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Anette Pankratz. "Spin, Swearing and Slapstick: ''The Thick of It'' (2005-2012)". In Birgit Neumann und Jürgen Kamm (Eds.). ''British TV Comedy: Cultural Concepts and | Anette Pankratz. "Spin, Swearing and Slapstick: ''The Thick of It'' (2005-2012)". In Birgit Neumann und Jürgen Kamm (Eds.). ''British TV Comedy: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies.'' London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. 281-294. | ||
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2005-2012. BBC. The most popular and critically acclaimed political sitcom of the early twenty-first century. It presents the rather minor Department for Social Affairs and Citizenship (DoSAC) run by a succession of mediocre ministers – Hugh Abbott (Chris Langham), Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front), Peter Mannion (Roger Allam) and Fergus Williams (Geoffrey Streatfeild). While ministers come and go, the protagonist remains the same: head of communications Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi), who has turned swearing into a fine art and bullying into a spectator sport. The mixture of satire, colourful expletives and well-made sitcom has taken audience and critics alike. The Thick of It was awarded the BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy in 2006 and 2010. Chris Langham got a BAFTA for best comedy performance in 2006; so did Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front in 2010. In 2012, the latter two actors received British Comedy Awards.
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Anette Pankratz. "Spin, Swearing and Slapstick: The Thick of It (2005-2012)". In Birgit Neumann und Jürgen Kamm (Eds.). British TV Comedy: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. 281-294.