The third season of the award winning UK sitcom W1A comes to
Australia tonight as the first two episodes premiere on BBC First. Hugh Bonneville
and Jessica Hynes return to the roles of Ian Fletcher and Siobhan Sharp in the spoof
fly-on-the-wall documentary which follows the fictional management team tasked
with steering the BBCthrough the choppy waters of charter renewal. The six episode series was written and
directed by John Morton and the cast also includes Jason Watkins, Nina Sosanya,
Sara Pascoe, Sarah Parish, Jonathan Bailey, Hugh Skinner and Monica Dolan,
while David Tennant resumes his voiceover duties.
The series launches with the first two episodes airing from
9.20pm
W1A
BBC First
9.20pm - Episode 1
It is the year of charter renewal and a critical time for
the BBC. The renewal group under head of values Ian Fletcher is tasked with
identifying what the BBC does best and finding more ways of doing less of
it better. Complications arise when cross-dressing ex-Premier League
footballer Ryan Chelford alleges that the BBC rejected him as a pundit on Match
of the Day because of his unconventional private life. Meanwhile PR guru
Siobhan Sharpe is pushing a new online platform called BBC Me, a home for
user-generated content, and David Wilkes appears to be appropriating former
intern Will’s idea for a new format called On Your Bike.
9.55pm - Episode 2
Cross-dressing ex-Premier League footballer Ryan Chelford's
appearance on a late-night, midweek edition of Match of the Day did not go
well, leaving the BBC under pressure to find an on-screen role for him as
quickly as possible. To complicate matters, Fiona Craig, the senior civil
servant with responsibility for charter renewal negotiations, is visiting the
BBC to see what a normal day in the life of the corporation looks like. Meanwhile,
the campaign to launch user-generated content platform BBC Me gathers pace.
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