A Touch of Cloth

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A Touch of Cloth is a British comedy-drama television series that parodies crime procedurals with absurd, fast-paced, and meta humor.

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A Touch of Cloth canonical 2
A Touch of Cloth Series 1 1
A Touch of Cloth Series 2 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parody series
television series
basedOn the novel "The Cloth Detective"
composer Vince Pope
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Charlie Brooker
Daniel Maier
director Jim O'Hanlon
distributionFormat broadcast television
featuresCharacter Anne Oldman
Jack Cloth
firstAired 2012-08-26
format two-part stories
genre comedy
crime
parody
satire
hasGenreElement black comedy
spoof
hasPart A Touch of Cloth Series 1
linked to: A Touch of Cloth

A Touch of Cloth Series 2
linked to: A Touch of Cloth

A Touch of Cloth Series 3
linked to: A Touch of Cloth
language English
lastAired 2014-08-09
mediaType television
narrativeStyle fast-paced gag density
fourth-wall breaking
meta-humor
notableFor dense visual and verbal jokes
parody of serious crime dramas
numberOfEpisodes 6
numberOfSeries 3
originalChannel Sky1
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Sky1
originatesFromNetwork Sky
parodies crime drama television series
police procedural television series
productionCompany Zeppotron
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 45 minutes
scriptType heavily gag-driven
setting fictional British police environment
starring Adrian Bower
Anna Chancellor
John Hannah
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Navin Chowdhry
Suranne Jones
targetAudience adult viewers

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlie Brooker creatorOf A Touch of Cloth
John Hannah notableWork A Touch of Cloth
A Touch of Cloth hasPart A Touch of Cloth Series 1
linked to: A Touch of Cloth
A Touch of Cloth hasPart A Touch of Cloth Series 2
linked to: A Touch of Cloth
A Touch of Cloth hasPart A Touch of Cloth Series 3
linked to: A Touch of Cloth