IT is great to see Hugh Bonneville return as the put-upon BBC head of values in Jon Morton's satire W1A.

The Downton Abbey actor is brilliant as Ian Fletcher in the opening episode of the second series of the spoof.

Fans of Jon Morton have followed Fletcher for five years starting with his journey in Twenty Twelve as the head of deliverance in the chaos of the lead up to the London Olympics.

But W1A takes it to another level with the character working among a team of high powered misfits who much prefer brainstorming to decision making at the London-centric, New Broadcasting House.

What makes the show so enjoyable is that Fletcher is like a little island of patience and calm under pressure in a sea of incompetence and bloated middle management.

Morton also seems to have a way of predicting the future with a scene about a Jeremy Clarkson controversy tweaked to reflect current events and for extra laughs.

Other highlights included rebranding Wimbledon to prevent BBC losing it to Sky.

Jessica Hynes is on top form as airhead Siobhan Sharpe, brand consultant from the PR company Perfect Curve, whose team of vapid hipsters come up with a plan to turn Wimbledon into something of a game/chat show.

But it is a bizarre exchange during Siobhan's word association game that get the most laughs ('there is no such thing as monkey butter').

Hugh Skinner steals the show as gormless intern Will who discovers his internship should have ended many months ago after a series of cringeworthy awkward exchanges.

And Prince Charles makes a disastrous visit to New Broadcasting House on the eve of the royal charter review.

You can see the set-up for this gag a mile off but it is still just as funny, especially for anyone who has felt the brunt of overzealous security measures.

As a BBC satire broadcast on the BBC, some have criticised W1A for not having enough bite.

If you compare it to the likes of The Thick Of It, a satire about the inner workings of modern British government, they may have a point.

Ed Miliband reportedly avoids watching the series because 'it's too much like reality'.

But as a comedy, W1A very much hits the mark. So that's all good then.

- The opening episode of W1A is on BBC iPlayer and episode two is on BBC Two at 10pm.