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Episode 3

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Award-winning comedy about the BBC. Former head of output Anna Rampton has been crowned director of better, but no-one on the management team is quite clear what the job entails.

Former head of output Anna Rampton has been crowned director of better. No-one on the management team is quite clear what the job entails, but one thing is certain - whatever it is, the concept of better needs to be announced to the world at large.

Tracey Pritchard, senior communications officer, suggests an event in the BBC Radio Theatre, but brand manager Siobhan Sharpe has altogether more awesome ideas - none of which involve the words radio or theatre. She encourages the team to think big and global, champagne and celebrities. Now it's just down to Anna Rampton to sell herself and the idea of 'betterness' globally.

Elsewhere, format-entertainment executive David Wilkes continues his seemingly unstoppable rise through the organisation with some surprising job news, and the BBC mega-hi-tech software programme Syncopatishare (designed to make life easier for busy executives) is proving difficult to master. Especially for ex-intern Will.

Finally, director of strategy Simon Harwood comes up with a brand new management structure for the BBC, which is essentially the old one rotated 90 degrees - one which threatens to put the director of better bang in the centre of things and head of values Ian Fletcher right at the margins. But Ian offers up an alternative and altogether more creative vision.

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29 minutes

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Sun 10 May 201523:40

Credits

RoleContributor
Ian FletcherHugh Bonneville
Tracey PritchardMonica Dolan
Siobhan SharpeJessica Hynes
David WilkesRufus Jones
Anna RamptonSarah Parish
Lucy FreemanNina Sosanya
Simon HarwoodJason Watkins
Neil ReidDavid Westhead
Jack PattersonJonathan Bailey
Jerry GuildencrantzIvan Gonzalez
Matt TavernerDaniel Ings
Izzy GouldOphelia Lovibond
Ben RosensternMax Olesker
Will HumphriesHugh Skinner
NarratorDavid Tennant
HerselfMary Beard
Benedict CartwrightSimon Bubb
HimselfEvan Davis
HerselfSophie Raworth
HimselfAlan Yentob
ProducerPaul Schlesinger
DirectorJohn Morton
WriterJohn Morton
Executive ProducerJon Plowman

Broadcasts

  • Thu 7 May 201522:00
  • Sun 10 May 201523:00
  • Sun 10 May 201523:40

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