THE THICK OF IT COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: The inspiration behind the Academy Award® nominated film In the Loop and the HBO original series Veep, the original UK series The Thick of It smashes its way through the corridors of power in a bulldozer of amusing slip-ups and sharp satire. This hilarious series chronicles the blunders of the fictitious Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship, a ministry barely registering on the national radar.; ; In this Department, every announcement is followed by a whirlwind of U-turns; every policy is a scramble; and every mishap is met with abuse from the Prime Minister's policy enforcer, Malcolm Tucker. Successsive ministers (Hugh Abbot and Nicola Murray) and their backroom can lie, backstab, and hopelessly bluff their way through crises, Prime Ministerial resignations and possible election dates – only thankful that Shadow minister, Peter Mannion also has little idea what is going on...Garlanded with rave reviews and packed with awards, this irreverent, brilliantly swear-filled, and painfully funny series should not be missed!
• Cast: Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi, James Smith, Joanna Scanlan, Rebecca Front, Olivia Poulet, Vincent Franklin, Will Smith, Roger Allam, Lucinda Raikes, Polly Kemp, Chris Langham, Justin Edwards, Tony Gardner, Samantha Harrington, Ben Willbond, Alex MacQueen, Geoffrey Streatfield, Rob Edwards, Rebecca Gethings, Paul Higgins, Michael Colgan, Peter Sullivan, Zoe Telford, Tim Bentinck, Miles Jupp, David Haig, Graeme Mearns, David Dawson, Eve Matheson, Gareth Tunley, Richard Betts, Theo Fraser Steele, Dan Mersh, Tom Andrews, Greg Bennett, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Morwenna Banks, Di Botcher, Pearce Quigley, John Biggins, Georgie Glen, Matthew Marsh, Robert Portal, Rory Kinnear, Zahra Ahmadi, Martin Ball, Alex Lowe, James Doherty, Lucy Briers, Richard Bacon, Simon Chandler, Hamza Jeetooa, Martin Savage, Sara Pascoe, Nicholas Sidi, Jessica Henwick, Manjinder Virk, Rachael Hodges, Diveen Henry, Martha Cope, Simon DeSilva, Robin Lustig, Judith Faultless, Melanie Hill, Tom Hollander, Susy Kane, Bohdan Poraj, George Riley, Struan Rodger, Robin Weaver, Rufus Wright, Emily Bevan, Priyanga Burford, Teresa Churcher, Joe Cole, Graham Curry, Mandeep Dhillon, Greg Fraser, Adam G. Goodman, Adam G. Goodwin, Michael Gould, William Hoyland, Colin Mace, Michael Maloney, Tobias Menzies, Adam Stevens, Jeremy Paxman, Armando Iannucci, Natalie Bailey, Tony Roche, Billy Sneddon, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Dan Gaster, Sean Gray, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick
• Director: Armando Iannucci
• Runtime: 12:14
• Company: BBC, 2 Entertain
• Media Format: Series