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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The Thick of It is certainly worth sticking with, despite the fact this depiction of people with a slender grip on democracy is continually undermined by the equally shaky visuals.
Chris Orton, Off The Telly, 19th May 2005'A semi-improvised sitcom set in the back rooms of Westminster' might sound like the driest, most clever-clever, Bremner-ish bit of business imaginable, but that's precisely what this isn't: it's laugh-out-loud funny - so good, in fact, I watched the second episode on video immediately after finishing the first, then phoned up the BBC to badger them for the third.
Charlie Brooker, The Guardian, 14th May 2005