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.
Episode menu
Series 3, Episode 7
Further details
The Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship need to find a major sports personality to be the face of their new Healthy Choices campaign. Malcolm is away on holiday and doesn't want to be disturbed, so they have to take advice from Steve Fleming, who is back on the scene as the Prime Minister's new fixer.
Is Fleming really as nice as he seems? And everyone knows Malcolm never takes holidays - so what is he up to?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 5th December 2009
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
---|---|---|
Thursday 10th December 2009 | 11:35pm | BBC4 |
Saturday 27th February 2010 | 11:30pm | BBC4 |
Wednesday 6th April 2011 | 10:40pm | Gold |
Saturday 22nd October 2011 | 11:50pm | Gold |
Sunday 23rd October 2011 | 2:20am | Gold |
Saturday 26th May 2012 | 2:00am | Gold |
Monday 18th June 2012 | 2:20am | Gold |
Sunday 28th October 2012 | 11:35pm | Gold |
Monday 29th October 2012 | 2:30am | Gold |
Monday 26th November 2012 | 12:00am | Gold |
Monday 26th November 2012 | 2:25am | Gold |
Friday 12th July 2013 | 10:00pm | Dave |
Sunday 20th October 2013 | 10:20pm | Gold |
Monday 21st October 2013 | 1:30am | Gold |
Saturday 18th October 2014 | 11:40pm | Gold |
Sunday 19th October 2014 | 3:15am | Gold |
Saturday 17th January 2015 | 11:15pm | Gold |
Sunday 18th January 2015 | 2:25am | Gold |
Sunday 29th March 2015 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Monday 30th March 2015 | 1:40am | Gold |
Tuesday 11th August 2015 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 12th August 2015 | 2:00am | Gold |
Saturday 21st November 2015 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 13th March 2016 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Monday 14th March 2016 | 2:45am | Gold |
Sunday 12th February 2017 | 11:00pm | Gold |
Monday 24th April 2017 | 12:20am | Gold |
Monday 12th June 2017 | 12:20am | Gold |
Thursday 25th July 2019 | 10:30pm | BBC Scotland |
Monday 29th July 2019 | 11:30pm | BBC Scotland |
Tuesday 19th September 2023 | 9:30pm | BBC4 |
Sunday 24th September 2023 | 12:50am | BBC4 |
Cast & crew
Peter Capaldi | Malcolm Tucker |
Chris Addison | Oliver Reeder |
James Smith | Glenn Cullen |
Joanna Scanlan | Terri Coverley |
Rebecca Front | Nicola Murray |
Alex Macqueen | Julius Nicholson |
Peter Sullivan | Geoffrey (Guardian Editor) |
Zoe Telford | Marianne Swift (Freelance Journalist) |
David Haig | Steve Fleming |
Samantha Harrington | Sam |