Overview - The Thick of It

Overview

Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.

Seasons

• Name: Specials

  Episode: 34

  Date first aired: 2007-01-10

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 3

  First series of the satirical comedy sees newly appointed Minister for Social Affairs, Hugh Abbot, grappling with life in government.

  Date first aired: 2005-05-19

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 3

  Dark political comedy set in the corridors of British government

  Date first aired: 2005-10-20

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 8

  Dark political satire from Armando Iannucci set in the corridors of British government with Nicola Murray taking over the ministerial role nobody seems to want.

  Date first aired: 2009-10-24

• Name: Season 4

  Episode: 7

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

  Date first aired: 2012-09-08