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'''This Week''' is a late night political discussion program aired on BBC One just after ''Series/QuestionTime''. It is hosted by Andrew Neil and features a group of recurring guests explaining their interpretations of recent events through pre-filmed cutaway segments.

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'''This Week''' is was a late night political discussion program aired on BBC One just after ''Series/QuestionTime''. It is was hosted by Andrew Neil and features featured a group of recurring guests explaining their interpretations of recent events through pre-filmed cutaway segments.



!!''This Week'' contains examples of:
* InSeriesNickname: The recurring guests have dedicated Twitter tags:

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!!''This Week'' contains contained examples of:
* InSeriesNickname: The recurring guests have had dedicated Twitter tags:



* LongRunner: The series first aired in January 2003 and is due to conclude in July 2019.

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* LongRunner: The series first aired in January 2003 and is due to conclude in concluded July 2019.



* RunningGag: Whenever John Bercow [[note]]Speaker of the House of Commons since 2009[[/note]] has been the subject of a significant portion of the discussion, the closing title sequence includes Jimmy Dean's ''Big Bad John'' played over clips of his procession through the Palace of Westminster.

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* RunningGag: Whenever John Bercow [[note]]Speaker of the House of Commons since 2009[[/note]] has 2009-2019[[/note]] had been the subject of a significant portion of the discussion, the closing title sequence includes included Jimmy Dean's ''Big Bad John'' played over clips of his procession through the Palace of Westminster.



** Neil frequently wishes the viewer luck in finding the remote, reasoning that nobody would watch ''This Week'' unless they were incapable of switching over to anything else.

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** Neil frequently wishes wished the viewer luck in finding the remote, reasoning that nobody would watch ''This Week'' unless they were incapable of switching over to anything else.



** Many of the male regulars have "Sad Man" among their nicknames.
** Neil regularly insults Portillo's garish shirts.

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** Many of the male regulars have had "Sad Man" among their nicknames.
** Neil regularly insults insulted Portillo's garish shirts.
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'''This Week''' is a late night political discussion program aired on BBC One just after QuestionTime. It is hosted by Andrew Neil and features a group of recurring guests explaining their interpretations of recent events through pre-filmed cutaway segments.

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'''This Week''' is a late night political discussion program aired on BBC One just after QuestionTime.''Series/QuestionTime''. It is hosted by Andrew Neil and features a group of recurring guests explaining their interpretations of recent events through pre-filmed cutaway segments.
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* NoBudget: A lot of the cutaway segments are filmed for very little money and in very little time.



* ShowWithinAShow: A recurring segment was ''Downturn Abbey'', a parody of DowntonAbbey.

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* ShowWithinAShow: A recurring segment was ''Downturn Abbey'', a parody of DowntonAbbey.''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
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* LongRunner: The series first aired in January 2003 and is due to conclude in July 2019.


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* PutOnABus: Diane Abbott MP used to be a regular guest, but rarely appeared after her promotion to the Shadow Cabinet.
* RunningGag: Whenever John Bercow [[note]]Speaker of the House of Commons since 2009[[/note]] has been the subject of a significant portion of the discussion, the closing title sequence includes Jimmy Dean's ''Big Bad John'' played over clips of his procession through the Palace of Westminster.


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**Neil frequently wishes the viewer luck in finding the remote, reasoning that nobody would watch ''This Week'' unless they were incapable of switching over to anything else.
**When Diane Abbott occasionally reappeared after ceasing to be a regular, Neil describes her as "back by absolutely no public demand whatsoever".
**Many of the male regulars have "Sad Man" among their nicknames.
**Neil regularly insults Portillo's garish shirts.
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'''This Week''' is a late night political discussion program aired on BBC One just after QuestionTime. It is hosted by Andrew Neil and features a group of recurring guests explaining their interpretations of recent events through pre-filmed cutaway segments.

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!!''This Week'' contains examples of:
*InSeriesNickname: The recurring guests have dedicated Twitter tags:
**Alan Johnson is ''#sadmanontheleft''
**Liz Kendall is ''#fourpercent'' [[note]]Her result in the Labour leadership election of 2015.[[/note]]
**Michael Portillo is ''#choochoo'' [[note]]A reference to his many documentaries about railways.[[/note]]
**Jacob Rees-Mogg is ''#sadmaninasuit'' [[note]]A reference to his formal and old-fashioned dress-sense.[[/note]]
*NoBudget: A lot of the cutaway segments are filmed for very little money and in very little time.
*SelfDeprecation: Constant jokes at the expense of the program itself and the people appearing in it.
*ShowWithinAShow: A recurring segment was ''Downturn Abbey'', a parody of DowntonAbbey.

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