The Thick of It is a British comedy television series, which satirises the inner workings of modern British government. To date, the series has earned Best New Comedy and Best Comedy Performer for Chris Langham at the 2005 British Comedy Awards, and won Best Situation Comedy and Best Comedy Performance, also for Langham, at the 2006 BAFTAs. The series is written by a team of writers led by Armando Iannucci, who also directs the series. Other writing credits include Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche. Some of the dialogue is improvised rather than scripted, and includes some very strong language. Peter Capaldi has stated that "Fundamentally 80% of the final cut is the script that we started with. The improvisation just makes it feel more real and not written." Prior to performance, the scripts are e-mailed to a "swearing consultant" in Leicester called Ian Martin, who adds some of the series' more colourful language.