Rent The Thick of It: Series 3 (2009)
4.6 of 5 from 19 ratings
3h 51min
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- Synopsis:
The Prime Minister decides to reshuffle his cabinet in an attempt to look like he's doing something. Except no-one with any sense wants to join him on the bridge as the ship appears to be going down. So his chief enforcer Malcolm Tucker is having a hard time finding ministers prepared to volunteer for suicide watch in the run up to the general election. Enter Nicola Murray MP: a woman so far down the list that Malcolm doesn't even have a file on her, but who can be flattered and bullied into accepting the Cabinet post that no-one wants: Secretary of State for Social Affairs and Citizenship. Nicola's got plenty of ideas though - but ideas cost money and in the current climate that means trouble. This series follows Nicola and her used-up team of advisors as they struggle to achieve anything at all under Malcolm's watchful eye. Elsewhere Nicola's opposite number Peter Mannion and his team finally sense victory is within their grasp, even if they aren't too sure what to do with it when they get it. Being in power is a good thing, right? - Actors:
- Peter Capaldi, Rebecca Front, Chris Addison, Joanna Scanlan, James Smith, Pearce Quigley, Rory Kinnear, Polly Kemp, Zoe Telford, Peter Sullivan, Alex Lowe, Judith Faultless, Miles Jupp, Lucinda Raikes, Melanie Hill, Roger Allam, Vincent Franklin, Olivia Poulet, Will Smith, Simon Chandler
- Directors:
- Armando Iannucci
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Comedies, TV Dramas, TV Political
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Reviews (1) of The Thick of It: Series 3
Top spin doctor - The Thick of It: Series 3 review by JD
Peter Capaldi is this political drama. Every scene without him in lacks for it. He is a seething swearing tornado, spinning through the ministerial corridors of power. He is the spin doctor that makes ministers wince and fawn. His outbursts are utterly brilliant. Sometimes the swearing reaches levels of creativity that are artistic. He makes stressed Eric (a cartoon series) look banal. The plot is pretty good, it shows ministers as puppets of the civil servants and reactionaries to media pressure, who knows how accurate that is but I suspect there is more than a grain of truth. This is secondary to the whirlwind of humour. There are good comedians around Capaldi but to be frank their candles are blown out by the force 12.
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