The Thick Of It. Image shows from L to R: Oliver Reeder (Chris Addison), Terri Coverley (Joanna Scanlan), Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front), Glenn Cullen (James Smith), Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi). Copyright: BBC
The Thick Of It

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.

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Series 3, Episode 2

Nicola Murray MP has been Secretary of State for just over a week but already there is press speculation on how long she is going to last. And now, someone at the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship has completely wiped the immigration records of 170,672 people.

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The Thick Of It. Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi). Copyright: BBC

Nicola Murray MP has been Secretary of State for just over a week. Already, there is press speculation on how long she is going to last. And now, someone at the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship has completely wiped the immigration records of 170,672 people.

Who's going to get the blame? Who's going to get the job of breaking the news to Malcolm? And how is Nicola going to get through an entire lunch with the staff of The Guardian without revealing the catastrophic scale of the latest computer disaster?

Broadcast details

Date
Saturday 31st October 2009
Time
10:10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 5th November 2009 11:30pm BBC4
Sunday 24th January 2010 12:00am BBC4
Wednesday 2nd March 2011 10:40pm Gold
Saturday 1st October 2011 11:50pm Gold
Sunday 2nd October 2011 2:20am Gold
Friday 3rd February 2012 12:00am Gold
Sunday 20th May 2012 12:55am Gold
Sunday 10th June 2012 2:30am Gold
Thursday 21st June 2012 10:00pm BBC HD
Monday 22nd October 2012 2:20am Gold
Monday 22nd October 2012 11:50pm Gold
Friday 21st June 2013 10:40pm Dave
Sunday 29th September 2013 11:00pm Gold
Monday 30th September 2013 2:00am Gold
Saturday 13th September 2014 11:40pm Gold
Sunday 14th September 2014 3:10am Gold
Sunday 22nd February 2015 11:00pm Gold
Monday 23rd February 2015 1:30am Gold
Tuesday 21st July 2015 11:40pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd July 2015 2:30am Gold
Saturday 17th October 2015 11:00pm Gold
Sunday 18th October 2015 2:15am Gold
Sunday 7th February 2016 11:00pm Gold
Monday 8th February 2016 2:30am Gold
Monday 3rd October 2016 1:30am Gold
Sunday 22nd January 2017 11:40pm Gold
Monday 27th March 2017 2:20am Gold
Monday 15th May 2017 12:20am Gold
Thursday 20th June 2019 10:30pm BBC Scotland
Monday 24th June 2019 11:30pm BBC Scotland
Tuesday 25th October 2022 10:30pm BBC4
Tuesday 15th August 2023 9:30pm BBC4
Sunday 20th August 2023 1:45am BBC4

Cast & crew

Cast
Peter Capaldi Malcolm Tucker
Chris Addison Oliver Reeder
James Smith Glenn Cullen
Joanna Scanlan Terri Coverley
Rebecca Front Nicola Murray
Polly Kemp Robyn Murdoch
Guest cast
Peter Sullivan Geoffrey (Guardian Editor)
Alex Lowe John (Guardian Journalist)
Judith Faultless Guardian Journalist
Zoe Telford Marianne Swift (Freelance Journalist)
Writing team
Jesse Armstrong Writer
Ian Martin Writer (Additional Material)
Roger Drew Writer (Additional Material)
Will Smith Writer (Additional Material)
Martin Sixsmith Script Development
Kate Conway Script Development
Simon Blackwell Writer (Additional Material)
Armando Iannucci Writer (Additional Material)
Tony Roche Writer (Additional Material)
Sean Gray Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Armando Iannucci Director
Adam Tandy Producer
Mark Freeland Executive Producer
Armando Iannucci Executive Producer
Anthony Boys (as Ant Boys) Editor
Simon Rogers Production Designer

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