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0:00:08 > 0:00:10'Standby, two. Mix through. Cue on two.'

0:00:10 > 0:00:13The BBC has announced the appointment of ex-head

0:00:13 > 0:00:14of Olympic Deliverance,

0:00:14 > 0:00:18Sir Ian Fletcher, as its new Head of Values.

0:00:21 > 0:00:24'Time now for the shipping forecast.'

0:00:26 > 0:00:28'Superimpose...'

0:00:28 > 0:00:33BBC RADIO PIPS SOUND

0:00:43 > 0:00:47'It's a Monday morning and one time Head of London Olympic Deliverance

0:00:47 > 0:00:50'Ian Fletcher is arriving in central London.

0:00:50 > 0:00:53'He's about to start a new chapter in his life.'

0:00:53 > 0:00:55It's a big change for me, obviously. It's a big job.

0:00:55 > 0:00:58A huge challenge. A bit like the first day at big school.

0:00:58 > 0:01:01I've splashed out on a new bike though, just in case.

0:01:01 > 0:01:02So that's all good.

0:01:02 > 0:01:05'He's come to New Broadcasting House in Upper Regent Street,

0:01:05 > 0:01:09'to take up his position as Head of Values at the BBC,

0:01:09 > 0:01:12'a key and very senior new post, specifically created

0:01:12 > 0:01:16'in the light of recent learning opportunities at the corporation.'

0:01:19 > 0:01:23Hi, Izzy. It's Ian. Hi. So, I'm... Ian Fletcher. Yes, hi.

0:01:23 > 0:01:27So, I'm actually in reception and... Oh, right. OK.

0:01:27 > 0:01:30Well, not so far. I mean, I've been here five minutes.

0:01:31 > 0:01:34No, no. That's fine. Could you? That would be great.

0:01:34 > 0:01:37OK. No, don't worry. That's fine. OK, thanks. Bye.

0:01:37 > 0:01:40There's something about the place as soon as you come in.

0:01:40 > 0:01:42You're aware that you're at the centre of something genuinely

0:01:42 > 0:01:45important, and the really exciting thing is to think that part

0:01:45 > 0:01:49of my job is going to be trying to establish where that centre is

0:01:49 > 0:01:51and also exactly what it's in the middle of.

0:01:54 > 0:01:57Y'ello. Yeah. Hi, Izzy. Hi. How are you? Yeah, I am.

0:01:57 > 0:02:01No, I mean, not. No, I haven't, not actually. Oh, right, cool.

0:02:01 > 0:02:04OK, cool. Yeah, good idea, yeah. Say again?

0:02:04 > 0:02:07Yeah, yeah. No worries. I've got it. You sent it to me.

0:02:07 > 0:02:09Yeah, yeah. OK. Cool. OK. Bye-bye. Bye...

0:02:13 > 0:02:15MOBILE RINGS

0:02:15 > 0:02:17- Hello?- Yeah, hi. Is that Ian Fletcher?- Yes, it is, yes.

0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Cool. Yeah, so, I'm Will? I'm like, I'm meeting you?- Yes.

0:02:20 > 0:02:23So, like, where actually are you? Cos I'm, like, I'm basically here.

0:02:23 > 0:02:27- Yes.- So, I'm talking on the phone, uh, I'm looking round.

0:02:27 > 0:02:29Still talking. I'm looking. Looking...

0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Hi.- No way. - Hello. Ian Fletcher.

0:02:32 > 0:02:35Yeah, hi. I'm Will. Except I've actually been here all the time.

0:02:35 > 0:02:38- Yes, so have I.- That's just, like... That's just, like, mental.- Yes.

0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Yeah, cos I'm actually, like, an intern.- Oh, right. I see.- Yeah.

0:02:41 > 0:02:44- What does that involve exactly? - Yeah. Say again?

0:02:44 > 0:02:46You want to end up working in this area eventually?

0:02:46 > 0:02:49- Well, do you mean, like, like, as a job?- Well, yes.

0:02:49 > 0:02:50- Wha... Yeah. Cool.- Yes.

0:02:50 > 0:02:52'Sixth floor.'

0:02:52 > 0:02:54What I'm doing is, I have to take you to Izzy.

0:02:54 > 0:02:55Right. And who's Izzy?

0:02:55 > 0:02:57What? She's, yeah, she's... I mean, it's not like...

0:02:57 > 0:02:59- A-ha!- Oh, hi. Yes. Simon.

0:02:59 > 0:03:01- All hail the mighty Fletcher. - Well, no.

0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Welcome to the madhouse.- Yes.

0:03:03 > 0:03:06'Simon Harwood is the BBC's Director of Strategic Governance

0:03:06 > 0:03:09'and underneath it all is probably one of the corporation's most

0:03:09 > 0:03:10'strategic directors.'

0:03:10 > 0:03:12- It's a good bike, by the way. - Yes, thanks.

0:03:12 > 0:03:14Yeah, cool. So, yeah, we're going to see Izzy.

0:03:14 > 0:03:16- Oh, no, that's OK. - No, but I have to take him to Izzy.

0:03:16 > 0:03:20- Oh, no, that's fine. I think Izzy was bringing him to me anyway.- Oh. OK.

0:03:20 > 0:03:22That's great, Will. I'll take it from here.

0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Yeah, cool. No worries.- So.- Yes.

0:03:24 > 0:03:27- What do you think of it so far? - Good. Yes.- Good.

0:03:27 > 0:03:29You know, early days, but so far, so good.

0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Are you OK with that like that? - Yes, no. That's fine.

0:03:31 > 0:03:33I've got one. They're brilliant, aren't they?

0:03:33 > 0:03:36Yes, no, they're great, yes. I'm looking forward to getting started

0:03:36 > 0:03:38- and just generally... - No, I'm sorry. I can't.

0:03:38 > 0:03:41- That's just not. I can't just... - Well, no, no, no. I mean it's...

0:03:41 > 0:03:44- It's probably better to start again.- Well, no, you...

0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Really, it's very easy. It's just a knack.- Yes.

0:03:46 > 0:03:48Let me just take that. Thank you.

0:03:48 > 0:03:51So, basically, it's just the back wheels. Forward and under.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Right, yes.- And then you've got your front wheel. There you go.

0:03:54 > 0:03:56- It's out and round.- Yes. Round. Yes.

0:03:56 > 0:04:00- Just drop the saddle down. - Yes, exactly.- And there.- Yes.

0:04:00 > 0:04:02- Brilliant, aren't they? - Yes, they are. Yes. Thanks.

0:04:02 > 0:04:05Listen, once you've got your bearings and everything,

0:04:05 > 0:04:06- be good to have a coffee.- Right, yes.

0:04:06 > 0:04:08- I mean, if you can be arsed. - No, absolutely.

0:04:08 > 0:04:11Come and find me. I'm just past Norman Wisdom on the right.

0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Right. I'll just get myself sorted out first.- Oh, yes. Sure.

0:04:14 > 0:04:18- Probably should find my office and everything.- Yeah.

0:04:20 > 0:04:22So, the question we asked ourselves is...

0:04:24 > 0:04:27..how would it be if things didn't have to be the way we know

0:04:27 > 0:04:29they actually are, yes?

0:04:29 > 0:04:31What would a world look like if it was different?

0:04:31 > 0:04:33'New Broadcasting House was designed

0:04:33 > 0:04:36'and built virtually from the ground upwards

0:04:36 > 0:04:39'and there are regular Digital Handshake Sessions for new staff.

0:04:39 > 0:04:44'Today's run by Senior Technical Services Choreographer, Adam Brady.'

0:04:44 > 0:04:47The whole point about Intuitive Technology,

0:04:47 > 0:04:49as opposed to Intelligent Technology, which is basically

0:04:49 > 0:04:52just lights going on and off in toilets, yes?

0:04:52 > 0:04:54The whole point about Intuitive Technology,

0:04:54 > 0:04:58being that it comes pre-loaded into the building itself, OK?

0:04:58 > 0:05:01Welcome to your virtual PA.

0:05:02 > 0:05:06One unified system, that changes the game, integrates your world,

0:05:06 > 0:05:09synchs you with everything

0:05:09 > 0:05:12and everyone around you, without you doing anything.

0:05:12 > 0:05:15Synchs you to the BBC itself, in real-time, wirelessly,

0:05:15 > 0:05:17continuously and in real-time.

0:05:18 > 0:05:2111 years in development,

0:05:21 > 0:05:23guys and everyone,

0:05:23 > 0:05:25I give you Syncopatico.

0:05:29 > 0:05:30Fucking hell!

0:05:40 > 0:05:42And of course, the angle they're going with is,

0:05:42 > 0:05:45if Paxman can fall asleep on air, what's it like for the viewers?

0:05:45 > 0:05:47- Yeah, of course they are. - And we're saying he wasn't asleep?

0:05:47 > 0:05:50We're saying he was concentrating on the answer he was being given.

0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Right, and who was he interviewing again?- Alex Salmond.- Ah. OK.- Yes.

0:05:53 > 0:05:55I know, but that's what we're saying, OK.

0:05:55 > 0:05:57Right. OK, good. All righty.

0:05:57 > 0:05:59'Meanwhile, in Tommy Cooper,

0:05:59 > 0:06:03'the daily Senior Team Damage Limitation Meeting, chaired by

0:06:03 > 0:06:06'Director of Strategic Governance, Simon Harwood,

0:06:06 > 0:06:08'is already underway.'

0:06:08 > 0:06:11- Ah, right. Good.- Ah. Thank God. - Apologies, everybody.- The great man.

0:06:11 > 0:06:14First of all, the meeting wasn't in my Syncopatical, for some reason.

0:06:14 > 0:06:17- No, no, of course. - And then when Will came to find me,

0:06:17 > 0:06:20- we ended up on the wrong floor. Didn't we, Will?- Yeah, totally, yes.

0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Yes.- Mental.- Anyway, many apologies. - No, no, no, come on in.

0:06:22 > 0:06:26- Actually, Will, would you just take that for me?- Yeah. Sure, no worries.

0:06:26 > 0:06:27Cool.

0:06:27 > 0:06:29So, I mean, what...

0:06:29 > 0:06:31- No, just take it.- OK. Cool.- Thanks.

0:06:31 > 0:06:33Brilliant. I don't know whether you know everyone.

0:06:33 > 0:06:36'On the Damage Limitation Team, Ian will be joining

0:06:36 > 0:06:39'Head of Output Anna Rampton, recruited last year from her

0:06:39 > 0:06:43'role as Head of Daytime Factuality at ITV, current Controller

0:06:43 > 0:06:46'of News and Current Affairs Neil Reid, Senior BBC Communications

0:06:46 > 0:06:50'Officer Tracey Pritchard, who as well as having been with the

0:06:50 > 0:06:52'Corporation for nearly 20 years is also Welsh,

0:06:52 > 0:06:54'and two other people.'

0:06:54 > 0:06:56So we've had the Independent and then the Telegraph has dug up

0:06:56 > 0:06:58this guy from Mebyon Kernow from somewhere.

0:06:58 > 0:07:00- Yes, I saw that.- Uhhh. - From Cornwall, presumably.

0:07:00 > 0:07:02Now, I'm not being funny or anything

0:07:02 > 0:07:05but this guy is in all probability a total nutcase, OK?

0:07:05 > 0:07:08But his thing is there aren't enough Cornish voices and faces

0:07:08 > 0:07:11on the BBC and that Cornish issues in general are under-represented.

0:07:11 > 0:07:14- Yeah, bollocks.- Brilliant. - I don't know what's going on

0:07:14 > 0:07:17in the rest of his life but that's what he goes around thinking.

0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Anyone? Any thoughts? - Two words. Rick, Stein.

0:07:20 > 0:07:22OK, so what he's saying about Rick Stein is,

0:07:22 > 0:07:24he's saying we sent him off round China or I dunno,

0:07:24 > 0:07:26- wherever we've actually sent him now.- Is it China?

0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Uh...- Yeah.- OK, well, wherever. - India.- Oh, yes, India. Yes.

0:07:29 > 0:07:32Anyway, his point is, we should have kept him in Cornwall, where

0:07:32 > 0:07:34he belongs, with his little dog and his Land Rover and whatever.

0:07:34 > 0:07:38We gave China to Caroline Quentin last year at ITV, if you remember.

0:07:38 > 0:07:39Oh, that's right, yes. You so did.

0:07:39 > 0:07:42Forgive me, but honestly, what the fuck are Cornish issues?

0:07:42 > 0:07:44I'm sorry, guys. I'm not being funny or anything

0:07:44 > 0:07:47- but this is like finding a spot on your whatsit.- Brilliant.

0:07:47 > 0:07:50Better to deal with it now than ignore it and see what happens.

0:07:50 > 0:07:51I mean, I don't know.

0:07:51 > 0:07:54Is this something you'd want to be across in terms of Values, Ian?

0:07:54 > 0:07:56- Yes.- I'm just thinking... - No, absolutely.

0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Cos if anything, it's probably more a Values issue.- Yes.

0:07:59 > 0:08:02- You know, rather than...- No, yes. - Rather than anything else.

0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Yes, no, I mean, yes, absolutely. - Good. Good.

0:08:04 > 0:08:07- So I should probably just mention that to Tony this afternoon.- Uh-huh.

0:08:07 > 0:08:10OK, great. Good-oh. This is all going terribly well.

0:08:13 > 0:08:17'With a gap before his next meeting, there's time at last for Ian

0:08:17 > 0:08:19'to explore some of the possibilities offered

0:08:19 > 0:08:23'by the open plan work environment in New Broadcasting House.'

0:08:37 > 0:08:41No, know exactly what you mean. Well, I mean, you say that

0:08:41 > 0:08:43but the fact is, a few years ago, Alan Titchmarsh was voted

0:08:43 > 0:08:46the world's second sexiest man after George Clooney.

0:08:48 > 0:08:51No. I'm not, really. You can look it up.

0:08:51 > 0:08:56OK. Look forward to hearing from you, Annabelle. OK. Bye. Bye.

0:08:56 > 0:08:59Hi. Sorry, I don't want to disturb you. I was just...

0:08:59 > 0:09:00- I wouldn't, if I were you.- Right.

0:09:01 > 0:09:03Oh, right.

0:09:03 > 0:09:06- They've been there for four days. - Right.- I think he's in Drama.

0:09:06 > 0:09:09- Oh. OK. Well... - Yes, he is. Drama. Yes.- Yes.

0:09:09 > 0:09:12Right, well, OK. Well, thanks anyway.

0:09:12 > 0:09:13Right.

0:09:13 > 0:09:16- You can use this one for a while, if you're desperate.- Oh...well.

0:09:16 > 0:09:18- I shouldn't really. - I mean, are you sure?

0:09:18 > 0:09:21I knew I wouldn't be able to keep it up. Typical.

0:09:21 > 0:09:23Oh, right. Well, thanks. Thank you.

0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Sorry, I won't disturb you any more. - That's OK.

0:09:28 > 0:09:30- But I have to ask...- Sure.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32- ..that thing about Alan Titchmarsh...- Right, yes.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34That's not actually true, is it?

0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Yes.- No, it's not.- It is, yes. - But I mean...

0:09:36 > 0:09:39- What, you more of a Clooney man? - What? No, well, but that's...

0:09:39 > 0:09:42- It was a survey. - Well, who the hell was voting?

0:09:42 > 0:09:44I don't know. Maybe it was out of two.

0:09:44 > 0:09:47'Producer Lucy Freeman has been with the BBC for eight years,

0:09:47 > 0:09:50'and as such is both an experienced producer and still there.

0:09:50 > 0:09:53'Following an unforeseen rationalisation within her

0:09:53 > 0:09:55'department, she's recently been invited to work

0:09:55 > 0:09:58'on the sorts of programmes she never dreamed she'd be invited

0:09:58 > 0:10:00'to work on when she originally joined.'

0:10:00 > 0:10:02- I think we're almost there with Alan now, aren't we, David?- Yeah.

0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Which is good, obviously. - Lovely Alan.

0:10:04 > 0:10:07'Britain's Tastiest Village has been theoretically devised by

0:10:07 > 0:10:10'Entertainment Format Producer David Wilkes,

0:10:10 > 0:10:13'and is to be theoretically hosted by the dream team

0:10:13 > 0:10:15'of Alan Titchmarsh and Clare Balding.

0:10:15 > 0:10:17'It's been commissioned by Head of Output Anna Rampton,

0:10:17 > 0:10:20'and she's asked David and Lucy into her orbit for an update.'

0:10:20 > 0:10:22- We've done the deal. - David?- Pretty much, yeah.

0:10:22 > 0:10:24- We haven't done the deal. - Yeah, pretty much.

0:10:24 > 0:10:27- I left a message with his agents earlier.- Right. Cool.

0:10:27 > 0:10:29- The fact is we need Alan locked in by now.- Yes.

0:10:29 > 0:10:31Yeah, no, it's fine. It's like Alan's just totally cool about everything.

0:10:31 > 0:10:34- Yes, but...- I think he's a lot happier in his life now basically.

0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Shit, can you tell Danny I can't do Friday?- Sure. Yep.

0:10:36 > 0:10:39- OK. What about Clare?- Right. - Lovely Clare.

0:10:39 > 0:10:41Yes, so where are we up to with Clare now, David?

0:10:41 > 0:10:44OK, so, with Clare, it's just a bit more, it's like...

0:10:44 > 0:10:45A bit more what?

0:10:45 > 0:10:48OK, can I just say, OK, this is so not our fault.

0:10:48 > 0:10:50'But there's bad news.

0:10:50 > 0:10:53'The dates of How Big Is Your Dog?, a major new ITV show,

0:10:53 > 0:10:56'to which Clare Balding is already committed,

0:10:56 > 0:10:58'have changed at the last minute, due to genuinely bad luck.'

0:10:58 > 0:11:01- ..just piss-poor bad luck. - So you're telling me what?

0:11:01 > 0:11:03- Basically, we love Clare... - Yes, but David...

0:11:03 > 0:11:06I said to her on the phone, "If I had my way, Clare, you would literally be Queen."

0:11:06 > 0:11:08Mind you, she pretty much already is and she was like, "Oh, shut up."

0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Tuesday's gone away now, right? - Yep, gone.- Good. OK.

0:11:11 > 0:11:13You're telling me we've lost Clare Balding.

0:11:13 > 0:11:14Uh, well, we...

0:11:14 > 0:11:19I mean, if what David's saying is true, and I'm hearing it for the first time now,

0:11:19 > 0:11:22- then it does look as if we might have lost Clare, doesn't it?- Right.

0:11:22 > 0:11:25I know. It's not words you ever want to hear.

0:11:27 > 0:11:30Apparently, OK, the most common last word the pilots

0:11:30 > 0:11:32- say before they crash, right, is 'shit'.- Can he shut up?

0:11:32 > 0:11:35- Yes. Can you please shut up, David? - Yes, all right.

0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Come on in.- Thanks. - Excuse the mess.

0:11:52 > 0:11:54So there is such a thing as an office, then?

0:11:54 > 0:11:55No, sadly not. No door.

0:11:55 > 0:11:57Well, it looks pretty much like an office to me.

0:11:57 > 0:11:59What it is, technically, is an Interactive Space.

0:11:59 > 0:12:01- Right, is it? - If anyone's interested.- Right.

0:12:01 > 0:12:04I suppose we'd better do some interacting quick then.

0:12:04 > 0:12:06Absolutely. Have a seat, if you can be bothered.

0:12:06 > 0:12:09- You know Ben and Jerry, don't you? - The...- Hi.

0:12:09 > 0:12:11I know. Real names. What are the chances?

0:12:11 > 0:12:15'Director of Strategic Governance Simon Harwood has invited Ian

0:12:15 > 0:12:18'into his Interactive Space for an informal chin wag.'

0:12:18 > 0:12:21..just to get a sense of how you wanted to play things

0:12:21 > 0:12:24and what all our lives are going to be like in the Fletcher era.

0:12:24 > 0:12:26Yes. Well, I mean, with Way Ahead...

0:12:26 > 0:12:30- Yep.- I've done some thinking obviously.- Great. See?

0:12:30 > 0:12:33'A key part of Ian's new role as Head of Values is to establish

0:12:33 > 0:12:37'a new Way Ahead Task Force, with a remit to think Big Thoughts

0:12:37 > 0:12:40'and to clarify the purpose of the BBC in a digital age.'

0:12:40 > 0:12:43I mean, I don't know whether you had a chance to look

0:12:43 > 0:12:44at the Pathfinding document.

0:12:44 > 0:12:49- The...- Ah, OK. You haven't seen that. - Have we seen that?- Nope.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51Apparently I haven't seen it. Sorry.

0:12:51 > 0:12:55OK. Cos I did put it in the Shared Priorities Folder in Syncopatico.

0:12:55 > 0:12:56- Oh, right. OK. - At least I think I did.

0:12:56 > 0:12:58- You haven't got anything on paper. - Paper?- Yep.

0:12:58 > 0:13:01Uh, cos... Oh, no, it's in my Personal Folder,

0:13:01 > 0:13:02so there must be a way of...

0:13:02 > 0:13:05Oh, I tell you what happens now. This is where Izzy comes in.

0:13:05 > 0:13:08- She does something brilliant and everything's lovely again.- OK.

0:13:08 > 0:13:11'With the renewal of the BBC's Royal Charter on which the future

0:13:11 > 0:13:14'of the corporation depends, due in 2016, finding an answer to the

0:13:14 > 0:13:17'question "What Is the BBC For?" before then

0:13:17 > 0:13:19'could potentially be important.'

0:13:19 > 0:13:23- Thank you, Izzy. - You OK for coffee?

0:13:23 > 0:13:27- Yeah, fine, thanks. Maybe later.- OK.

0:13:27 > 0:13:29Right, good. So, no, yes, it's obviously very much

0:13:29 > 0:13:31- Big Picture stuff at this stage... - Brilliant.

0:13:31 > 0:13:34'But as well as thinking about what the BBC is for, it's clear

0:13:34 > 0:13:37'that Simon is also keen to think some Big Thoughts about Cornwall.'

0:13:37 > 0:13:39So what I thought was...

0:13:39 > 0:13:42No, brilliant. And when it comes to this bloody Trescott guy...

0:13:42 > 0:13:44Right, OK. I mean, that's a different, uh...

0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Yeah, what are your thoughts on that?- Right.- What do you think we should do?- Right.

0:13:47 > 0:13:52I suppose my thinking is, with that, sometimes it's a good idea to reach out to these people, rather than...

0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Brilliant.- ..you know, to make them feel they've been listened to

0:13:55 > 0:13:57- and they generally... - You think you should meet him.

0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Yes, I mean...- Get him up from Cornwall and get him in here.

0:13:59 > 0:14:02- Well, obviously that's something I've...- God. That is amazing.

0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Have you been talking to Tony about this?- Tony...- Tony. Director General guy.

0:14:05 > 0:14:07Yes, no, of course. No, I haven't, but in fact...

0:14:07 > 0:14:09Cos Tony is the king of the personal approach, isn't he?

0:14:09 > 0:14:11- Uh-huh.- Because one thing I have been thinking...- Yep.

0:14:11 > 0:14:14It would be good to sit down and have a coffee with Tony

0:14:14 > 0:14:15myself at some point.

0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Yes. Absolutely. - I mean, if that's possible.

0:14:17 > 0:14:20- No, I think that's a great idea, Ian. - Right.

0:14:20 > 0:14:23- No, we should definitely think about that.- Uh-huh.

0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Carol.- This is Anna Rampton, Head of Output.- Yes.- Hello.- Hello.

0:14:44 > 0:14:46- And David Wilkes, Producer and Format Originator.- Hi.

0:14:46 > 0:14:49I know we haven't started yet, but can I just say,

0:14:49 > 0:14:50I never want this lunch to end.

0:14:50 > 0:14:53'Meanwhile, elsewhere, it's a different day altogether

0:14:53 > 0:14:56'and somewhere in central London, Anna Rampton, David Wilkes

0:14:56 > 0:14:59'and Lucy Freeman are meeting Carol Vorderman for salad.'

0:14:59 > 0:15:02I mean, I suppose basically, in a nutshell, you could say...

0:15:02 > 0:15:04- I mean, David, do you want to talk about...- No, that's cool. Go for it.

0:15:04 > 0:15:06Right, I suppose you could say it's a sort of

0:15:06 > 0:15:08- Countryfile meets Bake Off.- OK.

0:15:08 > 0:15:10Yeah, with a bit of The One Show thrown in just in case.

0:15:10 > 0:15:14- Absolutely, yes.- We're like, no-one's ever actually done this before.

0:15:14 > 0:15:15No, I'm not... I'm not surprised.

0:15:15 > 0:15:18'With Anna due to formally announce Britain's Tastiest Village

0:15:18 > 0:15:22'next week, they know that after the unavoidable loss of

0:15:22 > 0:15:25'Clare Balding, this is their chance to save the show and change the

0:15:25 > 0:15:29'face of Sunday evening television, for either better or worse.'

0:15:29 > 0:15:31And then it's like, well, which is better?

0:15:31 > 0:15:33- Your school kids' sandwiches in Sandwich...- Yes.

0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Or Alan's old people's Eccles cakes in Eccles?- Yes.

0:15:36 > 0:15:39But Sandwich is a town. It isn't a village.

0:15:39 > 0:15:41Yeah, but for us, it's sort of a village.

0:15:41 > 0:15:43Obviously... Thanks.

0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Obviously, David's still finalising the details.- Yes, obviously.

0:15:46 > 0:15:48But we just thought, we know it's a long shot,

0:15:48 > 0:15:51- but this is a big show for us. - No, I don't want this.

0:15:51 > 0:15:53- Oh. But...- I don't want it.- OK.

0:15:53 > 0:15:56So, yes, so we just found ourselves thinking, "I wonder if there's any

0:15:56 > 0:15:59"way in the world we might be able to get Carol Vorderman interested."

0:15:59 > 0:16:03- Yeah.- OK.- You know, cos to have Carol Vorderman on the BBC,

0:16:03 > 0:16:05in prime-time, finally. That would...

0:16:05 > 0:16:07The fact is we'd love you to do this show, Carol.

0:16:07 > 0:16:09I mean, I'm not going to let myself think about it. I can't...

0:16:09 > 0:16:12- We also think it would be really great for you.- Mm, yes.

0:16:12 > 0:16:15I mean, for me, it's like, me, in a restaurant, with Carol Vorderman.

0:16:15 > 0:16:19I'm like, "Guys, please, whatever happens, it's enough. It's enough."

0:16:21 > 0:16:23- Nigel.- Hi.

0:16:23 > 0:16:27'Meanwhile, back in W1A, Mebyon Kernow bigwig

0:16:27 > 0:16:30'and Cornish eminence grise Nigel Trescott has arrived

0:16:30 > 0:16:33'at New Broadcasting House in order to be taken seriously.'

0:16:33 > 0:16:37You name me one Cornish Newsreader or presenter or whatever...

0:16:37 > 0:16:40'In his time with Mebyon Kernow, Nigel has tasted defeat

0:16:40 > 0:16:43'in no less than seven separate Cornish by-elections,

0:16:43 > 0:16:46'so if anyone knows what he's talking about, it's him.'

0:16:46 > 0:16:48..hardly turn on your TV nowadays without

0:16:48 > 0:16:51- some bloody Scottish person yacking on.- Yes.- Usually women.

0:16:51 > 0:16:53'If Ian's job is to make him feel he's being listened to,

0:16:53 > 0:16:56'the initial challenge is to find somewhere in the building

0:16:56 > 0:16:59- 'where fewer people can hear him.' - ..Big Hairy Geordies.- Yes.

0:16:59 > 0:17:02You got gays in just about every conceivable position imaginable,

0:17:02 > 0:17:04- you don't know where to look. - Hang on a minute.

0:17:04 > 0:17:06No, that's perfectly fine, Ian, absolutely fine.

0:17:06 > 0:17:07I'm sorry, I'm going to have to...

0:17:07 > 0:17:09I got at least one son who's a gay already

0:17:09 > 0:17:11and the other one is thinking about it.

0:17:11 > 0:17:13Well, I mean, just see what happens in here.

0:17:13 > 0:17:17OPERA ARIA PLAYS

0:17:17 > 0:17:19Right, no, that... That's something else.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25- First of all, I'm not stupid, OK? - Yeah.- Well, exactly.

0:17:25 > 0:17:27I've been in the industry a long time.

0:17:27 > 0:17:29- Obviously, yes.- Oh, yeah, ages.

0:17:29 > 0:17:32'Meanwhile, in the restaurant with Carol Vorderman, things have

0:17:32 > 0:17:35'now moved beyond salad to the nitty gritty phase of the lunch.'

0:17:35 > 0:17:38Someone's dropped out, haven't they? I'm guessing it's Clare Balding.

0:17:38 > 0:17:40It usually is, at the moment.

0:17:40 > 0:17:43- Well, that's...- That's OK. But before we go any further...

0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Right, yes.- Alan Titchmarsh...- Yes. - He's actually attached?

0:17:47 > 0:17:49- Well, he... It's... - Pretty much, yeah.

0:17:49 > 0:17:51Well, though I think what we...

0:17:51 > 0:17:53I'm not drinking this coffee, it's vile.

0:17:53 > 0:17:57- Is he attached or not? - Well, he... Yes, he is. Yes. Basically.

0:17:57 > 0:18:01- He is?- Yes. - Pretty much. Yeah.- Right. OK.

0:18:03 > 0:18:06I have to tell you, Alan's very excited about working with you.

0:18:06 > 0:18:09HE'S excited? The two of you together. I mean, hot! It's downright dangerous.

0:18:09 > 0:18:11Actually, could he shut up?

0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Yes, could you shut up, please, David?- Absolutely. Yep.- Yes.

0:18:14 > 0:18:15I think the first thing to say is,

0:18:15 > 0:18:18I'm so glad you've taken the trouble to come in to see us today.

0:18:18 > 0:18:21No, you're not. Don't be stupid. I'm a pain in the ass, I know I am.

0:18:21 > 0:18:22Well, it's very much my arse that...

0:18:22 > 0:18:24You know, I mean you've come to the right...

0:18:24 > 0:18:26I've come to the right ass?

0:18:26 > 0:18:29'Back at New Broadcasting House, Ian has finally taken up

0:18:29 > 0:18:30'a position with Nigel Trescott.'

0:18:30 > 0:18:33The point is, it's absolutely there for you to be a pain in.

0:18:33 > 0:18:34Right, so how do we go on from here?

0:18:34 > 0:18:36Well, no, I hear what you're saying, Nigel.

0:18:36 > 0:18:38I'm going to make it my business to get on top of this.

0:18:38 > 0:18:39Yeah, you say that...

0:18:39 > 0:18:42And I'm going to come back to you with some sort of response.

0:18:42 > 0:18:44Yeah, you did the Olympics, didn't you?

0:18:44 > 0:18:46Well, I wouldn't say I personally...

0:18:46 > 0:18:48How many Cornish athletes in the Olympics?

0:18:48 > 0:18:49That's a rhetorical question.

0:18:52 > 0:18:54- How many?- Sorry, I thought it was a rhetori...

0:18:54 > 0:18:55- Four.- Four.- Yes.- Right.

0:18:55 > 0:18:57- They all lost.- Ah. - Every single one of the buggers.

0:18:57 > 0:18:59Right, well, that wasn't really my area.

0:18:59 > 0:19:03Ah... Course it didn't. Cornwall never bloody is, is it?

0:19:16 > 0:19:18'Eight o'clock on another morning.

0:19:18 > 0:19:21'Ian has now been in his new job for nearly two weeks.'

0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Morning.- Hi. - Forward with Fletcher, eh?- Yes. Hi.

0:19:24 > 0:19:28'With his honeymoon period at last behind him, today is a big day.

0:19:28 > 0:19:31'This morning sees the first ever meeting of the Way Ahead Task Force,

0:19:31 > 0:19:32'with Ian in the chair.'

0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Glad I caught you, actually. - Oh, right?

0:19:34 > 0:19:37For what it's worth, I think you've put together a really rather

0:19:37 > 0:19:39- wonderful team.- I hope so.

0:19:39 > 0:19:42- And on that subject... I usually go saddle next.- Yes, thank you.

0:19:42 > 0:19:44On that subject, I was going to forward you an e-mail from

0:19:44 > 0:19:45Tony, but then I thought,

0:19:45 > 0:19:47"No, sod it. It's good news. I'll tell him myself."

0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Good news?- Rather fabulous news, actually.- Right.

0:19:50 > 0:19:52- You going up, eventually? - Yes.- Good-oh.

0:19:55 > 0:19:57No, I think we're announcing it at lunch time or something

0:19:57 > 0:19:59but we may have to find one more chair

0:19:59 > 0:20:01around the Way Ahead table, if that's all right with you?

0:20:01 > 0:20:04- One more chair?- That's if we can find a room with any chairs at all.

0:20:04 > 0:20:05We should be so lucky!

0:20:05 > 0:20:07- I've booked Frankie Howerd. - Oh, brilliant.

0:20:07 > 0:20:08- One more chair?- Yes.

0:20:08 > 0:20:10'Sixth floor.'

0:20:11 > 0:20:14- So, basically, you know what Tony's like?- Well, still no, actually.

0:20:14 > 0:20:17- He has these very clear ideas and he acts on them.- Right, yes.

0:20:17 > 0:20:20- And his current thinking is 'Brand BBC'.- Yes. Is it?

0:20:20 > 0:20:21Yep, so his thinking is,

0:20:21 > 0:20:24- we've already got the guy who did the Olympics. Tick.- Right.

0:20:24 > 0:20:27And London Twenty Twelve was about the most successful brand

0:20:27 > 0:20:29- in the history of brands. - Where is this going?

0:20:29 > 0:20:32So why don't we find out who did that and let's get them too? Tick.

0:20:32 > 0:20:35Sorry, sorry, Simon, so what are you actually telling me?

0:20:35 > 0:20:37Oh, you've already got Fred Astaire. What do you do?

0:20:37 > 0:20:38You get Ginger Rogers.

0:20:38 > 0:20:41No, but OK, here's the thing with BBC Four OK... No, shut up.

0:20:41 > 0:20:43The thing with BBC Four is it's like a Marmite channel, OK?

0:20:43 > 0:20:46And the thing with Marmite is it's like no-one eats that shit, OK?

0:20:46 > 0:20:48No, Fran. OK, don't care. Shut up. Got to go. OK. OK.

0:20:48 > 0:20:49Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.

0:20:50 > 0:20:52Ian, Hey!

0:20:52 > 0:20:57- You know Siobhan, of course.- This is going to be so fun.- Brilliant.

0:20:59 > 0:21:03'For Ian, the first ever Way Ahead meeting is a key opportunity

0:21:03 > 0:21:06'to consolidate whatever authority he might have in his new

0:21:06 > 0:21:08'job as well to think some Big Thoughts.'

0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Will. Can you do something for me? - Yeah, sure. Yeah, cool.

0:21:11 > 0:21:14If you've got a minute, would you be able to go down and get me

0:21:14 > 0:21:16- a cappuccino?- Cool, yeah.- You know, a proper one from downstairs?

0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Yeah, no, a latte. - No, a cappuccino.- OK, yeah.

0:21:19 > 0:21:21And then if you could bring it in to me in the meeting...

0:21:21 > 0:21:23- Right. What, so... - No, it's fine, just, you know,

0:21:23 > 0:21:26- just knock and walk in. That's all. You don't need to say anything.- OK.

0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Thanks, Will. That'd be really great.- Just come in?- Yes.- Cool.

0:21:29 > 0:21:31I'll settle up with you afterwards, obviously.

0:21:31 > 0:21:34- Yeah, no worries.- Great. - A cappuccino.- Yes.- OK, cool.

0:21:39 > 0:21:41Well, first of all, welcome, everybody,

0:21:41 > 0:21:44and welcome to the first ever Way Ahead Task Force Group.

0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Yay.- I suppose I could say, really, welcome to the future.

0:21:47 > 0:21:48- Amen.- Amen.- Amen.

0:21:48 > 0:21:50Guys, we are so going to kill here.

0:21:50 > 0:21:54'Of the many meetings he's been to in his first two weeks at the BBC,

0:21:54 > 0:21:56'this is one where Ian finally has the chance to put

0:21:56 > 0:21:59'the value of Values literally on the agenda.'

0:21:59 > 0:22:02There's one word that I want us to take with us on the journey

0:22:02 > 0:22:04and to set the term for everything we do. That word is confidence.

0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Confidence.- Brilliant.- Sure.- Christ.

0:22:06 > 0:22:09There are going to be challenges ahead, of course there are,

0:22:09 > 0:22:11but we are fortunate enough to be sitting at the centre

0:22:11 > 0:22:13of the greatest broadcasting organisation,

0:22:13 > 0:22:16arguably one of the greatest ideas in the world.

0:22:16 > 0:22:18- # BBC, BBC... #- Yes, exactly.

0:22:18 > 0:22:19MOBILE PHONE BUZZES

0:22:19 > 0:22:21And... and as we embark on this journey,

0:22:21 > 0:22:24I feel it's a good time to remind ourselves of that.

0:22:24 > 0:22:26- Fuck!- OK, good. And in the spirit of...

0:22:26 > 0:22:27COW MOOS

0:22:27 > 0:22:30And in the spirit of thinking Big Thoughts, I just wanted to outline

0:22:30 > 0:22:32in broad strokes what I think are some of the...

0:22:32 > 0:22:33MOBILE HUMS

0:22:33 > 0:22:36- Ah. OK.- Yes, just some of the key... - Ah, righty-ho.- Right, some of the...

0:22:36 > 0:22:38MOBILES MOO AND BUZZ

0:22:38 > 0:22:43- Sorry, Ian. Got to do this.- Right. - Brilliant.- OK, here we go.

0:22:43 > 0:22:46- TV:- ..BBC's nightly regional news programme, Spotlight South West,

0:22:46 > 0:22:50since the mid '90s, but despite repeated attempts,

0:22:50 > 0:22:53Sally Wingate has never made the step up to national bulletins.

0:22:53 > 0:22:55I'll be back on Monday with Nick,

0:22:55 > 0:22:59and hopefully more on how those badgers are getting on.

0:22:59 > 0:23:02Now she says she believes that could be down to the corporation's

0:23:02 > 0:23:05institutional anti-West Country bias.

0:23:05 > 0:23:06- What?- Bollocks.

0:23:06 > 0:23:10I mean, nothing's ever said but it's almost as if the accent alone

0:23:10 > 0:23:13is enough, which when you think about it is doubly unfair because

0:23:13 > 0:23:16I've never had a West Country accent and I'm not actually from Cornwall.

0:23:16 > 0:23:19So do you feel you've been discriminated against?

0:23:19 > 0:23:22Yes. I suppose I do feel that. Yes.

0:23:22 > 0:23:24Mebyon Kernow's Nigel Trescott says there's nothing

0:23:24 > 0:23:27about Sally Wingate's story that surprises him.

0:23:27 > 0:23:30There's nothing wrong with being Cornish. It's not something to be ashamed of.

0:23:30 > 0:23:32- Oh, right. Here we go. - Alistair. What the fuck?

0:23:32 > 0:23:34..there's nothing wrong being a woman either.

0:23:34 > 0:23:37Fact is, if you're a woman, from Cornwall, and you work for the BBC...

0:23:37 > 0:23:38Yeah, OK. Thank you. Shut up.

0:23:38 > 0:23:40..you might as well pack up and go home.

0:23:40 > 0:23:43- No, bollocks, Alistair. I'm coming down.- Right.

0:23:43 > 0:23:46This is our own. This is the BBC News Channel, for fuck's sake.

0:23:46 > 0:23:47Not Kamikaze fucking Corner.

0:23:47 > 0:23:50- Right. OK.- Bummer.

0:23:50 > 0:23:52So, that's happened. Brilliant.

0:24:05 > 0:24:09- Hi, Will.- But, yeah, hey, yeah. - You OK?- Yeah, cool. So, yeah...

0:24:09 > 0:24:11- I'm just going down to that cafe on the ground floor.- OK.

0:24:11 > 0:24:14- I was thinking, if you wanted anything...- Oh, right.

0:24:14 > 0:24:16I'm going to get Ian Fletcher a cappuccino.

0:24:16 > 0:24:18No, I don't think so, really. No.

0:24:18 > 0:24:20- OK.- I'm good, thank you.- OK, cool.

0:24:20 > 0:24:22- But thank you. - Yeah, no worries. Cool.

0:24:22 > 0:24:24- Actually, do you know what? - Yeah, hi.

0:24:24 > 0:24:27- I will have a skinny latte. - Cool. Yeah. Cappuccino.

0:24:27 > 0:24:29- No, a latte.- Yeah, cool, yeah. - If you're sure.

0:24:29 > 0:24:31Yeah, cool. Yeah. A latte. Yeah, cool.

0:24:34 > 0:24:36So, guys, so here's the thing with this.

0:24:36 > 0:24:40So what you're looking at here is a major Brand Message Dropout.

0:24:40 > 0:24:41- What?- Yes, OK. Thanks, Siobhan.

0:24:41 > 0:24:44No, all I'm just saying is you don't triage this thing now,

0:24:44 > 0:24:47- you're so going to be up to your ass in alligators here. - Yes, thank you.

0:24:47 > 0:24:48'Meanwhile back in Frankie Howerd,

0:24:48 > 0:24:51'such is the gravity of the situation that they've now

0:24:51 > 0:24:54'been joined by Head of Output Anna Rampton, which means things

0:24:54 > 0:24:57'have got very serious indeed. There's already been

0:24:57 > 0:25:00'an e-mail from BBC Director General Lord Tony Hall asking for

0:25:00 > 0:25:02'clarification on the corporation's handling

0:25:02 > 0:25:04'of the Sally Wingate issue.'

0:25:04 > 0:25:06- What we need here is a strategy. - Yes, exactly, yes.

0:25:06 > 0:25:09- Brilliant. So, Ian, what's your thinking?- Well...

0:25:09 > 0:25:10Where's your gut on this?

0:25:10 > 0:25:12I mean, with strategy, I suppose I'm mindful that that's

0:25:12 > 0:25:14- actually your area, Simon. - Oh, now, pish.

0:25:14 > 0:25:17- Don't want to tread on anyone's... - No, nonsense. Tell us what to do.

0:25:17 > 0:25:20- KNOCK AT DOOR - I mean, Anna, obviously Programmes isn't my area.- No.

0:25:20 > 0:25:22Will, yes. So forgive me,

0:25:22 > 0:25:25- I just want to put this out there for discussion.- Yes.

0:25:25 > 0:25:26Yes, Will, it's fine. Come in.

0:25:26 > 0:25:28Thanks, Will. That's great.

0:25:30 > 0:25:32- It's cappuccino.- Yes, great. - Yeah, OK.- Thanks.- Yeah.

0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Well, or I mean... - No, it's cool. Crap.

0:25:35 > 0:25:38Great, so, yes. No, Anna, I was just thinking, is there something

0:25:38 > 0:25:41we might be able to find for Sally Wingate that might actually...

0:25:41 > 0:25:42- Right, yes. Good.- Flog It!- No.

0:25:42 > 0:25:45- Snog, Marry, Avoid.- Well, yes, or... - I so love that show.

0:25:45 > 0:25:47Yes, or I don't know, some sort of Bake Off...

0:25:47 > 0:25:49- Yes, good, very strong.- Spring Watch. - Well, now...- Good.

0:25:49 > 0:25:53Badgers in Cornwall. There's all your problems solved in one go.

0:25:53 > 0:25:56- OK, OK, OK, Loose Women. - Yes, so that's an ITV show.- Perfect.

0:25:56 > 0:25:57I mean, Anna,

0:25:57 > 0:26:00might it be worth thinking about Britain's Tastiest Village?

0:26:00 > 0:26:01- No.- Now you're talking.- I'm sorry.

0:26:01 > 0:26:04I mean, if it's a new show we've got coming through anyway...

0:26:04 > 0:26:06The fact is, Village is appointment to view television.

0:26:06 > 0:26:08- But I mean, might it be worth considering for a moment?- No.

0:26:08 > 0:26:10- No, OK, right.- No, it's not.

0:26:10 > 0:26:12OK, so we can be confident about that and take that

0:26:12 > 0:26:15- straight off the list of possible solutions to worry about.- Yes.

0:26:15 > 0:26:18- So that's all good.- Cool. - And so we move on.- Brilliant.

0:26:18 > 0:26:20OK, so... Now back to Preferences.

0:26:20 > 0:26:23- OK.- No, Preferences.- Oh, OK.

0:26:25 > 0:26:27Keyboard.

0:26:27 > 0:26:30Yep. Shortcuts.

0:26:30 > 0:26:33- Yeah. Now, Services.- Right.

0:26:33 > 0:26:37And there you go, Capture Full Screen.

0:26:37 > 0:26:38Cool.

0:26:38 > 0:26:40Yeah, and you can just assign whatever you like.

0:26:40 > 0:26:42Oh, right. No, OK, I see.

0:26:42 > 0:26:44- That is so neat.- Yeah.

0:27:00 > 0:27:02I mean, this is such bad luck for you, this, honestly.

0:27:02 > 0:27:03Well, I mean... For me?

0:27:03 > 0:27:06You must be thinking, "I've barely got my feet under my desk."

0:27:06 > 0:27:09I mean, haven't got a desk to put any feet under yet.

0:27:09 > 0:27:11No, I know. Yes, brilliant! Outrageous.

0:27:11 > 0:27:13'But broadcasting is a world lived in real-time.

0:27:13 > 0:27:16'And whatever that means, by the end of the day, events have

0:27:16 > 0:27:18'already been overtaken by other events.'

0:27:18 > 0:27:20Yes, right, cos I'm not being funny or anything,

0:27:20 > 0:27:23but it's genocide in the Press Office and not in a good way.

0:27:23 > 0:27:25'There's now been an e-mail from Lord Chris Patten,

0:27:25 > 0:27:28'Chair of the BBC Trust, asking for an urgent response

0:27:28 > 0:27:31'to Director General Lord Tony Hall's earlier e-mail

0:27:31 > 0:27:35'seeking clarification on the BBC's treatment of Sally Wingate.'

0:27:35 > 0:27:38..and she's come up with this frankly rather brilliant idea.

0:27:38 > 0:27:39I don't know about brilliant,

0:27:39 > 0:27:41but I don't mind saying I'm quite pleased with it.

0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Hold on to your hat.- Woman's Hour. - Woman's Hour?

0:27:44 > 0:27:47- I know.- Right.- It's joyous. - I've got you on tomorrow, with Jenni Murray.- Got me on?

0:27:47 > 0:27:49- Tony actually sent me a smiley face. - Did he?

0:27:49 > 0:27:52Cos when you think about this, it is actually the perfect forum.

0:27:52 > 0:27:54- Wait a minute... - I took a bit of a flier with it.

0:27:54 > 0:27:56- Well, yes! - I know Helen, the producer.

0:27:56 > 0:27:58I know some people find her a bit frightening,

0:27:58 > 0:28:01but I personally don't take any nonsense from her and I can't speak

0:28:01 > 0:28:03for her, obviously, but I think she respects me for that.

0:28:03 > 0:28:05- Brilliant.- What about asking me though?- Asking you?- Yes.

0:28:05 > 0:28:08- No, they don't need to, Ian. I said yes on your behalf.- Right. I see.

0:28:08 > 0:28:10I hope that's all right.

0:28:10 > 0:28:12Yes. No, that's fine. But what am I actually saying?

0:28:12 > 0:28:13Right, yes. Very good.

0:28:13 > 0:28:15I'm not being funny, but this is serious.

0:28:15 > 0:28:17- I know.- We're dealing with what's in front of us.

0:28:17 > 0:28:18This is in front of me.

0:28:18 > 0:28:21We are in emergency mode here. I've got you Jenni Murray.

0:28:21 > 0:28:24You'll have time to think about what you want to say on the train up

0:28:24 > 0:28:26- and I'll be there to help with that. - The train up where?

0:28:26 > 0:28:29All you need to do right now is decide whether you want to go

0:28:29 > 0:28:32up tonight, or catch the early train in the morning.

0:28:32 > 0:28:34- Manchester?- Gah, no, bad luck.

0:28:37 > 0:28:38Ian, welcome to Woman's Hour.

0:28:38 > 0:28:40It's very good to be here, Jenni. Thank you.

0:28:40 > 0:28:43So I'm standing there and I'm getting, like, a text

0:28:43 > 0:28:45and I look down and it's, like, Clare Balding.

0:28:45 > 0:28:47So, that's Dame Clare Balding, OK.

0:28:47 > 0:28:49- But Carol's in this morning. - I know. It's a nightmare.

0:28:49 > 0:28:51- I'm sorry, Siobhan, you can't do this.- De nada.

0:28:51 > 0:28:54No, do you know what? I don't want a bloody coffee, thanks.

0:28:54 > 0:28:55- No, she doesn't want that.- No.

0:28:55 > 0:28:57Enjoy the, you know, enjoy your water.

0:28:57 > 0:28:58I'm not being funny or anything,

0:28:58 > 0:29:01but I think we might have a bit of a situation on our hands here.