactly, yes.- Well it's exactly the same for us, with all churches kind of facing east at the holy end.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- Right.- We may pull faces, Ian, but people really care about that stuff.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Yes, I know,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Which is why I have to say that the idea of a Shared Belief Centre
0:12:32 > 0:12:34with the emphasis on shared, I guess,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38basically aligned with Mecca, with not one wall facing east...
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Um, well, that's going to be ticklish, I'm afraid.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- Ticklish?- For us, yeah, I think so, sadly.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Right.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Whilst Ian has got his hands full with symbolism,
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Siobhan is busy both meeting and greeting their next guest who has finally arrived on site.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Hey, Ahmed, hey. Siobhan Sharpe, Head of Brand, 2012.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- Oh, right. It's Saleem actually. - Sure.- Saleem Ahmed.- Sure. Totally.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Um, so, hey, thanks for coming down here all this way.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08No, it's a pleasure. Anything to help in this situation.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Sure. Totally. So listen, you got stuck on the Central line, right?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Oh. Yeah.- Wow!
0:13:15 > 0:13:19No, I mean, we completely get the mountain of crap you're wading through here.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20- Right.- We completely get that.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Yes. So in terms of positive ideas..
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- Well, I mean, I'm no architect. - No, but he is, though.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Yes. Hello there.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30- Hi.- Sorry. Mike Whitaker.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Hello, Mike. - Mike Whitaker, emergency architect.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Right.- Got to be a TV show in that surely.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Yes. Um, oh, this is probably crazy, I don't know,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40if this building was six-sided or something...
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Oh, right, yeah.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45..then you're kind of facing in every direction at once,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48which is pretty much position A for all of us, isn't it? Right.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- I mean, Mike...- Yeah?- Before we dismiss that, is that something
0:13:51 > 0:13:53we could actually consider?
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- Yeah, when you say consider... - Could this be a six-sided building?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Yeah. I mean, I suppose, architecturally,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01without going into too much detail,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03the thing about this building is it's built.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05We're standing in it.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08But given the situation we're in, I suppose my question really is...
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Well, no, it's the same question actually. Could this be a six-sided building?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- Right.- If push comes to shove and it really HAD to be, could it?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21So, wait, you were actually at Mile End?
0:14:21 > 0:14:25No, we weren't at Mile End. I think the problem was at Mile End.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26- OK, cool.- Yeah.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29I get that. So where were you?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Well, we were actually stuck in a tunnel back at Bank.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- OK, cool. Bank.- Yeah.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Bank, I know Bank. Escalator City or what?!
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Yeah, yeah.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Yeah, so, where did you actually get on?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Bank.- No way!
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- Yeah.- What are the chances?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Well, it's my nearest station.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49No! Really? Shut up.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56'We recognise this is an issue that needs to be handled very sensitively.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00'The guys from the Olympic Deliverance Commission are absolutely across this,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03'but what I would say to the Algerians is that
0:15:03 > 0:15:06'the Games are about multiculturality.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10'Trust us, embrace the concept. That's the underlying principle.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13'Come to 2012, celebrate with us,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16'and trust us to work our way through these details.'
0:15:16 > 0:15:18'Well, Katie, that was Lord Coe speaking...'
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Right, sorry, Katie. - Yeah, sorry, Katie.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Well, at least he's got confidence in us. Shows how much he knows.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- Everybody, this is Ahmed.- Right. - Saleem.- Sure.- Saleem Ahmed.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28- Cool.- Hi, Saleem.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33On the Olympic site, the meeting with Saleem Ahmed from Muslim Focus UK is at last getting under way.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37The hope is that with his connections in the Muslim community,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41he could point the way towards a last-minute solution to the looming crisis.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43But just to complete the picture,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46the big idea which we hope might unlock this whole thing,
0:15:46 > 0:15:48is for this to become a six-sided building.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53- OK, right.- Holy shit.- Which for a Shared Belief Centre seems somehow...
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- Yes. Can I stop you right there? - We love this, we love six sides.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00I've spoken to some guys who are close to the Algerian Olympic Committee.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05- Oh, right.- And what I can say to you is that I know they'd like to call this boycott off.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Oh, good.- Yay!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Yes, but I have to say, Dr Benhamadi is a very senior
0:16:10 > 0:16:13and respected figure in academic and government circles there.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Yes, I know he is.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17And it doesn't exactly help that one of your guys referred to him
0:16:17 > 0:16:19as a giant Schnauzer in a teleconference with him.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- No, absolutely.- Sure. - That doesn't help.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Obviously we've made a very full official apology about that.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- He so should have gone for, like, a black Labrador or like...- Yes.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29Yes, OK. Thanks, Siobhan.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- Sure.- I think basically any kind of dog at all in this particular context, that's not good.
0:16:33 > 0:16:39- No, absolutely.- So given where we are, they need something now, maybe some single clear gesture,
0:16:39 > 0:16:44that will make it easier for them to call this thing off with their pride and dignity still absolutely intact.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Totally.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- When you say a single, clear gesture...- I mean obviously I'm not an architect.- No.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- Yeah, hi.- Hi. - Mike Whitaker, emergency architect,
0:16:52 > 0:16:54laughing in the face of physics.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Right. I might as well just be honest with you guys,
0:16:56 > 0:17:02in the conversations that we've had, the thing that's come back again and again is the idea of a Minaret.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- A minaret?- Oh, right, yeah.- Cool. - I know that might not be what you want to hear.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- Well, no, that's... - And I know that'll mean problems with other religious groups.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- Yes.- But, basically, for what it's worth, that's what it's come down to now.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Right. I mean, Mike, architecturally...
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Ah, right.- Oh, OK. - I think he's gone.- Yes.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21He's so out of here.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Right. So that's all good.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36'One of the things they'll no doubt be discussing as the hours tick away,
0:17:36 > 0:17:40'and we've got less than four hours now before the deadline expires,
0:17:40 > 0:17:46'will almost certainly be exactly what it is the Algerians are after here in diplomatic terms.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48'The big question is, of course,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51'could they really have the power to start a domino effect here?
0:17:51 > 0:17:56'We know that other countries like France, Morocco, Iran, even the United States,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00'are looking very closely at the outcome of this and, if anyone of those were
0:18:00 > 0:18:04'to actually pull out, then we would be looking at a potentially...'
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Right. OK. That's quite enough of that.
0:18:07 > 0:18:08Yeah, shut up.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13It's eight o'clock, and back at the ODC they're running out of time, options and architects.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Any word on where the hell Mike Whitaker got to?
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Yes, no, he's not answering his mobile, so I've left a message with his wife
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Cos we really need his input now, I'm afraid. Did she have any idea where he might be?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Yeah, she said she thought he could be in a tunnel.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- He's on a train?- No, I said that but she didn't want to go into detail.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31OK. Well, if he ever comes out of it, can we get him here as soon as possible?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Yes, sure, not a problem.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- Um, Seb is on his way back from India now apparently. - Yes, I know. I heard.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- And we had a call from the Vatican earlier.- The Vatican?
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- Yes.- Oh, great. They can't be pulling out, surely. They haven't even entered.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46I said you'd call them back but I couldn't say when.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Right. Brilliant, Sally. - Not a problem.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50No, I'll call the Pope later. I think I've got his number.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- Would you like a mint?- Er, yes, no, I think I would please, thanks.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56I might just nip out for a quick...
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Yes, right. - Make some calls, sort out tonight.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- Yep, I mean, uh... - No, Sally, no.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- No, no, I mean, it's not a... - Don't even think about it.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04You've done way too much already.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07No, I mean, uh, if you really did get stuck tonight...
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- I mean, you probably wouldn't, it probably isn't...- Right.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13But if you did, there is always actually the spare room at my, uh...
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- Oh, well, Sally. - No, no, really, it's not a problem.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I really only use it to keep the running machine in,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20but I could easily move that out, or you could use it,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- if you wanted. It's not a very good machine obviously.- Right.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26TEXT MESSAGE BEEP
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I don't care. I don't exactly need this crap tonight, Laura.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I need you to put them in a squishy envelope and...
0:19:32 > 0:19:36As the team waits for architect Mike Whitaker to come out of his tunnel,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38there's time for Ian to make one last attempt
0:19:38 > 0:19:42to persuade his estranged wife Laura to forward the keys to his new flat.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I don't care. Well, leave the back door... I don't care.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49I, I don't care.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- OK, good. Just before... - OK, let's stay positive here, guys.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Either we believe or we die.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58It may feel a bit like we're in the last-chance saloon, but we...
0:19:58 > 0:19:59We're at T minus 59 here, guys,
0:19:59 > 0:20:03so what we do is, we go in, we shoot this puppy, and we're out of here.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- Let's keep calm, Siobhan.- Sure, Ian.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09So, really, where we've got to with this... It's come down to the issue of the minaret.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13OK, here we go. A monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull confined...
0:20:13 > 0:20:15No, hang on, that's wrong. That's different.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- Yes. I think that's probably a Minotaur.- Yeah, it is.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21There is less than an hour before the Algerian deadline passes.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24A Minaret. A tall slender tower attached to a mosque,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26having one or more projecting balconies,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30serving as a vantage point from which a mue-zin may summon the people to prayer.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Well, thanks, Graham. That's helpful.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- Mue-zin. - BOTH: Muezzin.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- Muezzin?- Muezzin.- Right, OK. It's not that we don't actually want a minaret obviously.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41No, because in terms of sustainability...
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Yes, thanks, Kay.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46But I'm afraid a visible minaret is just going to be seen by some, by those who...
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Well, it's going to be seen by everybody.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Well, yes. Exactly, yes. It'll be seen as a provocative gesture.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56So if there was just some kind of architectural compromise that could get us out of this sticky...
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- Hi.- Ah, Mike, hi.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Mike Whitaker, architectural compromise, established 1968.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Come in, have a seat.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06With the Algerian midnight deadline now rapidly approaching,
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Mike Whitaker has finally appeared,
0:21:09 > 0:21:13armed with outline plans for the new six-sided Shared Belief Centre.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- I mean, what about an indoor minaret?- Right. Indoor...
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Oh, right, OK.- Is that, I mean, would that still count?
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- Well, it's an interesting concept. - At least it wouldn't be as visible, so it wouldn't be, you know...
0:21:23 > 0:21:28- It wouldn't be a minaret. - Why don't we leave that on the table for the moment as a marker?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Totally, let's leave that. 53 minutes.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Yes, thank you, Siobhan. - Have to hurry you here. - Yes, you are doing.- Sure.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Honestly. It's like Davina McCall gone wrong.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Could there be a form of retractable minaret?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- A retractable minaret? - Would that be possible?- No.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Yeah, just remind me how...
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Something that could come up at certain times of the day and then go down again.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- Oh, what, you mean like Teletubbies? - Oh, right, yeah.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- Cool.- Right, OK. - We love Teletubbies.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- Let's leave that on the table, too, shall we, for the moment? - Yeah, why not?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56We're going to need a bigger table here.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Back to basics. Let's start at the beginning again.- 52, guys.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Mike, what have we got on the roof of the Laundry, you know, Belief Centre at the moment?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06At the moment, nothing. Just a central heating duct.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Right.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09A heating duct?
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Yeah.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Holy shit.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16At the eleventh hour, out of nowhere,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19a potential solution may, at last, be taking shape.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22I mean, we could make the shaft a bit higher, maybe bulk it out a bit.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25You can have a lot of fun with cladding. I know I have.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30The deal would be they can have a minaret, as long as they don't tell anyone
0:22:30 > 0:22:33that's what it is and as long as we can say it's a heating duct.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Put a different cowling on the top, make it a bit more, you know, a bit more going on.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Guys, you are not going to believe this...
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- Oh, bugger! I've lost it. - What's all this red stuff?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Yeah, no, sorry. I think that's probably blood, actually.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- Oh, right.- Ah.- I had a bit of a moment with the hand dryer thing...
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- Right, that's it. I'm sorry, Kay.- Fine.- This isn't about Sustainability, obviously, but...
0:22:52 > 0:22:54That's fine. It's interesting, actually.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I think the whole hand-dryer thing is actually more of a Legacy issue so...
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Er, hang on!- Legacy? - I really think that.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Right! "Minarets, also traditionally functioned as natural air-conditioning.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08"As the sun heats the body of the building, air is drawn in through open windows then up
0:23:08 > 0:23:11"and out of the minaret, thereby providing ventilation."
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- Right.- There you go. - No way!- That's amazing.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Yeah, you can run your Android apps off that as well.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Well, so, a direct line from contemporary technology
0:23:19 > 0:23:22back to more traditional forms of, you know, vernacular...
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- Yeah, chimneys.- Totally, yep.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27OK, so, I give you the Sacred Heating Duct.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- Yayyy! - NICK: Hellfire.
0:23:29 > 0:23:3337 minutes. Good job, guys. Go, Islam!
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Yeah, fuck off, Norman Foster!
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- IAN: Right, so... - Fuck off.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41So that's all good.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47With the new proposals put to the Algerians and a response not expected until the morning,
0:23:47 > 0:23:51all that's left for those of the team who have homes to go to is to go to them
0:23:51 > 0:23:55and wait to see if there's still an Olympics left to organise in the morning.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- Hi, Sally.- Oh, hi. - You are still here.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Yes. Just, yeah, thought I should probably try and catch up with some bloody stuff.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- Right. Just to say, I did phone a hotel in the end.- Oh, right, yes.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- This place I've stayed in before just near Clerkenwell.- Yes.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- It's OK, actually.- Oh, that's... - No, but they're full.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- Oh, right.- Yes.- Uh...- I mean, there are other hotels, obviously.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- Yeah, absolutely.- London's full of them.- Yeah, all over the place. - But it is a bit late now.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Well...- So, I mean, if you were actually serious...
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Er, yeah, yeah. - I really don't want to...
0:24:24 > 0:24:26No, no, no, no. That's...
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- But it could be a life-saver tonight. - Yeah.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- At least I might be able to have a shower.- Mm.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34I'm going to stick my head in the dragon's mouth, I'm afraid.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- Right. The...- I'm going to go round and pick up the keys and stuff from Laura's on the way.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- Right, yes. - In and out, surgical strike,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43finally draw a line under the whole sorry story.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- Right, yes.- So what, shall I just see you there, then?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Yeah, OK. Good idea. Yep.- Right.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- I mean, do you want to tell me where it is?- Yes.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08By the next morning, there have been significant developments overnight.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13After studying the ODC's revised plans for the Shared Belief Centre,
0:25:13 > 0:25:17the Algerians have withdrawn their threat to boycott the Games.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19So, no mosques and no minarets?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21These are terms I know you're keen to bandy around but, frankly,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23'multiculturality isn't about semantics,
0:25:23 > 0:25:26'It's about recognising in the real world that although,
0:25:26 > 0:25:30'sometimes, we may be travelling on different roads, we are all heading for the same place,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34'in this case, Stratford, E20, a pretty good place to be heading for.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35'And we're very proud of that.'
0:25:35 > 0:25:38In the Deliverance office, there's relief all round,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41even if there are some loose ends from last night still to be tied up.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Er, he sent a text just to say it'd got a bit late
0:25:44 > 0:25:48and he'd drunk too much wine to drive back to Shepherd's Bush so...
0:25:48 > 0:25:51In the end, Ian didn't take Sally's offer of a spare room.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Um, probably wise, actually, yes.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55And did he say what had happened?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Er, no, he didn't actually say anything.- Right.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00No, it was just a text anyway so...
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- And was that, so was that... - No, no, not a problem.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07No, it's probably just as well actually, cos the shower doesn't work very well.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12Um, I tried unscrewing the head but I didn't have any of that stuff so I ended up putting it in vinegar.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16- Right.- It's a bit better, but it's still a bit, er, comes out at funny angles.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19I've been saying for ages actually I need to get a new one.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21I just don't seem to have time.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Hey!
0:26:27 > 0:26:29No, really, please.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- Speech!- Yeah, speech, yeah.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- Well, look, let's just... - OK, so, guys, listen up.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35OK, here's the thing with this, here's what we did.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36We came through here.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40We showed up, we totally came to the party, we totally looked those guys in the eyes
0:26:40 > 0:26:43and we totally nailed them to the carpet.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Go, 2012. Go, Team Us. Yay!
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Right. Well, that's all good.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52For Ian this has been a tense but ultimately triumphant 24 hours,
0:26:52 > 0:26:56despite unexpected complications on his late-night mission
0:26:56 > 0:27:01to retrieve the keys to his flat from his estranged wife Laura.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04I mean, I feel very guilty about Sally, obviously.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07It all got a bit out of shape last night. I won't go into fine detail.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10But, basically, I was tired when I arrived, obviously,
0:27:10 > 0:27:15and I hadn't eaten and I ended up having one or two too many glasses of Australian Shiraz.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18It was her idea, of course. I don't even like Shiraz.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20But anyway, one thing led to another
0:27:20 > 0:27:24and before we knew it, we were having the most incredible row.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- Right.- In the end she lurched off upstairs and conked out somewhere
0:27:27 > 0:27:30and I ended up beached on the sofa all night.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I was still awake when it came light.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Still, I suppose it serves me right. Not quite sure why.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39So this isn't just a pan au raisin, more like a pan au raisin d'etre.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42That's a point, actually. Where is Sally?
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Um...
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Anyone seen Sally?
0:28:05 > 0:28:10# There may be trouble ahead
0:28:10 > 0:28:17# But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance
0:28:17 > 0:28:21# Let's face the music and dance
0:28:21 > 0:28:28# Let's face the music and dance. #