nebilcs-168-165298 I watched the first few episodes of the first season and giggled appropriately. Goodness knows the BBC makes a good target for this kind of satire and is a good proxy for many similar corporate settings. But after a while fatigue set in. Compared with Twenty Twelve which was consistently laugh-out-loud funny, too many characters in W1A share similar lines and "yes/no/cool" affectations. But what really fails is the mockumentary angle. It was tenuous in Twenty Twelve but just about kept within the lines as an unlikely but feasible documentary. W1A would have been better pitched as a straightforward satirical comedy rather than having a narration constantly remind the viewer that we are supposed to regard this as a reality programme.

simon-894 This works as a short sketch only. It is a single gag that is repeated ad nauseam and after only three episodes I could take no more. It is painful to watch and frankly not worthy of fine actors, Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes. For example, the conference suite scenes have the same structure and outcome every time - only the dialogue (such that it is) varies. The Head of Security character is unbelievable and just isn't funny, the Intern is just annoyingly hopeless. Several scenes are just a waste of time and banal in the extreme. It's altogether unbearable and unfunny.

qui_j The show does capture the uselessness of corporate culture, its incessant meetings, and predictable committee members. The problem is that after a while, it becomes repetitive and tedious to watch. Even though each episode may bring a new business challenge, the repetitiveness of action and thought by the characters becomes boring, causing the viewer to just disengage. After a while, I just watched the episodes on an "ad hoc" basis to provide padding for my binge watching of other series that I did not wish to finish too quickly because they were so good. By padding it with this mindless material, the better series lasted me for a longer period of time!

tom_long2 episode to understand, appreciate, and get over this show. WIA is spot on satire, but it's annoying a f.This is a show about nothing in much as Seinfeld was a comedy.Dialogue goes as such: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.Right. Okay. Exactly.Uh. Well, yes. Yes, exactly.No, no, that's fine.It's probably better, yes.It's not even jargon. It's circular corporate speak of a vapid culture that unfortunately is today and most likely worse tomorrow and so on.Good but infuriating, watch one episode only unless you actually want to throw your remote at the screen (or your hand-held device at someone else).