BBC doppelgangers.

Mixing my entertainment with my politics.

So who is head of MI5 and who is editor for Newsweek? Every time Jonathan Alter appears as an analyst on the news, my television screams Harry Pearce (off Spooks). (Peter Firth, aka Sir Harry, is left; Jonathan Alter at right.)

Secretary of State for Social Affairs Hugh Abbot is often up a shit creek without a paddle in The Thick of It. Alas, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has experienced the same whilst hiking the Appalachian Trail. (Chris Langham, aka Hugh the Abbot, is left; Mark Sanford at right.)