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.
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated Thursday at 11:30pm on BBC Scotland
- Streaming rank this week: 364
Episode menu
2007 Specials - The Rise Of The Nutters
Further details
Hugh is in Australia. With the department apparently quiet, Glenn is off to renovate his sister's cottage in Wales, and Ollie is looking forward to being in charge for a week or so, feeding policies to junior minister Ben Swain. Swain is part of the 'Nutters', the main faction that hope to take over when the PM finally resigns, and he is keen to make the headlines in the post-Christmas lull. He does, but only because he gets stuffed, roasted and carved up by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight over his complete ignorance of systems failures at the Immigration Processing Centre in Watford.
What's bad for the Nutters is good for Malcolm Tucker and his team at Number 10. Malcolm can see his days are numbered if the Nutters get in, so he's keen to keep the PM in office for as long as possible, despite the plans of Julius Nicholson, the PM's blue skies advisor, to create a lasting legacy project for the outgoing PM.
Meanwhile, Ollie's been in bed (literally) with the opposition. His new girlfriend Emma is a policy advisor for Peter Mannion. When Emma steals one of Ollie's ideas to put Mannion to work 'at the coalface' in the Immigration Centre for a week, it looks like the opposition are being handed an open goal on immigration policy. But things don't quite go to plan.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 2nd January 2007
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 60 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Tuesday 21st April 2009 | 10:45pm | BBC4 |
Monday 19th October 2009 | 11:00pm | BBC4 |
Saturday 1st January 2011 | 10:30pm | Gold |
Wednesday 20th April 2011 | 10:40pm | Gold |
Saturday 14th January 2012 | 12:00am | Gold |
Wednesday 28th March 2012 | 12:45am | Gold |
Sunday 15th July 2012 | 11:20pm | Gold |
Wednesday 8th August 2012 | 12:45am | Gold |
Friday 7th June 2013 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 15th September 2013 | 10:20pm | Gold |
Monday 16th September 2013 | 1:30am | Gold |
Tuesday 7th July 2015 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 8th July 2015 | 2:00am | Gold |
Saturday 26th September 2015 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 27th September 2015 | 2:15am | Gold |
Sunday 17th January 2016 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Monday 18th January 2016 | 1:40am | Gold |
Friday 9th December 2016 | 11:10pm | Gold |
Sunday 8th January 2017 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Monday 26th June 2017 | 12:50am | Gold |
Cast & crew
Peter Capaldi | Malcolm Tucker |
Chris Addison | Oliver Reeder |
James Smith | Glenn Cullen |
Joanna Scanlan | Terri Coverley |
Roger Allam | Peter Mannion |
Lucinda Raikes | Angela Heaney |
Paul Higgins | Jamie |
Alex Macqueen | Julius Nicholson |
Justin Edwards | Ben Swain |
Vincent Franklin | Stewart Pearson |
Olivia Poulet | Emma Messinger |
Will Smith | Phil Smith |
David Dawson | Affers |
Jesse Armstrong | Writer |
Armando Iannucci | Writer |
Simon Blackwell | Writer |
Tony Roche | Writer |
Ian Martin | Writer (Additional Material) |
Armando Iannucci | Director |
Adam Tandy | Producer |
Jon Plowman | Executive Producer |
Billy Sneddon | Editor |
Anthony Boys (as Ant Boys) | Editor |
Simon Rogers | Production Designer |