Now W1A, which sees Hugh Bonneville's character Ian Fletcher join the BBC as its head of values, is mirroring real life.
Hugh Bonneville's amiable Ian, the head of values, is very different from the slightly scary David Jordan, head of editorial policy and standards.
The BBC said: "The post [of BBC head of values] is sold to Ian as a chance to influence and shape one of the great British institutions.
Alan Yentob did seem always to be coming in carrying his fold-up bike, the preferred mode of transportation of W1A's fictional head of values, Ian Fletcher Hugh Bonnevillee).
BBC mockumentary W1A is to return for a second series next year with Hugh Bonneville's head of values, Ian Fletcher, facing the thorny issue of the corporation's charter renewal.
Over to New Broadcasting House and W1A (BBC2) where it's a new day and Head of Values Ian Fletcher Hugh Bonnevillee) is chairing an important meeting (obviously) of the Way Ahead taskforce.
During the BBC2 satirical comedy series W1A, Ian Fletcher, the BBC's fictional head of values, faces a real-time learning opportunity going forward.
Bonneville plays the corporation's "head of values", and – helpfully for writer John Morton – the character's closest real-life counterpart has just raised his profile.
The further misadventures of Olympics head of deliverance Ian Fletcher, played by Hugh Bonneville, as he joined the BBC as its new head of values had an average of 1.6 million tuning in – a 9% audience share.
The idea that the BBC might actually employ Ian Fletcher Hugh Bonnevillee), Twenty Twelve's fictional head of Olympic Deliverance, to be head of values as the corporation's ineffectual response to the post-Savile era is all too plausible.
