W1A is a British mockumentary sitcom television series that satirises the management of the BBC. It was created by John Morton, and first broadcast on BBC Two on 19 March 2014. The series is the follow-up to Twenty Twelve, a BAFTA-winning comedy series by the BBC about the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. It sees the reintroduction 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.
Also known as |
![]() |
||
Genre | Comedy
|
||
Created by |
![]() |
||
Based on |
![]() |
||
Developed by |
![]() |
||
Written by | |||
Screenplay by |
![]() |
||
Story by |
![]() |
||
Directed by | John Morton
|
||
Creative director |
![]() |
||
Presented by |
![]() |
||
Starring | See below
|
||
Judges |
![]() |
||
Voices of |
![]() |
||
Narrated by | |||
Music by |
![]() |
||
Theme music composer | |||
Opening theme | Las Vegas (from Animal Magic)
|
||
Ending theme |
![]() |
||
Composer | Andrew Blaney
|
||
Country of origin | United Kingdom
|
||
Original language | English
|
||
No. of seasons | 3
|
||
No. of episodes | 15 (list of episodes)
|
Executive producer | |||
Producer | Paul Schlesinger
|
||
News editor |
![]() |
||
Production location | |||
Cinematography | John Sorapure
|
||
Animator |
![]() |
||
Editor | Robin Hill
|
||
Camera setup |
![]() |
||
Running time | 30 minutes
60 minutes (specials) |
||
Production company | |||
Distributor |
![]() |
||
Budget |
![]() |
Original network | |||
Picture format |
![]() |
||
Audio format |
![]() |
||
First shown in |
![]() |
||
Original release | 19 March 2014
–
23 October 2017 |
Preceded by | |||
Followed by |
![]() |
||
Related shows |
![]() |
This page is the FamousFix profile for W1A. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. We welcome your contributions... so please create an account if you would like to collaborate with other editor's in helping to shape this website.
On the W1A page you will be able to add and update factual information, post media and connect this topic to other topics on the website. This website does skew towards famous actors, musicians, models and sports stars, however we would like to expand that to include many other interesting topics.