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 4, Episode 2

Nicola and Malcolm are less than happy when her new policy advisor, Helen Hatley, is accidentally photographed holding embarrassing notes from an ideas meeting. As if being followed around by an eight foot pork chop and being attacked by your own side wasn't enough to deal with!

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The Thick Of It. Image shows from L to R: Oliver Reeder (Chris Addison), Helen Hatley (Rebecca Gethings), Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front). Copyright: BBC

It's a busy day for Nicola Murray MP, who is mostly trying to tell her left foot from her right with the help of her new policy advisor, Helen Hatley.

When Helen is accidentally photographed holding embarrassing notes from Nicola's ideas meeting, Nicola and her media strategist Malcolm Tucker are less than happy. But then Nicola is already stressed by having an eight foot pork chop follow her about, and being attacked by the rest of the shadow cabinet for endorsing unpopular policies.

And, even worse, her rival Dan Miller MP seems to be getting on very well with Malcolm.

Broadcast details

Date
Saturday 15th September 2012
Time
9:55pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

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Date Time Channel
Saturday 15th September 2012 9:55pm BBC HD
Saturday 15th September 2012 10:00pm BBC2 Scot
Wednesday 19th September 2012 11:30pm BBC HD
Sunday 27th October 2013 11:00pm Gold
Monday 28th October 2013 2:00am Gold
Saturday 8th November 2014 11:40pm Gold
Sunday 9th November 2014 2:10am Gold
Sunday 1st February 2015 12:20am Gold
Sunday 19th April 2015 11:00pm Gold
Monday 20th April 2015 1:40am Gold
Thursday 7th May 2015 2:15am Gold
Tuesday 18th August 2015 11:40pm Gold
Wednesday 19th August 2015 2:25am Gold
Monday 28th March 2016 12:30am Gold
Sunday 9th October 2016 2:05am Gold
Sunday 19th February 2017 11:40pm Gold
Tuesday 8th August 2017 3:20am Gold
Monday 8th January 2018 1:20am Gold
Tuesday 9th January 2018 12:40am Gold
Monday 12th February 2018 12:55am Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Peter Capaldi Malcolm Tucker
Chris Addison Oliver Reeder
Rebecca Front Nicola Murray
Tony Gardner Dan Miller
Justin Edwards Ben Swain
Rebecca Gethings Helen Hatley
Guest cast
Rob Edwards Geoff Holhurst
Samantha Harrington Sam
Gareth Tunley Journalist
Michael Colgan Mr Chop (Declan - Mirror Journalist)
Chetna Pandya Journalist
Writing team
Simon Blackwell Writer
Sean Gray Writer
Will Smith Writer (Additional Material)
Ian Martin Writer
Roger Drew Writer
Dan Gaster Writer
Tony Roche Writer (Additional Material)
Georgia Pritchett Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Billy Sneddon Director
Adam Tandy Producer
Armando Iannucci Producer
Mark Freeland Executive Producer
Andy Forssell Executive Producer
Anthony Boys (as Ant Boys) Editor
Simon Rogers Production Designer

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