1 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,760 Stand by, two. Mix through and cue on two. 2 00:00:14,799 --> 00:00:16,599 The BBC has announced the appointment 3 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,080 of ex-head of Olympic Deliverance Ian Fletcher 4 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:20,840 as its new Head of Values. 5 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:28,680 Time now for the shipping forecast. 6 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:32,199 Superimposed. 7 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,519 A new morning at New Broadcasting House... 8 00:00:48,839 --> 00:00:51,839 But for the BBC's Head of Values, Ian Fletcher, 9 00:00:51,879 --> 00:00:54,040 this isn't just any old new morning. 10 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,279 Today is a whole different bike. 11 00:01:12,679 --> 00:01:13,880 Morning, Will. 12 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:15,679 Oh, hey. Yeah, cool. How are you? 13 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:16,759 Yeah, I'm good, yeah. 14 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:17,840 In nice and early again. 15 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,600 Yeah, no worries, yeah. Izzy's not in yet. 16 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,399 Right. I don't know where she is. 17 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:22,600 No. Did you manage... 18 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:24,440 Whoa. New bike. Did... 19 00:01:24,479 --> 00:01:26,320 Uh, what? Yes, yes. Cool. 20 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,440 Yeah, no, I thought it was... That's like the titanium one. 21 00:01:28,479 --> 00:01:30,200 Uh, yes, it is actually, yes. Whoa. 22 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:31,360 No, I just thought it was time to... 23 00:01:31,399 --> 00:01:32,560 Can I hold it? 24 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,240 Uh, well, yes, if you want to. 25 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:37,679 Whoa, that's just, like, mental. 26 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:38,839 Yeah, it's good, isn't it? 27 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:40,880 Yes, so anyway... Yeah. 28 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:42,960 Uh, did you manage to book Frankie Howerd for this afternoon in the end? 29 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,240 Yeah, no... Say again? 30 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,160 Cos I have to say, I just gave up eventually. 31 00:01:46,199 --> 00:01:48,399 Yeah, no, crap. Yeah, I booked it on SyncopatiSpace. 32 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:49,679 What? 33 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,600 The BBC has recently introduced 34 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,399 a fully-integrated, cloud-based 35 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,640 room booking system in its public commitment 36 00:01:55,679 --> 00:01:57,800 to make the technology in Broadcasting House 37 00:01:57,839 --> 00:01:59,960 more intelligent than the people who work there. 38 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,039 Yeah, so, in the end, what I did was I had to, like, 39 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,640 re-set all my Omnisync permissions. 40 00:02:03,679 --> 00:02:04,880 Well, I mean, I don't understand that, 41 00:02:04,919 --> 00:02:06,399 but if it works, that's great, Will. Well done. 42 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:07,640 Yeah, no worries. Yeah, cool. 43 00:02:07,679 --> 00:02:09,199 OK. Well... Cool. 44 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:11,960 Can I have my bike back now? 45 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:13,799 Yeah, cool, yeah. I mean, if you've finished with it. 46 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,320 Yeah, no worries, yeah, cool. Great. 47 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,959 Actually, Will... Yeah, hi. 48 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,239 Uh, this may not... It might not be of any interest to you but... 49 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:24,760 The other bike, my old one... Yeah. 50 00:02:24,799 --> 00:02:26,200 I mean it's just sitting there in the spare room... 51 00:02:26,239 --> 00:02:27,480 Doing nothing now. Cool. 52 00:02:27,519 --> 00:02:29,040 I mean, if you wanted to borrow it. 53 00:02:29,079 --> 00:02:30,640 You know, use it for a while... 54 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,600 You know, just see how you get on with it. 55 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 I could bring it in one morning and leave it here? 56 00:02:41,239 --> 00:02:42,280 OK, cool. 57 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,600 Meanwhile, it's already the afternoon 58 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:56,359 and Ian is on his way to chair a meeting 59 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,120 of the Way Ahead Task Force. 60 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,640 Hi. Yes, hi, yes. 61 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:01,480 You all set for this? Yes, no. I don't know. 62 00:03:01,519 --> 00:03:03,320 I hope so. You'll be fine. 63 00:03:03,359 --> 00:03:05,320 Today he's asked newly-created Head of Inclusivity, 64 00:03:05,359 --> 00:03:07,640 Lucy Freeman, along to give them a heads-up 65 00:03:07,679 --> 00:03:11,359 on the important issue of BBC inclusivity targets. 66 00:03:11,399 --> 00:03:13,239 I didn't actually sleep brilliantly last night. 67 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,679 Oh, just remember, nobody knows anything. Yes. Right. 68 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,160 I mean, that's true just generally... 69 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:18,840 But it's particularly true in this case. Right. 70 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,120 In the meantime, the Way Ahead Task Force 71 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,560 itself is gathering outside Frankie Howerd. 72 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,959 ...and really by the morning the last of that cloud blowing itself off 73 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,959 into the North Sea, where nobody can see it, 74 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,320 and, certainly by lunchtime, most of us should find ourselves 75 00:03:31,359 --> 00:03:34,799 outside enjoying a really rather pleasant day for the time of year. 76 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:35,880 Az. Great. 77 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,679 Thanks very much, Sadiq. 78 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,280 I knew we'd be able to count on you for some good news at least. 79 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:40,600 Well, I do my best, Az. 80 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,920 Although really it's not me, it's the weather. 81 00:03:42,959 --> 00:03:45,560 And you can find more of that on the website, of course. 82 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,440 Thanks, Sadiq. That's great. 83 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,239 Well, that's just about it for us. 84 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,560 We'll be back again after the... 85 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,640 I'm not being funny or anything, but did he actually just say 86 00:03:54,679 --> 00:03:56,799 the cloud was going to be blowing itself off? 87 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,560 Don't know. Wasn't listening. Wouldn't surprise me. 88 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,519 Crazy beard. Yes, no, very good. 89 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,160 I mean, we love beards. Cool guy. 90 00:04:02,799 --> 00:04:04,200 Hi. Hurrah! 91 00:04:04,239 --> 00:04:05,679 What's happening? We can't get in, sir. 92 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:06,799 We don't know what to do. 93 00:04:06,839 --> 00:04:08,160 Oh, of course, sorry. 94 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,399 And I've asked Lucy to join us for this. Yes. 95 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:11,519 Hurrah! Hi. 96 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:12,880 No, brilliant, brilliant, Lucy. 97 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,239 Yes. 98 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,240 OK, so what's... 99 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,360 One of the most intelligent qualities of the new 100 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:20,279 SyncopatiSpace booking system 101 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,960 is that, as a fail-safe to prevent anything going wrong, 102 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,400 the door to any meeting room opens automatically 103 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,800 as soon as the person who's booked it comes within range 104 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:30,880 with their pass, whereas, if they haven't, it doesn't. 105 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,719 Right, OK. Where's Will? 106 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,640 Why does everything got to be so bloody intelligent all the time? 107 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,599 Intelligent? Not Will, obviously. 108 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:37,760 Gah, no. Bad luck. 109 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,039 Meanwhile, elsewhere in the building, 110 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,760 Izzy Gould is at a different level altogether. 111 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,400 Oh. Hi, David. Oh, hi there, lovely Izzy. 112 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:56,719 So this is where you are now? 113 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,800 Yes. Look at you on the seventh floor. 114 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:01,280 Yes, no, it's just useful to be a bit nearer Matt Taverner, just so... 115 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,280 Oh, no, Always. Tell me about it. 116 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,520 Having recently applied for a new post in Development, 117 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,919 she's now in an environment where you can never predict 118 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:09,640 where the next challenge will come from 119 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,760 or in exactly what shape it will arrive. 120 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,960 Oh, you look great. I don't know where you got that skirt. 121 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,560 What, this? No, this is just... 122 00:05:15,599 --> 00:05:17,520 Yes, cos I'm actually having a meeting with Matt on Thursday. 123 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:18,800 Oh, right. Are you? Yes... 124 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:20,360 Newly-promoted David Wilkes 125 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,080 has got a meeting with newly-promoted Matt Taverner 126 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:24,800 to bring him up to speed with progress 127 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:27,640 on the nearly-developed project One Big Family. 128 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,640 He's asked for a series treatment. 129 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,919 Yeah, I think he just wants to know how it's going to work, basically. 130 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,320 Right. You know, like, who'll be in it and stuff. That's all. 131 00:05:34,359 --> 00:05:35,919 OK. But so... It's good up here, isn't it? 132 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,280 Yes, it is. But I mean, this... 133 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:38,719 It's three paragraphs. 134 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,039 I know. And can I just say? 135 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,240 Do not be confined by what's there. 136 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:43,520 Well, no, that's... Confined? 137 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:44,960 Just think of it as a blank page. 138 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,280 I mean, it practically is a blank page. 139 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,240 I know. I mean, it's exciting, isn't it? 140 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:49,560 Well... Yes. Do you know what? 141 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:51,840 I'm excited and I'm not even doing it. 142 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:52,919 No. 143 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,840 This is a really complex area to talk about in just a few minutes, 144 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,039 obviously, so I was thinking perhaps 145 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,680 BAME and LGBT would be two areas 146 00:06:02,719 --> 00:06:04,000 it might be good to focus on here. 147 00:06:04,039 --> 00:06:05,880 Right, yes. Hurrah! 148 00:06:05,919 --> 00:06:08,640 Eventually, there's a lucky break for the Way Ahead Team. 149 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,000 It turns out that the shared innovation space on the fourth floor 150 00:06:12,039 --> 00:06:14,359 is free this afternoon as it just so happens 151 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,080 there isn't any sharing or innovation taking place today. 152 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,799 Lucy, just to check everybody's OK with BAME and LGBT? 153 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:20,840 Yes, exactly. No, sure. 154 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,000 Brilliant. Uh-huh. 155 00:06:22,039 --> 00:06:23,159 Yup. Yes. 156 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:24,719 More or less. I think so, Ian, yes. 157 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:26,400 No, I'm totally good with that. 158 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,599 The world of inclusivity is a world full of acronyms 159 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,680 and both BAME, which stands for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, 160 00:06:32,719 --> 00:06:35,760 and LGBT, which stands for something else altogether, 161 00:06:35,799 --> 00:06:38,159 are almost perfect examples of how they can work. 162 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,120 Can I just check, Lucy? Not being funny or anything 163 00:06:40,159 --> 00:06:43,080 but with LGBT, is it transvestite or... 164 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:44,640 No, transgender. Right, yes. 165 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,560 Transgender, yes. I knew it was one of them. 166 00:06:46,599 --> 00:06:48,760 Yes. I can tell the difference in real life, obviously. 167 00:06:48,799 --> 00:06:51,000 Right. I don't mind saying I'm normally pretty good at that. 168 00:06:51,039 --> 00:06:53,880 OK. Good. The fact is this is an area where we need to be better. 169 00:06:53,919 --> 00:06:55,440 Well, of course, Anna, yes. 170 00:06:55,479 --> 00:06:56,719 Although, I have to say, 171 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,640 inclusivity is an area where we have actually 172 00:06:58,680 --> 00:06:59,719 made some real progress. 173 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:00,919 Cool. Have we? 174 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:02,080 Yes. You so have. 175 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,240 You've got the dude with the crazy beard 176 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:05,599 doing the weather for a start. 177 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,120 Well, hang on, it's not a crazy beard. 178 00:07:07,159 --> 00:07:08,880 It's like, "Hey, guys, suck on that!" 179 00:07:08,919 --> 00:07:10,919 Brilliant. I mean, Lucy, would it be worth 180 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,120 thinking about trying to put some numbers 181 00:07:12,159 --> 00:07:13,719 on our aspirations in those areas? 182 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,159 I mean, if you look at the research on this. 183 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,880 I mean, I've got some figures here. I don't know... 184 00:07:16,919 --> 00:07:18,239 With just over a year now 185 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,520 until the BBC's Royal Charter is due 186 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,680 either for renewal or some other thing, 187 00:07:22,719 --> 00:07:24,159 Lucy's first big task 188 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,599 in her new post has been to look at ways of setting 189 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,919 new BBC inclusivity targets 190 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,599 that are more challenging than the old ones. 191 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:31,840 Cos there is an argument. 192 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,880 If you look at the proportion of BAME 193 00:07:33,919 --> 00:07:35,680 and LGBT people out there 194 00:07:35,719 --> 00:07:37,039 in the wider population, 195 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,120 and then use those as the basis for your targets... 196 00:07:40,159 --> 00:07:41,479 Yes, right. Brilliant. 197 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,039 So what you're committing to is the idea 198 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,359 of a fair reflection of society as it actually is. 199 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,560 Hang on. Um, I'm sorry, Lucy. I'm sorry, Ian. 200 00:07:47,599 --> 00:07:49,239 I might be being a bit stupid here, 201 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:50,320 but how's this going to work? 202 00:07:50,359 --> 00:07:52,320 How will it work? 203 00:07:52,359 --> 00:07:54,919 Well, yeah, because if you add the proportion of Asian or Asian British, 204 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,560 black or black British, and mixed multiple together, 205 00:07:57,599 --> 00:08:01,280 uh, then you get what 11.9, say 12%, Lucy, right? 206 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,640 Uh, that's... Yes, that's the current BAME figure, yes. 207 00:08:03,679 --> 00:08:05,200 Cool. So I've just done a quick back 208 00:08:05,239 --> 00:08:06,640 of the fag packet thing here 209 00:08:06,679 --> 00:08:09,400 and, according to this, in news, I'd have to sack 210 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,919 four black, Asian, or mixed multiple presenters straight away. 211 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,280 No, no. And, I'm sorry, 212 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:15,640 but with the greatest respect to everyone involved, 213 00:08:15,679 --> 00:08:16,799 I'm not going to bloody do that. 214 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,120 No, that's not actually how it works. 215 00:08:18,159 --> 00:08:19,960 No, no. No. Coz in that case, Neil... 216 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 You'd be ahead of the target already, which is great, 217 00:08:22,039 --> 00:08:23,520 so you wouldn't actually have to do anything. 218 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:24,719 Right. OK. 219 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,239 Hurrah! No, no, the point here, Neil 220 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:27,799 surely is we're committed to driving up 221 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,039 the, let's face it, woefully small BAME and LGBT figures 222 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:32,600 out there in the real population 223 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:33,799 wherever we possibly can. 224 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:34,880 What? Uh, well... 225 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:36,280 Are we? Yes, exactly, yes. 226 00:08:36,319 --> 00:08:37,559 Cool. I mean, I think that's a different... 227 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:38,919 You mean, out there in the real world? 228 00:08:38,959 --> 00:08:40,319 Oh, no. Hang on... 229 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,280 We love BAME. Yes, no, wait a minute. 230 00:08:42,319 --> 00:08:43,799 The fact is this is about being better. 231 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,199 Hang on, this has got to be right... 232 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,680 Coz now we're driving things up all over the place. 233 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,040 I thought we were reflecting things. 234 00:08:48,079 --> 00:08:49,880 Brilliant. Hang on... Just give a minute. 235 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:51,480 Yes, cos I'm not being funny or anything, guys, 236 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,560 but in the last five years, in the press office, 237 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,319 I don't think we've had any lesbians at all. 238 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:56,959 Right. Well, that's... Bummer. 239 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,000 Meanwhile, Will is up on the seventh floor. 240 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,640 In his relatively new role as personal assistant, 241 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:08,520 he's still getting used to where everything is 242 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:10,000 in New Broadcasting House. 243 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:24,920 Hi. Oh, hi. 244 00:09:24,959 --> 00:09:27,079 How are you? Yeah, I'm OK, yeah. Busy. 245 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,560 Yeah, it's tough at the top, isn't it? Yes, it is. 246 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,040 Yeah. Is anyone here? Nope. 247 00:09:31,079 --> 00:09:32,760 Right. There was some guy, but he left. 248 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,120 Yeah, well, that's his mistake. 249 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:35,880 Can I? Yeah, sure. I mean, if you... 250 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:37,720 I've just been in the inspiration zone. And it didn't work. 251 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,240 Haven't had any. I am working, though. 252 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:40,800 Sure. You know, that's cool. As long as you... 253 00:09:40,839 --> 00:09:43,280 I'm just going to sit here and look at you. Right. What? 254 00:09:43,319 --> 00:09:44,520 I wish. 255 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:45,800 I've got so much stuff to do. 256 00:09:45,839 --> 00:09:47,520 Yeah. Me too. Yeah. 257 00:09:51,959 --> 00:09:54,160 Overall, then, if you're wanting to get out and about 258 00:09:54,199 --> 00:09:57,000 over the weekend, it looks like Saturday's the day for that. 259 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,959 Sunday perhaps more of a case of curling your toes up on the sofa 260 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,640 with a good book and perhaps your favourite mug of coffee. 261 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:04,920 Az. Thanks very much, Sadiq. 262 00:10:04,959 --> 00:10:07,120 I think I'll be taking your advice and joining you on the sofa 263 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,240 with that book on Sunday. 264 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,199 Yes, no, well, excellent. 265 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,720 More on all that on the website, of course. 266 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:14,680 Lovely. Sadiq, thanks. 267 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:15,880 Well, that's just about it... 268 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,120 Yes, OK. Thank you, Siobhan. I think we've... 269 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:18,800 Yes, I see, terribly good, isn't he? 270 00:10:18,839 --> 00:10:20,560 I'm just saying here. Let's not... 271 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,000 I mean, he's so babe, 272 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:23,560 it's practically coming out of his ears. 273 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,839 By early evening, it's two hours later, 274 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:27,640 but in the shared innovation space, 275 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:29,839 the Way Ahead Task Force is still searching 276 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,680 for the way ahead in its mission to set 277 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,480 some new and better BBC inclusivity targets. 278 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,400 I mean, just thinking laterally for a moment... 279 00:10:36,439 --> 00:10:38,199 Yes, very good. 280 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,319 Oh, right. OK. Is it worth coming at this thing the other way round? 281 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,040 Ian is particularly keen to resolve 282 00:10:42,079 --> 00:10:43,600 the matter by the end of the meeting, 283 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,439 because, as BBC Head of Values, 284 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,439 he's been invited to speak at a meeting 285 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,360 of the Cross Parliamentary Cultural Inclusion Action Watch Dog Group 286 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,600 at the Palace of Westminster in 10 days' time. 287 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,160 I mean, is there a way of committing to the idea 288 00:10:54,199 --> 00:10:57,719 of reducing the number of non-BAME and LGBT people 289 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,640 by a percentage figure? 290 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:02,640 Ah, brilliant. So, that gradually over time, you'd increase the proportion. 291 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:04,319 Hang on. Now we're sacking white guys as well? 292 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,520 Well... At this rate, there's gonna be nobody bloody left. 293 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:08,199 Bummer. I know this is difficult... 294 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,480 But can I just remind everybody what a serious undertaking this is? 295 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:11,959 OK, OK, OK. 296 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,400 So, guys, here's the thing with this, 297 00:11:13,439 --> 00:11:14,839 we've been going for, like, three hours here, right? 298 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,680 We're nailing jelly to the hothouse wall. 299 00:11:16,719 --> 00:11:18,000 What? So, what you do here... 300 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,240 Is you viralise the weather dude with the beard... 301 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,560 Suddenly it's like none of this other shit matters. 302 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,280 Right, no. Viralise him? 303 00:11:25,319 --> 00:11:27,640 Brilliant. I think we've had enough about him already, Siobhan. 304 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:30,240 You so have not had enough about him already. 305 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:31,319 It's a no-brainer. 306 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:32,800 He's your only hope here. 307 00:11:32,839 --> 00:11:35,560 I'm sorry, Siobhan. It's a BBC London weather forecaster 308 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,760 you're talking about here. He's not Martin Luther King. 309 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,760 I mean, I think that's probably a bit melodramatic. 310 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,120 It totally is mega-dramatic. 311 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:43,560 That's what we're looking for here, right? 312 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,240 Well, no... Cos otherwise, I'm telling you... 313 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,480 With shit like inclusivity you open your mouth 314 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,199 at this Crossed Parliamentary Action Dog whatever, 315 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,240 you pretty much bought a one-way ticket to Yawnsville right there. 316 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,280 Brilliant. I mean, am I right or am I right? 317 00:11:55,319 --> 00:11:57,000 Well, that's... I'm right, OK? 318 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:58,880 No, very good. Yes, no, very strong. 319 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,040 Another week and personal assistant Will Humphries 320 00:12:20,079 --> 00:12:22,120 is arriving for work early as usual. 321 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,280 Another busy day of assisting ahead of him. 322 00:12:24,319 --> 00:12:25,760 Ah, yes. Will Humphries. 323 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,600 Oh, yeah. Hey, yeah, no worries, yeah, cool. 324 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:29,439 Yes, very good. Obviously going places. 325 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:30,560 Yeah, no, I've just arrived. 326 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,920 So you've finally joined the club. 327 00:12:32,959 --> 00:12:34,920 Uh, yeah, no, this is, like, Ian Fetcher's bike? 328 00:12:34,959 --> 00:12:36,439 Oh, right. Yeah, I didn't take it. 329 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,319 He said I could. No, brilliant, Will, brilliant. 330 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,439 Yeah, cos he's got like this titanium one now? 331 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,199 Right. Yeah, I know, mental. 332 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:43,599 Brilliant. It's pretty cool. 333 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,040 Yes, no, jolly good. 334 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,599 People think you just stand there and wave your arms about. 335 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,959 Right. Really? I've heard people say it must be fun. 336 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,760 Meanwhile, BBC London weather forecaster Sadiq Iqbal 337 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,800 has come to see Lucy in her role as Head of Inclusivity. 338 00:13:02,839 --> 00:13:04,680 So, I mean, yes, you've got satellites, 339 00:13:04,719 --> 00:13:06,640 computer modelling, whatever, all of that, 340 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:08,680 you've got the whole of the Met Office resources behind you. 341 00:13:08,719 --> 00:13:09,760 Yes. But in the end... 342 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,920 It's about you and the weather. 343 00:13:11,959 --> 00:13:13,280 You have to confront that every day. 344 00:13:13,319 --> 00:13:14,920 That's never going to change. No. 345 00:13:14,959 --> 00:13:16,439 As a serious forecaster 346 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,599 committed to the idea of serious weather, 347 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,959 he's not happy about having been viralised 348 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,319 or about his rapidly-growing cult status, 349 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,760 even though the BBC now has plans to promote him 350 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,880 to the national weather forecast as a result. 351 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,880 I was on the Tube yesterday. I saw this girl, 352 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,599 my face on her T-shirt. 353 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,240 "Today will be brighter than yesterday." 354 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,680 Right. When she turned around, on the back... 355 00:13:35,719 --> 00:13:37,280 "Hashtag beardy weather." 356 00:13:37,319 --> 00:13:38,560 Yes, no, that's not... That's really... 357 00:13:38,599 --> 00:13:40,000 I mean, one thing to say. 358 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,160 It is in fact a separate PR company that's responsible 359 00:13:42,199 --> 00:13:43,560 for Brand BBC, but... 360 00:13:43,599 --> 00:13:44,800 Then this morning, on YouTube. 361 00:13:44,839 --> 00:13:46,000 Thanks very much, Sadiq. 362 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:47,480 I think I'll be taking your advice and 363 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,480 joining you on the sofa with that book on Sunday. 364 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,800 Yes, yes, yes. Yes! Joining you on the sofa 365 00:13:51,839 --> 00:13:53,480 Joining you on the sofa... Yes! 366 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,040 Joining you on the sofa Lovely Sadiq, l love... 367 00:13:56,079 --> 00:13:57,640 Curling your toes up. 368 00:13:57,680 --> 00:13:58,839 We-we-we-we! 369 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,520 Curling your toes up on the sofa... 370 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:02,920 Joining you on the sofa with that book... Yes, yes, yes... 371 00:14:02,959 --> 00:14:04,640 210,000 hits so far. 372 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:06,199 Yes. Really, that's... Yes. 373 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:07,959 This is not just about me. 374 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,400 Well, no, it's about a whole, I mean, it's about anyone who with... 375 00:14:10,439 --> 00:14:11,520 Anyone who's ever... 376 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:14,000 There are two of us in that studio. 377 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:15,680 Right. What we do isn't easy. 378 00:14:15,719 --> 00:14:17,400 No, of course. We're both professionals... 379 00:14:17,439 --> 00:14:19,000 But Azia is a serious woman. 380 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,479 Well, yes, absolutely. 381 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,400 What people don't know about her, underneath all the hair, 382 00:14:22,439 --> 00:14:24,599 she studied Asian and Middle Eastern studies at Cambridge. 383 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:26,880 Right. Combining it with a modern European language. 384 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:28,319 In this case French. Really? 385 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,719 Yes. We might make it look easy, 386 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:32,319 I certainly try to anyway... 387 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,160 Yes, no, you do. I mean, not easy, but... 388 00:14:34,199 --> 00:14:35,280 But it's not. No. 389 00:14:35,319 --> 00:14:37,120 Actually, it's a very delicate thing. 390 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:38,560 Yes. Right. Yes. 391 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,400 Meanwhile, Ian has been working late 392 00:14:51,439 --> 00:14:53,319 drafting his speech for the Cross Parliamentary 393 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,199 Cultural Inclusion Action Watchdog, 394 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,839 or so called C-P-C-I-A-W-D-G Group, 395 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,599 at Westminster next week. 396 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,719 Ah. Hi, Anna. Yes, exactly, yes. 397 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,880 Are you... I'm just on my way out. 398 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,240 Yes. Right. 399 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:06,560 Yes, exactly, yes. 400 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:10,479 I've been thinking about your thing. 401 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,120 Ye... My what? The C-P-C-I... 402 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:13,400 Oh, right. Yes, well, me too. 403 00:15:13,439 --> 00:15:15,120 The fact is this is exactly the sort of occasion 404 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:16,760 where we should be talking about better. 405 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:18,240 Talking about better? Exactly, yes. 406 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,400 Right. The fact of the matter is the whole idea... 407 00:15:20,439 --> 00:15:22,839 Of setting ourselves targets for inclusivity... Right. 408 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,560 The fact is this is all about betterness. 409 00:15:24,599 --> 00:15:26,040 Betterness. Exactly. 410 00:15:26,079 --> 00:15:27,800 Right, what so you want me to say something about it... 411 00:15:27,839 --> 00:15:29,199 I've asked Jack to e-mail you something. 412 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:30,520 Right. A paragraph. 413 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:31,760 I thought you might want to look at it first. 414 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:32,920 Yes, well, that's very... I mean... 415 00:15:32,959 --> 00:15:34,199 Thank you, Anna. I will. Yes. 416 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,199 Also, I think I should come with you. 417 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,640 Come with me? To the thing, yes. 418 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:40,319 Right. If you're going to be talking about better... 419 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:41,560 Then the fact is I should be there. 420 00:15:41,599 --> 00:15:43,120 What? So they can see what better looks like? 421 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,120 That's not... Here are the lifts. 422 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,560 Just so you know, I've asked Lucy Freeman to come along too. 423 00:15:47,599 --> 00:15:49,160 You've asked Lucy Freeman? 424 00:15:49,199 --> 00:15:51,959 Yes, cos inclusivity's such a part of this whole... Yes. 425 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,319 I just thought it'd be good for her to actually... Yes. 426 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,319 You know, just to... Yes. Yes. Yes. 427 00:15:56,359 --> 00:15:57,719 Ground floor. 428 00:16:15,719 --> 00:16:18,079 Morning, Will. Oh, yeah. Hey, yeah, cool. 429 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,640 A different morning at New Broadcasting House 430 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,120 as both the Head of Values 431 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,160 and the personal assistant to the Head of Values 432 00:16:24,199 --> 00:16:26,920 find themselves arriving almost literally in tandem. 433 00:16:26,959 --> 00:16:28,240 Morning. 434 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,599 Ah, morning, Simon. Oh, yeah. Hey, yeah, hi. 435 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:32,240 Ah, yes, we three. 436 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,719 But it turns out they're not the only ones who are going places. 437 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,000 So is that like the carbon fibre one? What? 438 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,439 Oh, yes, the carbon fibre, yes. 439 00:16:43,479 --> 00:16:45,199 Whoa. Right. 440 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:46,959 I mean, they do it deliberately. 441 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,560 Every time you go in there, suddenly your old bike's out of date. 442 00:16:49,599 --> 00:16:52,319 Carbon fibre? Yeah, they make, like, stealth bombers out of it. 443 00:16:52,359 --> 00:16:53,760 Oh, it's just a gimmick, really. 444 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,240 Stealth bombers? 445 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,000 Yeah, like, they're so light, you can't actually see them? 446 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,439 Bloody annoying, I tell you. I only went in there to buy a pump. 447 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:09,040 Upstairs, newly-promoted Izzy Gould 448 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:10,399 is already in early, 449 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,359 preparing herself for further development. 450 00:17:12,399 --> 00:17:14,119 Will, hi. Oh, yeah. Hey, yeah. 451 00:17:14,159 --> 00:17:15,960 How long have you been there? What? I don't know. 452 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,480 You OK? Yeah, I'm good, yeah. 453 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:18,960 I'm just going back to my desk. Cool. 454 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,520 Quite a lot on today, so... Yeah, no worries, yeah. 455 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,040 I just came up here. 456 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:23,919 Right. OK, well... Yeah, cos I've had, like, an idea. 457 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,399 You've had an idea? Yeah, I know, yeah, mental, yeah. 458 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:27,839 What do you mean an idea? What kind of idea? 459 00:17:27,879 --> 00:17:29,639 Yeah, cos you know you're, like, developing? 460 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,520 Ah, right, OK. 461 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,720 Yes, so what I... Will, I'm really sorry, I'm so busy at the moment. 462 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,040 Cool, yeah. No worries, yeah, cool. Maybe when I've got time... 463 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,120 Yeah, no, cool. No, crap! Or put it in an e-mail. Yes. 464 00:17:38,159 --> 00:17:40,080 Cos then I can get back to you. Yeah. Cool. 465 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:41,520 OK, great. Thanks, Will. Better get back. 466 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,760 Yeah, OK, yeah. No worries, yeah, cool. 467 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,280 Actually, sorry. Yeah? 468 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:47,320 That wasn't very... No, that's cool, yeah. I don't mind. 469 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:49,680 It's OK. Um, I can drink my coffee. Tell me your idea. 470 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,120 OK, cool, yeah. 471 00:17:51,159 --> 00:17:53,280 Yeah cos, like, my sister, like, knows Boris Johnson? 472 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:54,639 Right. Does she really? Yeah, I know. 473 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,200 OK. Yeah, so it's like, "On Your Bike." 474 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,360 On Your Bike? Yeah, like, you ride around London with Boris Johnson. 475 00:18:00,399 --> 00:18:02,760 Like, he talks and rides at the same time. Right. 476 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,200 Yeah, cos someone's riding next to him. I don't know who that is. 477 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,399 OK. Yeah, then, next week, it's not Boris Johnson, 478 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,280 it's someone else who's got a bike, riding somewhere else, 479 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,360 like round where they live, and talking about that. 480 00:18:12,399 --> 00:18:14,480 Yeah, cos it's like you'd have, like, different bikes. 481 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,080 I mean, that's great, isn't it? Yes, uh... 482 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:24,760 Nice plug for Sadiq's promotion to the national forecast, so that's... 483 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,560 But if you look at what she actually said, it's not... It's much more... 484 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,800 Meanwhile, on the night of Ian's big inclusivity presentation, 485 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,760 the Evening Standard has asked BBC London News presenter Azia Zamani 486 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,280 about her views on the new beardy weather phenomenon. 487 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,360 "I'm not sure I'm really a beard woman, 488 00:18:39,399 --> 00:18:41,360 "but I think it's fantastic what's happening to Sadiq 489 00:18:41,399 --> 00:18:44,360 "and of course I wish him well with whatever he does in the future." 490 00:18:44,399 --> 00:18:45,960 I mean, that's OK, isn't it? That's all good. 491 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,600 Yes, it's just the headline that's just a bit... 492 00:18:47,639 --> 00:18:49,440 Azia, "I'm not a beard woman." 493 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:50,960 Right. I mean, it's... 494 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,360 Surely, that's just a bit of, you know... 495 00:18:52,399 --> 00:18:53,480 Yes. ...bit of harmless fun. 496 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:54,840 Yes, no, it's not a religion thing. 497 00:18:54,879 --> 00:18:56,440 It's about Sadiq. 498 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,159 I mean, Sadiq and Azia. Sadiq and Azia? 499 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,000 Yes. What do you mean, "Sadiq and Azia"? 500 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:03,040 Anna. Yes, exactly. 501 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:04,480 Hi, Anna. Exactly, yes. 502 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,000 Can I... Yes. The fact is I need to know... 503 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:07,200 What time you ought to be there this evening. 504 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,440 Uh, well, yes, it's 6:30 for 7, isn't it? 505 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:10,919 I wouldn't mind getting there a bit earlier myself, 506 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:12,040 just to make sure everything's... 507 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:13,720 Yes, exactly. I've booked a car. 508 00:19:14,679 --> 00:19:16,480 Right. OK. Well, that's... 509 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,240 I've said 6. Jack move it earlier. 510 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,399 I mean, Lucy, how were you thinking of... No, no. That's fine. 511 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,120 Yes. Well but... 512 00:19:22,159 --> 00:19:23,440 No, I've got an Oyster card. I'll go on the Tube. Yes. 513 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:24,919 Oh, I mean that seems... No, really. 514 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,360 It's probably better for you and Anna to go together, 515 00:19:26,399 --> 00:19:27,639 so you can, you know, if you want... 516 00:19:27,679 --> 00:19:29,360 Yes. Yes, exactly, yes. Well, if... 517 00:19:29,399 --> 00:19:30,600 Yes. Yes. Right. 518 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,320 So you'd have, like, a regular presenter... 519 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:46,320 Cool. Yeah, I don't know. Someone who's mad on cycling. 520 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:48,520 Cos what this is, it'd be like a chat show on a bike. 521 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,960 Whoa, cool. Such a cool idea. 522 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,440 Well, it's yours. Yeah, I know. What? 523 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:53,919 It's your idea. Whoa, that's... 524 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,639 That's just, like, mental. Yes, I know. 525 00:19:55,679 --> 00:19:57,840 Meanwhile, Izzy is taking Will 526 00:19:57,879 --> 00:20:00,800 through the full enormity of the idea he's apparently had. 527 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,919 One week, you'd have someone like Bradley Wiggins, say. 528 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:04,800 Cool! Who's obviously like an amazing cyclist, 529 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,080 but then the next week, someone completely different, like not... 530 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,040 Yeah, like not Bradley Wiggins. 531 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,320 They just really like cycling. Like I don't know. I thought maybe Tracey Emin... 532 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:12,679 Cool, yeah. I don't know who that is. 533 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:13,760 You know, cycling around Margate. 534 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,159 Yeah, cool, yeah. Why not? 535 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,280 Or have someone like Gilbert and George on a tandem. 536 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:18,800 Cool, yeah, I don't know who that is either. 537 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,800 Well, they're... Actually, it doesn't matter. 538 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:22,480 Cool, yeah. Doesn't really matter. Yeah, cool. 539 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,360 Will, I can't tell you... You're an absolute genius. 540 00:20:24,399 --> 00:20:25,480 I love you. 541 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:26,520 Yeah. 542 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:30,360 Yeah, hey, yeah. Yeah, hi. 543 00:20:30,399 --> 00:20:31,560 Oh, right, OK. 544 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,840 What? Yeah, I don't know. Right. 545 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,280 This thing will be over by 9:30. Yes. Yes. 546 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,399 Or 10 o'clock at the latest anyway, I should think. 547 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:48,840 Yes, exactly, yes. Good. 548 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,280 Why, do you need to be somewhere? 549 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,720 No, I don't. Why? Right. What? 550 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,120 Do you? Do I what? 551 00:20:56,159 --> 00:20:57,560 Do you need to be somewhere? 552 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:58,600 Me? Yes. 553 00:20:58,639 --> 00:21:00,080 Well, no. I mean... No. 554 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:02,560 I mean, not really, no. Yes, exactly, yes. Good. 555 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:11,360 But what I would say is not only that we're committed to the idea 556 00:21:11,399 --> 00:21:15,320 of committing to firm and binding BAME and LGBT targets 557 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:17,960 wherever we can possibly find them going forward, 558 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,480 but also, we're going to commit, 559 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,520 and we're absolutely committed to this, 560 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,000 we're going to commit to exceeding those targets 561 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,440 by a minimum of 10% across the board 562 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,080 as soon as we know what they are. 563 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:31,399 By 7:15, Ian has hit his stride in his presentation 564 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,520 to the Cross Parliamentary Cultural Inclusion Action Watch Dog Group 565 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,200 at Westminster. 566 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,440 But I think it also helps to look at more personal stories 567 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:39,960 that can sometimes 568 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,800 tell us more about where we are at the BBC... 569 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,399 But at the same time, Lucy has got a call 570 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,679 from Tracey Pritchard back at New Broadcasting House 571 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,360 and, as is often the case with calls from Tracey Pritchard, 572 00:21:51,399 --> 00:21:52,520 it's not good news. 573 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,120 And to do that, 574 00:21:54,159 --> 00:21:56,679 I'm afraid I'm going to have to talk to you about the weather. 575 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,520 Yes? Yes. Yes, no, I know. I'm doing it now. 576 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,439 I was just on my way out. I got a call from Neil 577 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,120 to say he hasn't turned up, so I went on Twitter and looked at his account... 578 00:22:05,159 --> 00:22:07,120 Breakthrough BBC weather forecaster 579 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:09,040 Sadiq Iqbal has gone missing 580 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,520 and posted a worrying message on Twitter about his beard. 581 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:13,800 Right. Bloody hell. 582 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:15,439 It's a journey that has taken him 583 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,840 all the way to the BBC One national forecast 584 00:22:18,879 --> 00:22:20,840 for the first time tonight... 585 00:22:20,879 --> 00:22:23,040 Uh, 10:35, incidentally, 586 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,639 in case anyone's interested in watching. 587 00:22:25,679 --> 00:22:29,000 So, of course, I know there'll be periods of unsettled weather, 588 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,840 we expect that and, in the BBC, we come dressed for that. 589 00:22:31,879 --> 00:22:34,080 But overall, I'd like to suggest that, 590 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,280 with a lot of hard work and commitment from us, 591 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,879 and with continued support from you, 592 00:22:38,919 --> 00:22:42,800 the outlook for the BBC could and should be mostly bright, 593 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,919 maybe even with the occasional sunny, 594 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:46,840 not to say Sunni spell. 595 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:49,240 Thank you. 596 00:22:56,159 --> 00:22:57,679 Well, I thought that went OK, didn't it? 597 00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,879 Yes, uh... Yes, good. 598 00:22:59,919 --> 00:23:02,360 Better than expected. Yes, exactly. So we're done. 599 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:04,960 What? 600 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:06,879 Yes, what? 601 00:23:10,439 --> 00:23:11,919 Oh, my God. That's terrible, Tracey. 602 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,720 Yes. And you're saying he's just shaved it off? 603 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,480 We've Tomasz Schafernaker coming on his motorbike just in case. 604 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:17,960 Oh, yes, right. Lovely Tomasz. 605 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,240 If you're BBC Senior Communications Officer, 606 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,040 the possibility that the BBC's most culturally-inclusive 607 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,480 weather forecaster may have shaved his beard off 608 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,520 on the night of his promotion to the national forecast 609 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,840 is potentially a nightmare scenario, 610 00:23:29,879 --> 00:23:31,439 and not in a good way. 611 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,040 I don't mean to be negative, or anything but I have actually 612 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,399 got a very bad feeling about this. 613 00:23:34,439 --> 00:23:36,120 Oh, I know, it's a nightmare. 614 00:23:36,159 --> 00:23:38,919 Anyway, look, Tracey, I'm actually on my way off to a Rufus Wain... 615 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,280 That's him. What? 616 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,480 I'm sure. Isn't it? I don't know. It might be. 617 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,120 I mean, it's hard to tell. OK, well, don't stand there. 618 00:23:45,159 --> 00:23:46,840 What? No, no, no, no. 619 00:23:46,879 --> 00:23:49,000 That guy is not going anywhere near that weather map 620 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,840 until we know exactly what we're dealing with here. 621 00:23:50,879 --> 00:23:51,919 Oh, my God! 622 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,560 Siobhan, hi. OK, so I'm on it. 623 00:23:58,600 --> 00:23:59,760 I'm totally on it, OK? 624 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,439 What do you mean you're on it? Where are you? 625 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,679 OK, if that guy goes on air tonight without some kind of beard, 626 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,480 you are looking at a weapons grade shit storm here, OK? 627 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:07,919 Yeah, I know we are but... 628 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,480 Wait a minute. What do you mean some kind of beard? 629 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,159 If he doesn't appear now, after everything we've done 630 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,399 with hashtag beardy weather, 631 00:24:12,439 --> 00:24:14,159 you are totally going to crash the Internet. 632 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,800 OK Siobhan, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, this is... 633 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,679 I order you to stop. 634 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,960 OK, what you've got to know here is I'm super good at this kind of shit. 635 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,040 Exactly, yes. That's why I'm ordering you not to do it. 636 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,840 We're in extremely delicate territory here. Sure. 637 00:24:25,879 --> 00:24:27,679 This isn't just any old beard we're talking about. 638 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,960 Na-uh, hashtag beardy weather, duh. 639 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,120 There's somewhere around 1.6 billion people worldwide 640 00:24:33,159 --> 00:24:35,840 we're in real danger of offending if we get this wrong. 641 00:24:35,879 --> 00:24:38,800 The BBC may have many faults, but one thing we are absolutely... 642 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,560 And I cannot emphasise this... Hello? 643 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,200 Right, OK, fuck. Can we step on it, please? 644 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:45,639 I'm already stepping on it. 645 00:24:45,679 --> 00:24:47,280 I don't care. Well, step on something else. 646 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,040 Back at New Broadcasting House, 647 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,960 David Wilkes has managed to track troubled weather forecaster 648 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,760 Sadiq Iqbal down to the BBC Weather Office. 649 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,040 His mission for the moment is to keep him there 650 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:58,720 until they can establish for certain 651 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,679 exactly how beardy tonight's weather is going to be. 652 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,240 Basically what it is, Sadiq, is it's prime time 653 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,000 Saturday night family viewing, 654 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:07,960 with a bit of The One Show thrown in just in case, obviously, 655 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,679 and what we were thinking... 656 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,600 No. I'm sorry, Siobhan, we have got this thing perfectly under control. 657 00:25:12,639 --> 00:25:14,320 Meanwhile, back up in reception, 658 00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:16,560 Siobhan Sharpe has arrived with a plan 659 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,879 and, with The Ten O'Clock News now just half an hour away, 660 00:25:18,919 --> 00:25:20,960 things are rapidly coming to some sort of head. 661 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,199 No! Jesus Christ, it's fucking orange! 662 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,000 So we can dye it, OK? It's television. 663 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:26,480 Hi. Hello, Ian. 664 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:27,879 How's it going? Fine. 665 00:25:27,919 --> 00:25:29,560 Yeah. Welcome to Apocalypse Now. Right. 666 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,720 By managing to get Sadiq into a holding position, 667 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,520 they've bought themselves some time. 668 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,120 But the worry now is that they may have already used it. 669 00:25:36,159 --> 00:25:38,520 First of all, everybody just needs to keep calm, OK? 670 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,360 Yes, good. I am actually calm. 671 00:25:40,399 --> 00:25:41,760 Calm? You're bloody joking. 672 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,439 Yes. Can she shut up? 673 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,120 Well, first of all, what is the situation with the actual beard? 674 00:25:45,159 --> 00:25:47,480 OK. So with the beard, in my opinion, 675 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,360 we are in a very bad place with this. 676 00:25:49,399 --> 00:25:51,120 Yes, but has he actually got one or not? 677 00:25:51,159 --> 00:25:54,120 So, at the moment, we are still awaiting confirmation on that. 678 00:25:54,159 --> 00:25:55,280 What do you mean we're awaiting confirmation? 679 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:56,639 It's either there or it's not there. 680 00:25:56,679 --> 00:25:58,000 Exactly, Ian, yes. 681 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,240 We have issues around the hat and scarf obviously, 682 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,480 but underneath that, those are the two options we are looking at here. 683 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,879 And, not only that, but with the weather apparently, 684 00:26:05,919 --> 00:26:09,399 there is actually a complex low coming in off the Atlantic tonight, 685 00:26:09,439 --> 00:26:10,760 which is the last thing we need. 686 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,679 Well, let's not get... 687 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,360 I'm not being funny or anything, but this is actually a perfect storm. 688 00:26:14,399 --> 00:26:16,320 Can I just... Have you got a second? What, now? 689 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:19,439 But, under pressure at the 11th hour, Lucy has had a thought. 690 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:20,919 Hey, guys! Hey Barn! 691 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,760 Great, even better. So I did the best I could. 692 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,879 Cool. This one I thought was pretty close. 693 00:26:24,919 --> 00:26:26,280 OK. No! 694 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,639 Jesus Christ. Uh, this one I'm not so sure about. 695 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,000 OK, no, sure. 696 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,280 No, I don't want this. Yeah, it's kind of more left-field. 697 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,000 Just remind me. Why am I doing this again? 698 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,480 I can't quite remember now, and we haven't got a lot of time, 699 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:41,760 but I know this is a very good thing. 700 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,199 Yes. I'm really sorry. 701 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,120 Despite her new role as Head of Inclusivity, 702 00:26:45,159 --> 00:26:47,760 Lucy's idea has nothing to do with either targets 703 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,320 or BBC charter renewal. 704 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:50,919 Can I just say by the way, I love that hat. 705 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,240 Not everyone can carry that off. 706 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,040 No, I was wondering... Come in. 707 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:58,679 Hello, Sadiq. 708 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,600 Her thought is that it might somehow be a good thing 709 00:27:00,639 --> 00:27:03,919 if Sadiq were able to have a quiet moment alone with Azia Zamani 710 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:05,399 at this point in the proceedings. 711 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,120 For some of those involved in it, for better or for worse, 712 00:27:12,159 --> 00:27:15,240 this is turning into a night that they're not going to forget. 713 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,639 I mean, he's been just across the studio from her every day. 714 00:27:17,679 --> 00:27:19,399 Right. Yes. But in reality, the truth is... 715 00:27:19,439 --> 00:27:20,679 You know. It's a long way. 716 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,399 Yes. Oh, I know, a nightmare. 717 00:27:27,879 --> 00:27:29,560 I'm sorry. No, no... 718 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,280 I feel like a bloody stupid 16-year-old. 719 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:32,480 No. 720 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,919 Bought all this stuff, walking round for hours. 721 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,960 No, I'm sorry, Sadiq. Really. 722 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,360 I don't know what I was thinking of. 723 00:27:38,399 --> 00:27:39,879 Of course I was never going to do it. 724 00:27:39,919 --> 00:27:42,360 It's so great everything that's happening to you. 725 00:27:42,399 --> 00:27:44,280 I used to dream about the big map. 726 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,399 Everything's turning out fine. 727 00:27:46,439 --> 00:27:48,240 You say that... I mean it. 728 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:49,800 Have you seen the forecast? 729 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,560 There's a complex low coming in off the Atlantic. Huh. 730 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,320 It's going to be pretty wild for a time 731 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,600 through south-western England, Wales and parts of north west Scotland 732 00:27:56,639 --> 00:27:58,399 as we go through tonight into tomorrow. 733 00:27:58,439 --> 00:27:59,439 Really? 734 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,199 First time I've ever said that. 735 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,439 I love this. I so love my job. 736 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,360 Yeah, me too, yeah. Bloody great. 737 00:28:15,399 --> 00:28:17,280 In the end, against all the odds, 738 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,080 after the BBC Ten O'Clock News, 739 00:28:19,120 --> 00:28:20,679 it's time for the BBC Weather 740 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,320 with both Sadiq Iqbal and his beard. 741 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:26,159 I don't know about you, but I think I could do with a drink. 742 00:28:26,199 --> 00:28:28,439 Right. I mean, if you've got time. 743 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,560 And you're going to find yourself very wet... 744 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,040 I'm just talking about half an hour, really, that's all. Right, yes. 745 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:36,320 Cos I've got to get back for... 746 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,399 Hi. Yes. 747 00:28:38,439 --> 00:28:40,120 Anna. Yes, exactly, hi. 748 00:28:40,159 --> 00:28:42,919 You still here? Yes, so the car's round in Hallam Street. 749 00:28:42,959 --> 00:28:44,800 The car? The kitchen closes at 10:30. 750 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,959 But the fact is I've told them to stay open. 751 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,120 Right. Yes. 752 00:28:49,639 --> 00:28:50,639 Right.