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Why this pick
From the same creator, it extends Twenty Twelve’s dry mock-documentary satire to BBC management, with exquisitely evasive meetings, institutional jargon and a similarly brilliant ensemble.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE SERIES
SERIES2011 0h 30m / episode GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Shows like
Twenty Twelve
Comedy
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
If you loved Twenty Twelve, try these.
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The Thick of It
Why this pick
Its public-sector workplace chaos is sharper and more profane than Twenty Twelve, but shares the pleasure of watching earnest staff navigate impossible demands and bureaucratic absurdity.
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People Just Do Nothing
Why this pick
Another deadpan British mockumentary, finding affectionate comedy in spectacularly misplaced professional confidence, tight group dynamics and the gap between self-image and reality.
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The Office
Why this pick
The original UK workplace mockumentary has the same observational restraint, awkward pauses and compassionate eye for people trying to preserve dignity inside a quietly dysfunctional organisation.
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This Country
Why this pick
Its faux-documentary style and painfully precise character comedy echo Twenty Twelve’s realism, trading Olympic logistics for a small community’s grand plans and mundane frustrations.
Finding the atmosphere, tension and little details that made this one stay with you.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Comedy series following the personal and professional challenges faced by those responsible for delivering the biggest show on earth, as the Olympic Deliverance team try to get through to the end of the day, the end of the week and the end of the year without all the wheels falling off at once.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Hugh Bonneville
Ian Fletcher
Amelia Bullmore
Kay Hope
Jessica Hynes
Siobhan Sharpe
Karl Theobald
Graham Hitchins
David Tennant
Narrator
Vincent Franklin
Nick Jowett
Olivia Colman
Sally Owen
Morven Christie
Fi Healey