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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