Jessica Hynes

A return for Jessica Hynes's 1910-set suffragette comedy. The Banbury craft circle is purportedly on hunger strike in solidarity with their feminist sisters, though Gwen's overflowing cheese basket is proving too tempting for them all. For young Emily, there is the possibility of a betrothal to hunky Bertie Smuth, heir to a spoon-manufacturing dynasty - much to the dismay of her weak-wristed would-be lover, Thomas. The gag rate is excellent, with some stellar jokes along the way.

Comedians join Richard Ayoade on his trip

Kathy Burke, Adam Hills, Jessica Hynes and Stephen Mangan join Richard Ayoade on his TV show Travel Man.

In which celebrities discuss their most treasured moments in all of Python history. Jim Carrey explains his unwavering respect for the Ernest Scribbler "funniest joke in the world" sketch, while for Mike Myers it's the emerging use of "caméra-stylo" in the Alan Whicker-lampooning Whicker's Island. Elsewhere, Stephen Fry gushes on the most chucklesome, whip-smart "argument clinic", Jessica Hynes shows her adoration for Cleese's "fish licence" skit and Eddie Izzard declares a deep love of "hell's grannies". Continues all week.

Some may have been put off by what could be perceived as media in-jokes, but the follow-up to Olympic committee mockumentary Twenty Twelve was as sharply satirical as its predecessor, resurrecting the grotesque PR Siobhan (Jessica Hynes) and baffled "head of values" Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) and transplanting them to the BBC. In poking fun at ridiculous bureaucratic tangles, W1A found a quietly subversive voice. Plus, it made it impossible to take a folding bike seriously ever again.

Nipping in a week ahead of his big Friday night rival Graham Norton, Alan Carr (left) kicks off a new series of lippy chat and louche one-liners by inviting Ricky Gervais and Jessica Hynes to lock comedy horns. Those two can give as good as they get, so it could be a riot. Calming things down will be Gary Barlow, continuing on his highly successful solo comeback with new single Since I Saw You Last.

The teaming of Fletcher and Sharpe was one of Twenty Twelve's greatest assets due to the fact that they are incredibly mismatched. Although W1A doesn't have quite the spark that Twenty Twelve possessed it still rings true due to its fantastically accurate script. Once again Hugh Bonneville's Fletcher is our baffled guide to a world of shared working space and company jargon that he struggles to understand.

I believe that Siobhan Sharpe is one of the greatest comedy creations of the last decade, partly due to the delightfully zany performance from Jessica Hynes. Some of my new favourite characters in W1A include Monica Dolan's Welsh Communications Officer Tracey Prichard and Hugh Skinner's befuddled intern Will.

The fact W1A has already had some quite big names in cameo roles means that it's definitely a sitcom that BBC is passionate about promoting. I just hope it finds an audience as, judging by the first two episodes, this is a genuinely funny series that shows that the BBC does have a sense of humour about itself.

BBC head of values Ian Fletcher continues to try to assuage complaints of "institutional anti-West Country bias within the corporation", aided not at all by Jessica Hynes's savagely stupid PR Siobhan Sharpe. ("Let's ride this train, let's nail this puppy to the floor.") Meanwhile, with Carol Vorderman accidentally booked into a Clare Balding presenting gig, the Britain's Tastiest Village production team must "find a way of breaking the bad news to Carol in such a way that it doesn't sound like a giant and protracted cock-up". Delicious.

Tonight Jessica Hynes plays glorious havoc with the future of the BBC as PR consultant Siobhan snares head of values Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) on a fast train to Manchester.

He's on a damage-limitation exercise but Siobhan is on a cyber trip to hashtag mash-up city in a bid to launch 'Brand Fletcher' to the tweeting masses.

Back in London, events have set the lovely Carol Vorderman on a collision course with the lovely Clare Balding. Could get messy.

If you were disappointed that we didn't get to see more of Jessica Hynes's character [Siobhan Sharpe in last week's opening episode, tonight's blisteringly farcical instalment more than makes up for it.

The BBC's new Head Of Values, Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville), and Tracey "I'm-not-being-funny-or-anything," Pritchard (Monica Dolan), are on the train to Salford where Ian is going to be interviewed by Jenni Murray on Woman's Hour about the BBC's alleged "institutional anti-West-Country bias".

It's a golden opportunity for him to change the subject by announcing that Carol Vorderman will be joining Alan Titchmarsh to co-present a new series called Britain's Tastiest Village.

Until, that is, Siobhan starts tweeting incessantly on Ian's behalf.

Meanwhile, Clare Balding is on her way to New Broadcasting House because she thinks that SHE is presenting Britain's Tastiest Village.

A perfect storm of a PR disaster is brewing and Siobhan Sharpe is the lunatic steering the boat straight into the middle of it.

Radio Times review

The cha-cha-cha theme music from Animal Magic they use over the opening titles of W1A will hang around in your head for days if you're not careful, and so will some of its cruelly funny scenes.

Last time, buzzword bunny Siobhan "Totally" Sharpe (Jessica Hynes) barely got a look in. Here she's centre stage as she muscles in on Ian's trip to appear on Woman's Hour in Salford. "Let's ride this train, let's nail this puppy to the floor!" she drones, while launching a Twitter campaign that races out of control ("We've just been re-tweeted by Enrique Iglesias!")

Ian (Hugh Bonneville) is trying to scotch the idea that the BBC has an institutional bias against the West Country (and that it's institutionally sexist and ageist), but his encounter with Jenni Murray slides steadily into farce.

Meanwhile, back in London, there's a crisis meeting over the double-booking of Carol Vorderman and Clare Balding to present Britain's Tastiest Village. Step forward dim intern Will ("Yah, cool") to save the day.