29 minSeason 3 • Episode 6
LatestThe official launch of BBC Me is nearing the final furlong.
The follow-up to 'Twenty Twelve' as Ian Fletcher takes up the position of '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, in particular for Licence Fee Renegotiation and Charter Renewal in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
Writing
John Morton's razor-sharp improvisation framework
Acting
Hugh Bonneville's magnificently suffering everyman
Direction
The Office-style cringe perfected for public broadcasting
Creator
John Morton
Hugh Bonneville
Ian Fletcher
Monica Dolan
Tracey Pritchard
Jessica Hynes
Siobhan Sharpe
Sarah Parish
Anna Rampton
Jason Watkins
Simon Harwood
Hugh Skinner
Will Humphries
David Westhead
Neil Reid
Nina Sosanya
Lucy Freeman
Jonathan Bailey
Jack Patterson
Ophelia Lovibond
Izzy Gould
Max Olesker
Ben Rosenstern
Rufus Jones
David Wilkes
David Tennant
Narrator (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The BBC initially hesitated to commission a show mocking itself so specifically, but relented when Morton promised it would ultimately celebrate the institution. Reader: it did not.
W1A aired during the actual 2016 Charter Renewal negotiations it depicted, making Ian's fictional struggles uncomfortably prescient. The real BBC's PR team must have had opinions.
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