With the first season of Sky Atlantic's Veep concluding on Monday night, we take a look at five fictional figures who bring the ballot box to your telly box.

To celebrate next week's launch of Veep, the new HBO comedy from The Thick of It writer Armando Iannucci, we've picked out our five all-time favourite political TV shows.

It’s difficult for a British audience not to try and draw comparisons with The Thick of It, particularly as its visual style is so immediately familiar.