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: 160
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The Thick Of It is re-commissioned by the BBC
Award-winning political satire The Thick Of It has been re-commissioned, the BBC has confirmed.
BBC News, 31st March 2010Are they thick at the BBC?
The BBC is to bring us another series of The Thick Of It - but only after its writer reminded bosses how good it was.
The Sun, 31st March 2010BBC orders 4th series of The Thick Of It
The BBC have ordered a fourth series of the multiple award-winning political satire The Thick Of It.
British Comedy Guide, 29th March 2010The Thick Of It wins at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
BBC political satire The Thick of It has won three prizes at this year's annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
BBC News, 26th March 2010Mark Thompson and The Thick Of It video mashup
Just when BBC director general Mark Thompson thought his Newsnight encounter with Jeremy Paxman couldn't get any worse... it does. A BBC 6 Music fan has combined the best bits of Thommo's interview, such as they were, with clips from Armando Iannucci's The Thick Of It.
Media Monkey, The Guardian, 5th March 2010The ailing government is spiralling into the abyss and Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) is both waving and drowning when he tries to charm a group of journalists with his customary bravado. There's a real sense of panic in the penultimate episode of the skin-piercing satire. The arrival at DOSAC of Steve Fleming (a terrifying David Haig), Malcolm's bête noir and fellow spinner, has pitched everyone into chaos. There's something almost frightening about The Thick of It when it's this intense, and when Fleming and Tucker have a titanic, foul-mouthed battle, be afraid.
Alison Graham, Radio Times, 27th February 2010Doctor Who v Malcolm Tucker in awards face-off
Actors playing foul-mouthed spin doctor and timelord both nominated in BPG best actor category.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 18th February 2010The Thick Of It wins South Bank Show Award
The Thick Of It won the comedy award at today's South Bank Show Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 26th January 2010As our real-life Government entered what are quite possibly its death throes, so did the fictitious government in Armando Iannucci's uproarious political sitcom. Rebecca Front arrived to play a hand-wringing minister but the focal point was, as ever, Peter Capaldi's vicious spin doctor, Malcolm Tucker. Weirdly, Tucker's sacking in the penultimate episode proved one of the saddest moments on TV this year.
The Telegraph, 16th December 2009The Thick Of It series 3 episode 8 review
The finale of The Thick Of It's latest series leaves us thirsting for a lot, lot more...
Andrew Mickel, Den Of Geek, 14th December 2009