W1A (TV series)
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | John Morton |
| Directed by | John Morton |
| Starring | See below |
| Narrated by | David Tennant |
| Theme music composer | Laurie Johnson |
| Opening theme | Las Vegas (from Animal Magic) |
| Composer(s) | Andrew Blaney |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jon Plowman |
| Producer(s) | Paul Schlesinger |
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| Cinematography | John Sorapure |
| Running time | 30 minutes 60 minute special (specials) |
| Production company(s) | BBC |
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| Original release | 19 March 2014 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Twenty Twelve |
| External links | |
| BBC website | |
W1A is a British comedy television series that was first broadcast on BBC Two on 19 March 2014, created by John Morton. The series is the follow-up to Twenty Twelve, a BAFTA-winning comedy series by the BBC about the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Its name comes from the postcode prefix of the BBC's headquarters, Broadcasting House (W1A 1AA), and sees the reprisal of Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes as their Twenty Twelve characters, alongside a new cast, with David Tennant's role as narrator also continuing from the earlier series.
The first series began on 19 March, concluding on 9 April 2014. A second series was announced later in 2014 which launched on 23 April 2015 with a one-hour special. On 14 May 2015, RadioTimes.com quoted series writer John Morton as having "high hopes of another series" to perhaps air in Spring 2016. In August 2016 RadioTimes.com announced the series had been recommissioned for a third series, to be filmed in 2017.
The series revolves around Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville), formerly the Head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission, who has been chosen to be the Head of Values at the BBC. His task is to clarify, define, or re-define the core purpose of the BBC across all its functions and to position it confidently for the future. The series deals with the everyday events at the corporation, and how the team deal with these. Such events include the arrival of Prince Charles, problems surrounding a new programme entitled Britain's Tastiest Village, as well as media scrutiny of Ian Fletcher's salary.
Bonnevile reprises his role of Ian Fletcher from W1A's predecessor, Twenty Twelve, as does Hynes, who plays Siobhan Sharpe the Head of Perfect Curve, a brand consultant agency. Also returning are Sharpe's team, consisting of Barney Lumsden, Coco Lomax and Karl Marx (Beckett, Pascoe and Fry, respectively), whilst the remainder of the cast were created by Morton as new characters.
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