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Tony Roche(I)

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Tony Roche
Tony Roche is an English television, radio and film comedy writer and producer, best known as a writer of the HBO comedy Veep, the BBC Television series The Thick of It and its film spin-off In the Loop which was nominated for an academy award for best screenplay in 2010 by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche.

He went to school in Hounslow.

He is credited with inventing the word omnishambles, which was named 2012 Word of the Year by the Oxford English Dictionary.
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 30 wins & 32 nominations total

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    Known for

    In the Loop (2009)
    In the Loop
    7.4
    • Writer
    • 2009
    Peter Capaldi in The Thick of It (2005)
    The Thick of It
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Matthew Macfadyen, Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Braun, and Sarah Snook in Succession (2018)
    Succession
    8.8
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep (2012)
    Veep
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Writer

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    • Richard E. Grant, Daniel Brühl, Jessica Hynes, Darren Goldstein, Aya Cash, Himesh Patel, Billy Magnussen, and Lolly Adefope in The Franchise (2024)
      The Franchise
      6.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2024
    • Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Matthew Macfadyen, Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Braun, and Sarah Snook in Succession (2018)
      Succession
      8.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2018–2023
    • Nikki Amuka-Bird, Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Lenora Crichlow, and Zach Woods in Avenue 5 (2020)
      Avenue 5
      6.7
      TV Series
      • story by
      • teleplay by
      • 2020–2022
    • Marchánt Davis in The Day Shall Come (2019)
      The Day Shall Come
      5.9
      • additional material by
      • 2019
    • David Mitchell and Robert Webb in Back (2017)
      Back
      7.3
      TV Series
      • story consultant
      • 2017
    • Zawe Ashton, Charlotte Ritchie, Kimberley Nixon, Greg McHugh, Joe Thomas, and Jack Whitehall in Fresh Meat (2011)
      Fresh Meat
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • writer
      • additional material
      • 2011–2016
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep (2012)
      Veep
      8.4
      TV Series
      • story by
      • teleplay by
      • story ...
      • 2012–2015
    • Trying Again (2014)
      Trying Again
      6.3
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2014
    • Peter Capaldi in The Thick of It (2005)
      The Thick of It
      8.7
      TV Series
      • written by
      • additional material
      • 2005–2012
    • The Cricklewood Greats (2012)
      The Cricklewood Greats
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 2012
    • Holy Flying Circus (2011)
      Holy Flying Circus
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 2011
    • Tom Ellis, Sarah Hadland, Patricia Hodge, Sally Phillips, and Miranda Hart in Miranda (2009)
      Miranda
      8.2
      TV Series
      • additional material
      • 2010
    • Cast Offs (2009)
      Cast Offs
      6.8
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2009
    • In the Loop (2009)
      In the Loop
      7.4
      • screenplay
      • 2009
    • Time Trumpet (2006)
      Time Trumpet
      8.0
      TV Series
      • additional material (uncredited)
      • 2006

    Producer



    • Mountainhead
      • executive producer
      • Completed
      • 2025



    • Richard E. Grant, Daniel Brühl, Jessica Hynes, Darren Goldstein, Aya Cash, Himesh Patel, Billy Magnussen, and Lolly Adefope in The Franchise (2024)
      The Franchise
      6.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Matthew Macfadyen, Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Braun, and Sarah Snook in Succession (2018)
      Succession
      8.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2018–2023
    • Nikki Amuka-Bird, Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Lenora Crichlow, and Zach Woods in Avenue 5 (2020)
      Avenue 5
      6.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep (2012)
      Veep
      8.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2012–2015
    • Zawe Ashton, Charlotte Ritchie, Kimberley Nixon, Greg McHugh, Joe Thomas, and Jack Whitehall in Fresh Meat (2011)
      Fresh Meat
      7.8
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • 2012–2013
    • The Comic Side of 7 Days (2004)
      The Comic Side of 7 Days
      8.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2005

    Director



    • Peter Capaldi in The Thick of It (2005)
      The Thick of It
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • How to Tell When a Relationship Is Over
      7.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2003

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