The Thick of It 2005
Created by Armando Iannucci
- Comedy
- 30 min episodes
- 4 seasons
- 21 episodes
- Ended
- TV-MA
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.
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Contemporary, comic, cool and relentless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Peter CapaldiMalcolm Tucker
- Rebecca FrontNicola Murray
- Chris AddisonOlly Reeder
- Joanna ScanlanTerri Coverley
- James SmithGlenn Cullen
- Roger AllamPeter Mannion
Crew
- Armando IannucciCreator
- Will SmithWriter
- Sean GrayWriter
- Adam TandyProducer
- Armando IannucciProducer
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Seasons
- Series 13 eps · 2005
- Series 23 eps · 2005
- Series 38 eps · 2009
- Series 47 eps · 2012
Pairings
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