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: 177
Press clippings Page 13
Review: Malcolm Tucker eyes a revolution
Anyone who has been missing Malcolm Tucker's mischief-making from much of this series will be delighted by the events of this week's fourth episode - which saw Mr Tucker beginning the first delicate stages of his all-out coup.
Caroline Frost, The Huffington Post, 29th September 2012The Thick Of It series 4 episode 4 review
It's over to the Opposition again in this week's superb The Thick Of It, which sees Malcolm Tucker back at full strength...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 29th September 2012Malcolm was back in The Thick of It (BBC Two) and ordering a soft drink. "I'll have a f------ Fanta." What I love about him is how, since he swears so much, nobody else has to swear at all. They do anyway, but they aren't in his league.
Clive James, The Telegraph, 28th September 2012The excellent political satire continues with Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) ramping up his stealth campaign to oust the Leader of the Opposition, Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front). He packs Murray off to canvas at a party event in Bradford, leaving him free to move his political pawns into place. This means forcing policy advisor Ollie Reeder (Chris Addison) to coerce shadow ministers into joining the coup from a hospital bed, where he's recovering from an appendectomy.
The Telegraph, 28th September 2012Has Vince Cable been watching The Thick of It?
Life imitates art (again) as business secretary's big idea echoes micro-bank proposed in Saturday's episode of BBC2 political satire.
Paul Owen, The Guardian, 24th September 2012Review: Swings and roundabouts for the coalition
After last week's almost existential angst in Opposition, the subdued Malcolm Tucker can at least console himself it's not all fun and backslaps in the Coalition Government, but it's definitely jollier for us watching.
Caroline Frost, The Huffington Post, 23rd September 2012It does sometimes seem like just one-long exchange of well-crafted insults, but Armando Iannucci's comedy of political (bad) manners is one of the most purely enjoyable things on television. This week a reluctant Peter Mannion (Roger Allam) has been dragooned into a "thought camp" in a rural hotel with no mobile signal. And then the proverbial hits the fan.
Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 22nd September 2012Pure pleasure. Export-strength comedy joy. Tonight's instalment reminds you why this show has spawned hit films and American TV shows and slightly tilted everyone's view on the business of politics.
It's another shambling day at DoSAC, except that because it's a bank holiday senior minister Peter is away at the hated Stewart's Thought Camp in Kent. ("Let's architecturalise this," burbles Stewart. "We're policy jamming here.") So Mannion has no mobile reception when disastrous news breaks. Back at the department, things get hilariously petty as friendless Phil tries to find out why the junior minister is meeting an attractive economist. A machine gun of brilliant lines rattles away through the script. Resistance is useless.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 22nd September 2012The Thick of It: lines of the week - episode three
Those coalition chaps are shaping up to be comedy gold, while Mr Tickle's 'departure' brings everyone together. No, not really.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 22nd September 2012The Thick Of It series 4 episode 3 review
It's back to the Coalition in this week's episode of The Thick Of It, and all is not well...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 22nd September 2012