# Poss UK-centric: The Thick of It

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poss-uk-centric-the-thick-of-it/518570>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 22, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poss-uk-centric-the-thick-of-it/518570 "2009-11-22T21:33:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poss-uk-centric-the-thick-of-it/518570/1 "2009-11-22T21:33:49Z")

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How fucking good was that last night 😃

The Guardian [are doing what they do](http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2009/nov/21/the-thick-of-it-series-3-episode-5) - it’s useful for reminding yurself of the one-liners.

It was proper old-skool farce with stained trousers and everything. 'kin brilliant!

“About as welcome as a Nazi float at the Notting Hill Carnival”

‘Happy Birthday C\*unt’ “That could be from anybody”

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poss-uk-centric-the-thick-of-it/518570/2 "2009-11-22T21:52:18Z")

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Well now you make me want to see it here in the US, but it seems to be unavailable.

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**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poss-uk-centric-the-thick-of-it/518570/3 "2009-11-22T22:02:27Z")

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Fwiw, I’m not sure it would travel well - a political satire/farce/comedy about contemporary party politics and media management at Westminster . . . .

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poss-uk-centric-the-thick-of-it/518570/4 "2009-11-22T22:24:24Z")

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> [@PrettyVacant](#):
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> Fwiw, I’m not sure it would travel well - a political satire/farce/comedy about contemporary party politics and media management at Westminster . . . .

I think \*Yes, Minister \*is one of the greatest BBC shows ever, but it wasn’t too laden with pop culture references. Is that a problem for this show?

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**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poss-uk-centric-the-thick-of-it/518570/5 "2009-11-22T22:31:11Z")

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Just my own view but I would say _Yes, Minister_ was more generic. For example, if you don’t know very much about Alistair Campbell’s role as Tony Blair’s media enforcer, important aspects of The Thick of It would probably be lost. It’s far more domestic, and abusive, etc, etc.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poss-uk-centric-the-thick-of-it/518570/6 "2009-11-23T00:11:37Z")

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Is this the show that _In the Loop_ was based on? I loved that movie.

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**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poss-uk-centric-the-thick-of-it/518570/7 "2009-11-23T01:54:21Z")

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> [@PrettyVacant](#):
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> Fwiw, I’m not sure it would travel well - a political satire/farce/comedy about contemporary party politics and media management at Westminster . . . .

I’m an American and I love The Thick Of It beyond words. I watch a lot of other British TV too, though, and I try to keep up with UK politics at least enough to get jokes about it.

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**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poss-uk-centric-the-thick-of-it/518570/8 "2009-11-23T13:48:17Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Q](#):
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> Is this the show that _In the Loop_ was based on? I loved that movie.

Yep.