BBC television chief Danny Cohen was mocked by the press when BBC3 controller for commissioning shows such as Hotter Than My Daughter and Snog, Marry, Avoid. But he seems to have placed himself in the firing line again by agreeing to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds – the BBC later clarified that it was likely to be about £100,000 – on a bid to give the £1bn New Broadcasting House a "more creative feel". The Mail on Sunday reports that after complaints that the six-month-old building "lacks character", the corporation is to launch a revamp of two floors. It claims that the changes include "wayfinder" signs to help staff find their way around named after BBC TV hits, such as Have I Got Mews, Little Britain's Passage, EastEnders Common, Who Do You Think You Arcade and The Great British Bake Wharf. It quotes an email from Cohen as saying: "Over the next few months, we are planning some design changes on the sixth and seventh floors of New Broadcasting House. We have decided to make these changes in response to strong feedback from television staff that the floors did not feel like creative spaces and lacked character. It was something people felt particularly strongly about when we moved in." The BBC recently announced that the follow-up to Olympic satire Twenty Twelve, W1, was to focus on the corporation – Monkey can't help but wonder if Cohen has decided to prove that reality is better comedy than fiction.
