BBC sitcom W1A is set to make a comeback after seven years off-air, according to star Sarah Parish.
The show, a follow-up to Twenty Twenty, was a mockumentary following BBC management as they have to deal with things like salary scandals, a royal visit, and trying not to annoy Clare Balding and Claudia Winkleman through their bumbling.
It aired between 2014 and 2017, with a few online shorts created during the early pandemic and a Comic Relief sketch earlier this year. Now, according to Parish, a full new series is being written.
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Appearing on That Gaby Roslin Podcast, the Anna Rampton actress said: "It's being written I think – maybe I'm talking out of turn, I don't know. So (Hugh Bonneville's) Ian Fletcher will continue.
"And I thought probably (Jessica Hynes') Siobhan could go with him because wherever Ian goes, Siobhan goes as well, and does all his PR really badly.
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"So I'm hoping that those two characters will have another rebirth into another series."
She added that, whatever happens, she won't be part of it, having not appeared in the Comic Relief special either.
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Despite not being involved, Parish is still full of praise for the show, stating: "John Morton, the writer, is so brilliant and so fabulous at picking out the subtleties of the horror of working in an institution that big, but he did it brilliantly.
"It was a joyful thing to be in... Most employees at the BBC thought we were making a documentary, they didn't find it remotely funny. We were basically just living their every day life."
Ophelia Lovibond – who played Izzy Gould — previously explained that all that naturalistic dialogue might look improvised, but it's heavily scripted, and quite difficult.
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"It is tricky, yeah, because every single 'Mmm' and every hesitation is written – it's specific like that, because it is like a musical score," she said.
"It's got a very particular dynamic to it and if you waver from that, it sounds off-key. It doesn't sound right... We all do drill the lines again and again... the pressure of it can make you seize up a little bit."
Twenty Twenty and W1A can be streamed on BBC iPlayer.
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