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W1A review - the Way Ahead is behind and it's brilliant
The returning mockumentary send-up of the BBC is very funny at times, if a bit smug. Perhaps it should sharpen its daggers and look at Auntie's pay gap...
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 19th September 2017Preview - W1A
Reports claim that the new series of W1A may be the last one, so this might be the last time we get to enjoy Hugh Bonneville as Ian Fletcher.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 18th September 2017W1A series three preview
There are moments in W1A that are almost too agonising to watch. The circuitous meetings of the BBC's directionless yet ironically named Way Ahead group so accurately replicate the prevarications of real corporate life that you can feel the knuckle-gnawing frustration from your own sofa.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th September 2017The idiocy of Siobhan Sharpe has infected office life
If you work in an office where the walls are made of glass and where brightly coloured, comfy "break-out" areas outnumber actual desks (by which I mean, if you work in the media), chances are you'll have come across a Siobhan Sharpe.
Rupert Hawksley, The Telegraph, 18th September 2017Like the BBC W1A series 3 is easier to admire than love
"How about a BBC News forecast app? Like the weather forecast but with emojis. Each day, it'll be, like, Italy: smiley face. Syria: droopy mouth. Russia: angry face." Unfold your Brompton bike because W1A (BBC Two) was back for a third series of self-reflexive BBC satire and management gobbledegook.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 18th September 2017Jessica Hynes and Adam Buxton guest star in The Crystal Maze
Adam Buxton and Jessica Hynes make cameo appearances in the new series of The Crystal Maze, hosted by Richard Ayoade.
British Comedy Guide, 12th June 2017Spaced's clubbing episode is finest feel-good moment
Broadcast in 1999, right at the end of the most optimistic decade in recent memory, 'Epiphanies' encapsulates the feel-good outlook of its time.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 25th May 2017In which Celebrity Juice's Keith Lemon and Take Me Out's Paddy McGuinness recreate a host of iconic movies with the help of a range of celebrity guests and friends. This week it's Dirty Dancing getting a remix with stars including Larry Lamb, Kimberly Wyatt, John Barrowman and Jessica Hynes (Oh God, why, Jessica?) pitching up to help out, while Keith plays Jennifer Grey's Baby with Paddy as Mr Swayze. It's bloody awful.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 6th May 2017John Cleese and Alison Steadman to star in new BBC sitcom
John Cleese, Alison Steadman and Jason Watkins are to star in Edith, a new BBC One sitcom about a widow and her ex-boyfriend.
British Comedy Guide, 11th April 2017Guests announced for The Keith and Paddy Picture Show
Anna Friel, Kimberley Wyatt and Stephen Tompkinson will be amongst the guests on The Keith and Paddy Picture Show, the new TV format starring Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness.
British Comedy Guide, 27th January 2017