In January, I highlighted the show Dreamland (Utopia), an “Australian show about the fictitious Nation Building Authority. So true to life, it is practically a documentary.” The star and creator of Utopia, Rob Sitch, had previously been associated with the team that made the movies The Castle (which is more important in Australian culture than The Big Lebowski is in America … “Tell him he’s Dreamin'”), and The Dish (Australia’s The Right Stuff or Apollo 13, sort of).
I just discovered a TV series Sitch co-created called The Hollowmen (presumably named for the T.S. Eliot poem). These are the advisors to the PM, never seen or heard, trying to drum up policy and running into all the constraints you would imagine. It is inspired by West Wing, Yes (Prime) Minister, and The Thick of It among others. Do be aware the Rob Sitch character is not quite the same character…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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