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.

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 136

Video clips

It's a lockdown

Seriously, stay at home. Please help stop the spread.

Malcolm Tucker wishes GQ a Merry Christmas

Malcolm Tucker wishes GQ Magazine a Merry Christmas: complete with festive insults.

Contrary Mary

Mary from the Home Office visits DoSAC to talk about the police backlog.

The Inquiry trailer

The government, the opposition and the civil service all have a lot of questions to answer about the suicide of Mr Tickle...

Leak Zero trailer

Whilst both the government and opposition scramble for moral high ground, something big is happening. Leak Zero.

Deep Doo-Doo

The cast of The Thick of It speak about 'the event' coming up in Series 4 and how they're all in 'deep doo-doo'...

View this clip on the BBC website

Share this page