W1A. Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC
W1A

W1A

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two
  • 2014 - 2020
  • 14 episodes (3 series)

Spin-off from Twenty Twelve in which Ian Fletcher and Siobhan Sharpe now find themselves working for the BBC. Stars Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Jason Watkins, Monica Dolan, Hugh Skinner and more.

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Series 2, Episode 2

A game of Management Musical Chairs starts with the advertising of a new and important role, namely the Director of Better.

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Further details

W1A. Image shows from L to R: Pilates Instructor (Sarah Hadland), Anna Rampton (Sarah Parish). Copyright: BBC

Anna Rampton, Head of Output, thinks she knows all about Better and goes for the top job armed with the latest of Entertainment Format Producer David Wilkes' ideas - Family Face Off, which experienced producer Lucy Freeman reworks into something almost broadcastable.

Meanwhile Generic Head of Comedy and/or Drama, Matt Taverner continues to tinker unhelpfully with Lucy's actual passion, Home Truth, her as-yet-uncommissioned drama project.

Top of the agenda for the Damage Limitation Team this week are rumours that Newsnight anchor Evan Davis is to be a contestant in the forthcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing - news that doesn't go down well with Current Head of News and Current Affairs, Neil Reid, who is less than happy that the main presenter of the BBC's flagship and arguably only Current Affairs programme, will be seen "anywhere near sequins".

Things get more complicated when it transpires that Brand BBC Consultant Siobhan Sharpe is behind this latest career move for Evan. It falls to Ian Fletcher, as Head of Values and arch limiter of damage, to find an elegant solution to the problem.

Meanwhile, the recently appointed PA to Head of Values and ex-Intern Will Humphries, is making life more difficult for the object of his desire, Izzy Gould, when he accidentally hijacks her computer software while showing off his newly acquired training on the BBC's foolproof software Syncapatico.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 30th April 2015
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Sunday 3rd May 2015 11:00pm BBC2
Thursday 16th February 2017 12:00am W
Tuesday 18th September 2018 1:40am W
Wednesday 26th September 2018 2:10am W

Cast & crew

Cast
Hugh Bonneville Ian Fletcher
Jessica Hynes Siobhan Sharpe
Jason Watkins Simon Harwood
Monica Dolan Tracey Pritchard
Hugh Skinner Will Humphries
Nina Sosanya Lucy Freeman
Sarah Parish Anna Rampton
David Westhead Neil Reid
Rufus Jones David Wilkes
Ophelia Lovibond Izzy Gould
Jonathan Bailey Jack Patterson
Max Olesker Ben Rosenstern
Ivan Gonzalez Jerry Guildencrantz
David Tennant Narrator
Guest cast
Tom Basden Dan Shepherd (New Writer)
Daniel Ings Matt Taverner (Comedy Drama Exec)
Sarah Hadland Pilates Instructor
Writing team
John Morton Writer
Production team
John Morton Director
Paul Schlesinger Producer
Jon Plowman Executive Producer
Robin Hill Editor
Andrew Stephenson Production Designer
Andrew Blaney Composer

Videos

One Big Family

Head of Output Anna Rampton calls a meeting to reel in David Wilkes' ideas for a new show, trying to ground them more in reality than theory.

Featuring: Nina Sosanya (Lucy Freeman), Sarah Parish (Anna Rampton) & Rufus Jones (David Wilkes).

Will's cringe password

During his Syncopatico induction course, Will accidentally syncs with Izzy's computer and now she needs his password to log him out.

Featuring: Hugh Skinner (Will Humphries), Ophelia Lovibond (Izzy Gould) & Jonathan Bailey (Jack Patterson).

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