Overview
- The six-part mockumentary, which premiered Wednesday at 10pm on BBC Two, is also available in full on BBC iPlayer.
- Hugh Bonneville returns as Ian Fletcher, now based in Miami to police ‘integrity’ as the oversight team prepares a 48‑nation World Cup across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
- The series keeps John Morton’s documentary style with David Tennant narrating, and it repeatedly bleeps references to FIFA and the tournament as a noted editorial gag.
- Early reviews are divided, with i calling the opener dull and toothless, The Independent finding it hit and miss, and the Daily Mail praising the business-speak satire.
- Viewers on social platforms responded more warmly, calling the first episode “brilliant” and “perfect,” as the franchise extends the lineage from Twenty Twelve and W1A.