From the West Wing to the West Wing
Updated on 20 January 2009
Krishnan Guru-Murth talks to actor Richard Schiff, aka Toby Ziegler from the West Wing, ahead of Barack Obama's inauguration.
In a story that often seems stranger than fiction Hollywood has of course played its part in adding to the glamour of the moment.
Actor Richard Schiff is best known for playing the part of White House communications director Toby Ziegler in the West Wing.
The final two series of that show saw a charismatic ethnic-minority candidate rise from outsider to democratic president - eerily foreshadowing the Obama campaign.
And in real life, Richard Schiff was a keen supporter of the vice-president elect, Joe Biden.
