Ian Fletcher, played by Hugh Bonneville, formerly the Head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission, has taken up the position of Head of Values at the BBC in which recent BBC2 comedy series?
"9, 2014. Named ""W1A"", it follows Ian Fletcher (Bonneville) and Siobhan Sharpe (Jessica Hynes) as they pursue new careers as part of the BBC management team. A second series was commissioned in September 2014 and broadcast April 23 to May 14, 2015. A third series began airing on 18 September 2017. Twenty Twelve Twenty Twelve is a BBC television comedy series written and directed by John Morton. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Amelia Bullmore, the programme is a spoof on-location documentary (or mockumentary) following the organisation of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. It was first broadcast on UK"
"star Olivia Colman also picking up the award for 'Best Female Comedy Performance', a category in which co-star Jessica Hynes was also nominated. Hugh Bonneville also received a nomination for his role of Head of Deliverance, Ian Fletcher. On 23 October 2012 BBC Home Entertainment released the entire series in a two-disc DVD set. After the final episode had aired, there was speculation in the media about a third series with the team liaising with the organisation team of the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016, or becoming management consultants. When asked about whether the hit show could return, main"
"series 2 began airing from 10 July 2012. The series' last episode was broadcast on 24 July 2012, three days before the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games. The series follows the trials of the management of the fictional Olympic Deliverance Commission (ODC), the body tasked to organise the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Over the series, the ODC have to overcome logistical difficulties, production errors, infrastructure problems and troublesome contributors. The main character is Ian Fletcher, the Head of Deliverance, who is in overall charge of the ODC, and is generally efficient but often has to clean up a"
"star Bonneville said, ""Absolutely. They could go and help with the organisation of the Rio Games in 2016...but ultimately, this is a crack team that could go anywhere and manage anything – the City, say, or the armed services. The NHS also needs rebranding. They could get Ian in to announce, 'If health is about anything, it's about managing expectations. We have got to get people to appreciate there are a lot of positive things about ill health. We need to make it sexy'."" A sequel was announced by the BBC in late 2013 and broadcast March 19 to April"
"and choice, he has further enhanced the BBC's reputation for quality programming that is full of ambition and creativity. Danny has led the incredible resurgence of drama on the BBC, having commissioned or overseen shows like Happy Valley, Poldark, Last Tango in Halifax, Wolf Hall, Top of the Lake, Peaky Blinders, Doctor Who and the forthcoming Dickensian and War and Peace. He has also made an outstanding contribution to comedy and entertainment, with shows such as Cradle to Grave, Peter Kay's Car Share, Strictly Come Dancing, EastEnders and The Graham Norton Show. He also led BBC One's 2012 London Olympics"
"the second series of ""Life on Mars"", as Gene Hunt's dissolute lawyer Colin Merric. In 2006 he played the (real-life) pioneering radiologist Ernest Wilson in a BBC pilot, ""Casualty 1906"". Also in 2006 he played the part of Sir Christopher Hatton in ""The Virgin Queen"", a four-part BBC drama. He then featured in the second series of the BBC's comedy ""Psychoville"", as Peter Bishop, owner of Hoyti Toyti, an antique shop specialising in toys. Since 2011 he has also appeared in the Sky1 sitcom ""Trollied"" as the store manager Gavin. In early 2012 he joined the cast of the BBC"
"of ""Terry Pratchett's Going Postal"", and appeared as Henry Williams in the 2016 BBC series ""New Blood"" Ian Bonar Ian Bonar is a British actor, most famous for playing the role of Dave Wiltshire in the BBC television series ""Hotel Babylon"". He trained at The Bristol Old Vic and has also appeared in ""New Tricks"". He appeared in the second series of the BBC comedy series ""Green Green Grass"" (in the episode ""Here's to you Mrs Boyce"", appearing as Simon) and in the film ""Starter for Ten"", playing Colin. In August 2007 he appeared in the stage version of Ma"
"it confidently for the future. The series deals with the everyday events at the corporation, and how the team deal with these. Such events include the arrival of Prince Charles, problems surrounding a new programme entitled ""Britain's Tastiest Village"", as well as media scrutiny of Ian Fletcher's salary. Bonneville reprises his role of Ian Fletcher from W1A's predecessor, ""Twenty Twelve"", as does Hynes, who plays Siobhan Sharpe, the Head of Perfect Curve, a brand consultant agency. Also returning are Sharpe's team, consisting of Barney Lumsden, Coco Lomax and Karl Marx (Beckett, Pascoe and Fry, respectively), whilst the remainder of the"
"starred in the revival of classic 1970s BBC sitcom ""Porridge"". He played the role of Fletch, grandson of Ronnie Barker's original main character, locked up for cyber-crime. Originally a one-off, the show was commissioned to full series in October 2016. The first series was broadcast in October 2017 on a 6 week run on BBC1 as well as the full series being released at the same time on the BBC iplayer. The BBC has yet to confirm if there will be a Second Series. In 2016 Bishop played Nigel Farage in a one-off BBC2 comedy entitled ""Nigel Farage Gets His"
"Twenty Twelve Twenty Twelve is a BBC television comedy series written and directed by John Morton. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Amelia Bullmore, the programme is a spoof on-location documentary (or mockumentary) following the organisation of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. It was first broadcast on UK television station BBC Four in March 2011 to coincide with the 500-day countdown to the opening ceremony. ""Twenty Twelve"" gained mainly positive reviews from critics, and a four-part second series was announced on 15 April 2011, which began airing on 30 March 2012 on BBC Two. A further three episodes of"
"refined but sometimes the ocker in her slips out. The British version of ""Are You Being Served?"" has always been my favourite comedy series. And I loved Mollie Sugden's performance as Mrs Slocombe, my counterpart."" For the second and final series, produced in late 1980, original regular cast members Judith Woodroffe, who was Mrs Crawford's attractive junior Miss Buxton, and Peter Collingwood who had played the Mr Rumbold-like store manager Mr Dunkley, were unavailable. To replace them, Christine Amor was the new, brassy young female retail assistant Miss Nicholls, and Ken Fraser came in as Mr Fenwick. Christine Amor said"
"the medical counsellor, Ben Harding and then they both head into the pub to join the rest of the team from the just-finished shift. He is welcomed with open arms by his ex-colleagues and offers some friendly advice to the new F2 doctors. Iain Dean, played by Michael Stevenson, first appeared in the red-button special ""Under Fire"", credited as Corporal Dean. Iain was introduced as a former army colleague of Sam Nicholls who he had an affair with in Afghanistan. Iain made a ""Casualty"" debut on 28 April 2012 for one episode. Stevenson returned to ""Casualty"" in April 2013 on"
"and Earthquakes In London for Headlong. Other television work includes playing Eddie in Falling Water, Preston in Time After Time, George Hastings in the Sky Television adaptation of She Stoops To Conquer and roles in Elementary, Casualty, and EastEnders. He won Best Newcomer at The British Soap Awards and was nominated in the same category at the National Television Awards in 2013 for his portrayal of Dr. Browning. He was also nominated for Best On-Screen Partnership with Jennifer Metcalfe at The British Soap Awards 2014, as Hollyoaks won Best Soap. Following his departure from ""Hollyoaks"" he moved to New York."
"in the BBC drama ""Exile"", written by Danny Brocklehurst and starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent. From 2011 to 2012, she played Sally Owen, the love-lorn secretary to Hugh Bonneville's character Ian Fletcher, in ""Twenty Twelve"", a comedy series about planning for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In 2013, Colman began playing DS Ellie Miller in ITV's ""Broadchurch"". The crime drama series is set in the fictional Dorset town of Broadchurch, and follows the residents of a tight-knit community after a young boy is killed under suspicious circumstances. She was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Actress"
"Psychoville Psychoville is a British psychological horror-thriller black comedy mystery television series created & written by and starring ""The League of Gentlemen"" members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton for the BBC. It debuted on BBC Two on 18 June 2009. Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in additional starring roles. The first series was followed by a Halloween special, broadcast on 31 October 2010, which saw Imelda Staunton added to the main cast along with previously supporting actors Eileen Atkins and Daniel Kaluuya. The second series started broadcasting on 5 May 2011 and"
"with director Uwe Boll starting with his 2002 film ""Heart of America"", portraying mass murderer Bill Williamson in the director's controversial ""Rampage"" trilogy. He had a recurring guest role on the Western drama series ""Hell on Wheels"", and appeared in a supporting role on the crime drama ""Cardinal."" He starred in the critically lauded 2015 Western film ""The Revenant"" opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. Fletcher has received numerous accolades for his work, having received a total of 4 Gemini Award nominations, 4 Leo Award nominations, and 2 Genie Award nominations. He has won 2 Geminis, 1 Leo, and 1"
"release on 7 November 2008. The film also stars Sarah Brightman and Paris Hilton. Head has also performed for radio, taking two of the lead roles—arch-villain Mr Gently Benevolent, and his descendant, journalist Jeremy Sourquill—in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, ""Bleak Expectations"" (five series, 2007–12). He also had a significant recurring role in the last two series (2011–13) of the Radio 4 sitcom ""Cabin Pressure"" as Hercules Shipwright, a romantic interest for the airline CEO played by Stephanie Cole, and returned for show's two-part finale in 2014. Head was part of the regular cast of the BBC drama series"
"Mark Bonnar Mark Bonnar (born 19 November 1968) is a British BAFTA Scotland winning actor widely known for his roles as Duncan Hunter in ""Shetland"", Bruno Jenkins in ""Casualty"", Detective Finney in ""Psychoville"", DCC Mike Dryden in ""Line of Duty"", Colin Osborne in ""Unforgotten"" and Townsend in ""Battlefield 1"". On television, Bonnar has appeared as Peter Mayhew in BBC1's ""New Blood"" and Chris in the highly successful Channel 4 comedy ""Catastrophe"", a role which he reprised in the following series. He also plays the Rev. Adam Collingbourne in ITV's ""Home Fires"", John Halliday in ""Undercover"", as well as regular Duncan"
"International Comedy Festival and was nominated for Best Comedy Show at FringeWorld, Perth in 2015 and 2016. He appears in the BBC MI5 drama ""Spooks"" (Episode 6 Series 6), Series 3 of the ""IT Crowd"" on Channel 4, and, in character as Ivan Brackenbury, on ""The Jason Byrne Show"" and ""Knowing Me Knowing Yule with Alan Partridge"". As Ian D Montfort he had a BBC Radio 2 series called ""Ian D Montfort is Unbelievable"", broadcast in February 2013. Besides writing comedy for television and radio, Binns has appeared on other television shows, such as """", ""Bullrun"", ""Oblivion"" and as a"
"Andy Newton-Lee Andy Newton-Lee is. a British actor best known for playing the part of Robbie Flynn in Channel 4's weeknight soap ""Hollyoaks"". Newton-Lee attended Bransholme in Hull, Yorkshire, England, where he grew up. Career He joined the cast of Hollyoaks with the characters Mel Burton and Joe Spencer.[1]His other acting roles include parts in ""Coronation Street"", ""Casualty"", ""Doctors"" and ""Where the Heart Is"".[2] He featured on ITV's ""The Mint"" game show in December 2006 to promote his Christmaspantomime playing Dick Whittington in Blackpool.[3] He appeared in the acclaimed British continuing drama ""Casualty"" on 22 March. He played the character"
"his second wife Collette having an affair with a colleague and finally leaving him. He left the show on 3 November 2007 after 18 years. He took part in the 2009 series of ""Celebrity MasterChef"". He appeared for a short part in one of the last episodes of ""The Bill"". In 2013 he made appearances in ""Doctors"" and """". Since leaving Casualty, Bleasdale has been presenting the BBC 1 show ""Hospital Heroes"". Ian Bleasdale Ian Bleasdale (born 1950, Upholland, Lancashire) is an English actor and television presenter. He divides his time between Haworth in West Yorkshire and Bristol. He started"
"3.3%. As in the US, the UK's reception to the second series was positive with ""The Arts Desk"" saying ""There were some very funny industry-related gags, not least network boss Merc (John Pankow) and his PA-cum-mistress Carol (Kathleen Rose Perkins) having sex on his desk while roaring the ratings figures back at one another. The cast are excellent value but at the moment only Greig seems to be playing for genuine emotional stakes. Portraying an exaggerated version of his on-screen persona, LeBlanc’s sweet, sex-obsessed shallowness is all that's required, but Mangan – a terrific comic actor - seems constantly to"
"Afternoon Plays - Tea with Betty starring Rosemary Leach as Queen Elizabeth II and Death Becomes Him. His other recent work includes ITV1 comedy drama The Complete Guide to Parenting starring Peter Davison (British Comedy Guide Editors' Award), the Sunday serial dramatisation of Bootleg (BAFTA Children's Drama Award) and BBC1 children's thriller series Oscar Charlie. Further credits include Murder Most Horrid (British Comedy Award and starring Dawn French), Grange Hill, Brittas Empire, Spitting Image, Alas Smith and Jones; and, with Terry Kyan, Colin's Sandwich (two series starring Mel Smith) and About Face, starring Maureen Lipman Paul is married to Eve"
"Director of Comedy and Entertainment for the ITV network, intending to return comedy back to the ITV schedule. As well as cementing ""Harry Hill's TV Burp"" into the heart of the network's Saturday nights, ""Benidorm"", ""Headcases"", ""Ladies of Letters"" and ""No Heroics"" were all commissioned by Jackson's new team, alongside one off comedy films starring talent such as Catherine Tate, Shane Richie, Timothy Spall, Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers as well as writers such as Caroline Aherne, Richard Herring and Irvine Welsh. ""Britain's Got Talent"", which secured the decade's highest audience for an entertainment show, was also commissioned during this"
"is written by James Wood and directed by Simon Curtis. Freezing (TV series) Freezing is a BBC comedy series starring Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern about an otherwise successful couple in their forties who find themselves out of work. Matt (Bonneville) is a publisher who has recently lost his job and Elizabeth (McGovern) is an Oscar-nominated American actress who is having a hard time getting work since moving to live with Matt in London. ""Freezing"" was originally a one-off comedy as part of BBC Four's Tight Spot season in February 2007, which then became the first episode of the series"
"the series concluded. David Brent (Gervais), forcibly made redundant at the end of the second series, is now a travelling salesman of cleaning supplies. Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman) and Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook) are still working at the offices of Wernham Hogg, and former Wernham Hogg receptionist Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis) now lives in Florida, though is flown back to Britain by the documentary crew to reunite with her old colleagues. The episodes won various awards, including two British Academy Television Awards, a Royal Television Society award, and a Television Critics Association (America) award. They were also nominated for a"
"aired on 28 December 2016. Sarah Alexander returned as Jonathan Creek's wife Polly, alongside guest stars Warwick Davis, Emun Elliott and Rosalind March. The cult success of the series won it the BAFTA for Best Drama Series in 1998. It was notable for featuring comic characters and sub-plots that lent a lot of humour to the series. Unusually, it was produced by the BBC's in-house Entertainment department rather than the Drama department – this was because Renwick preferred working with people he knew rather than the people at Drama who might not share his vision. It has included guest-stars such"
"and played a George Michael record with the link ""from one queen to another"". Binns has received several accolades: List of if.comedy and Perrier comedy award winners Tom Binns Christopher Thomas Binns (born 1970) is a British writer, actor, comic, television presenter and radio presenter. Binns was nominated at the Edinburgh Festival for the Edinburgh Comedy Award 2007 for his hospital radio DJ character Ivan Brackenbury. He has been twice nominated for the Adelaide Fringe Comedy Award, in 2010 and 2011. He was voted a Foster's Comedy God in 2010. He also was nominated for a Chortle Award in 2011"
"series, including: Murder on the Blackpool Express, two series of ""The Windsors"" for Channel 4, three series as Martin in BBC Two's Bafta-nominated flat-share sitcom ""Game On"" and four series of ""Citizen Khan"". He has also appeared as a regular in several other series including: ""Fried"", ""Get Well Soon"", ""A Perfect State"", ""Life Begins"". Cottle has also appeared in many other TV shows including: Endeavour for ITV, Jerusalem and Pure for Channel 4, ""Plebs"" for ITV 2, ""Unforgotten"" for ITV, ""The Dresser"", Channel 4's ""Man Down"", Dave's ""Hoff the Record"" comedy series, ""The Job Lot"", ""Holby City"". ""Doctors"" and ""Pramface""."
"was broadcast in December 2013. The role was played by Richard Hope. Malcolm Fewtrell Ernest Malcolm Fewtrell (28 September 1909 – 28 November 2005) was a Detective Chief Superintendent in the Buckinghamshire Constabulary and head of Buckinghamshire CID. He led the initial investigation into the Great Train Robbery in 1963. Fewtrell was born in Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, where his father was a police officer. He attended Reading School, then spent 6 months in New South Wales, Australia working as a jackaroo on sheep stations. He then returned to the UK and became a police cadet with the"
"BBC Television and is writing and starring in an original comedy-drama ""Magic"" for Channel 4 as part of the Coming Up Scheme. He also appears in the new CBBC show ""Hank Zipzer"" as Mr. Love. He made a guest appearance in the final episode of series 1 and first episode of series 2 of ""Uncle"". He later went on to appear in six episodes of the show. In 2015, he joined the cast of ITV comedy ""The Job Lot."" He has also written and starred in two series of 'Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed', a comedy set in a police station,"
"everyday duties and did not compromise on safety issues. Series Two aired on BBC2 at 6.30pm from 14 January 2008. The teams of five participants for the second series were chosen by Ben Fogle in February 2007 in Wales, with input from explorer Benedict Allen, wildlife presenter Charlotte Uhlenbroek and psychologist Dr Cynthia McVey. The teams travelled to, respectively: Subsequently one member of each team was chosen to join Ben in pursuit of his own extreme dream, an ascent of Mount Roraima in Venezuela, location of Arthur Conan Doyle's adventure novel ""The Lost World"" which Ben cites as a childhood"
"licence restricts him to vehicles with automatic transmission. He has appeared in a variety of television roles, especially in British dramas. These have included ""Hearts and Minds"" (1995) for Channel 4, ""Clocking Off"" (2000) and ""Flesh and Blood"" (2002) for the BBC and ""Hillsborough"" (1996), a modern version of ""Othello"" (2001), playing 'Ben Jago', (the Iago character); and the religious telefantasy epic ""The Second Coming"" (2003) for ITV, in which he played Steve Baxter, the son of God. He has made guest appearances in episodes of the comedy drama ""Linda Green"" (2001) and macabre sketch show ""The League of Gentlemen"""