I still have to catch up properly on the first two episodes of Veep, but Armando Iannucci can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned, having listened and watched pretty much everything he's done over the last 20+ years. So I'm more than happy to hear it's got a second season.
But does BBC America run The Thick of It unedited? It has some pretty robust language in its original form, with some of the most creative swearing anywhere on television. The two specials don't need to be seen to make sense of the overall arc. That's especially the case, since we have a new minister from series 3 (not unrelated to an unfortunate, and somewhat unpleasant conviction on the part of the actor who played the previous minister). That said, if you like the series, the DVDs are well worth seeking out - assuming your machine is multi-region and can handle PAL. Series 4 has been filming recently, and may have completed shooting by now. For the foreseeable future, Iannucci is going to be making a lot of political comedy! I'd be tempted to suggest that it'd be good to link the two series up were it not for the fact that that already happened with the feature film In The Loop, and that Veep will air on Sky Atlantic in the UK (who have a total output deal with HBO) rather than the BBC. Adam On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote: > Typically-quick 10-ep each second season orders to the controversial Lena > Dunham dramedy and the Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Armando Inannuci satire: > > > http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/hbo-renews-comedy-series-veep-girls-for-second-season/ > > And I suspect not coincidentally BBCA is airing the third season of > Iannuci's Brit political satire "The Thick of It" on Saturday nights > at midnight after letting it sit for three years (since it got the > 40-minute time slot BBC Britcoms traditionally got on BBCA so they'd run > unedited, it's not cut, although what follows it at 12:40 a.m., "Katy > Brand's Big Ass Show" (no relation to "Bobcat's Bigass Show"--this is > one-camera sketchcom) is cut in half from its original running time so that > they can repeat a James Bond film at the top of the hour. > > BTW, the two Christmas specials that aired between season 2 and season 3 > have not been aired here, but I assume that there was nothing in those > episodes that is not being explained in the third season, most notably the > replacement of Hugh with Nicola (because Chris Langham in real life had > brush-ins with the law). > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
