The Thick of It

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British television series political satire satirical television series television series

The Thick of It is a British political satire television series created by Armando Iannucci that skewers government spin and bureaucracy through sharp, profanity-laced dialogue and mockumentary-style storytelling.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
The Thick of It canonical	24
Thick of It	2
The Thick of It (TV series)	1
The Thick of It franchise	1
The Thick of It: In the Loop	1
The Thick of It: Rise of the Nutters	1
The Thick of It: The Scripts	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British television series ⓘ political satire ⓘ satirical television series ⓘ television series ⓘ
awardReceived	BAFTA TV Award for Situation Comedy ⓘ surface form: BAFTA Television Award for Best Situation Comedy British Comedy Award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	Armando Iannucci ⓘ
criticalReception	acclaimed ⓘ
distributor	BBC Worldwide ⓘ
firstAired	2005-05-19 ⓘ
format	television series ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ mockumentary ⓘ political satire ⓘ
hasEpisodeLength	30 minutes ⓘ
hasSpinOff	In the Loop ⓘ
includesSpecials	true ⓘ
influenced	Veep ⓘ
inspiredBy	real-life UK politics ⓘ
lastAired	2012-10-27 ⓘ
mainCharacter	Glenn Cullen ⓘ Hugh Abbot ⓘ Malcolm Tucker ⓘ Nicola Murray ⓘ Ollie Reeder ⓘ Terri Coverley ⓘ
notableFeature	handheld camera work ⓘ improvised dialogue elements ⓘ profanity-laced dialogue ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	23 ⓘ
numberOfSeries	4 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	BBC Four ⓘ BBC Two ⓘ
portrays	bureaucracy ⓘ government spin ⓘ internal party politics ⓘ
productionCompany	BBC ⓘ BBC Scotland ⓘ
setting	UK government ⓘ fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship ⓘ
starred	Chris Addison ⓘ Chris Langham ⓘ James Smith ⓘ Joanna Scanlan ⓘ Peter Capaldi ⓘ Rebecca Front ⓘ Roger Allam ⓘ
style	mockumentary ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Thick of It: The Scripts

Veep → basedOn → The Thick of It ⓘ

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Rupert Holliday-Evans → notableWork → The Thick of It ⓘ

Geoffrey Streatfeild → notableWork → The Thick of It ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Thick of It (TV series)

Chris Addison → notableWork → The Thick of It ⓘ

David Westhead → notableWork → The Thick of It ⓘ

Peter Capaldi → notableWork → The Thick of It ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Thick of It franchise

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Morwenna Banks → hasWorkedOn → The Thick of It ⓘ

album "Strength of a Woman" → hasTrack → The Thick of It ⓘ

subject surface form: Strength of a Woman

this entity surface form: Thick of It

album "Strength of a Woman" → notableSingle → The Thick of It ⓘ

subject surface form: Strength of a Woman

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Vincent Franklin → notableWork → The Thick of It ⓘ

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Rebecca Front → notableWork → The Thick of It ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Thick of It: Rise of the Nutters

Colin Stinton → appearedIn → The Thick of It ⓘ

Roger Allam → notableWork → The Thick of It ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Thick of It: In the Loop

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David Quantick → notableWork → The Thick of It ⓘ