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The Thick of It
BBC2, Saturday 8th Sep 9:45pm - 10:15pm
Repeat: Today, BBC HD 10:45pm
All is right with the world, The Thick of It is back to wade through the mulch of coalition politics. The new Secretary of State at the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship is Peter Mannion, looking as ever as if he hasn’t actually got dressed, his clothes have fallen on him from the sky.
Mannion was an inept opposition politician and now his chronic lack of connectedness leads him straight into an appalling gaffe at a school when he tries to launch an apps initiative to a group of switched-on teenagers.
Roger Allam is laconically brilliant as Mannion as he lurches from one crisis to the next; if he isn’t debasing himself on the phone to his furious, neglected wife he is grappling with his paisley-shirted spin doctor and his hated junior minister. Every line is quotable in what is 30 ruthlessly clever minutes of comedy treasure.
1/7. Armando Iannucci's political satire returns with long-suffering MP Peter Mannion taking charge at the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship as part of a coalition government. However, he must also work with junior minister Fergus Williams - an arrangement neither man is enjoying. As the series begins, Fergus excitedly prepares to launch his new digital education initiative - until Downing Street spin doctor Stewart Pearson announces technophobe Peter is going to be the spokesman for it instead. Elsewhere in the department, civil servant Terri Coverley tries to ensure she is put up for redundancy, while her colleague Glenn Cullen attempts to make his presence felt. Starring Roger Allam, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Vincent Franklin and Joanna Scanlan.
Cast
Peter Mannion
Roger Allam
Phil Smith
Will Smith
Terri Coverley
Joanna Scanlan
Fergus Williams
Geoffrey Streatfeild
Adam Kenyon
Ben Willbond
Glenn Cullen
James Smith
Stewart Pearson
Vincent Franklin
Emma Messinger
Olivia Poulet
Raj
Hamza Jeetooa
Charlotte
Jessica Henwick
Teacher
Dave Florez
Journalist
Tom Andrews
Journalist
Martha Cope
Journalist
Dan Mersh
Journalist
Adam Tandy
Journalist
Gareth Tunley
Journalist
Manjinder Virk
Director
Natalie Bailey
Producer
Adam Tandy
Producer
Armando Iannucci
Writer
Will Smith
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