TV series
The Thick of It
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2005-05-19
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 4 seasons
- Episodes
- 21 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- BBC Four, BBC Two
- Production
- BBC
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker
- Chris Addison as Olly Reeder
- Joanna Scanlan as Terri Coverley
- James Smith as Glenn Cullen
- Rebecca Front as Nicola Murray
- Roger Allam as Peter Mannion
- Vincent Franklin as Stewart Pearson
- Olivia Poulet as Emma Messinger
- Chris Langham as Hugh Abbot
- Polly Kemp as Robyn Murdoch
- Will Smith as Phil Smith
- Tony Gardner as Dan Miller
Creators and crew
- Armando Iannucci - Creator
- Andy Forssell - Executive Producer
- Jon Plowman - Executive Producer
- Armando Iannucci - Producer
- Natalie Bailey - Producer
- Adam Tandy - Producer
Seasons
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