it is also widely believed that the character of malcolm tucker from the bbc political satire comedy "the thick of it" is loosely based on campbell. tucker is famous for his short fuse and use of very strong language. in an interview with mark kermode on bbc2's "the culture show", campbell denied that the two are similar in any relevant way, but admitted to his liberal use of profanities in the workplace. the interview descended into argument with campbell accusing the likes of mark kermode and the show's creator armando iannucci of being responsible for people's cynicism with modern politics.