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Standby, 2.

Mix through, cue on 2.

The BBC's announced the appointment

of ex-Head of Olympic Delivery, Ian Fletcher,

as its new Head of Values.

Time now for the shipping forecast.

Superimpose.

The fact is, Claudia Winkleman is an almost perfect example

of something we currently do well.

- Sure. - Brilliant.

We should be looking for better ways of doing more of her, not fewer.

- Right, OK. - Like, duh.

Thursday morning at the BBC's New Broadcasting House.

Another day, another damage limitation meeting.

And this morning, it's a one-item agenda.

What I don't understand is how this happened.

- I know. - Yes, exactly.

- How did we get to this point? - Tell me about it.

Just to be clear, you're telling us that Amanda Holden

has already signed an agreement in principle.

- Yes, I know, yes. - Right, OK.

Can I say, guys, I never thought we'd end up in this situation.

- Brilliant. - Never thought it.

No, clearly.

Despite the offer of an exclusive contract

worth ... million pounds from rival broadcaster ...,

the BBC were close to persuading Claudia Winkleman

to stay and develop On Your Bike as a way of being taken seriously,

until they discovered that they've also been developing

an almost identical show with Amanda Holden as presenter.

It feels to me like someone needs to phone Amanda up

- and basically just explain to her. - Sure.

- Fabulous. - Yes, exactly.

- Right. - It's a no-brainer.

I gotta say I agree, Ian.

- Sorry, when you say "explain to her"? - I don't know, just be honest with her.

- Right, yes. - Tell her the truth.

- Brilliant. - The truth.

- Exactly. - You never know, it might work.

Yes, exactly, yes.

Everyone knows that with Claudia having promised ...

a decision by the end of the week, the future of Strictly Come Dancing

and therefore of the BBC itself could well be hanging in the balance.

- When you say "the truth," Ian? - Yes.

- What exactly are you going to say to her? - Yes, interesting.

- I'm not doing this. - Oh, OK.

- I don't mind who does, obviously. - No, of course.

- Can I say, guys, me neither. I'm easy. - There'll be a form of words here, surely.

- Yes. - Yes, exactly.

- A form of words, yes. - Yes, no, very clear.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the building,

it's also a big morning for Izzy Gould.

- Hi. - Hi.

- How you feeling? - Yeah, good.

With the BBC facing a demand for a £1.5 million donation to charity

following its use of the film star Hugh Grant's image

to promote a BBC product without his consent,

she's been summoned to the Director General's office to explain.

- Do you know who else is gonna be there? - No.

Right, apparently, the more he smiles, the bigger the trouble you're in.

- Really? - Apparently.

- Right, OK. - That was a joke, right?

- Oh, OK, right. - I just came to say good luck.

Yes, thanks.

You'll be fine, OK?

- Yes. - It's simple.

So they issue a formal, like a grovelling apology:

"We're really sorry. A fuck-up by a junior employee,

in this case also an idiot, who has since been removed from post."

- Right. - That's what happens now, OK?

Promise you're not going to do something stupid, 'cause this has gone far enough.

Doors opening.

Sorry, guys, but when you say "words," Ian?

- No, I'm really sorry. - Christ's sake.

- So I'm bored of this now. - Me too.

Back in Mary Berry, the search is still on

for the best form of words to explain to Amanda Holden

that's there's only one BBC bike and that she's not going to be riding it.

- Here's the thing with this-- - Here we go.

- It's not brain science, OK? - Brain science?

- What? - OK, so as of now,

Amanda has signed like an agreement "in principled," whatever.

- Yes. - An agreement "in principle."

Sure, exactly, so what you do is you just offer her a ridiculously small fee.

- Right. - Brilliant.

- Presumably, we've done that already. - Yes, we have.

Sure, now I get that, I just mean crazy small, like zippence, right?

- Oh, OK. - So how much you offering her now?

- How much? - Sure, how much? I just said that.

Well, I think we were talking about something like ... thousand.

- ... thousand. - I think so, yes.

- Christ. - OK, so you offer her like ...

- ...? - Sure.

- What, per episode? - No, for the whole thing.

- Really? - ... thousand?

She's getting like ... whatever for Britain's Got Talent, right?

- Right, you think? - Yes, exactly.

... thousand?

At least ..., yes.

- Jesus. - Yeah, so Amanda's like,

"I really wanna do this, and I know these guys don't have any money,"

- but she can't accept ... thousand. - Brilliant.

- I mean, her agent won't let her. - Right, well.

- Oh, my God, Siobhan. - It's a Slam dunk.

- Fabulous. - That's one way of doing it.

- Yeah. - It totally is.

OK, Amanda, tick.

And if that doesn't work you can always try the truth.

- Yes. - Yes.

- Yes, no, good, brilliant, goody-good. - Yes, exactly.

Yeah, great.

Meanwhile, Izzy has emerged from her meeting

with Director General Tony Hall and his people

about the Hugh Grant affair.

So? How'd it go?

It's fine. It was cool.

You told them. You did the right thing.

- I didn't need to. - You didn't need to?

It's fine, it's all gone away.

What?

At the southern end of the Earth,

after four months of total darkness,

the sun once more rises over Antarctica.

Whoa.

Astonishingly for both Izzy and for the BBC,

there's been some good news overnight in the shape of an intervention

from a completely unexpected quarter.

- Will. - Oh, yes, hey, Izzy, yeah, hi.

- I don't wanna disturb you. - No worries, yeah, cool.

- But I came from a meeting with Tony Hall. - Whoa, Tony Hall?

- Yes, you know, about the whole... - Yeah.

- the whole Hugh Grant thing. - Yeah, crap.

Yeah, no, but, um...

It appears that no less a person than Sir David Attenborough himself

has now become involved.

Apparently they know each other from the whole...

- Worldwide Wildlife thing. - That's like no way.

Anyway, he phoned him personally

- like, in L.A. - No way.

- He has his private number and everything. - No way, that's mental.

- Yes. - That's so random, I don't know.

But can I just ask you...

- Yeah. - Because the first thing I thought

when they told me, was this something to do with you?

Yeah, no. Say again?

I know it's mad, but were you involved in this in some way?

- I knew it. - Yeah, no.

- I knew it was you. - He's like such a cool guy.

- Why didn't you tell me? - Yeah.

- Why didn't you tell me? - I know you had crap, yeah.

Will!

Ugh, sorry.

Yeah, no, crap. Yeah, me too, yeah, crap.

It's Friday and the end of another week at New Broadcasting House.

But this isn't so much the end of something as the start of something new.

Tonight finally sees the launch of the BBC's new online platform,

BBC Me, and with it, the dawn of a future in which BBC content

will be uploaded mainly by the same people who then watch it.

- Oh, Anna. - Yes.

- Good morning. - Yes, exactly, yes.

- How are you? - I've been trying to catch you up.

With so much change in the air, including the creation

of a single new post of Director of Purpose

to replace the current post of Head of Values and Director of Better,

there's a lot to think about for anyone with a folding bike.

- The fact is, I need to talk to you. - Yes, right.

- Yes. - Maybe we should...

- Are you OK with that? - Yes, I'm fine.

- Maybe we should-- - Yes, exactly.

Oh, careful, ah! Oh!

Oh, right.

Now, you OK? Anna?

- Yes. - Let me have a look.

The fact is, I'm fine.

Um...

Right, OK.

Here we go, some plaster strip here. So that's good.

- Yes. - And some TCP.

- Or, hang on, no, that's eyewash. - No, I don't want that.

Yes, now, here's the TCP.

Fortunately for Anna,

the BBC has installed state-of-the-art first-aid facilities

in New Broadcasting House specially equipped

with just this type of folding-bike injury in mind.

- How you doing there? - Yes.

Really stings, doesn't it? You're doing really well.

It's certainly a different way to start the morning.

- Yes, the fact is, I need to talk to you. - Yes.

I mean, I'm assuming, if this is the whole "Director of Purpose" thing,

I mean, yes, let's have coffee or something.

- Yes. - But... Wanna hold your hand out?

Maybe you wanna make sure that's really dry before we...

Yes, exactly.

No, I don't know what to think about it, really.

There's so much happening at the moment.

I haven't made a decision yet, if that's what you're asking.

- Ah, that looks better, doesn't it? - Yes.

So, no, just to say that, whatever happens, we're both grownups.

- Yes. - That OK?

- Yes. - The fact is, I'm leaving.

- Right, OK. - Yes. The fact is, I need to talk to you.

Yes, right, OK.

Meanwhile, up on the sixth floor, Will is arriving for work as usual,

another busy day of assisting ahead of him.

- Me. - Me.

Me.

- Me. - Me.

- Me. - Me.

Yes, no, brilliant. Brilliant.

It's the same day but later and BBC Head of Brand Siobhan Sharpe

has come over to New Broadcasting House from Fun Media

to take the renewal group through the itinerary

for tonight's seminal BBC Me launch.

So, one minute to midnight, you've got a ton of cool people there.

- You've got champagne. - Champagne?

- Sure. Prosecco, whatever. - Brilliant.

- Yes, please. - Sure

It may be the future, but this is still the BBC.

No, sure, I'm good with that.

Siobhan is keen that everyone understands just how important

a moment this is in the history of what was once the BBC.

One minute to midnight, cue "MeMeMe" on the big screen.

"BBC Me, It's You" whatever.

Then countdown to midnight, like Countdown to the Future, OK?

- Brilliant. - So like everybody's like,

nine, eight, seven, six...

- Yes. - five, four...

- We know how a countdown works, Siobhan. - Yes.

Sure. Exactly. Three, two, one, "Yay!"

- Yes, all right. - Yes, I mean--

- No, no, I've got more. - Great.

This is the really cool part.

We've done "MeMeMe," we've done the countdown.

Uh, we've done, "Yay, it's the future." We got everybody there, what do we do now?

- Uh... - Don't know.

No, so you say stuff, then I tell you the answer.

- Right. - No, I'm sorry, Siobhan, I give up.

Please, miss, can we have a...

- We dance. - Oh, brilliant.

- We dance? - Sure.

- OK. - Right, that's me out.

Like it's a party, right, so we have the world's biggest silent disco.

All right.

- Silent disco? - No, fabulous.

And we live-stream the whole thing on BBC Me.

- Right. - No, honestly.

- Like, how cool is that. - Right, I mean...

- Sorry, is that it now or is there... - No, sure, we're pretty much done here.

- Right, OK, thanks for that, Siobhan. - Sure.

- Quite a lot to process. - Yes, exactly.

- Really? - There so is.

Just to check, I'm assuming Tony's office is happy with all this.

- Sure, totally. - Right.

- Tony who? - Tony Hall, Siobhan.

- No, sure. - Director General--

- Yes. - No, sure, got it, I'm good with that.

Right. Well, here's to the future.

- Honestly, bring it on, I can't wait. - Me neither.

- Bagsy dance with you, Anna. - Yes, exactly. No, I'm sorry.

- Fabulous. - Yeah, great.

- Hi, Will. - Yeah, hey, I dunno.

- You off? - Yeah, I'm off, yeah.

Me too.

OK, cool.

- So, another week. - Another week, yeah.

- Cool. - You going to this launch thing later?

- Yeah, I don't know. - You should.

- Everyone will be there, I think. - Yeah.

Oh, hang on now, what's this?

Oh, right, OK, sorry, Will.

- That's OK. - Better deal with this.

OK, cool.

- Hi. - Oh, hi, yes.

I was going to reply, but it was probably quicker...

- Yes, thanks. - You OK?

Yes, no, I don't want to keep you.

- No, no. - Are you going to this thing?

- Yes. Are you? - Yes.

- Apparently we've all got to have fun. - Yes.

Yes, no, it's not official, I'm not supposed to tell anyone,

but I've got some news.

Right.

- Will. - Hey, yeah.

- I was just leaving, actually. - Yeah, me too.

- I'll come with you, shall I? - OK, cool.

Yes, so, like... another week.

Yes, another week, yes.

- You going to... - Jack?

- Hi. - What, hey, yeah. I dunno.

- I'm not going to ask, OK? - OK, cool.

- No-- - I was coming to find you.

- To find me? - It's On Your Bike.

- What do you mean it's On Your Bike? - I ran into David Wilkes.

- Right. - It's like he's foaming at the mouth.

That's great, Lucy, that's fantastic.

They're not announcing anything official until next week.

- Head of Empowerment. - I'm not going to believe it

- until I actually get the email. - Congratulations.

- That's really-- - So, hi, guys.

- Right. - David.

- I don't want to disturb you. - We were just--

I wouldn't bother you, but I think something really bad's happened.

- Something bad? - What it is, I didn't know who to tell.

Right.

Even though it's already been a big week for everyone at the BBC,

for those who haven't managed to get out of the building yet,

it's just got even bigger.

I tried to get hold of Simon and Anna, but Simon's gone home to change...

- Right, yes. - and Anna isn't answering.

- Well, no. - Oh, thank God.

- I found her. - Yes.

- Hi. - Lovely Izzy.

- Yeah, hey, yeah. - I found him too.

Yes, no, what it was, I phoned Amanda to leave her a message

but I got straight through, which I wasn't expecting.

In the course of a number of conversations

with both Amanda Holden and her agent

during the course of the day on the subject of a crazy low fee

for her BBC One Cycling Shorts series,

David seems to have somehow succeeded in formally attaching her to the show.

And she's like, "David, this isn't about money, it's not about that."

- Right. - "I've had my fill of Simon's trousers

and people juggling dogs or whatever, I'm done with that."

And her agent's like, "What it is, at this point in her career,

this is a perfect fit for Amanda,

- and she'd kill to be on the BBC." - Right.

So, anyway, she wouldn't have it,

and she ended up saying she was signing the actual contract today

- and putting it in the post, end of. - Right.

- OK. - I know, nightmare.

With the clock ticking towards a brick wall

and Claudia Winkleman waiting to hear back from the BBC about On Your Bike,

they need to think of something fast, and worse still, something good.

- OK, so break the contract. - Whoa.

- No, she's signed it now. - Yes, she has.

- Yes, I know, that's what I'm saying. - Genius.

- People break contracts all the time. - Yes, but they're not the BBC.

- OK, so-- - Well, we are.

- Yes. - Yeah, we are, yeah.

With other key players having either gone home, gone somewhere else,

or left the BBC entirely, those who are left have no option

but to roll up whatever sleeves they can find and try to sit down.

- Will... - Yeah, cool.

don't feel you've got to hang around for this, obviously.

- No. - Yeah, no worries, yeah. I don't know.

- What? - So if you are hanging around...

- Yeah, 'cause... - Any chance of doing a coffee run?

- OK. - Well.

- No, Jack. - I don't know about anyone else.

Don't talk to me about sugar levels, do not get me started.

- OK, cool. - No, hang on, Will.

- You were gonna say something. - Yeah, no.

No, go on.

You could have like loads of different programs about cycling.

- Right, yes. - Great.

- At school we had a whole cycling week. - Right.

- It was pretty cool. - A cycling week.

Like in the summer term. Like in history it was the penny-farthing.

Like in English we had to write a story about a bike.

- Right. - In maths, it was like,

I don't know, like wheels.

- Yes. - In geography we did, like, China.

We're getting the picture, Will.

- Yeah, I know, me too. - So what, you mean...

Suddenly, out of nowhere and without trying,

it's starting to look as if Will Humphries may have finally found himself

in a situation for which he's uniquely qualified.

- Like a cycling season. - A cycling season?

- Yeah, cool. - Right.

- A cycling season, yeah, cool. - A kind of On Your Bike season,

- but across the whole BBC. - Yeah, the whole BBC.

- OK. - Oh, my God.

His school cycling week was no doubt intended

to educate, inform and entertain,

as well as to fill time, and by some fluke of circumstance,

it turns out those were also the original founding principles of the BBC.

You could have public awareness, like a health angle.

- Yes. - Like "Getting Britain Moving."

- "Getting Britain Moving." - "Britain on Two Wheels."

- "Britain on Two Wheels." - You could run "Bicycle Thieves."

- Cool. - "Bicycle Thieves."

- With like bicycle police chasing them. - Yes.

- What? - No, I was just thinking,

in terms of the whole distinctivity thing, this is starting to sound very BBC.

- Yeah, exactly. - No, in a good way.

How does this play with Claudia Winkleman, if we're promising her an exclusive gig?

I don't know, yeah, good point.

OK, maybe there's a version of this

where you make Claudia the face of the whole thing,

and you make On Your Bike the flagship show.

- Cool. - Genius, Ian.

- Well, no. - Is it just me or have we basically

just saved the BBC?

- Cool. - Let's not get carried away just yet.

Yeah, no, OK, crap.

Eventually, it's later, and excitement is building in the building,

as the countdown to the future for the BBC is inexorably underway.

The guest list amounts to a literal who's-who of the social media world,

together with some dignitaries specially chosen

to represent the outgoing world order, such as Fiona Craig,

from the Department of Culture, Media, and also Sport.

To top it all, BBC Director General Tony Hall himself

has arrived in order to be there in person,

as well as to make some sort of big speech.

So we put him in there, and we've got

- a guy with a smoke machine, whatever. - Right.

- Cool. - Yeah, yeah.

- With like real smoke. - We put who in there, Siobhan?

- Brilliant. - Tony?

- Sure. - So fun.

- We're putting Tony Hall in the Tardis? - Yes, no, joy, it's very good.

As the minutes tick away, Siobhan and her Fun creative team

are taking Tracey and Simon through some of the fine detail

of what's going to happen.

Then it's like, nine, eight, seven, six...

- OK. Yes. - five, four, three, two, one...

- Yay! - Yay!

Yes, OK, thank you, Siobhan.

- The door opens. - Yeah.

- Fabulous. - He comes out, goes to the podium.

Whatever. Suddenly he's arrived, it's the future.

- Then you've got a speech, right? - Really is too much.

OK, not being awkward, Siobhan, but have you actually asked Tony about this?

- He's gonna love this, right? - Yeah...

Cool.

As someone who's worked with Tony closely over the years,

- who I don't mind saying he respects... - Brilliant, Tracey.

I am gonna say this: Tony likes to know what he's doing, OK?

- Sure. - He doesn't like surprises.

- OK, so he's doing this, right? - OK.

- Like how cool is that. - No.

That is not a question. Right, it's way cool. QVC.

Fabulous.

- Chief Global Content Officer? - Yes, exactly.

Meanwhile, Anna is in the process of taking Ian

through some plans of her own.

- And this is LA, is it? - LA, yes, exactly.

- Right, well. - It's sunny there, I've had enough rain.

Yes.

With one eye on which way the wind is blowing

and another eye on the rain,

Anna has decided to leave the BBC behind her altogether

and has already landed a senior role with U.S. media giant Amazon in America.

- What can I say, congratulations, Anna. - Yes, exactly.

- That sounds amazing. - Yes, exactly, yes.

Given the responsibilities that will come with her new role,

it's vital that she's done as much preparation

for life in Los Angeles as possible before she gets there.

- Here's the kitchen. - Right.

The terrace is outside.

- Right. - Yes.

She's got some photos of a house in Santa Monica

which she's happy to share.

And this is the utility room. There's another shower in there.

- It's nice, isn't it? - No, it's really...

Yes, exactly, yes.

- Oh, David. - Hello, lovely Lucy.

- Sorry, I didn't see you. - Yes, I know.

- Look at you in your lovely dress. - What? No, yes, this is just...

Congratulations, by the way. I hear they're in order.

Oh, thank you.

With the future really not that far away now,

Anna isn't the only one thinking about what it could possibly hold for them.

Yes, no, 'cause I've got a bit of news of me own, but I promised myself

- I wouldn't tell anybody. - Right.

I said, "If you have any sense, keep it to yourself, David."

Right, OK.

- Well, I mean-- - This is absolutely to go no further,

but I've taken the first step on a very big journey today.

- Right. Have you? - I have, Lucy, yes.

- The fact is, I need to talk to you. - So you keep-- You are doing, actually.

Yes, exactly, yes.

The fact is, you could come with me. You don't need to do this.

- Yes. - You don't need to be here.

Well, no. I mean, hang on, just checking, you're not serious, are you?

The fact is, I'm not drunk. They're really keen on you.

- What? Who is? - We talked about it at interview.

- Talked about what? - Yes, exactly, yes.

The fact is, we make a good team.

- The fact is, I'm not drunk. - No.

Sometimes I think I want to start my life all over again.

- Right. - The fact is, I feel the same.

Yes.

What it is, OK, OK, this morning, right...

I filled in stage one of the Director of Purpose application form

online and sent it off.

- What? - I filled in--

- No, I heard you. Director of Purpose? - I know what you're thinking, Lucy,

but do you know what I think it is, I'm passionate about the BBC.

- Right. Are you? - Yes, I am, yes.

And do you know what,

- we are living in an era of change. - Yes.

We are in a time where literally anything can happen.

- Hmm. - And I'm like,

if anything can happen, then you know what?

- Might as well be happening to you. - Yes. You mean to you.

- Happening to me, yes. - Yes.

Yes, I know me, yes.

Meanwhile, a senior communications officer,

Tracey Pritchard, is doing her best to mitigate any surprises

that Director General Tony Hall might find himself facing

on the way to his big speech.

In another part of the room,

Will Humphries has got other issues to think about.

- Hi. - Hi.

- This is fun. Isn't it? - Yeah.

Here.

- For me? - I picked up two, just in case.

- Well, thanks. - Cheers.

- Cheers. - Here's to David Attenborough.

- Yes. - What a guy.

- Yeah. - If it wasn't for him,

you'd have crashed and burned by now, and all just to protect Forrest Gump.

- Christ. - I'm sorry.

- For God's sake. - No, I'm sorry.

No, no, fine.

Whatever. Drink your own bloody prosecco.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Nice quiet corner. - Yes, it's... yes.

- Not long to go now. - No.

No...

- Well, here's to you. - To...

- To Empowerment. - Oh, right, yes.

- Congratulations. - And here's to Purpose.

- Right, yes. - Cheers.

- I hope you stay. - Yes, well...

I really do.

Meanwhile, as midnight approaches,

it's time to put BBC Director General Tony Hall

in the Tardis.

OK, well, he's in.

- Right. - Cool.

- Great. - Yes, no, brilliant.

Can't see anything going wrong with this.

- Poor Tony looked a bit forlorn in there. - Yes.

- OK, guys, we locked and loaded? - I got to say I'm not surprised.

Asked if I'd leave the door open a bit.

I bet he did. I'm not being funny, but I wouldn't go in there if you paid me.

- Really rather sweet. - OK, shut up.

And run "MeMeMe." OK, we got one minute, guys. One minute.

Right. Here we go. - Me.

- Me. - Me.

OK, can somebody close that door?

- No. - Ah, now...

I'm sorry, Siobhan. Tony wants that open.

- Excuse me. - It's dark in there.

- Dark? - Well, let's not--

It's a door, right? He comes out of there. Duh.

No, he expressly asked for it not to be shut.

- Let's not. - We've got 50 seconds.

- I don't care. - That door gets closed

or that guy's got nothing to come out of and we launched a train wreck.

I don't care, you are not shutting Tony Hall in the Tardis.

Me!

Me!

Me.

- Right. - Uh...

- So... - Brilliant.

Fuck sake.

No. No, I'm sorry.

- I can't watch this. - No, this absolutely cannot happen.

It's an interesting one, isn't it?

Ten, nine, eight, seven,

six, five, four,

three, two, one...

- Come out of there. - Are you OK?

What the fuck.

Are you actually in there?

So, yes, BBC Me is now live online and broadcasting to the world.

Yes, we may be in the digital future, but we are still the BBC.

Now, we were thinking Tony Hall, our Director General,

might want to say something to mark this moment,

but currently, as some of you might have already noticed...

and this is typical of him, by the way...

it looks like he's overshot and gone so far into the future

that he's left the rest of us temporarily behind.

- Yay! - We may get him back at some point,

but in the meantime, my name is Ian Fletcher, Head of Values here,

- and I'll be your waiter tonight. - Yay!

I'm going to keep this really short.

I gather we've got some sort of dancing to do.

- Yay! - So this is indeed a big moment,

the start of an exciting new era.

But we're in this building.

"Nation shall speak unto nation," is what it says above the door.

So, everything changes but nothing changes.

In fact, it says, "Nation shall speak peace unto nation."

- Yay. - But let's not get ahead of ourselves.

So, yes, so...

"BBC Me, It's You."

Of course, we're in an age of great change,

and as time passes, as people come and go,

the Me will change and the You will change,

the technology will change, but the thing at the centre of it all,

the speaking unto each other, that will remain,

and it will be more vibrant, more far-reaching,

and more important than it's ever been.

Thank you.

Yay!

George!

With the time for speaking now over, it's time for something else.

For everyone, it's time to dance.

At last, after everything that's happened,

it looks as if a future of some kind for the BBC is finally underway,

and perhaps, for the moment, that's all that matters.

Perhaps it's enough that the night is still young.

For the moment, tomorrow may seem a long way away.

But exactly who will be in that tomorrow

and what it will hold for them if they are, no one knows.

Only time will tell.