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First broadcast on the cable channel BBC4 in 2005 the main focus of the early seasons of the show was Hugh Abbot MP, the Minister for Social Affairs and Citizenship. No political parties are ever named, but it is made clear that the characters are part of the ruling Labour Party of 2005. Throughout the first and second seasons Abbot is shown desperately trying to hold on to his job with the aid of the Prime Minister's main spin doctor Tucker who abuses and ridicules Abbot and his main advisors at every opportunity.
During the third season Abbot is replaced by Nicola Murray MP as the head of Social Affairs and Citizenship; Abbot's main policy advisors and media relations assistant remain in place with Murray. By the fourth season Murray and Tucker's party have been removed from power by a coalition government that sees the cast expanded to include members of all political parties shown during the workings of their daily routines. Murray has become the leader of the opposition party in the U.K. and is being pushed back to power by Tucker.
The Thick of It is a series that is currently running and has 5 seasons (28 episodes). The series first aired on May 19, 2005.
Where do I stream The Thick of It online? The Thick of It is available for streaming on BBC Four, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch The Thick of It on demand at HBO Max, Amazon Prime, Amazon, Hulu, Microsoft Movies & TV, iTunes online.
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The Home Office have cut police numbers. At Malcolm's suggestion, Dan Miller gets sent on a fact-finding mission to the local cop-shop.
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Lord Goolding's inquiry into the key worker housing scandal begins. The truth will finally come out. Unless, of course, anyone has any sudden lapses of memory.
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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.
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The final reckoning. As the fallout from the enquiry starts to take its toll, the everyday problems of government continue. Despite the fact that no-one is actually talking to each other any more.
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There are lots of questions about the suicide of a key-worker after his flat was sold off. Lord Goolding is reputedly a fair man, but he isn't going to stand for any nonsense. Surely now, the truth will come out.
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After the unraveling of the key-worker housing sell-off policy Nicola Murray and Peter Mannion are scrambling for the moral high-ground as the smelly flood water of scandal is lapping round their toes.
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With Nicola safely on a train to attend the party's Here 2 Hear event in far-flung Bradford, Malcolm is free to launch his latest plot.
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Stewart Pearson is running "Thought Camp" at a remote hotel in the country as the perfect way to reengage the party with the creative cloudscape - no phones, no iPads.
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Peter Mannion, the Secretary of State for Social Affairs is told to launch his Coalition partner Fergus' new "Networked Nation" policy at a school.