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The Thick of It

2005 Ended 30m episodes

8.1/10 227 votes

Comedy

Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.

Created by:: Armando Iannucci
Cast:: Peter Capaldi, Rebecca Front, Chris Addison, Joanna Scanlan
Language:: English
Country:: United Kingdom
Network:: BBC Four, BBC Two

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Series 4

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E01

Episode 1

★ 7.9

Networked Nation

2012-09-08 · 29m

Peter Mannion, the Secretary of State for Social Affairs, gets told to launch his Coalition partner Fergus's new 'Networked Nation' policy at a school.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 8.4

New Advisor

2012-09-15 · 28m

With Glenn gone, Nicola Murray is busy breaking in her new policy advisor, Helen Hatley. When Helen is accidentally photographed holding notes from an ideas meeting, Nicola is understandably angry.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 7.9

Thought Camp

2012-09-22 · 29m

Stewart Pearson is running 'Thought Camp' at a remote country house hotel, as the perfect way to re-engage the party with the creative cloudscape.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 8.4

Here 2 Hear

2012-09-29 · 29m

With Nicola safely on a train to attend the party's Here 2 Hear in far-flung Bradford, Malcolm is free to launch his latest plot.

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E05

Episode 5

★ 8.5

The Leak

2012-10-06 · 29m

With Nicola Murray and Peter Mannion both on the back foot after the unravelling of the key-worker housing sell-off policy there's inevitably going to be a scramble for the moral high-ground.

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