Louisa Mellor Jan 25, 2017
Series three of the excellent BBC comedy W1A will start filming in February and air on BBC Two later this year...
Yes no brilliant very good very strong news: behind-the-scenes BBC documentary W1A is returning for a third series.
See related Donnie Darko's perfect study of teenage isolation Looking back at Richard Kelly's Southland Tales
Ian Fletcher, Head of Values at the BBC, said the following of the series three announcement: "We are lucky to have the cameras back at an exciting time for the BBC. In a period where we're looking to identify as many Creative Efficiency Opportunities as possible we've been faced with some tough choices, but the good news about that is that in lots of ways tough choices are actually easier than easy choices because there are fewer options to choose from so that's all good.”
The new series will show Fletcher and co.
Series three of the excellent BBC comedy W1A will start filming in February and air on BBC Two later this year...
Yes no brilliant very good very strong news: behind-the-scenes BBC documentary W1A is returning for a third series.
See related Donnie Darko's perfect study of teenage isolation Looking back at Richard Kelly's Southland Tales
Ian Fletcher, Head of Values at the BBC, said the following of the series three announcement: "We are lucky to have the cameras back at an exciting time for the BBC. In a period where we're looking to identify as many Creative Efficiency Opportunities as possible we've been faced with some tough choices, but the good news about that is that in lots of ways tough choices are actually easier than easy choices because there are fewer options to choose from so that's all good.”
The new series will show Fletcher and co.
- 1/24/2017
- Den of Geek
When held up to the heady heights of its BAFTA-winning spiritual predecessor Twenty Twelve, the first series of W1A fell short on occasions.
But with a new series opener in which a high-level management power struggle starts simmering alongside the usual japes, hi-jinks and gaffes at Broadcasting House, the BBC's self-flagellating satire is at last hitting its stride.
Hugh Bonneville's still the star of the show as Ian Fletcher, keeping a sharp focus on charter renewal as his contemporaries in the Way Ahead Task Force fall over themselves (almost literally at one point) to get one over on their professional rivals. There's whispers of a new senior post at stake, and everyone seems to have their eye on it.
Following his fall from grace at the end of the last series after a newspaper sting exposing both his handsome salary and close relationship with his former Olympic Deliverance Commission Pa Sally,...
But with a new series opener in which a high-level management power struggle starts simmering alongside the usual japes, hi-jinks and gaffes at Broadcasting House, the BBC's self-flagellating satire is at last hitting its stride.
Hugh Bonneville's still the star of the show as Ian Fletcher, keeping a sharp focus on charter renewal as his contemporaries in the Way Ahead Task Force fall over themselves (almost literally at one point) to get one over on their professional rivals. There's whispers of a new senior post at stake, and everyone seems to have their eye on it.
Following his fall from grace at the end of the last series after a newspaper sting exposing both his handsome salary and close relationship with his former Olympic Deliverance Commission Pa Sally,...
- 4/23/2015
- Digital Spy
W1A: BBC Two - 9pm
The meta BBC mockumentary starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Monica Dolan returns for a second series.
One year on and head of values Ian Fletcher has finally got his own office, and he and the team have a new set of challenges - not least an impending visit from Prince Charles.
Madam Secretary: Sky Living - 9pm
UK season premiere of American political drama follows former CIA analyst Elizabeth McCord when she is pulled out of semi-retirement and appointed Us secretary of state.
Starring Téa Leoni, Petina Miller, and Tim Daly.
Inside No. 9: BBC Two - 10pm
This week on dark comedy Inside No 9, it's Nana's 79th birthday and she's excited about spending the afternoon with her whole family - even Pat and Jim, who both love a practical joke.
Her daughter Angela has put on a lovely spread for the party,...
The meta BBC mockumentary starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Monica Dolan returns for a second series.
One year on and head of values Ian Fletcher has finally got his own office, and he and the team have a new set of challenges - not least an impending visit from Prince Charles.
Madam Secretary: Sky Living - 9pm
UK season premiere of American political drama follows former CIA analyst Elizabeth McCord when she is pulled out of semi-retirement and appointed Us secretary of state.
Starring Téa Leoni, Petina Miller, and Tim Daly.
Inside No. 9: BBC Two - 10pm
This week on dark comedy Inside No 9, it's Nana's 79th birthday and she's excited about spending the afternoon with her whole family - even Pat and Jim, who both love a practical joke.
Her daughter Angela has put on a lovely spread for the party,...
- 4/23/2015
- Digital Spy
W1A has been given a return date on BBC Two.
The second series of the comedy will premiere on Thursday, April 23 at 9pm with a one-hour special.
W1A stars Hugh Bonneville as BBC's head of values Ian Fletcher.
Bonneville recently revealed that the upcoming series will feature a Jeremy Clarkson storyline, but is unsure whether it will remain following Clarkson's "fracas" with a Top Gear producer.
"Jeremy Clarkson is mentioned quite a bit but he won't be in it himself," Bonneville explained. "We'll have to see if he is cut out."
The first series of W1A featured cameos from Carol Vorderman, Clare Balding and Alan Yentob.
Watch a clip from W1A below:...
The second series of the comedy will premiere on Thursday, April 23 at 9pm with a one-hour special.
W1A stars Hugh Bonneville as BBC's head of values Ian Fletcher.
Bonneville recently revealed that the upcoming series will feature a Jeremy Clarkson storyline, but is unsure whether it will remain following Clarkson's "fracas" with a Top Gear producer.
"Jeremy Clarkson is mentioned quite a bit but he won't be in it himself," Bonneville explained. "We'll have to see if he is cut out."
The first series of W1A featured cameos from Carol Vorderman, Clare Balding and Alan Yentob.
Watch a clip from W1A below:...
- 4/8/2015
- Digital Spy
W1A will feature a storyline about Jeremy Clarkson in its second series.
The story will be included in the comedy's first episode, and was written before the controversy surrounding the Top Gear presenter emerged.
Hugh Bonneville, who stars in W1A as BBC head of values Ian Fletcher, told Radio Times that he's not sure if the story will remain in the episode.
He said: "Jeremy Clarkson is mentioned quite a bit but he won't be in it himself. We'll have to see if he is cut out."
When collecting an award at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, producer Paul Schlesigner said: "Jon Morton can't be here today because he is currently in the edit getting grabs with the Jeremy Clarkson story in - I use the word [grabs] advisedly."
He later said: "Jeremy Clarkson is mentioned and the extraordinary thing is that Jon Morton wrote this months ago. But with satire...
The story will be included in the comedy's first episode, and was written before the controversy surrounding the Top Gear presenter emerged.
Hugh Bonneville, who stars in W1A as BBC head of values Ian Fletcher, told Radio Times that he's not sure if the story will remain in the episode.
He said: "Jeremy Clarkson is mentioned quite a bit but he won't be in it himself. We'll have to see if he is cut out."
When collecting an award at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, producer Paul Schlesigner said: "Jon Morton can't be here today because he is currently in the edit getting grabs with the Jeremy Clarkson story in - I use the word [grabs] advisedly."
He later said: "Jeremy Clarkson is mentioned and the extraordinary thing is that Jon Morton wrote this months ago. But with satire...
- 3/14/2015
- Digital Spy
Evan Davis has been spotted shooting a cameo for the second series of W1A.
The Newsnight presenter was seen wearing a leg brace and using a walking stick for his scenes in the BAFTA-winning BBC mockumentary.
Davis was filming alongside series lead Hugh Bonneville, Monica Dolan and latest addition Samuel West.
The series, which is a follow-up to Olympics comedy Twenty Twelve, will see the corporation's Head of Values Ian Fletcher (Bonneville) struggling with the issue of the BBC's charter renewal.
W1A was renewed in September for one 60-minute episode and three 30-minute episodes.
The first series, which featured cameos from Clare Balding and Alan Yentob, attracted 1.6 million viewers to BBC Two for its opening episode.
Watch a clip from W1A below:...
The Newsnight presenter was seen wearing a leg brace and using a walking stick for his scenes in the BAFTA-winning BBC mockumentary.
Davis was filming alongside series lead Hugh Bonneville, Monica Dolan and latest addition Samuel West.
The series, which is a follow-up to Olympics comedy Twenty Twelve, will see the corporation's Head of Values Ian Fletcher (Bonneville) struggling with the issue of the BBC's charter renewal.
W1A was renewed in September for one 60-minute episode and three 30-minute episodes.
The first series, which featured cameos from Clare Balding and Alan Yentob, attracted 1.6 million viewers to BBC Two for its opening episode.
Watch a clip from W1A below:...
- 2/13/2015
- Digital Spy
BBC mockumentary W1A will return for a second series next year, with Hugh Bonneville returning as Ian Fletcher.
The series, which is a follow-up to Olympics comedy Twenty Twelve, will see the corporation's Head of Values Ian struggling with the issue of the BBC's charter renewal, The Guardian reports.
The second series of W1A will be produced in-house and premiere with a 60-minute episode, followed by three 30-minute episodes. John Morton returns as writer.
No further casting details or storylines have been announced, although Jessica Hynes and Olivia Colman may briefly reprise their Twenty Twelve roles, as they did in the first series of W1A.
A BBC statement read: "Until the cameras roll, it won't be known exactly what crisis will be averted or indeed where Ian's desk will be.
"With charter renewal in 2016 getting ever closer, Ian's job as Chair of the Way Ahead Task Force will be even...
The series, which is a follow-up to Olympics comedy Twenty Twelve, will see the corporation's Head of Values Ian struggling with the issue of the BBC's charter renewal, The Guardian reports.
The second series of W1A will be produced in-house and premiere with a 60-minute episode, followed by three 30-minute episodes. John Morton returns as writer.
No further casting details or storylines have been announced, although Jessica Hynes and Olivia Colman may briefly reprise their Twenty Twelve roles, as they did in the first series of W1A.
A BBC statement read: "Until the cameras roll, it won't be known exactly what crisis will be averted or indeed where Ian's desk will be.
"With charter renewal in 2016 getting ever closer, Ian's job as Chair of the Way Ahead Task Force will be even...
- 9/15/2014
- Digital Spy
Big Star's Little Star: ITV, 8pm
Stephen Mulhern hosts the family gameshow, as it welcomes back more celebrities for a second series.
Tonights guests - including Ben Cohen, Denise Lewis and Neil Ruddock - will bring their children along to reveal some personal family secrets.
MasterChef: BBC One, 9pm
MasterChef is back for a tenth series with hosts John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Sixty contestants have been selected to take part in the new series, and there are some exciting new changes to the format of the show. Firstly, in a new test, the contestants are asked to cook a dish that they feel represents them best in just one hour.
They then take on the infamous invention test - which for the first time allows them to choose between two boxes of ingredients, one sweet and one savoury - before facing the prospect of elimination.
2005 MasterChef champion Thomasina Miers...
Stephen Mulhern hosts the family gameshow, as it welcomes back more celebrities for a second series.
Tonights guests - including Ben Cohen, Denise Lewis and Neil Ruddock - will bring their children along to reveal some personal family secrets.
MasterChef: BBC One, 9pm
MasterChef is back for a tenth series with hosts John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Sixty contestants have been selected to take part in the new series, and there are some exciting new changes to the format of the show. Firstly, in a new test, the contestants are asked to cook a dish that they feel represents them best in just one hour.
They then take on the infamous invention test - which for the first time allows them to choose between two boxes of ingredients, one sweet and one savoury - before facing the prospect of elimination.
2005 MasterChef champion Thomasina Miers...
- 3/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Line of Duty: BBC Two, 9pm
The gripping drama comes to an end tonight, and the team makes an important discovery.
Detective Lindsay Denton's motives are still being questioned - some are convinced of her innocence, while others remain wary of her. Kate is adamant that Lindsay was involved in the ambush, and worries about Steve's trust in her.
Meanwhile, the identity of 'Caddy' is still plaguing the team.
Law & Order: UK: ITV, 9pm
After a psychiatrist is found stabbed to death, Ronnie and Joe believe one of his violent patients is the culprit. However, as the investigation continues, they discover details from his personal life that cast suspicion on his wife Alison.
As the case builds around Alison and she is taken to trial she begins to lose her composure, leaving the team torn. Jake is determined to see justice done, while Kate questions whether the case is valid at all.
The gripping drama comes to an end tonight, and the team makes an important discovery.
Detective Lindsay Denton's motives are still being questioned - some are convinced of her innocence, while others remain wary of her. Kate is adamant that Lindsay was involved in the ambush, and worries about Steve's trust in her.
Meanwhile, the identity of 'Caddy' is still plaguing the team.
Law & Order: UK: ITV, 9pm
After a psychiatrist is found stabbed to death, Ronnie and Joe believe one of his violent patients is the culprit. However, as the investigation continues, they discover details from his personal life that cast suspicion on his wife Alison.
As the case builds around Alison and she is taken to trial she begins to lose her composure, leaving the team torn. Jake is determined to see justice done, while Kate questions whether the case is valid at all.
- 3/19/2014
- Digital Spy
Want to make sure you don't miss anything great on the telly in the next seven days? Never fear, because Tube Talk has done all the hard work for you and smushed all of this week's must-see TV into one snappy rundown. Check out what you should be checking out below...
W1A: Wednesday (March 19) at 10pm on BBC Two
There may be trouble ahead, because former Olympics Head of Deliverance Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) is heading to the BBC in W1A, the follow-up, don't-you-dare-call-it-a-sequel to BAFTA-winning mockumentary Twenty Twelve.
He's joined by clueless buzzword-spewing PR guru Siobhan Sharpe, played to perfection again by show-stealing Jessica Hynes, as well as a whole host of brand new oddballs and incompetents inside Broadcasting House. Cringe and clever, W1A certainly delivers and is never afraid to bite the hand that feeds it for.
Watch the trailer for W1A below:
Davina:...
W1A: Wednesday (March 19) at 10pm on BBC Two
There may be trouble ahead, because former Olympics Head of Deliverance Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) is heading to the BBC in W1A, the follow-up, don't-you-dare-call-it-a-sequel to BAFTA-winning mockumentary Twenty Twelve.
He's joined by clueless buzzword-spewing PR guru Siobhan Sharpe, played to perfection again by show-stealing Jessica Hynes, as well as a whole host of brand new oddballs and incompetents inside Broadcasting House. Cringe and clever, W1A certainly delivers and is never afraid to bite the hand that feeds it for.
Watch the trailer for W1A below:
Davina:...
- 3/16/2014
- Digital Spy
W1A will debut on BBC Two later this month.
Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville will bring Ian Fletcher back to TV screens on Wednesday, March 19 at 10pm.
W1A - the follow-up to Twenty Twelve - will follow Ian after the London 2012 Olympics in his new role as the BBC's Head of Values.
Ian faces immediate challenges in the first episode as Mebyon Kernow activist Nigel Trescott (Simon Greenall) complains that Cornwall is under-represented on the BBC, provoking dissent among regional presenting talent. PR executive Siobhan Sharpe of Perfect Curve (Jessica Hynes) is called in to help smooth over the situation.
Meanwhile, entertainment producer Lucy Freeman (Nina Sosanya) encounters difficulties as she tries to secure the services of Clare Balding for a new flagship show called Britain's Tastiest Village.
Sarah Parish, Hugh Skinner, Jason Watkins and Monica Dolan will also feature in the four-part series.
Watch a video...
Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville will bring Ian Fletcher back to TV screens on Wednesday, March 19 at 10pm.
W1A - the follow-up to Twenty Twelve - will follow Ian after the London 2012 Olympics in his new role as the BBC's Head of Values.
Ian faces immediate challenges in the first episode as Mebyon Kernow activist Nigel Trescott (Simon Greenall) complains that Cornwall is under-represented on the BBC, provoking dissent among regional presenting talent. PR executive Siobhan Sharpe of Perfect Curve (Jessica Hynes) is called in to help smooth over the situation.
Meanwhile, entertainment producer Lucy Freeman (Nina Sosanya) encounters difficulties as she tries to secure the services of Clare Balding for a new flagship show called Britain's Tastiest Village.
Sarah Parish, Hugh Skinner, Jason Watkins and Monica Dolan will also feature in the four-part series.
Watch a video...
- 3/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Hugh Bonneville has featured in a new video interview about upcoming comedy W1A.
The show - a follow-up to Olympics-themed sitcom Twenty Twelve - sees Bonneville's character Ian Fletcher becoming Head of Values at the BBC.
Speaking about Ian's promotion, he says in the light-hearted video: "It was only a matter of time before the BBC, which has been offered a number of learning opportunities in recent years, reached out for a new head of values. Ian was the man for the job.
"There was a fantastic team that were at the Odc organising the Olympics. There's a very different team now within the BBC but certainly similarities occur. There's a lot of people with tremendous skill-sets, some of which are brought to bear on the management structure itself. Some of which are slightly absent.
"But it's a great opportunity for Ian to re-meet and recalibrate his relationship with...
The show - a follow-up to Olympics-themed sitcom Twenty Twelve - sees Bonneville's character Ian Fletcher becoming Head of Values at the BBC.
Speaking about Ian's promotion, he says in the light-hearted video: "It was only a matter of time before the BBC, which has been offered a number of learning opportunities in recent years, reached out for a new head of values. Ian was the man for the job.
"There was a fantastic team that were at the Odc organising the Olympics. There's a very different team now within the BBC but certainly similarities occur. There's a lot of people with tremendous skill-sets, some of which are brought to bear on the management structure itself. Some of which are slightly absent.
"But it's a great opportunity for Ian to re-meet and recalibrate his relationship with...
- 3/5/2014
- Digital Spy
Hugh Bonneville has insisted that there are no definite plans to end Downton Abbey.
Downton creator Julian Fellowes previously stated that he is unsure if the hit period drama will continue into a sixth series.
"There's no plans to definitely finish the show after series five," Bonneville said at the 19th National Television Awards. "I'm intrigued to find out what the future of the show is."
A fifth series of Downton Abbey - announced by ITV in November - will start shooting on February 10.
Bonneville also talked his next TV project - BBC Two's Twenty Twelve follow-up W1A will see his character Ian Fletcher take on his next big job as Head of Values at the BBC.
Downton Abbey will always air with delay in Us, says PBS chief...
Downton creator Julian Fellowes previously stated that he is unsure if the hit period drama will continue into a sixth series.
"There's no plans to definitely finish the show after series five," Bonneville said at the 19th National Television Awards. "I'm intrigued to find out what the future of the show is."
A fifth series of Downton Abbey - announced by ITV in November - will start shooting on February 10.
Bonneville also talked his next TV project - BBC Two's Twenty Twelve follow-up W1A will see his character Ian Fletcher take on his next big job as Head of Values at the BBC.
Downton Abbey will always air with delay in Us, says PBS chief...
- 1/23/2014
- Digital Spy
BBC Two has released the first cast picture from its Twenty Twelve follow-up W1A.
Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes will reprise their Twenty Twelve roles in the upcoming comedy series.
W1A will follow Hugh Bonneville's Ian Fletcher as he takes on his next big job as Head of Values at the BBC.
The previously unseen image depicts the show's central characters in the Frankie Howerd Meeting Room at New Broadcasting House.
Jason Watkins, Monica Dolan, Hugh Skinner, Nina Sosanya and Sarah Parish will also appear in the four-parter, which is currently filming.
W1A will air on BBC Two later in 2014.
Hugh Bonneville to star in Twenty Twelve follow-up on BBC Two
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Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes will reprise their Twenty Twelve roles in the upcoming comedy series.
W1A will follow Hugh Bonneville's Ian Fletcher as he takes on his next big job as Head of Values at the BBC.
The previously unseen image depicts the show's central characters in the Frankie Howerd Meeting Room at New Broadcasting House.
Jason Watkins, Monica Dolan, Hugh Skinner, Nina Sosanya and Sarah Parish will also appear in the four-parter, which is currently filming.
W1A will air on BBC Two later in 2014.
Hugh Bonneville to star in Twenty Twelve follow-up on BBC Two
Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy's Screen Time:...
- 1/17/2014
- Digital Spy
London – The BBC is turning to one of Britain's best-known TV satirists to take a look at the U.K. public broadcaster itself. BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow and Shane Allen, controller of comedy commissioning at the BBC, have ordered W1A, writer John Morton’s follow-up to hit comedy series Twenty Twelve, a satire tied to the London 2012 Summer Olympics. The show from BBC In-House Comedy will see actor Hugh Bonneville's Twenty Twelve character Ian Fletcher, the now ex-head of the fictional "Olympic Deliverance Commission," take up his next big job -- the again fictional
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- 12/6/2013
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warner Bros UK Gears Up For Creative Talent Initiative Warner Bros UK has recruited its first group of scholars, apprentices and trainees for the inaugural season of Warner Bros Creative Talent. The first selection will participate in the program to gain industry insight and work experience across Warner’s UK film, TV, games and theater operations. The initiative is part of Warner Bros’ long-term commitment to the UK’s creative industries. Among the first folks chosen to take part are students Rienkje Attoh, Sam Coleman and Sam Hughes who are receiving the first Prince William Scholarships supported by BAFTA and Warner Bros. Four others will work as camera trainees and sound trainees on Ron Howard’s Heart Of The Sea and Guy Ritchie’s Man From U.N.C.L.E. More information on the program is available here. Hugh Bonneville Back As Ian Fletcher In BBC’s ‘W1A...
- 12/6/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
BBC Two has commissioned a follow-up to its comedy Twenty Twelve.
W1A will follow Hugh Bonneville's Ian Fletcher as he takes on his next big job as Head of Values at the BBC.
In his new role, Ian's job task is to reshape and redefine the BBC "in particular for Licence Fee Renegotiation and Charter Renewal in 2016 and 2017".
The new four-part series will also see Jessica Hynes reprising her role of Siobhan Sharpe, but will otherwise feature new situations and characters.
Janice Hadlow, Controller of BBC Two, said: "Twenty Twelve was one of BBC Two's stand out comedy hits last year, and I'm absolutely thrilled that John Morton and the fantastic off-screen team are coming together again as well as some of our most loved characters from the first series."
Morton added: "It isn't a demolition job on anybody or anything, and it isn't one giant in-joke,...
W1A will follow Hugh Bonneville's Ian Fletcher as he takes on his next big job as Head of Values at the BBC.
In his new role, Ian's job task is to reshape and redefine the BBC "in particular for Licence Fee Renegotiation and Charter Renewal in 2016 and 2017".
The new four-part series will also see Jessica Hynes reprising her role of Siobhan Sharpe, but will otherwise feature new situations and characters.
Janice Hadlow, Controller of BBC Two, said: "Twenty Twelve was one of BBC Two's stand out comedy hits last year, and I'm absolutely thrilled that John Morton and the fantastic off-screen team are coming together again as well as some of our most loved characters from the first series."
Morton added: "It isn't a demolition job on anybody or anything, and it isn't one giant in-joke,...
- 12/5/2013
- Digital Spy
Failing to find success when luxury sector is growing is latest blow for Aston Martin, which has struggled since 2008 downturn
Aston Martin has abandoned its attempt to tap into the popularity of so-called city cars after selling fewer than 150 of its Cygnet model, an embarrassing blow to the struggling 100-year-old British luxury sports car maker.
A source close to Aston Martin said its two-door Cygnet, which started production in 2011 based on the Toyota iQ but was marketed at three times the price, had been dropped from the company's line-up after dismal sales of the £32,000 ($51,500) vehicle.
Aston had hoped to sell up to 4,000 Cygnets every year to environmentally conscious city dwellers thought to be keen on a small, easy-to-park, luxury vehicle. But buyers were put off by the Cygnet's high price, particularly since it lacked the characteristic performance of a brand that achieved fame with the DB5 sports car featured in 1960s James Bond movies.
Aston Martin has abandoned its attempt to tap into the popularity of so-called city cars after selling fewer than 150 of its Cygnet model, an embarrassing blow to the struggling 100-year-old British luxury sports car maker.
A source close to Aston Martin said its two-door Cygnet, which started production in 2011 based on the Toyota iQ but was marketed at three times the price, had been dropped from the company's line-up after dismal sales of the £32,000 ($51,500) vehicle.
Aston had hoped to sell up to 4,000 Cygnets every year to environmentally conscious city dwellers thought to be keen on a small, easy-to-park, luxury vehicle. But buyers were put off by the Cygnet's high price, particularly since it lacked the characteristic performance of a brand that achieved fame with the DB5 sports car featured in 1960s James Bond movies.
- 10/8/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today: • Worst part of the Jonah Lehrer fiasco: Everyone keeps using the term "fabulist," which sounds so awesome, like a fey cotton-candy-colored Johnny Depp character in Tim Burton's latest two-hour exercise in production design. "Oh, he's a fabulist! Isn't that fabulous?!" No, he's a fucking liar, and it's not fabulous at all. • Best part of the Jonah Lehrer fiasco: Jayson Blair gets some free publicity. Which means we can look forward to Lehrer turning commentator on journalistic ethics in the near future. So it's win-win for everyone. Except people who value honesty and integrity. But who cares about that garbage when there's money to be made? Jayson Blair: Jonah Lehrer’s story reminds me of my own • So remember that "journalist" whose dubious ethics allegedly weren't so bad because he "only" copied from himself? He made shit up, too.
- 8/1/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
So with 18 days to go until Handover, the Olympic Deliverance Team were preparing themselves for, as Ian Fletcher put it to his team, a final lap around the stadium after the Marathon ("Well, it would actually be the Mall..." was immediately, helpfully pointed out, but even so...)
The final lap around the stadium (or the Mall) for Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) and his team
Time, then, for all loose ends to be tied up... the small matters, in no order of importance, of land-to-air missiles possibly being triggered by a pigeon above the stadium, the year-long countrywide Podium Festival suddenly announcing itself, and, Sally's most pressing concern, exactly which Umbrian courtyard would be hosting her boss and his afternoon beer in the limbo-land of life, post-Games.
This bunch had evidently not received the memo about presenting your boss with solutions, not problems.
Case in point was Fletcher's moustachioed henchman Graham Hitchins,...
The final lap around the stadium (or the Mall) for Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) and his team
Time, then, for all loose ends to be tied up... the small matters, in no order of importance, of land-to-air missiles possibly being triggered by a pigeon above the stadium, the year-long countrywide Podium Festival suddenly announcing itself, and, Sally's most pressing concern, exactly which Umbrian courtyard would be hosting her boss and his afternoon beer in the limbo-land of life, post-Games.
This bunch had evidently not received the memo about presenting your boss with solutions, not problems.
Case in point was Fletcher's moustachioed henchman Graham Hitchins,...
- 7/25/2012
- by Caroline Frost
- Aol TV.
The final three episodes of Series 2 of Twenty Twelve air beginning tonight on BBC2, and I cannot wait. I need a good laugh. I need some clever snarking on the insanity that is jumped-up corporately fueled, marketed-to-death Olympics fever. I need a reminder that I’m not the only one who thinks the world has gone way overboard with this stuff, and someone else sees it for the farce that it is. What? You haven’t seen Twenty Twelve? You must. If, that is, you’re a fan of smart, sharp social, cultural, media, and political satire and hugely entertaining comedic performances from some of the best British talent doing funny stuff today. See, a “documentary camera crew” has been following the doings of the, ahem, “Olympic Deliverance Commission” -- yeah, deliverance -- as they go about organizing the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In charge is Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville...
- 7/10/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The United Kingdom recently took a big wallow in pomp and pageantry for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, but there's something mischievous in the British national character that loves nothing more than puncturing targets that have gotten a little full of themselves.
That probably explains "Twenty Twelve," the gleeful new BBC America sitcom premiering Thursday, June 28, that casts Hugh Bonneville ("Downton Abbey") as Ian Fletcher, the hapless manager entrusted with coordinating the run-up to the Olympic Summer Games. Left to his own devices, Ian probably would be a charismatic, competent boss, but this current gig forces him to deal constantly with idiots such as "director of branding" Siobhan Sharp (Jessica Hynes, "Spaced"), who babbles endlessly in PR-speak, and Graham Hitchens (Karl Theobald), who is in charge of coordinating logistics yet incapable of understanding why Ian has qualms about his plan to route all Olympic flights through the airspace above U.
That probably explains "Twenty Twelve," the gleeful new BBC America sitcom premiering Thursday, June 28, that casts Hugh Bonneville ("Downton Abbey") as Ian Fletcher, the hapless manager entrusted with coordinating the run-up to the Olympic Summer Games. Left to his own devices, Ian probably would be a charismatic, competent boss, but this current gig forces him to deal constantly with idiots such as "director of branding" Siobhan Sharp (Jessica Hynes, "Spaced"), who babbles endlessly in PR-speak, and Graham Hitchens (Karl Theobald), who is in charge of coordinating logistics yet incapable of understanding why Ian has qualms about his plan to route all Olympic flights through the airspace above U.
- 6/28/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Olympics comedy Twenty Twelve returned for its second series with nearly a million viewers last night (March 30). Starring Hugh Bonneville as the London Games' hapless boss Ian Fletcher, the mockumentary made its terrestrial debut with 974k (5.2%), having aired on BBC Four last March. The British Comedy Award-winning show, despite achieving its best audience to date, was quite a way short of what BBC Two normally averages in the half-hour between 10pm and 10.30pm. However, a lead-in of just 623k (2.9%) from 9pm's Reverse Missionaries did not help. In contrast, Mastermind (1.96m/9%) and Gardeners' World continued to flourish in the 8pm hour. Elsewhere on Friday night, Benidorm's ratings rebounded to 5.58m (25.6%) at 9pm, adding 310k (1.8%) on ITV1 +1, its slightly lacklustre performance last week having been a result of facing (more)...
- 3/31/2012
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Hugh Bonneville has revealed that Boris Johnson was set to cameo in Twenty Twelve. The Downtown Abbey star claimed the London mayor had been "pencilled in" for an appearance on the BBC Olympic Games mockumentary. "I know Boris wanted to," he told the Radio Times. "But when it came to the day, or the day before, something came up - like London had to be organised. "So Boris was pencilled in, but couldn't turn up. It would be nice to think that he could come on, he'd be a good sport." Bonneville added that he couldn't cope with being "judged" by the media like his Twenty Twelve character Ian Fletcher, Head of Deliverance at the Olympic Deliverance Commission. "Everyone in politics, (more)...
- 3/30/2012
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
DJ set cut short after venue's electrical system caught fire and at least 15 fans suffered smoke inhalation.
By James Montgomery
Lmfao's Redfoo (file)
Photo: Getty Images
Lmfao's Red Foo was forced to cut short a Wednesday night DJ set in Honduras after a fire broke out, filling the venue with smoke and sending fans scrambling for the exits.
According to TMZ, Red Foo was nearing the end of his performance at the Coliseo Nacional de Ingenieros in the capital city of Tegucigalpa when the venue's electrical system reportedly caught fire, filling the venue with smoke. According to reports, no one was seriously injured, though at least 15 fans were treated for smoke inhalation. Local television reports showed fans being escorted from the venue and receiving oxygen. Honduran authorities suggested the fire was intentionally set, though at press time, it was not clear if anyone had been arrested in connection with the blaze.
By James Montgomery
Lmfao's Redfoo (file)
Photo: Getty Images
Lmfao's Red Foo was forced to cut short a Wednesday night DJ set in Honduras after a fire broke out, filling the venue with smoke and sending fans scrambling for the exits.
According to TMZ, Red Foo was nearing the end of his performance at the Coliseo Nacional de Ingenieros in the capital city of Tegucigalpa when the venue's electrical system reportedly caught fire, filling the venue with smoke. According to reports, no one was seriously injured, though at least 15 fans were treated for smoke inhalation. Local television reports showed fans being escorted from the venue and receiving oxygen. Honduran authorities suggested the fire was intentionally set, though at press time, it was not clear if anyone had been arrested in connection with the blaze.
- 12/29/2011
- MTV Music News
Political comedy Twenty Twelve has been recommissioned. The BBC Four mockumentary, which stars Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville as the head of a fictional 'Olympics Deliverance Team', charts the trials and tribulations of London's Olympic Games organisers. Bonneville, speaking in character as Ian Fletcher, told the BBC's in-house Comedy blog: "Obviously I think damage has already been done to the smooth running of our department by allowing the BBC cameras in. "Personally, I don't want it to continue. But upstairs says it's going to. So that's all good." In a (more)...
- 4/15/2011
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
Political comedy Twenty Twelve has been recommissioned. The BBC Four mockmentary, which stars Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville as the head of a fictional 'Olympics Deliverance Team', charts the trials and tribulations of London's Olympic Games organisers. Bonneville, speaking in character as Ian Fletcher, told the BBC's in-house Comedy blog: "Obviously I think damage has already been done to the smooth running of our department by allowing the BBC cameras in. "Personally, I don't want it to continue. But upstairs says it's going to. So that's all good." In a recent interview (more)...
- 4/15/2011
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
University Challenge
So did you see it? The great TV event of the week -- nay, of the year -- took place on Monday. I'm talking, bien sur, about the final of "University Challenge" -- the program wherein teams of four students from the greatest universities in the land, and some less great ones, square off against each other in the hopes of being named Brainiest Brainbox Boffin Brains. The way it works, if you don't live in the country or are the sort of backward half-mind who doesn't watch "University Challenge" and prefers to live in your pigswill-stained hovel with no books, is that the teams have to buzz to answer one question that is open to both of them, and upon winning that starter question, get to tackle three more.
Or, as the fabulous Jeremy Paxman put it at the start of the show, "if you don't know the rules by now,...
So did you see it? The great TV event of the week -- nay, of the year -- took place on Monday. I'm talking, bien sur, about the final of "University Challenge" -- the program wherein teams of four students from the greatest universities in the land, and some less great ones, square off against each other in the hopes of being named Brainiest Brainbox Boffin Brains. The way it works, if you don't live in the country or are the sort of backward half-mind who doesn't watch "University Challenge" and prefers to live in your pigswill-stained hovel with no books, is that the teams have to buzz to answer one question that is open to both of them, and upon winning that starter question, get to tackle three more.
Or, as the fabulous Jeremy Paxman put it at the start of the show, "if you don't know the rules by now,...
- 4/8/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
The docuspoof/mockumentary format feels curiously old-fashioned suddenly. It’s the perfect approach to take with BBC4′s Twenty Twelve, which charts the efforts of an inept Olympic Deliverance Commission to promote London 2012, but there was something too safe and cozy about the whole endeavour. Almost like it’s a part of the Olympic marketing and, with a future cameo from Lord Sebastian Coe himself, that’s probably half-true. So, rather than deliver a scabrous and insightful criticism of the Olympic Games, Twenty Twelve is just a quietly mocking series that elicits the odd giggle.
“Matthew Pinsent? I don’t even know who that is.” — Siobhan
It’s a shame, because the performances and a good portion of the dialogue are very strong, and the show itself had an engaging momentum to it. Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) gets to flex his comic muscles as formidable team leader Ian Fletcher, with...
“Matthew Pinsent? I don’t even know who that is.” — Siobhan
It’s a shame, because the performances and a good portion of the dialogue are very strong, and the show itself had an engaging momentum to it. Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) gets to flex his comic muscles as formidable team leader Ian Fletcher, with...
- 3/15/2011
- by Dan Owen
- Obsessed with Film
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