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* CareerResurrection: Creator/PeterCapaldi had grown disillusioned with acting and the bland roles he was taking just for the money. He was considering quitting acting altogether when he was cast as Malcolm Tucker the role gave him the opportunity to stretch and rediscover his love of acting while the increased attention got him even bigger roles, such as Series/DoctorWho.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: For the enquiry episode, the cast were given no rehearsal or preparation before filming. Furthermore, there were no opportunities for the actors to talk to one another between re-shoots, and were kept separate from the "witnesses", like an actual enquiry.
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** A lot of the irritability and stress the characters appear to be experiencing is genuine. Creator/ArmandoIannucci was always rewriting scripts and would often hand them pages of dense dialogue they'd have to nail so as not to drag out production.
** For the enquiry episode, the cast were given no rehearsal or preparation before filming. Furthermore, there were no opportunities for the actors to talk to one another between re-shoots, and were kept separate from the "witnesses", like an actual enquiry.
** A lot of the irritability and stress the characters appear to be experiencing is genuine. Creator/ArmandoIannucci was always rewriting scripts and would often hand them pages of dense dialogue they'd have to nail so as not to drag out production.
** For the enquiry episode, the cast were given no rehearsal or preparation before filming. Furthermore, there were no opportunities for the actors to talk to one another between re-shoots, and were kept separate from the "witnesses", like an actual enquiry.
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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Creator/ArmandoIannucci was constantly rewriting scripts as he took ad-libs and the overall mood on set into account. He'd even throw out finished scripts and hand actors brand-new pages in the middle of shooting, forcing them to learn lines on the fly.
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* {{Corpsing}}: Miles Jupp revealed on the commentary for ''Creator/StewartLee's Comedy Vehicle'' that he had terrible problems bursting into laughter during his first scene, so the writers included that in John Duggan's later appearance on the train.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Old-school Tory MP Peter Mannion was played by left-leaning Creator/RogerAllam.[[note]]Still, a relatively mild exmaple compared to the actual fascist he plays in ''Film/VForVendetta''[[/note]]
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Old-school Tory MP Peter Mannion was played by left-leaning Creator/RogerAllam.[[note]]Still, a relatively mild exmaple compared to the actual full-on fascist he plays in ''Film/VForVendetta''[[/note]]
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Old-school Tory MP Peter Mannion was played by left-leaning Creator/RogerAllam.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Old-school Tory MP Peter Mannion was played by left-leaning Creator/RogerAllam.[[note]]Still, a relatively mild exmaple compared to the actual fascist he plays in ''Film/VForVendetta''[[/note]]
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* DisownedAdaptation: Creator/ArmandoIannucci disowned the American pilot:
-->It was terrible...they took the idea and chucked out all the style. It was all conventionally shot and there was no improvisation or swearing. It didn't get picked up, thank God.
-->It was terrible...they took the idea and chucked out all the style. It was all conventionally shot and there was no improvisation or swearing. It didn't get picked up, thank God.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Old-school Tory MP Peter Mannion was played by left-leaning Creator/RogerAllam.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanour: In 2005 Chris Langham was charged with downloading child pornography. Rather than make a full second series without him, the producers made two hour-long specials for which they [[PutOnABus put him on a bus]], leaving the door open for him to return if he was found not guilty. He was found guilty at his 2007 trial and served 15 weeks in prison, and his character Hugh Abbott disappeared from the show never to return.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanour: In 2005 2005, Chris Langham was charged with downloading child pornography. Rather than make a full second series without him, the producers made two hour-long specials for which they [[PutOnABus put him on a bus]], leaving the door open for him to return if he was found not guilty. He was found guilty at his 2007 trial and served 15 weeks in prison, and his character Hugh Abbott disappeared from the show never to return.
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* TheDanza: Phil Smith is played by Will Smith.
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** Phil Smith is played by Will Smith.
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* DeletedScene: Several of 'em, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCOVaWCeRaM season one]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6xC2HXGv5I season two]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCcqUboKew the specials]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd7wVAEzmj0 season three]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6a2V_wBFTY season four]].
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Creator/ArmandoIannucci has repeatedly said that he will never make any more of the series despite requests because it belongs to a 2000s age of political discourse, when there was still a curtain to hide things behind, and still a general feeling that the political system worked despite its many flaws. Even the fourth series (aired in 2012), which features the Coalition (a result of the growing resentment of the political class) and an increased role of social media, comes off as charmingly dated in the 'dumpster fire' political discourse of the early 2020s.
** One early episode has Malcolm testing Hugh's knowledge of popular culture by asking who the only gay in the village is. Given how ''Series/LittleBritain'' fell out of favour over time, this may be the most dated reference in the whole series.
** One early episode has Malcolm testing Hugh's knowledge of popular culture by asking who the only gay in the village is. Given how ''Series/LittleBritain'' fell out of favour over time, this may be the most dated reference in the whole series.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Creator/ArmandoIannucci has repeatedly said that he will never make any more of the series despite requests because it belongs to a 2000s age of political discourse, when there was still a curtain to hide things behind, and still a general feeling that the political system worked despite its many flaws. Even the fourth series, which features the Coalition (a result of the growing resentment of the political class) and an increased role of social media, comes off as charmingly dated in the 'dumpster fire' political discourse of the mid-2010s.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Creator/ArmandoIannucci has repeatedly said that he will never make any more of the series despite requests because it belongs to a 2000s age of political discourse, when there was still a curtain to hide things behind, and still a general feeling that the political system worked despite its many flaws. Even the fourth series, series (aired in 2012), which features the Coalition (a result of the growing resentment of the political class) and an increased role of social media, comes off as charmingly dated in the 'dumpster fire' political discourse of the mid-2010s.early 2020s.
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* LifeImitatesArt: [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/29/gordon-brown-bigotgate-thick-of-it Scarily often in UK politics]], as politicians began quoting lines from the show, referred to it in ''Parliament'', and began acting like the characters. Seeing this led Armando Ianucci to realize the project had run its course.
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* LifeImitatesArt: [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/29/gordon-brown-bigotgate-thick-of-it Scarily often in UK politics]], as politicians began quoting lines from the show, referred to it in ''Parliament'', and began acting like the characters. Seeing this led Armando Ianucci Creator/ArmandoIannucci to realize the project had run its course.
