The Thick of It
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The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of modern British government. It was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2005, and has so far completed fourteen half-hour episodes and two special hour-long episodes to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown’s appointment as Prime Minister. To date, the series has earned Best New Comedy and Best Comedy Performer for Chris Langham at the 2005 British Comedy Awards,[1] and won Best Situation Comedy and Best Comedy Performance, also for Langham (although Peter Capaldi was also nominated), at the 2006 BAFTAs.[2]
The series can be described as the 21st century’s answer to Yes Minister, highlighting the struggles of the media and spin doctors against civil servants. Iannucci himself describes it as “Yes Minister meets Larry Sanders”.[3] The former civil servant Martin Sixsmith is an adviser to the writing team, giving some of the storylines an element of realism to them.[3] In particular, the character of Malcolm Tucker bears a distinct resemblance to former Director of Communications and Strategy Alastair Campbell, a comparison Campbell himself has acknowledged.[4]
The action centres on the fictitious Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship (“DoSAC” – previously the Department of Social Affairs, or “DSA”, prior to the reshuffle of episode five), which supposedly came out of the Prime Minister’s passing enthusiasm for “joined-up government”. Thus, it acts as a “Super Department” overseeing many others, which enables different political themes to be dealt with in the programme, similar to the Department for Administrative Affairs in Yes Minister.[13]
Hugh Abbot, played by Chris Langham, is a blundering minister heading the department, who is continually trying to do his job under the watchful eye of Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi), Number 10’s highly aggressive and domineering “enforcer”. The programme also features James Smith as Senior Special Adviser Glen Cullen, who is not an MP, Chris Addison as Junior Policy Adviser Olly Reeder, and Joanna Scanlan as Civil Service Press Secretary Terri Coverley.
Jeg tror ikke, at den er blevet vist i Danmark. Jeg faldte selv over den efter at have set filmen In The Loop (som er forbundet til serien), der heller ingen marketing har haft. Noget af humoren ryger selvfølgelig over hovedet på en, da seriens målgruppen er britere, men der er stadig masser af humor, som pølsedanskere kan forstå.
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