The Thick Of It
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two / BBC Four
- 2005 - 2012
- 23 episodes (4 series)
Satirical political sitcom. Number 10's foul-mouthed policy enforcer Malcolm Tucker rules the Government's PR team with an iron fist. Stars Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison, James Smith, Joanna Scanlan, Rebecca Front and more.
Streaming rank this week: 421
Episode menu
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Further details
With Nicola Murray and Peter Mannion on the back foot after the unravelling of the key worker housing sell-off policy, both Government and Opposition scramble for the moral high ground.
Several people are even calling for some sort of inquiry. Everyone wants to spin their own version of the story, by fair means or foul. But with more fingers being pointed, the scandal gets even bigger, threatening to implicate everybody.
Meanwhile, in amongst it all, the department is trying to somehow launch the new Carers Pass.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 13th October 2012
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Peter Capaldi | Malcolm Tucker |
| Chris Addison | Oliver Reeder |
| James Smith | Glenn Cullen |
| Joanna Scanlan | Terri Coverley |
| Rebecca Front | Nicola Murray |
| Roger Allam | Peter Mannion |
| Tony Gardner | Dan Miller |
| Polly Kemp | Robyn Murdoch |
| Vincent Franklin | Stewart Pearson |
| Olivia Poulet | Emma Messinger |
| Will Smith | Phil Smith |
| Ben Willbond | Adam Kenyon |
| Geoffrey Streatfeild | Fergus Williams |
| Rebecca Gethings | Helen Hatley |
| Samantha Harrington | Sam |
| Michael Colgan | Mr Chop (Declan - Mirror Journalist) |
| Joe Cole | Jack (Carer) |
| Mandeep Dhillon | Rohinka (Carer) |
| Sean Gray | Writer |
| Ian Martin | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Will Smith | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Roger Drew | Writer |
| Simon Blackwell | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Tony Roche | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Dan Gaster | Writer (Additional Material) |
| David Quantick | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Rob Colley | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Chris Addison | Director |
| Adam Tandy | Producer |
| Armando Iannucci | Producer |
| Mark Freeland | Executive Producer |
| Andy Forssell | Executive Producer |
| Gary Dollner | Editor |
| Simon Rogers | Production Designer |
Video
Leak Zero trailer
Whilst both the government and opposition scramble for moral high ground, something big is happening. Leak Zero.
Featuring: Roger Allam (Peter Mannion), Peter Capaldi (Malcolm Tucker), Vincent Franklin (Stewart Pearson), Rebecca Front (Nicola Murray), Joanna Scanlan (Terri Coverley), Ben Willbond (Adam Kenyon) & Samantha Harrington (Sam).
Press
Unlike any American writers for the networks, the writers who assemble the crammed and hurtling script for The Thick of It have a licence to delve into the cesspool of the English language. "Dark s---," said Malcolm Tucker, "builds up." Tucker, as played by Peter Capaldi, is in command of an eloquence unheard in British drama since Congreve, but the eloquence is all filthy.
Clive James, The Telegraph, 27th October 2012