Politics in Fiction - Television

Television

  • Slattery's People (1964-65 American television series about local politics, starring Richard Crenna as a U.S. state legislator)
  • The Prisoner (1967)
  • The Adams Chronicles (1976 miniseries)
  • Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma — 1980 Polish TV miniseries based on the novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz)
  • Yes Minister (and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister), by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn (1980–88)
  • Edge of Darkness (1985)
  • The New Statesman (1987-94)
  • A Very British Coup (1988)
  • Tanner '88 (1988)
  • House of Cards (1990)
  • Babylon 5 (1993)
  • A Third Choice (1996)
  • Spin City (1996-2002)
  • Nostromo (1997)
  • The West Wing (1999–2006)
  • Moncloa, ¿dígame? (2001) Sitcom about the Spanish President press office
  • 24 (2001-10)
  • The Wire (2002–08)
  • The Project (2002)
  • Absolute Power (2003, 2005)
  • Yugo the Negotiator (2004; anime, on hostage-negotiation)
  • Battlestar Galactica (2004)
  • Commander-in-Chief (2005)
  • The Thick of It, by Armando Iannucci (2005)
  • Brotherhood (2006)
  • Party Animals (BBC Two, 2007)
  • John Adams (2008) (miniseries)
  • Recount (2008)
  • The Hollowmen (ABC1, 2008)
  • Change (2008)
  • Parks and Recreation (2009)
  • Borgen (2010-2013)
  • Boss (2011)
  • Scandal (2012)
  • Political Animals (2012)
  • "Veep", by Armando Ianucci (2012)
  • House of Cards (US) (2012)

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