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The Thick of It

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Dark political comedy set in the corridors of British government

Dark political comedy set in the corridors of British government, created by Armando Iannucci and starring Peter Capaldi

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The Thick of It: Series 4

Rebecca Front

Rebecca Gethings

Will Smith

Roger Allam

Olivia Poulet

Vincent Franklin

Geoffrey Streatfield

Ben Willbond

Joanna Scanlan

Michael Colgan

James Smith

Polly Kemp

Joe Cole

Mandeep Dhillon

Peter Capaldi

Tony Gardner

Chris Addison

Samantha Harrington

Armando Iannucci

Adam Tandy

Roger Drew

Sean Gray

Simon Blackwell

Rob Colley

Dan Gaster

Ian Martin

David Quantick

Tony Roche

The Thick of It: Series 4: Episode 5

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Episode 5

Series 4

BBC Two - The Thick of It, Series 4, Episode 5

As the key worker housing scandal grows, everyone tries to spin their way out of trouble.

Political comedy. Both government and opposition try to spin their way to the moral high ground following the key worker housing scandal. Some are even calling for an inquiry.

With Nicola Murray and Peter Mannion on the back foot after the unravelling of the key worker housing sell-off policy, both government and opposition scramble for the moral high ground while the dirty floodwater of scandal laps around their toes. Several people are even calling for some sort of inquiry.

Everyone wants to spin their own version of the story, by fair means or foul. But with more fingers being pointed, the scandal gets even bigger, threatening to implicate everybody. 

Meanwhile, in amongst it all, the department is trying to somehow launch the new Carers Pass.

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More government embarrassment, coalition rows, policy U-turns and frantic spin-doctoring.										


More government embarrassment, coalition rows, policy U-turns and frantic spin-doctoring in Armando Iannucci's masterful political satire.					

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