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Episode 2

The Thick of It Series 3
Episode 2 of 8

Political comedy. Nicola has only been in the cabinet for a week, but already the press question her survival chances. Then someone wipes the immigration records of 170,672 people.

The return of Armando Iannucci's political comedy.

Nicola Murray MP has only been secretary of state for just over a week, but already there is press speculation on how long she will last. And now someone at the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship has completely wiped the immigration records of 170,672 people.

Who's going to get the blame? Who's going to get the job of breaking the news to Malcolm? And how is Nicola going to get through an entire lunch with the staff of the Guardian without revealing the catastrophic scale of the latest computer disaster?

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29 minutes

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Tue 15 Aug 2023 21:30
BBC Four

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Credits

Malcolm Tucker Peter Capaldi
Ollie Reeder Chris Addison
Glenn Cullen James Smith
Terri Coverley Joanna Scanlan
Nicola Murray Rebecca Front
Robyn Murdoch Polly Kemp
Geoffrey Peter Sullivan
John Alex Lowe
Journalist Judith Faultless
Marianne Swift Zoe Telford
Writer Ian Martin
Writer Jesse Armstrong
Writer Roger Drew
Writer Will Smith
Writer Sean Gray
Writer Simon Blackwell
Writer Tony Roche
Producer Adam Tandy
Director Armando Iannucci

Broadcasts

  • Sat 31 Oct 2009 22:10
    BBC HD & BBC Two
  • Tue 3 Nov 2009 23:30
    BBC HD
  • Thu 5 Nov 2009 23:30
    BBC Four
  • Sun 24 Jan 2010 00:00
    BBC Four
  • Thu 17 Jun 2010 22:50
    BBC HD
  • Thu 21 Jun 2012 22:00
    BBC HD
  • Thu 20 Jun 2019 22:30
    BBC Scotland
  • Mon 24 Jun 2019 23:30
    BBC Scotland
  • Tue 25 Oct 2022 22:30
    BBC Four
  • Tue 15 Aug 2023 21:30
    BBC Four

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