W1A (TV series) W1A (TV series) W1A is a British comedy television series that was first broadcast on BBC Two on 19 March 2014, created by John Morton. 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. The first series began on 19 March 2014, concluding on 9 April. A second series was announced later in 2014 which launched
Hugh Bonneville Cambridge, and studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He left Cambridge with a 2:2 in theology and has since said that he tended to do more acting than academic work. Bonneville is also an alumnus of the National Youth Theatre. Bonneville's first professional stage appearance was at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park. In 1987, he joined the National Theatre where he appeared in several plays, then the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1991, where he played Laertes to Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet" (1992–1993). He played Valentine in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", Bergetto in "'Tis