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
Television in the United States "Star Trek" (which spawned four spin-off series, two in syndication – "" and "" – and two on network television – "" and "" – between 1987 and 2005), "Battlestar Galactica" and the British series "Doctor Who" rank among the most watched programs in the sci-fi genre. Reality television has long existed in the United States, both played for laughs (such as "Candid Camera" and "Real People") and as drama (such as "COPS" and "The Real World"). A new variant – competition series placing ordinary people in unusual circumstances or in talent contests, generally eliminating at least one participant per