Episode 101

Episode 101 is the first episode of the first series, and the first of the show, of W1A, which was first broadcast on BBC Two on 19 March 2014.

Summary
Fletcher takes up his new job as Head of Values at the BBC just as accusations of anti-Cornish bias are levelled at the Corporation, compounded when a Spotlight Southwest presenter, Sally Wingate, goes public in support of the accusations.

Producer Lucy Freeman chairs a meeting about forthcoming flagship show Britain's Tastiest Village and the loss of presenter Clare Balding and her replacement by Carol Vorderman.

Featuring as themselves: Carol Vorderman, Clare Balding, Alan Yentob, Salman Rushdie

Main

 * Ian Fletcher - Hugh Bonneville
 * Tracey Pritchard - Monica Dolan
 * Siobhan Sharpe - Jessica Hynes
 * Anna Rampton - Sarah Parish
 * Will Humphries - Hugh Skinner
 * Lucy Freeman - Nina Sosanya
 * Simon Harwood - Jason Watkins
 * Neil Reid - David Westhead
 * Narrator - David Tennant

Supporting

 * David Wilkes - Rufus Jones
 * Izzy Gould - Ophelia Lovibond
 * Jack Patterson - Jonathan Bailey
 * Ben Rosenstern - Max Olesker
 * Jerry Guildencrantz - Ivan Gonzalez

Minor

 * Adam Brady - Laurence Howarth
 * Waiter - Emil Lager
 * Nigel Trescott - Simon Greenall
 * Sally Wingate - Karen Ascoe

As Themselves

 * Carol Vorderman
 * Alan Yentob
 * Salman Rushdie