Here’s the first cast photo for the third series of BBC comedy W1A.

Filming begins next month and is expected to air later in the year.

THe great news for fans is, it will be six episodes, the show’s longest run yet.

Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, Sarah Parish, Hugh Skinner, Jason Watkins, Monica Dolan, Nina Sosanya, Ophelia Lovibond, Rufus Jones, David Westhead and Jonathan Bailey are all reprising their roles in the comedy.

The new series follows Ian Fletcher (Bonneville) and his team during and post Charter Renewal reacting to the BBC’s new mission statement of doing More Of Less.

Head of Output Anna Rampton (Parish) describes this as being about “Putting what we do best front and centre and about identifying better ways of doing less of it more”. OK…