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• Hey, It's That Guy!: The Thick of It has a surprisingly high "It's that guy!" factor.
  • As Malcolm Tucker was a rather late Star-Making Role for Peter Capaldi there are many examples. Malcolm caused this for people who saw Peter Capaldi in Torchwood as the much more sympathetic civil servant John Frobisher, the still sweary but more tragic Mark Jenkins in Skins, or way earlier than that as the Angel Islington in Neverwhere, or still earlier as the Adorkable Danny Oldsen in Local Hero.
  • Cal "The Fucker" Richards is Cutler Goddamned Beckett, as if he needed to be even less likeable.
  • Peter Mannion is played by Supermac, perhaps better known as Lewis Prothero or, going further back, as the original Inspector Javert.
  • Seeing Brian Johnson walk in and use the word "pisser" is likely to shock those familiar with his earlier work.
• No Export for You: Has not made it to DVD in the US, despite In the Loop becoming critically acclaimed there.
  • Region 1 DVDs are coming out in August 2013, and BBC America has aired episodes, albeit heavily bleeped.