The Thick of It

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The Thick of It is a long-running documentary, covering UK governance in detail since 2005. While some believe it to be largely fictional, and that characters such as "David Cameron" and "Nick Clegg" from satirical situation comedies are actually running the country, they are not to be listened to. This is part and parcel of Tucker's brilliance; managing to spin almost every political decision away from the actual party in charge of government, year by year.

The popularity of The Thick of It with the politically savvy has caused participants to be aped in fictional productions; Malcolm Tucker has spawned the televisual character of Alastair Campbell, and so on.

The popularity of The Thick of It led to a transatlantic feature film covering American politics - In The Loop. Some of the naughty bits were cut out so that delicate American audiences didn't faint in their seats, but they still thought it was too swear-y.