The Thick of It
Episode 1
Season 4, Episode 1 · Aired 2012-09-08
Synopsis
The General election has been and gone and it's all change at Number Ten. Peter Mannion is now the Conservative Secretary of State for Social Affairs in a coalition government and must launch one of his coalition partner's policies. Meanwhile, Terri attempts to get on the redundancy list.
In the series
This episode is part of The Thick of It (2005–2012) on BBC.
Political spin as verbal artillery — Malcolm Tucker invents new swearing.
Key cast
- Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker
- Chris Langham as Hugh Abbot
- Rebecca Front as Nicola Murray
- Chris Addison as Ollie Reeder
- Joanna Scanlan as Terri Coverley