A thread for 'The Thick Of It' (and 'In The Loop' as well)

BBC4 political satire The Thick of It returned for a one-off special last night, attracting just over 200,000 viewers.
The Thick of It has been showered with critical praise and awards, but, while attracting respectable ratings, has not yet broken into the top rank of multichannel shows in terms of audience figures.

Due to Chris Langham's personal problems, last night's one-off outing for The Thick of It focused on Peter Capaldi's potty-mouthed government spin doctor, Malcolm Tucker, and an opposition shadow minister played by Roger Allam.

The Thick of It was watched by 237,000 viewers between 10.30pm and 11.30pm, according to unofficial overnights.

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The darts final attracted 1.25 million viewers between 10pm and 11pm. Overall, the darts averaged 955,000 viewers between 7.30pm and 11pm."

just saw trailer for a new one

next tuesday

H3nry K. M1ll3r
is stoked for 'The Thick of It.'

same here bro

"why do they wear clothes with writing on them? and why are they so fucking fat? and stupid?"

i will miss part 2 owing to french camping holiday/cricket tour...is there any way of obtaining it? doubtless it'll be on youtube or alluc before too long.

"that is the worst thing i have ever seen. and i was in nam."

OK I haven't laughed so hard at any British comedy in ages.

"I hope you go to jail and get nobbed...by men!"

"The trouble with people is that they're fucking horrible."

was this the Christmas one they just repeated? it's so fucking brilliant - don't know why i missed it at the time.

"I hope you get..nobbed..in prison..by..men"

yeah this was shown at xmas more or less. same night as 'this life +10'! not on the dvd, maybe they'll do a double.

the tory is really funny, i hope they keep him.

total crush on the opposition team gurl :/

i couldn't watch the extra opposition thing cos Tiscali Homechoice do not provide red button option ;_;

it was basically the tory stylist guy persuades... the tory (roger allam?) to do a radio interview praising the outgoing PM, but it goes haywire. i think it was more or less to set up tuesday: the possibility of dan miller (who is in one of the early episodes) standing against the nutters in a labour leadership contest. the tories want the nutters in because they think they're unelectable.

calling him Peter Mannion is not really on.

i lolled at 'Peter Onion' tho, brought back memories.

"not in a 'it's not you it's me way', but in a 'no, it's you, you vacuous fascist sloaney bitch' way'"

"you don't deserve to live"

"I know the public...I've met them"

also, peter capaldi >>>> tory spin doctor

he actually showed some cracks, which of course made him much more human and empathetic. especial lols at his dependence upon ollie, despite his apparent contempt for him

"young men with issues around stabbing"

wtf with the fucking fratellis being used to advertize part the second? wot a turn-off.

I have the new one and the xmas special to watch at home. Cannot WAIT, The Thick Of It is brilliant.

second one wasn't quite as out and out hilarity as the first and i found it just too hard to keep up with but still enjoyed trying

'this office is about as secure as a hymen at a South London comprehensive'

'are you a fucking horse'

'I have the cold cock'

Plenty of out and out hilarity I thought last night.

the whole thing with the cleaning lady was probably the best bit.

8080

it was good but not as good.

I didn't see the first one but the second was one of the funniest things I've seen in years:

"Maybe in the future, there'll be robots knockin' about, Davina McCall will be Pope and you'll be able to download... rice"

Who watched the BBCi 15min opposition-view special straight afterwards? You just can't beat Roger Allam.

i watched the second one again and it grew on me -- though i missed the tories.

"i will fuckin' eviscerate you. now i don't know what that means exactly, i didn't have your education, but i think i'll tear your fuckin' cock off and busk it from there."

now on BBC 2, in half an hour. have not yet seen. this promises to be awes.

"We're not The Independant; we can't put the word "Cruelty" with a picture of a dolphin or a polar bear under it. That's not a front page, that's just cheating"

"I'm irrelevant I'm irrelevant I'm irrelevant... what do you know about Hitler? he had a moustache and lived over there. Fuck it all!"

"He thinks he's been leaking, wait till I've finished with him - he'll look like Mel Gibson's Jesus"

"These are good biscuits and they cost £4"

the "15 shades of grey" bit is poetry.

everyone correct, although my favourite two phrases:

"I'll send a warning shot across his throat"

"You're the heavyweight of hope"

The Ollie-Ben double-act ascended new levels of abject wonder this episode, which felt, in the best way possible, like a never-ending manifestation of hell. With the audience was backing Satan all the way. Whoever doubted that Malcolm would prevail?

*With the audience backing Satan all the way

ayo, americans, is the US version going to air in the US?

i can't find the pilot anywhere.

^^^^

no one on this side of the atlantic has any idea what you're talking about.

there's a US version??? hahaha puhleez

yeah there was a pilot done by mitch hurwitz with oliver platt, so i dunno why you're all puhleez because it sounds good!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903651/

and john michael higgins who is v funny

yeah but like.. no swearing, right?

troo

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226774/

^^^second film of note to be filmed in Northampton in recent times.

Just behind "Kinky Boots".

Not sure how recent this was but it doesn't mention Coogan as a cast member at all.

i was expecting/hoping olly to make some kind of fuckup rather than leave himself where he wanted to be, but oh well

But surely that's the thing - that he ends up well on his way to empty huskdom?

yeah, this has been trailed all through the series

xpost With Olly, I think he had to end up in that job. Through all the series, Olly has always been just an empty shell of ambition. Malcolm, as he continually reminded us - and like Campbell IRL - was always stressing that he was doing the job because he loved the party and wanted the party to the right thing. So who better to replace a man who became an empty husk than someone who always was an empty husk?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCR-yOoWJjI

Arse spraying mayhem