W1A

2014

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7.8| 0h30m| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 19 March 2014 Ended
Producted By: BBC
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05s9g2q
Synopsis

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.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Manthast Absolutely amazing
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
nebilcs-168-165298 I watched the first few episodes of the first season and giggled appropriately. Goodness knows the BBC makes a good target for this kind of satire and is a good proxy for many similar corporate settings. But after a while fatigue set in. Compared with Twenty Twelve which was consistently laugh-out-loud funny, too many characters in W1A share similar lines and "yes/no/cool" affectations. But what really fails is the mockumentary angle. It was tenuous in Twenty Twelve but just about kept within the lines as an unlikely but feasible documentary. W1A would have been better pitched as a straightforward satirical comedy rather than having a narration constantly remind the viewer that we are supposed to regard this as a reality programme.
qui_j The show does capture the uselessness of corporate culture, its incessant meetings, and predictable committee members. The problem is that after a while, it becomes repetitive and tedious to watch. Even though each episode may bring a new business challenge, the repetitiveness of action and thought by the characters becomes boring, causing the viewer to just disengage. After a while, I just watched the episodes on an "ad hoc" basis to provide padding for my binge watching of other series that I did not wish to finish too quickly because they were so good. By padding it with this mindless material, the better series lasted me for a longer period of time!
tom_long2 episode to understand, appreciate, and get over this show. WIA is spot on satire, but it's annoying a f.This is a show about nothing in much as Seinfeld was a comedy.Dialogue goes as such: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.Right. Okay. Exactly.Uh. Well, yes. Yes, exactly.No, no, that's fine.It's probably better, yes.It's not even jargon. It's circular corporate speak of a vapid culture that unfortunately is today and most likely worse tomorrow and so on.Good but infuriating, watch one episode only unless you actually want to throw your remote at the screen (or your hand-held device at someone else).
Duncan Holding Twenty twelve (also reviewed) was IMO the best comedy since the first series of I'm Alan Partridge. When i heard this semi follow up (the two main characters return) I was apprehensive as to whether the dynamics would remain in a different setting with different characters. Having seen the first two episodes my apprehension was confirmed, This time the script writers poke fun at the inner workings of the BBC and while it remains funny in parts the characters this time round seem too stupid to be remotely believable. The Hynes character whilst pretty much ott in twenty twelve but still funny to watch this time is a parody. Vincent Franklin is badly missed in this follow up. Will watch the final two episodes in the hope of seeing better things but wont hold my breath at this stage

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