The Thick Of It The Complete First Series & The Specials

The Complete Series 1 Starring Chris Langham, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison, Jo Scanlan, James Smith its spin and panic in the corridors of power. Welcome to the Ministry for Social Affairs: where every announcement is followed by a whirlwind of u-turns; every policy is a kick, bollock and scramble and every gaffe is met with a magnificent torrent of abuse from the PM’s policy enforcer Malcolm Tucker. Irreverent, brilliantly sweary and painfully funny, this series smashes its way through the corridors of power in a bulldozer of hilarious farce and sharp satire. The Specials Two hour-long specials of award-winning political comedy with Chris Addison, Roger Allam, Peter Capaldi, Jo Scanlan and James Smith. Malcolm Tucker, the PM’s foul-mouthed spin doctor, is completely out of the loop. Even the PM isn’t talking to him and is actually rumoured to be planning an exit strategy with Julius Nicholson. Nobody knows the date but when it comes, Tom and his Nutter faction are poised to sweep into power and sweep away the likes of Malcolm. And if that wasn’t bad enough there’s a steaming heap of mess at the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship. Immigration minister Ben Swain goes on Newsnight looking like a punched cow and DoSAC shadow minister Peter Mannion uncovers something which looks very much like a scandal at the Watford Immigration Centre. With Tucker’s career on a knife-edge, he has just 24 hours to spin himself back into power. It’s going to be the longest day ever. Also included is the Opposition Extra mini-episode, following Peter Mannion’s team as they struggle to keep him on message as all hell breaks loose around them.