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
Spin (TV series) Spin (TV series) Spin ( - literally "The Shadow Men") is a French political television drama series created by , , and , and broadcast from 25 January 2012 on France 2. After the success of the first season in its native France, a second season was commissioned, which premièred on France 2 on 1 October 2014 with 13.5% of the viewing audience. While prime time viewing figures were disappointing, combining those with on-demand numbers led to a more stable audience. A third series was subsequently commissioned. It was broadcast in France in October-November 2016. In December 2015 it was