The Thick of It S01E03 (1 of 2)

[MilSimGuy]

I'm from Lincolnshire, wiv all the windmills and potatoes and da shit! XD

[dingane]

That journalist's so sexy when she says 'blimey'.

[woodhd]

@dingane angela heaney is such a fox

[itsbloodytommy]

It's wierd how Terri gets so much worse between now and season 2

[fatparrot66]

NOTTING HILL GATE GATE

Evil stare "Are you joking now...?"

[vidaliadear]

He isn't - he...well I guess he is -

...Glenn's checking out Terri's bum XD

[tconamayor]

Just discovered this online in Canada. Loving it! Over the top swearing. I need subtitles to follow the accents but LMAO. The comments helping.

[phoney98]

lol...i say blame terry for everything!<3

[clivedxb]

Thanks for posting this on behalf of us expats.

[Forscythe80]

That minister for some reason reminds me of Alan Partridge.

[villarule]

love that "STUPID CUNT!' just before the door opens...

[j3parrots]

Love the fact that as soon as Malcolm realises Angela Heaney is now at the Daily Mail hes off in pi##ing hurricain demage control mode

[TheLegendofPatrick]

GET BACK IN THERE AND WIND THIS BULLSHIT UP!

[j0shissocoollike]

"They should call it, Notting Hill Gate Gate"

[JMcDonoughIII]

"This is madness I just own a flat I haven't raped somebody"

[RevNTheogen]

@ukulazy Armando Iannucci is actually heading up the project this time(veep), so it should be a little more bearable than the last attempt.

[FinnSolomon]

"I'll be Angela Heaney."

"Mind you, your tits are a lot bigger than hers."

[TamaraAndTheDemon]

@LillabetteHane

Who's Milliband???

[CheeseTrix13337]

I love this! This is what The West Wing should have been. It has as much cynicism and black humor as The West Wing has idealism. Don't get me wrong. I love The West Wing. Sorkin is a great writer and it's a unique show. But The West Wing shows how politics should be while The Thick of It shows how politics really is. The daily lives of politicians, staffer, bureaucrats and civil servants aren't tame and focused, but befuddled and confused with hilarious results. We need an American version

[hexim101]

@CheeseTrix13337 Have you seen in the loop?

[ukulazy]

@CheeseTrix13337 Why can't you just enjoy the British version and stop remaking our programmes?

[Tzimnewman3]

4:15 "I think I'll have a shout now" (With a big smile on his face)

[peanutsavage]

I love the mines bigger than yours moment between Hugh and Dan Miller at 3:20 onwards haha

[icey1921]

lmao love it

[TheGudZeBadAnDaFozzy]

Notting Hill Gate gate lol

[JoshH5000]

Where's the nazi gold you donkey shagger!

[Metamusik]

@JoshH5000 I'm very pleased you asked me that Josh, because let me just say right away that this bill is going to do an extraordinary amount of good for an extraordinary large number of people.

[Needham90]

"I just own a flat, I haven't raped somebody!"

[mrleedra]

"What on earth did you say to her?"

"I think I denied being a rascist..."

[townsjim]

"i'm the fuckin daddy!"

[GeorgeBenedict]

"Wish me luck, I'm going without the tie."

[Horatio]

The guy from My Parents Are Aliens! :P

[49Ibanez]

@Horatio YESSSS!!!!!



[Sascopa]

"They're little hippos, aren't they?"

Died Laughing

[uhmfar]

One amazing aspect of this series, from a US perspective, is the importance that newspapers still have in the UK. Angela is a "tame" journalist when she's with The Standard, but a danger when when she moves to the mail. US newspapers haven't had such influence in decades. No US equivalent of Malcolm Tucker cares what any newspaper prints, and hasn't for a long time.

[TheConciseStatement]

@uhmfar

Many would argue, particularly critics of New Labour, that your view is more accurate here too, and that much of New Labour's failing was the obsessive micromanagement of the press, spearheaded by Alastair Campbell who had a personal axe to grind, when the papers' influence against Joe Public had already diminished. The real difference may be that our papers are as unashamedly biased as the US's news channels, whereas our news channels make more of a concerted effort to stay neutral.

[Myndir]

The news channels make an effort to stay neutral because they're legally obligated to be neutral. That's why newspapers can back a party at an election, unlike channels. It's a really good deal from the papers' point of view: they're the only ones who can have extended and unbalanced opinion pieces.

The BBC would totally back Labour, Channel 4 would suck the Lib Dems/Greens toes (whichever progressive party isn't in a position of responsibility) and ITV/C5 would be Fox, if only they could.

[TheConciseStatement]

@Myndir

You went centre-left, left, then far right - are you saying, if given the choice, no British terrestrial channel would want to associate themselves with the Conservative Party?

[Myndir]

@TheConciseStatement ITV and Channel 5 would back the Conservatives as the most plausible right-wing government. However, Fox News WAS a bit of an exaggeration. I would guess that ITV at least would be more like the Daily Telegraph: centre-right, Eurosceptic etc.

I'm not so sure about Channel 5, because I'm not exactly a viewer, but I'd imagine that (as a commercial channel) they'd be inclined to back the Tories. Unlike Channel 4 and the BBC, the government doesn't do much for them.

[Tzimnewman3]

@Myndir LOL The Government does not do much for BBC?

What about the TAX that is collected for owning a TV.

[bellebrett]

unidentified amusing creatures

[PaidiCole]

Thanks for the upload!