A Touch of Cloth
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A Touch of Cloth is a British comedy-drama television series that parodies crime procedurals with absurd, fast-paced, and meta humor.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
parody series
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television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | the novel "The Cloth Detective" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Vince Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Charlie Brooker
NERFINISHED
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Daniel Maier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Jim O'Hanlon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | broadcast television ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Anne Oldman
NERFINISHED
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Jack Cloth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2012-08-26 ⓘ |
| format | two-part stories ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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crime ⓘ parody ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement |
black comedy
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spoof ⓘ |
| hasPart |
A Touch of Cloth Series 1
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A Touch of Cloth Series 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ A Touch of Cloth Series 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2014-08-09 ⓘ |
| mediaType | television ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
fast-paced gag density
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fourth-wall breaking ⓘ meta-humor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense visual and verbal jokes
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parody of serious crime dramas ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | Sky1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Sky1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatesFromNetwork | Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodies |
crime drama television series
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police procedural television series ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Zeppotron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTimePerEpisode | approximately 45 minutes ⓘ |
| scriptType | heavily gag-driven ⓘ |
| setting | fictional British police environment ⓘ |
| starring |
Adrian Bower
NERFINISHED
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Anna Chancellor NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hannah NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian Rhind-Tutt NERFINISHED ⓘ Navin Chowdhry NERFINISHED ⓘ Suranne Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
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