The Observer's esteemed team of political editors, reporters and commentators are in unanimous agreement that The Thick of It, BBC 4's new political satire, is (a) excellent and (b) terrifyingly accurate.
The character of the precocious young press officer who is helpless once he has to divert from an agreed script has been singled out as especially well-observed. As for the bullying prime ministerial enforcer who controls the media agenda by threatening journalists that they will never get a story from Downing Street again if they don't toe the line ... Er, well. No comment. [is that alright, Alastair?]
There is already a clip of next week's episode on the BBC 4 site. Laugh out loud funny.
Time to revive our interview with Armando Iannucci, who directs the programme, from a couple of weeks ago.
