Hello, it's Nanvene. This is the second of an exclusive two-part report inside one of

the most secretive organisations in the country. The Intelligence Agency, GCHQ. Yesterday,

my colleague, the Times and Sunday Times writer, Matthew Sied, interviewed the Director of

GCHQ, Sir Jeremy Fleming. Today, he's meeting some of the other staff to find out what

it's like to work inside the GCHQ nerve centre in Cheltenham. Here's Matthew.

Have you ever wondered who the people are who helped to keep this nation safe?

Who's listening out for threats, disrupting plots? GCHQ say that their mission is to keep the

country safe by accessing, analysing and occasionally disrupting the communications of the UK's

adversaries while protecting the nation's cyber security. And today, I'm going to meet some

of them. My name's David Abritats. I'm GCHQ's departmental historian. Well, I'm Charlotte. I'm

an analyst in the 24-hour separation centre. Hi, I'm Paul Medinson. I'm the Director for National

Resilience and Strategy at the National Cybersecurity Centre.

You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times. I'm Matthew Sied.

Today, inside GCHQ Part 2, through the security barriers.

I've just arrived at GCHQ. I had to get through a few layers of security,

give in my mobile phone, my laptop, just been issued with a badge that will help me to get into

secure areas. It's very rare for journalists to be allowed into this building, but it's a day of

off the record and on the record, briefings about this critical part of Britain's security and

the West's security infrastructure. Frankly, I can't wait to hear what they've got to say.

The plan for my day was to meet a number of members of staff to find out what they do here,

at this doughnut-shaped building on the outskirts of Cheltenham. One of the things I've always

been interested in and have often written about is how teams can best work together,

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