Production
In October 2011, AFRO reported more details of the show: "Directors for season one include Iannucci, Tristram Shapeero and Chris Morris. Veep is executive produced by Iannucci, Christopher Godsick and Frank Rich. Joining as co-executive producers are Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Stephanie Laing producing. In addition to Iannucci, Blackwell and Roche, writers include Sean Gray, Will Smith, Roger Drew, Ian Martin and Jesse Armstrong." Each of these writers has previously worked with Iannucci on the scripts of The Thick of It.
The series is recorded in Baltimore and began production in late 2011 after several months of rehearsal designed to get the actors comfortable improvising with one another. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is playing the central role of Vice President Selina Meyer. Other confirmed cast include Anna Chlumsky (who has previously starred in Iannucci's film In the Loop), Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, Timothy Simons, Sufe Bradshaw, Andy Buckley and Reid Scott. Shooting for the pilot episode was completed in March 2011.
The series premiered on April 22, 2012 on HBO and in the UK on Sky Atlantic on June 25, 2012.
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