Tony Roche (writer) Tony Roche (writer) 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". He is credited with inventing the word omnishambles, which was named 2012 Word of the Year by the Oxford English Dictionary. After graduating from Warwick University with a degree in English, Roche became a stand-up comedian using material from a magazine he had produced in his final year. He was spotted at one of his stand-up comedy shows and
Fame (1980 film) school in Los Angeles, California. The series featured Christian Kane, Roselyn Sánchez, William R. Moses, and Lesli Margherita in starring roles. It aired in syndication from October 19, 1997 to March 21, 1998. In 2002, MGM and Touchstone Television planned to develop a two-hour television film that would serve as a direct sequel to "Fame", followed by a spin-off television series. Both projects were to be produced for the ABC network. The television film was to introduce several students applying for positions at the New York City of Performing Arts, while the spin-off series would focus on their lives during