fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship

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The fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship is the chaotic, bureaucracy-ridden government ministry at the heart of the British political satire series "The Thick of It," where much of the show's political maneuvering and comedic dysfunction unfolds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional government department
fictional organization
television fictional entity
appearsIn The Thick of It NERFINISHED
associatedWithRealWorldConcept UK government departments GENERATED
social policy ministries GENERATED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdFor BBC television production NERFINISHED
depicts bureaucratic dysfunction
government bureaucracy
ministerial chaos
political maneuvering
fictionalGovernmentLevel central government
fictionalLocation Whitehall, London NERFINISHED
firstMediumOfAppearance television GENERATED
genreOfWorkAppearedIn political satire
hasFictionalFunction development of social policy
implementation of citizenship-related policy
hasFictionalJurisdictionOver citizenship
domestic social policy
social affairs
languageOfFictionalContext English
mediumOfAppearance television series
narrativeRole central government ministry
primary setting
partOfFictionalUniverse British central government in The Thick of It NERFINISHED
portrayedAs bureaucracy-ridden
chaotic
politically sensitive ministry
targetAudienceContext viewers of political satire
toneOfDepiction comic
satirical
usedFor satire of New Labour era politics
satire of Whitehall bureaucracy
workplace comedy setting

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The Thick of It setting fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship