The Thick of It (2005)
The Thick of It (2005)




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Cast & Crew.

Chris Langham
Hugh Abbot

Peter Capaldi
Malcolm Tucker

Rebecca Front
Nicola Murray

Chris Addison
Olly Reeder / Director

Joanna Scanlan
Terri Coverley

James Smith
Glenn Cullen

Roger Allam
Peter Mannion

Armando Iannucci
Creator / Producer / Director / Writer

Will Smith
Writer

Sean Gray
Writer

Ian Martin
Writer

Adam Tandy
Producer

Jon Plowman
Executive Producer

Andy Forssell
Executive Producer

Natalie Bailey
Producer / Director

Billy Sneddon
Director

Tony Roche
Director / Writer

Becky Martin
Director

Jesse Armstrong
Writer

Simon Blackwell
Writer

Roger Drew
Writer

Sam Bain
Writer

Morwenna Banks
Mary

Tobias Menzies
Simon Weir

Tim Bentinck
Cliff Lawton

John Biggins
Driver

Matthew Marsh
Simon Hewitt

Vincent Franklin
Stewart Pearson

Manjinder Virk
Journalist 1

Georgie Glen
Susan Dorling

Di Botcher
Pauline McKendrick

Robert Portal
Mark Davies

Theo Fraser Steele
Christian Holhurst

Paul Higgins
Jamie

James Doherty
Steve

Graeme Mearns
Frankie

Richard Betts
Online Telegraph

Eve Matheson
Claire Ballantine

Martin Ball
Roy Smedley

Pearce Quigley
Doug Hayes

Rory Kinnear
Ed

Alex Lowe
John

Judith Faultless
Guardian Journalist

Melanie Hill
Julie Price

Lucinda Raikes
Angela Heaney

Simon Chandler
Permanent Secretary

Nicholas Sidi
Head Teacher

Richard Bacon
Richard Bacon

Sara Pascoe
Janice

Rufus Wright
Gavin Boyes

Peter Sullivan
Geoffrey

Zoe Telford
Marianne Swift

Alex Macqueen
Julius Nicholson / Lord Nicholson

David Haig
Steve Fleming

Tom Hollander
Cal Richards

Struan Rodger
Pat

Hamza Jeetooa
Raj

Jessica Henwick
Charlotte

Rob Edwards
Geoff Holhurst

Emily Grace Bevan
Tara Strachan

Zahra Ahmadi
Nurse

Miles Jupp
John Duggan

Justin Edwards
Ben Swain

Joe Cole
Jack
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Details.
Release DateMay 19, 2005
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes21
Running Time30m
Content RatingTV-MA
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This TV Show Is About.
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The Thick of It is a British comedy television series created, written and directed by Armando Iannucci that satirises the inner workings of British government. It was first broadcast for two short series on BBC Four in 2005, initially with a small cast focusing on a government minister, his advisers and their party's spin-doctor. The cast was significantly expanded for two hour-long specials to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's appointment as prime minister in 2007, which saw new characters forming the opposition party added to the cast. These characters continued when the show switched channels to BBC Two for its third series in 2009. A fourth series about a coalition government was broadcast in 2012, with the last episode transmitted on 27 October 2012.
The series has been described as the 21st century's answer to Yes Minister. It highlights the struggles and conflicts between politicians, party spin doctors, advisers, civil servants and the media. In similar fashion to Yes Minister, the political parties involved are never mentioned by name, and in series 1 and 2 most policies discussed are fairly generic and non-ideological. Iannucci describes it as "Yes Minister meets Larry Sanders". Journalist and former civil servant Martin Sixsmith was an adviser to the writing team, adding to the realism of some scenes. The series became well known for its profanity and for featuring storylines which have mirrored, or in some cases predicted, real-life policies, events or scandals.
A feature film spin-off, In the Loop, was released in the UK on 17 April 2009. A pilot for a U.S. remake of the show was unsuccessful, but Iannucci was subsequently invited to create Veep for HBO, a programme with a very similar tone and political issues, with the involvement of some The Thick of It writers and production members.
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