0:00:02 > 0:00:07This programme contains some strong language
0:00:07 > 0:00:08Stand by, two.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Mix through. Cue on two.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12The BBC has announced the appointment of ex-head
0:00:12 > 0:00:16of Olympic deliverance Ian Fletcher, as its new head of values.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Time now for the shipping forecast...
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Superimpose.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37The fact is, Claudia Winkleman is an almost perfect example
0:00:37 > 0:00:39- of something we currently do well. - Sure.- Brilliant.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41The fact is we should be looking at better ways
0:00:41 > 0:00:43of doing more of her, not fewer.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45- Right. OK.- Like, duh.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47VOICEOVER: Thursday morning at the BBC's New Broadcasting House.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Another day, another damage limitation meeting
0:00:50 > 0:00:52and this morning it's a one-item agenda.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55- What I don't understand is how this can possibly have happened.- I know.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- Yes, exactly.- How did we get to this point?- I know, tell me about it.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01So, just to be clear, what you're telling us is that Amanda Holden
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- has already signed an agreement in principle?- Yes, I know, yes.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- Right, OK. - Can I just say, guys?
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- I never thought we'd end up in this situation.- Brilliant.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10- Never thought it.- No, clearly.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- Despite the offer of an exclusive contract worth- BLEEP- million pounds
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- from rival broadcaster- BLEEP,
0:01:15 > 0:01:19the BBC were close to persuading Claudia Winkleman to stay
0:01:19 > 0:01:22and develop On Your Bike as a way of being taken seriously,
0:01:22 > 0:01:24until they discovered that they've also been developing an almost
0:01:24 > 0:01:27identical show with Amanda Holden as presenter.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30It feels to me like what needs to happen is someone needs to
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- phone Amanda up and basically explain to her...- Sure.- Fabulous.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- Yes, exactly.- Right. - It's a no-brainer.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36I've got to say I agree, Ian.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38So, sorry, when you say explain to her...
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- I don't know, just be honest with her.- Right, yes.- Tell her the truth.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- Brilliant.- The truth.- Exactly.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- You never know, it might work. - Yes, exactly, yes.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Everyone knows, with Claudia having promised- BLEEP- a decision
0:01:48 > 0:01:51by the end of the week, the future of Strictly Come Dancing and
0:01:51 > 0:01:54therefore of the BBC itself could well be hanging in the balance.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57When you say the truth, Ian, what exactly are you going to say to her?
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- Yes, interesting.- I'm sorry, I'm not doing this.- Oh, OK.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- I don't mind who does, obviously. - No, of course.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04Can I just say, guys? Me neither. I'm easy.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- There'll be a form of words here, surely.- Yes.- Yes, exactly.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- A form of words, yes. - Yes, no, very clear.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Meanwhile, elsewhere in the building
0:02:16 > 0:02:18it's also a big morning for Izzy Gould.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23- Hi.- Hi.- How are you feeling? - Yeah, good.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27With the BBC facing a demand for a £1.5 million donation to charity
0:02:27 > 0:02:29following its use of the film star Hugh Grant's
0:02:29 > 0:02:33image to promote a BBC product without his consent, she's been
0:02:33 > 0:02:35summoned to the director-general's office to explain.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- So, do you know who else is going to be there?- No.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Apparently the more he smiles, the bigger the trouble you're in.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- Really?- Apparently.- OK. - That was a joke, right?- Oh, OK.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- I just came to say good luck. - Yes, thanks.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- It'll be fine, OK? - Yes.- It's simple.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53They issue a formal, grovelling apology,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56we're really sorry, a fuck-up by a junior employee,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59in this case also an idiot, who has since been removed from post.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Right.- That's what happens now, OK?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04And promise me you're not going to do something stupid
0:03:04 > 0:03:06because really this has gone far enough.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- Sorry, guys, but when you say words, Ian...- Look, I'm really sorry.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- For Christ's sake.- So I'm bored of this now.- Yeah, me too.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Back in Mary Berry, the search is still on for the best
0:03:20 > 0:03:23form of words to explain to Amanda Holden that there's only
0:03:23 > 0:03:26one BBC bike and that she's not going to be riding it.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- OK, here's the thing with this. - All right, here we go.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- It is not brain science. - Brain science?- What?
0:03:31 > 0:03:35As of now, Amanda has signed an agreement in principled. Whatever.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Yes.- An agreement in principle.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41- Exactly, so what you do is offer her a ridiculously small fee.- Right.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- Brilliant.- Presumably we've done that all ready.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Yes, we have, Neil, yes.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48No, I get that but I mean like crazy small, like zippence.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- OK.- So, how much are you offering her now?- How much?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Sure, how much? I just said that.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Well, I think we were talking about something like- BLEEP- thousand.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- BLEEP- thousand?- I think so, yes. - Christ.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- So, you offer her like- BLEEP.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- BLEEP?- Sure.- What? Per episode.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- No, for the whole thing, whatever. - Really?
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- BLEEP- thousand?- Well, she's getting like- BLEEP- for Britain's Got Talent.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Right, do you think?- Exactly.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12- BLEEP- thousand.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- At least- BLEEP.- Jesus.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17So Amanda is like, "I really want to do this
0:04:17 > 0:04:19"and I know these guys don't have any money"
0:04:19 > 0:04:20- but she can't accept- BLEEP.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Brilliant.- Her agent won't let her. - Right, well.- Oh, my God, Siobhan.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- It is a slam dunk.- Fabulous.- That's one way of doing it, I suppose.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- Yeah.- It totally is. - OK, Amanda, tick.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32If that doesn't work, you can always try the truth.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- Yes.- Yes, no brilliant. Goody good. - Yes, exactly.- Yeah, great.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Meanwhile, Izzy has emerged from her meeting with director-general
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Tony Hall and his people about the Hugh Grant affair.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00- So... How did it go?- It was fine. Cool.- So, you told them?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- You did the right thing. - I didn't need to.- What do you mean?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- It was fine, it's all gone away.- What?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: At the southern end of the earth,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12after four months of total darkness,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16the sun once more rises over Antarctica.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Astonishingly, for both Izzy and for the BBC,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25there's been some good news overnight in the shape
0:05:25 > 0:05:28of an intervention from a completely unexpected quarter.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Will?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- Oh, yeah, Izzy, yeah, hi. - I don't want to disturb you.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- No worries, yeah, cool.- But I came from a meeting with Tony Hall.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40- Whoa, Tony Hall.- Yes. About the whole Hugh Grant thing.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Yeah, I know, crap.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45It appears that no less a person than Sir David Attenborough
0:05:45 > 0:05:47himself has now become involved.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Apparently they know each other from the whole worldwide wildlife thing.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52That's like, no way.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Anyway, he phoned him personally in LA,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56he has his private number and everything.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59No way, that's like mental. That is so random, like, I don't know.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Can I just ask you...?- Yeah.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Because the first thing I thought when they told me,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06was this something to do with you?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Yeah, no, say again?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I know it's mad but were you involved in this in some way?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- I knew it.- Yeah, no.- I knew it was you.- He's such a cool guy.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25- Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me?- Yeah, I know, crap.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Will?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Oh, sorry.- Yeah, no, crap.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Yeah, me too. Yeah, crap.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51It's Friday and the end of another week at New Broadcasting House,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54but this isn't so much the end of something
0:06:54 > 0:06:55as the start of something new.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Tonight finally sees the launch of the BBC's new online platform
0:06:59 > 0:07:03BBC Me and with it the dawn of a future in which BBC
0:07:03 > 0:07:07content will be uploaded mainly by the same people who then watch it.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- Ah, Anna.- Yes.- Morning. - Yes, exactly, yes.- How are you?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Yes, I've been trying to catch you up.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15With so much change in the air,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18including the creation of a single new post of Director Of Purpose
0:07:18 > 0:07:21to replace the current posts of Head Of Values and Director Of Better,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24there's a lot to think about for anyone with a folding bike.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- The fact is I need to talk to you. - Yes, right.- Yes.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- Are you OK with that, by the way? - Yes, I'm fine.- Maybe we should...
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Oh, careful.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Now. Are you OK? Anna?- Yes, no.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- Let me have a look. - The fact is I'm fine.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Erm...
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Right, OK.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Here we go, some plaster strip here so that's good.- Yes.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Some TCP. Hang on, no, that's eyewash.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- No, I don't want that. - Here's the TCP.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Fortunately for Anna, the BBC has installed state-of-the-art
0:07:59 > 0:08:02first aid facilities in New Broadcasting House, especially
0:08:02 > 0:08:05equipped with just this type of folding bike injury in mind.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- How are you doing?- Yes. - It really stings, doesn't it?
0:08:08 > 0:08:09You're doing really well.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12It's certainly a different way to start the morning.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- The fact is I need to talk to you.- Yes.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18I'm assuming if this is the whole Director Of Purpose thing,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- yes, let's have coffee or something.- Yes.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23But do you want to hold your hand out?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Maybe you want to just make sure that's really dry.- Exactly.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I don't know what to think about it.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31There's so much happening at the moment.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I haven't made a decision yet if that's what you're asking.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Er... That looks better, doesn't it?- Yes.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39So, no, but just to say whatever happens we're both grown-ups.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Yes.- OK?- Yes. - So I don't think it needs...
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- The fact is I'm leaving.- Right, OK. - Yes.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46The fact is I need to talk to you.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Yes, right. OK.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Meanwhile, up on the sixth floor, Will is
0:08:55 > 0:08:58arriving for work as usual, another busy day of assisting ahead of him.
0:09:27 > 0:09:35- Me.- Me.- Me.- Me.- Me.- Me.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Yes, no, brilliant.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44It's the same day but later and BBC Head Of Brand Siobhan Sharpe
0:09:44 > 0:09:48has come over to New Broadcasting House from Fun Media to take the
0:09:48 > 0:09:52renewal group through the itinerary for tonight's seminal BBC Me launch.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55So one minute to midnight you've a ton of cool people there,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- you've got champagne.- Champagne? - Sure.- Brilliant.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- Prosecco, whatever.- Yes, please.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- Sure.- It may be the future but this is still the BBC.- Yeah, sure.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04I'm good with that.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Siobhan is keen everyone understands just how important a moment
0:10:07 > 0:10:10this is in the history of what was once the BBC.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12So, one minute to midnight, cue Me, Me, Me on the big screen.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14BBC Me, it's you, whatever.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18- Then countdown to midnight like countdown to the future.- Brilliant.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Everybody is like, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27- Yes, I think we know how a countdown works, Siobhan.- Yes.- Exactly.
0:10:27 > 0:10:33- Three, two, one. Yay!- Yes, I mean... - No, no. I've got more.- Great.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35So this is the really cool part. We've done Me, Me, Me.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39We've done the countdown. We've done yay, it's the future.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- We've got everybody there, what do we do now?- Don't know.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- No, so you say stuff and I tell you the answer.- Right.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- No, I'm sorry, Siobhan. I give up. - Please, Miss, can we have a...?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- We dance.- Oh, brilliant.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- We dance.- Sure.- OK.- Right, that's me out.- Like it's a party, right?
0:10:54 > 0:10:59- So we have the world's biggest silent disco.- All right.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- Silent disco.- Fabulous.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04And we live stream the whole thing on BBC Me.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- Right.- No, honestly.- How cool is that?- Right, is that it now?
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- No, sure. We're pretty much done here.- OK, thanks for that, Siobhan.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- Quite a lot to process there. - Yes, exactly.- Really?- There so is.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Just to check, I am assuming Tony's office is happy with all this?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22- Sure, totally.- Right.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Tony who?- Tony Hall, Siobhan. - No, sure.- Director-general...
0:11:26 > 0:11:30- Yeah, no, got it. Good with that. - OK, here's to the future.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- No, honestly. Bring it on. I can't wait.- Me neither.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- Bagsy dance with you, Anna. - Yes, exactly.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- No, I'm sorry.- Fabulous. - Yeah, great.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11- Hi, Will.- Yeah, hey, I don't know. - Are you off?- What? Yeah, I'm off.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- Me too.- OK, cool.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- So, another week. - Yeah, another week, yeah, cool.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- Are you going to this launch thing later?- Yeah, I don't know.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- You should.- Yeah.- Everyone will be there, I think.- Yeah.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30PHONE VIBRATES What's this?
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Oh, right. Sorry, Will. I'd better just deal with this, I think.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38OK, cool.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Hi.- Oh, hi. Yes.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I was going to reply but then thought it was probably
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- quicker just to...- Yes, thanks. - Are you OK?- Yes, no, I'm fine.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- No, I don't want to keep you. - No, no.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- Are you going to this thing later on?- Yes. Are you?- Yes.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- Right, apparently we've all got to have fun.- Yes.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Yes, no, it is not official and I'm not supposed to tell anyone
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- but I've got some news. - Right.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- Will.- Hey, yeah.- I was just leaving, actually.- Yeah, me too.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- I'll come with you, shall I? - OK, cool.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Yes, so like another week.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- Yes, another week, yes. - Are you going to...?- Jack.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- Hey, yeah. I don't know. - I'm not going to ask, OK?- OK, cool.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- I don't care. I was just coming to find you.- To find me?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- It's On Your Bike. - What do you mean?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- I just ran into David Wilkes. - Right.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51It is like he's foaming at the mouth.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54That is great, Lucy. That's fantastic.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57They're not announcing anything official until next week.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Head Of Empowerment.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I'm not going to believe it until I actually get the e-mail.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Congratulations.- Yes.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05- So, hi, guys.- David.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- I know you're busy and didn't want to disturb you.- No, we were just...
0:14:08 > 0:14:09I wouldn't bother you at all
0:14:09 > 0:14:11but I think something really bad's happened.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Something bad?- And what it is, I didn't know who else to tell.- Right.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Even though it's already been a big week for everyone at the BBC,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22for those who haven't managed to get out of the building yet
0:14:22 > 0:14:23it's just got even bigger.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25So I tried to get hold of Simon and Anna
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- but Simon's gone home to change and Anna isn't answering.- No.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34- Oh, thank God.- I found her.- Lovely Izzi.- Hey, yeah.- I found him, too.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Yes, no, so what it was it I phoned Amanda to leave her a message
0:14:37 > 0:14:39but I got straight through to her which I wasn't expecting.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41In the course of a number of conversations with both
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Amanda Holden and her agent during the course of the day
0:14:44 > 0:14:48on the subject of a crazy low fee for her BBC One Cycling Shorts
0:14:48 > 0:14:51series, David seems to have somehow succeeded in formally
0:14:51 > 0:14:52attaching her to the show.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54And she's like, "David, this isn't about money,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57"it is not about that. I've had my fill of Simon's trousers
0:14:57 > 0:15:00"and people juggling dogs, I'm done with that."
0:15:00 > 0:15:01And her agent's like, what it is,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04at this point in her career, this is a perfect fit for Amanda,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07and she'd, like, kill to be on the BBC, she don't care who knows it.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08- Right.- So, anyway, she wouldn't have it.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10And she ended up saying that she was, like, signing
0:15:10 > 0:15:13the actual contract today and putting it in the post.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14- Right.- End of.- OK. - I know, nightmare.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16With the clock ticking towards a brick wall,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19and Claudia Winkleman waiting to hear back from the BBC
0:15:19 > 0:15:22about On Your Bike, they need to think of something fast,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24and worse still, something good.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- OK, so break the contract. - Oh, well.- Whoa.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27No, like, she's signed it now.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28She has signed now, yes.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Yes, I know, that's what I'm saying.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- Yes.- It's fine, it's like, people break contracts all the time.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Yes, but they're not the BBC. - OK, so...- Well, we are.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Yeah, we are, yeah.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38With other key players having either gone home,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41gone somewhere else, or left the BBC entirely,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43those who are left have no option
0:15:43 > 0:15:46but to roll up whatever sleeves they can find and try to sit down.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47- I mean, Will...- Yeah, cool, yeah?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Don't feel you've got to hang around for this, obviously.- No.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Yeah, no worries, yeah. I don't know.- What?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- So if you are going to be hanging around...- Yeah, cos...
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Yeah, any chance of doing a coffee run?
0:15:56 > 0:15:57- OK.- Will...- No, Jack.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59I don't know about anyone else...
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- Don't talk to me about sugar levels, do not get me started.- OK, cool.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- No, hang on, Will.- Yeah? - You were going to say something.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05- Yeah, I don't know.- No, go on.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Yeah, I don't know, it's like, you could have, like,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- loads of different programmes about cycling.- Right, yes.- Great.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- Yeah, cos, like, at school, we had, like, a whole cycling week.- Right.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- It was pretty cool. - A cycling week?
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Yeah, like, in the summer term.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19So, like, in history, it was, I don't know, like, Penny Farthing.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- Like, in English, we had to write, like, a story about a bike.- Right.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- Like, in maths, it was, like, I don't know, like, wheels.- Yes.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27And, like, in geography, we did, like, China.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Yes, I think we're getting the picture, Will.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- Yeah, I know, yeah, me too. - So, what, you mean...?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Suddenly, out of nowhere, and without trying,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36it's starting to look as if Will Humphries may have finally
0:16:36 > 0:16:39found himself in a situation for which he is uniquely qualified.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40So, like, a cycling season.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- A cycling season.- Yeah, cool.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43- Right.- Cycling season, yeah, cool.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Or, like, a kind of On Your Bike season,
0:16:45 > 0:16:46but across the whole of the BBC.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Yeah, cool, yeah, the whole of the BBC.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50- OK.- Oh, my God.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52His school cycling week was no doubt intended to educate,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56inform and entertain, as well as to fill time
0:16:56 > 0:16:59and, by some fluke of circumstance, it turns out those were also
0:16:59 > 0:17:01the original founding principles of the BBC.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Cos you could have a public awareness,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- like, a health angle, as well.- Yes.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Like, you know, getting Britain moving.- Get Britain moving.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Britain on two wheels. - Britain on two wheels.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10I suppose you could run bicycle thieves somewhere.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Yeah, cool.- Bicycle thieves. - Yeah, cool, yeah,
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- with, like, bicycle police chasing them.- Yes.- What?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18No, I was just thinking, in terms of the whole distinctivity thing,
0:17:18 > 0:17:20suddenly, this is starting to sound very BBC.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21- Yeah, exactly. - No, in a good way, I mean.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- OK, so how does this play with Claudia Winkleman, then?- Right, yes.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26If we're promising her an exclusive gig.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27- Yes.- Yeah, I don't know, yeah, good point.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29OK, so I don't know, maybe there's a version of this
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- where you make Claudia the face of the whole thing.- Yes.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- Oh.- You know, and you make On Your Bike the flagship show.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Cool.- Oh, my God, genius, Ian. - Well, no.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Can I just say, guys, is it just me
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- or have we basically just saved the BBC?- Well, cool.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I mean, let's not get too carried away with this just yet.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Yeah, no, OK, crap.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Eventually, it's later,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59and excitement is building in the building
0:17:59 > 0:18:03as the countdown to the future for the BBC is inexorably underway.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19The guest list amounts to a literal who's who of the social media world,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22together with some dignitaries specially chosen to represent
0:18:22 > 0:18:25the outgoing world order, such as Fiona Craig
0:18:25 > 0:18:28from the Department of Culture, Media and also Sport.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37To top it all, BBC Director-General Tony Hall himself has arrived in
0:18:37 > 0:18:40order to be there in person, as well as to make some sort of big speech.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42So, we put him in there, OK,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45and we've got a guy with, like, a smoke machine, whatever.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46- Right.- Cool.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Yeah, yeah.- With, like, real smoke? - What?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- We put who there, Siobhan? - Brilliant!
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Tony?- Sure.- Yeah.- So fun.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- We're putting Tony Hall in the TARDIS?- Yes, very good.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57As the minutes tick away,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Siobhan and her fun, creative team are taking Tracey and Simon
0:19:00 > 0:19:02through some of the fine detail of what's going to happen.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- Then it's like, nine, eight, seven, six...- OK.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- ..five, four...- Yes. - ..three, two, one.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11- ALL:- Yay!
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Yes, OK, thank you, Siobhan.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- The door opens...- Yeah! - Fabulous!
0:19:15 > 0:19:18He comes out and he goes to the podium, whatever...
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Suddenly, he's arrived, it's the future.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Then you've got a speech, right.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24No, really, it's too much.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26OK, so not being awkward or anything, Siobhan,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28but have you actually asked Tony about this?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30- He's going to love this, right? - Yeah.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32As someone who's worked with Tony closely over the years,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35and who I don't mind saying I think he respects...
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- Yes, no, brilliant, Tracey. - ..I am going to say this.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- Tony likes to know what he's doing, OK?- Sure.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40He doesn't like surprises.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42OK, so he's doing this, right?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- OK.- Like, how cool is that?- No.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- It's not a question, right, it's way cool.- Fabulous.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Chief global content officer? - Yes, exactly.- Right.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Meanwhile, Anna is in the process of taking Ian
0:19:54 > 0:19:56through some plans of her own.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- And this is LA, is it? - LA, yes, exactly.- Right, well.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- The fact is, it's sunny there. I've had enough of rain.- Yes.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04With one eye on which way the wind is blowing
0:20:04 > 0:20:05and another eye on the rain,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Anna has decided to leave the BBC behind her altogether
0:20:08 > 0:20:10and has already landed a senior role
0:20:10 > 0:20:13with US media giant Amazon in America.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Well, I mean, what can I say? Congratulations, Anna.- Yes, exactly.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- That sounds amazing. - Yes, exactly, yes.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Given the responsibilities that will come with her new role,
0:20:20 > 0:20:22it's vital that she's done as much preparation for life
0:20:22 > 0:20:25in Los Angeles as possible before she gets there.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26- That's the kitchen.- Right.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- The terrace is outside.- Right.- Yes.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31She's got some photos of a house in Santa Monica
0:20:31 > 0:20:33which she's happy to share with him.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- And this is the utility room.- Yes.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- There's another shower in there. - Is there?- It's nice, isn't it?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- Oh, I mean, no, it's really... - Yes, exactly, yes.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Oh, David.- Hello, lovely Lucy. - Sorry, I didn't see you there.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Yes, I know. Look at you, in your lovely dress.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52What? Oh, no, yes, it's just...
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Oh, congratulations, by the way.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55- Hear they're in order. - Oh, thank you.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57With the future really not that far away now,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Anna isn't the only one in the room thinking about what it
0:21:00 > 0:21:01could possibly hold for them.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Yes, no, cos I've got a bit of news of me own,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- but I promised myself I wouldn't tell anybody.- Right.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07What I've said is, if you've
0:21:07 > 0:21:09any sense, you keep it to yourself, David.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Right, OK. Well, I mean, that's...
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- What it is, and this absolutely to go no further...- No.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15..but I've taken the first step on a very big journey today.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- Right, have you? - Yes, I have, Lucy, yes.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- The fact is, I need to talk to you. - Well, yes, so you keep...
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- I mean, actually, you are doing, actually.- Yes, exactly, yes.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- The fact is, you could come with me.- Oh, yes.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- You don't need to do this.- Yes. - You don't need to be here.- Well, no.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29I mean, hang on, just checking, you're not serious, are you?
0:21:29 > 0:21:30- The fact is, I'm not drunk.- No.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- They're really keen on you over there.- What?- The fact is...- Who is?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- We talked about it at interview. - Talked about what?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Yes, exactly, yes. The fact is, we make a good team.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- The fact is, I'm not drunk.- No.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Sometimes, I think you want to start my life all over again.- Right.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- The fact is, I feel the same.- Yes.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49What it is, OK...
0:21:49 > 0:21:51OK, this morning, right...
0:21:51 > 0:21:52- WHISPERS:- I filled in stage one
0:21:52 > 0:21:55of the Director of Purpose application form and I send it off.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- What?- I filled in... - No, I heard you.- OK.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Director of Purpose?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00And now, I know what you're thinking, Lucy,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02but do you know what I think it is, though, what it is?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04I'm passionate about the BBC.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Right, are you?- Yes, I am, yes. And do you know what?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- We're living in an era of change. - Yes.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- We are in a time where, like, literally anything can happen.- Mm.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15And I'm like, if anything can happen, then do you know what?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- Might as well be happening to you. - Yes. You mean happening to you.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Happening to me, yes.- Yes. - Yes, I know me, yes.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Meanwhile, as Senior Communications Officer Tracey Pritchard
0:22:25 > 0:22:28is doing her best to mitigate any surprises
0:22:28 > 0:22:30that Director-General Tony Hall might find himself
0:22:30 > 0:22:34facing on the way to his big speech, in another part of the room,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Will Humphries has got other issues to think about.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40- Hi.- Hi.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- This is fun, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- Yeah.- That for me?- No, I just picked up two just in case.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Right, well, thanks.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- Cheers.- Cheers.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Here's to David Attenborough, then.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- Yes.- Mm, what a guy.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54- Yeah.- If it wasn't for him,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- you would've crashed and burned by now.- Well...
0:22:57 > 0:22:59And all just to protect Forrest Gump.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- Christ.- Oh, I'm sorry. - For God's sake.- No, I'm sorry.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06No, no, fine. Whatever.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Drink your own bloody prosecco.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- Hi.- Hi.- Nice quiet corner.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Yes, it's... Yes.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33- Not long to go now.- No.- No.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- Well, here's to you.- To? - To empowerment.- Oh, right, yes.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Congratulations.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41And here's to purpose.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Right, yes.- Cheers.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48I hope you stay.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Yes, well...
0:23:50 > 0:23:51I really do.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Meanwhile, as midnight approaches,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00it's time to put BBC Director-General Tony Hall
0:24:00 > 0:24:02in the TARDIS.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- OK, well, he's in.- Right.- Cool.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11- Great.- Yes, no, great.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Can't see anything going wrong with this.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- Poor Tony looked a bit forlorn in there on his own.- Yes.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17OK, all set here, guys, we're locked and loaded?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19I've got to say, I'm not surprised.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21He asked me if I'd mind leaving the door open a bit.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24I bet he did. Not being funny but I wouldn't go in there if you paid me.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Really rather sweet.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27OK, shut up. And run, Me, Me, Me.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- OK, we've got one minute, guys, one minute.- Right, here we go.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Me.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Me...
0:24:33 > 0:24:36OK, can somebody close that door, OK?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- No.- Ah, now...- No, I'm sorry, Siobhan, Tony wants that open.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- Excuse me?- It's dark in there. - Dark?- Yes.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Well, let's not... - It's a door, right?- Yes.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45If it's a door, he comes out of that, duh.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48No, I'm sorry, he expressly asked for it not to be shut.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50- Let's not...- OK, we've got 50 seconds here.- I don't care.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52That door gets closed or that guy's got nothing to come out of
0:24:52 > 0:24:54and we just launched a train wreck.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I don't care, you are not shutting Tony Hall in the TARDIS.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- TV:- Me!
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- TV:- Me!
0:25:02 > 0:25:03- Right.- Er, so...
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Brilliant.- Fuck's sake.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- No, no, I'm sorry. - I can't watch this.- Erm...
0:25:08 > 0:25:10No, this absolutely cannot happen.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12No, I mean, it's an interesting one, isn't it?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14DOOR SLAMS SHUT
0:25:14 > 0:25:17AUDIENCE: Ten, nine, eight,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20seven, six, five,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23four, three,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25two, one.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27CHEERING
0:25:37 > 0:25:40CHEERING
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Come out of there.- Are you OK?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Come out of there. Come out. - SHE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR
0:25:51 > 0:25:52What the fuck?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- Tony? - SHE BANGS ON THE DOOR
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Are you actually in there?
0:25:59 > 0:26:04So, yes, BBC Me is now live online and broadcasting to the world.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Yes, we may be in the digital future but we are still the BBC.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Now, we were thinking Tony Hall, our Director-General,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20might want to say something to mark this moment
0:26:20 > 0:26:24but currently, as some of you might have already noticed,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26and this is typical of him, by the way,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29it looks like he's overshot and gone so far into the future
0:26:29 > 0:26:31that he's left the rest of us temporarily behind.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32- ALL:- Yay!
0:26:32 > 0:26:35We may well get him back at some point but in the meantime,
0:26:35 > 0:26:37my name is Ian Fletcher, I'm currently Head of Values here
0:26:37 > 0:26:39and I'll be your waiter tonight.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Yay!
0:26:40 > 0:26:42I'm going to keep this really short.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44I gather we've got some sort of dancing to do.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Yay!
0:26:45 > 0:26:50So this is indeed a big moment, the start of an exciting new era.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51But we're in this building.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55"Nation shall speak unto nation" is what it says above the door,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58so everything changes but nothing changes.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01In fact, what it says is "Nation shall speak peace unto nation."
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Yay!
0:27:02 > 0:27:05But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08So, yes. So, BBC Me, It's You.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Of course we're in an age of great change and as time passes,
0:27:12 > 0:27:17as people come and go, the Me will change and the You will change,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20the technology will change but the thing at the centre of it all,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24the speaking unto each other, that will remain,
0:27:24 > 0:27:26and it will be more vibrant, more far-reaching
0:27:26 > 0:27:29and more important than it's ever been.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- Thank you.- Yay!
0:27:38 > 0:27:40George!
0:27:45 > 0:27:49With the time for speaking now over, it's time for something else.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51For everyone, it's time to dance.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56MUSIC FROM HEADPHONES: Power Of Love by Huey Lewis And The News
0:27:59 > 0:28:01At last, after everything that's happened,
0:28:01 > 0:28:04it looks as if a future of some kind for the BBC
0:28:04 > 0:28:06is finally underway,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09and perhaps, for the moment, that's all that matters.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Perhaps it's enough that the night is still young.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25For the moment, tomorrow may seem a long way away.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:30 > 0:28:32But exactly who will be in that tomorrow
0:28:32 > 0:28:36and what it will hold for them if they are, no-one knows.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39MUSIC FROM HEADPHONES: Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Only time will tell.