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The Smoking Room

148 statements
28 feature instances
15 referencing feature instances

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The Smoking Room	label	The Smoking Room
The Smoking Room	page	TheSmokingRoom
The Smoking Room	comment	The Smoking Room is a British television sitcom written by Brian Dooley, who won a BAFTA for the series in 2005. It centres around a group of people working in an office somewhere in London, taking their breaks in the titular smoking room. The first series, consisting of eight episodes, was originally transmitted on BBC Three between 29 June and 17 August 2004. The Christmas Special was first transmitted on the same channel on 20 December 2004. A second series of eight episodes began airing on 26 July 2005.
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The Smoking Room / int_317629db	type	Embarrassing Nickname
The Smoking Room / int_317629db	comment	Embarrassing Nickname: Janet and her nephew Dominic have a rather curious greeting for one another, one that might have been cute when he was five, but which hasn't aged well now he's in college:
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The Smoking Room / int_3b581a6	type	Forced Out of the Closet
The Smoking Room / int_3b581a6	comment	Forced Out of the Closet: Janet finally snaps and outs Robin after he pours scorn on her engagement to a man in her church's congregation.
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The Smoking Room / int_460ffa29	type	Transparent Closet
The Smoking Room / int_460ffa29	comment	Transparent Closet: Robin.
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The Smoking Room / int_500696c6	type	Seinfeldian Conversation
The Smoking Room / int_500696c6	comment	Seinfeldian Conversation: Often.
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The Smoking Room / int_590eb583	type	Domestic Abuse
The Smoking Room / int_590eb583	comment	Domestic Abuse: Heidi's comments about Keith heavily imply she's in an abusive relationship.
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The Smoking Room / int_61c2f627	type	Break the Motivational Speaker
The Smoking Room / int_61c2f627	comment	Break the Motivational Speaker: One episode has a smoking cessation workshop, "CigZowt", in the smoking room. The hapless speaker struggles to control the staff, and their short attention spans and snarkiness eventually cause him to lose his temper.
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The Smoking Room / int_6e2163a3	type	Crossword Puzzle
The Smoking Room / int_6e2163a3	comment	Crossword Puzzle: Barry is always doing one, even though he's awful at them; Robin tends to get the clues as soon as he reads them out.
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The Smoking Room / int_70c73c20	type	TheUnseen
The Smoking Room / int_70c73c20	comment	The Unseen: Any of the characters mentioned by the cast but who never come into the smoking room. Recurring example include Ben from the post room, and Len's junior Ranjit.
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The Smoking Room / int_71105dfc	type	Everybody Smokes
The Smoking Room / int_71105dfc	comment	Everybody Smokes: Obviously, given the setting.
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The Smoking Room / int_72b693d3	type	ThoseTwoGirls
The Smoking Room / int_72b693d3	comment	Those Two Girls: Annie and Sally
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The Smoking Room / int_7a2d9301	type	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure
The Smoking Room / int_7a2d9301	comment	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: Sharon particularly, who says she doesn't even own a television, but also Janet to a lesser extent. In one episode, Janet thinks Clint's Yoda impersonation is him mocking a Japanese visitor's accent.
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The Smoking Room / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
The Smoking Room / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Gordon, who was in recovery until his wife left him. Bad day to hold a birthday party in the smoking room, sparkling wine included...
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The Smoking Room / int_8c55e307	type	Ultimate Job Security
The Smoking Room / int_8c55e307	comment	Ultimate Job Security: Everyone, apparently, but especially Clint.
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The Smoking Room / int_8fd7af48	type	Sir Swears-a-Lot
The Smoking Room / int_8fd7af48	comment	Sir Swears-a-Lot: Len. His grandson Ethan has taken to calling him "Grandad Fuck-Off".
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The Smoking Room / int_a8b54aa7	type	Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
The Smoking Room / int_a8b54aa7	comment	Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Annie, Lillian.
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The Smoking Room / int_aa4cbf9a	type	My Local
The Smoking Room / int_aa4cbf9a	comment	My Local: A pub called the Nag's Head is often mentioned. This may be a clue as to the location of the office, since there is a Nag's Head near Covent Garden. Or it could be in Peckham.
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The Smoking Room / int_ac4fcf2b	type	Work Com
The Smoking Room / int_ac4fcf2b	comment	Work Com: Set in a workplace smoking room, allowing for interaction between people from different departments (the only thing uniting them is that they all, well, smoke).
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The Smoking Room / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
The Smoking Room / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: The normally strait-laced Janet, when particularly stressed out because the staff Christmas variety show isn't going well, unleashes one on Clint that makes him jump out of his chair.
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The Smoking Room / int_be192f18	type	Yes-Man
The Smoking Room / int_be192f18	comment	Yes-Man: Janet.
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The Smoking Room / int_d2ddb362	type	ReasonYouSuckSpeech
The Smoking Room / int_d2ddb362	comment	"Reason You Suck" Speech: Janet's nephew Dominic, who is shadowing Robin for his psychology class, gives a gloriously passive-aggressive one to Robin under the guise of an analysis.
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The Smoking Room / int_d6707631	type	Waxing Lyrical
The Smoking Room / int_d6707631	comment	Waxing Lyrical: Cleverly done when Annie returns to the smoking room after she stormed out in tears:
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The Smoking Room / int_da360137	type	Prone to Tears
The Smoking Room / int_da360137	comment	Prone to Tears: Annie, who frequently bursts into tears at the slightest provocation.
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The Smoking Room / int_dc3b74bc	type	Pointy-Haired Boss
The Smoking Room / int_dc3b74bc	comment	Pointy-Haired Boss: Sharon.
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The Smoking Room / int_dfb77c08	type	Obliquely Obfuscated Occupation
The Smoking Room / int_dfb77c08	comment	Obliquely Obfuscated Occupation: It's never made clear what industry the company is involved in, or even the name of the company. Understandable, given the "no shop-talk" rule in the smoking room.
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The Smoking Room / int_ea5c413d	type	Biting-the-Hand Humor
The Smoking Room / int_ea5c413d	comment	Biting-the-Hand Humor: Sort-of - "You couldn't get on TV with that act. Not even digital..."
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The Smoking Room / int_f247d841	type	Intoxication Ensues
The Smoking Room / int_f247d841	comment	Intoxication Ensues: Len absentmindedly sniffs at some glue Clint was using to fix a floor tile, and before long he's away with the fairies.
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The Smoking Room / int_ff2ad942	type	You Put the "X" in "XY"
The Smoking Room / int_ff2ad942	comment	You Put the "X" in "XY": The CigZowt smoking cessation speaker has a particularly ill-thought-out version of this, which the smokers quickly dissect.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Break the Motivational Speaker / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Contemplating Your Hands / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Crossword Puzzle / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Everybody Smokes / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Fake Static / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Intoxication Ensues / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	LGBT Awakening / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Must Have Nicotine / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Obliquely Obfuscated Occupation / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Seinfeldian Conversation / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	The Place / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	seeAlso	The Smoking Room
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Transparent Closet / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	Work Com / int_505c1d1d
The Smoking Room	hasFeature	You Put the "X" in "XY" / int_505c1d1d

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