Twenty Twelve 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
News satire most controversial series on British television, especially after one episode broadcast mocked the way the news covered stories about pedophilia. Previous news satire shows in Britain include: "The Late Edition" with Marcus Brigstocke, on digital station BBC Four, which was heavily influenced by "The Daily Show"; "News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald", which parodied news differently by using an actual newsreader as the host; and "Broken News", which featured several sketches of different news channels blending into each other. As of 2018, current British news-related programs that have been described as satire include: "Have I Got News for You" and