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

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.

Director and writer Armando Iannucci has already satirised the psycho that lurks deep within the political psychology of Whitehall in his TV series ‘The Thick of It’.

article needs retranslation into english.

i'd imagine coogan's in for a cameo or summat.

ok the film is a stone classic

very keen to see it then.

They showed the first season on BBC America a few years back, it was awesome.

psyched
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/fk-off-fairey/

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seconded on the psyched. Is that a UK release as well?

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saw it at the glasgow film festival. i really enjoyed it, though odd how chris addison et al play different characters. not something i noticed after a little bit tho. plus anna chlumsky!

Like Bugsy Malone with real guns.

the poster for this is shit imo.

i can't remember my favourite line but it's basically jamie saying why play classical music when you can just have a badge saying 'i went to public school'?

this was so good. the line about having to try and crack one off to sharks on the discovery channel in his hotel room because if he watched porn it would end up on the register of members' interests got big topical lols.

The funniest line in this film is way too funny to spoiler on this thread but yeah, just fucking hilarious from start to finish.

A new high-water mark for creative swearing though. Even if the UN HQ did look an awful lot like the Royal Festival Hall.

oh my god.

slight qualm with what Matt said, though; it was fucking hilarious from start until about 5-10 minutes from the end, where SORTA SPOILER BUT ONLY SORTA it suddenly became devastatingly bleak, almost tearjerking, which was probably necessary and certainly effective

Difficult Difficult Lemon Difficult

^^^as my facebook status comment already attests, the slight pause before "lemon" (rather than the actual saying of it) is the comedy moment of the decade