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Hugh Bonneville is at his best in this timely comedy (just don’t mention FIFA)

Fans of British comedy won’t need an introduction to Ian Fletcher. He first appeared in the mockumentary series Twenty Twelve as the “head of deliverance” at the London Olympics, a fancy title for fixer of PR and logistical nightmares. The character returned years later in the fabulous W1A, where Fletcher was “head of values” at the BBC. The show gleefully mocked the broadcaster and bureaucratic meddling with scenarios that mirrored real-world people and events.

Fletcher, as played by Hugh Bonneville, is an urbane though colourless public service manager who has somehow floated to the top. A result, perhaps, of his decent nature, his patience for fools and sincere belief in management slogans. Surrounding him was an ensemble of sharply drawn idiosyncratic characters, whose interactions were often as uncomfortable as they were sidesplitting funny.

ABC screens Twenty Twenty Six …even after it was accused of ripping off ABC’s The Games

Come on ABC…. you’re screening Twenty Twenty Six after its earlier seasons, Twenty Twelve were blatantly accused of ripping off your own ABC mockumentary The Games?

In case you missed it, Twenty Twenty Six sees Hugh Bonneville as former BBC head of values Ian Fletcher overseeing the biggest football event in the world: FIFA World Cup.

Sure it’s topical, but it’s a slap in the face to Games writers John Clarke and Ross Stevenson.

In 2011 they confirmed Kath and Kim producer Rick McKenna pitched a British version of their show to Twenty Twelve’s producer Jon Plowman five years earlier when he was head of comedy at the BBC. DVDs of the show were also given to writer John Morton (Twenty Twelve).

Hugh Bonneville is at his best in this timely comedy (just don’t mention FIFA)

Fans of British comedy won’t need an introduction to Ian Fletcher. He first appeared in the mockumentary series Twenty Twelve as the “head of deliverance” at the London Olympics, a fancy title for fixer of PR and logistical nightmares. The character returned years later in the fabulous W1A, where Fletcher was “head of values” at the BBC. The show gleefully mocked the broadcaster and bureaucratic meddling with scenarios that mirrored real-world people and events.

Fletcher, as played by Hugh Bonneville, is an urbane though colourless public service manager who has somehow floated to the top. A result, perhaps, of his decent nature, his patience for fools and sincere belief in management slogans. Surrounding him was an ensemble of sharply drawn idiosyncratic characters, whose interactions were often as uncomfortable as they were sidesplitting funny.

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