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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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Tue 15 Aug 2023 21:30
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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

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