Interpolic Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Series 2, coming soon (last week of October). http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=121&title=the_thick_of_it_season_two_a_first_glimp&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 [flash=200,200] I really like this show, a complete farce which is probably not as far from the truth as it should be. Brilliant use of swearing as well, better than most. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 A new series? Really? Yay! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Yeah I was surprised as well, I thought after that Chris Langham stuff we got a couple of specials and that was our lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Popularity of the film probably encouraged them to do it, even without him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 YES. :celb: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 In The Loop is one of the best films I've seen in the past 12-18 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Series 2, I thought we were onto series 3 or 4 at least. 1st series was Langham, 2nd sans Langham, 3rd was something about nutters I seem to remember unless that was 2nd series. I'm sure there's been at least 2 though. Wikipedia will undoubtedly prove me wrong. Great news anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest schmuck Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 There were originally 2 series of 3 episodes with Langham which are now known as Series 1, then there were 3 post Langham specials called Spinners and Losers, Rise of The Nutters and another one about the opposition. Langham was so good in the original series and the specials really suffered without him I thought, he really was the heart of the show, I suppose a lot of it depends on how good the woman they've got in as his replacement is. In Iannucci I trust though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 wish they'd get langham back on board tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 wish they'd get langham back on board tbh No chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 wish they'd get langham back on board tbh No chance. Is he in jail or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 wish they'd get langham back on board tbh No chance. Is he in jail or something? Na, he's out, but I can't see a publicly funded broadcaster hiring a convicted paedo to star in a programme, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 wish they'd get langham back on board tbh No chance. Is he in jail or something? Na, he's out, but I can't see a publicly funded broadcaster hiring a convicted paedo to star in a programme, like. It's political correctness gone mad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 wish they'd get langham back on board tbh No chance. Is he in jail or something? Na, he's out, but I can't see a publicly funded broadcaster hiring a convicted paedo to star in a programme, like. It's political correctness gone mad. clever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Maybe they can write him in as an MP who's public standing fell immeasurably upon his conviciton for posessing indecent images of children. Enough time has passed I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Maybe they can write him in as an MP who's public standing fell immeasurably upon his conviciton for posessing indecent images of children. Enough time has passed I think. Oh, aye. I bet there wouldn't even be a single complaint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Maybe they can write him in as an MP who's public standing fell immeasurably upon his conviciton for posessing indecent images of children. Enough time has passed I think. Oh, aye. I bet there wouldn't even be a single complaint. it will be fine, i heard there going to make Barrymore a pool attendant aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
looneytoon Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 [flash=200,200]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_7pyktzpY8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2009/oct/15/thick-of-it-malcolm-tucker The Thick of It: top ten Malcolm Tucker moments Armando Iannucci's part-improvised political comedy about the inner workings of New(ish) Labour, The Thick of It, returns to TV next week – this time with a proper run of eight episodes and a prime-time Saturday night slot on BBC2. The new series begins on the day of a cabinet reshuffle and a new minister for the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship in the form of Nicola Murray (played by queen of twisted middle-class women Rebecca Front) a back-bencher so low down the pecking order her appointment is likened to a dinner lady presenting the tenth series of the Big Breakfast. The best reason to tune in though is to witness the further adventures of Malcolm Tucker, Peter Capaldi's lethal Scottish enforcer of number 10's wishes, or as Murray describes him "the PM's all-swearing eye". With Tucker, The Thick of It has taken profanity, the liberal use of the word cock and the fine art of the soul-puncturing put-down to a new high. So here are our 10 favourite Tucker quotes from the first series and the two spin-off specials - both of which are being repeated next week. WARNING: Obvious really, but just in case … ridiculously sweary language follows below Our Ten Favourite Tucker Quotes • Responding to knock at his door: "Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off." • Tucker's Law (out-take from the Spinners & Losers special): "If some cunt can fuck something up, that cunt will pick the worst possible time to fucking fuck it up cause that cunt's a cunt." • Moaning about minister on the phone: "He's about as much use as a marzipan dildo." • To a pair of rival advisors: "Laurel and fucking Hardy! Glad you could join us. Did you manage to get that piano up the stairs OK?" • Dressing down MP, Geoff Holhurst: "You're so back-bench, you've actually fucking fallen off. You're out by the fucking bins where I put you." • Commenting on Ben Swain's disasterous Newsnight appearance: "All these hands all over the place! You were like a sweaty octopus trying to unhook a bra." • Bollocking a communications department employee: "How much fucking shit is there on the menu and what fucking flavour is it?" • Advising minister Hugh Abbot to keep up with the zeitgeist: "You've got 24 hours to sort out your policy on EastEnders, right? Or you're for the halal butchers." • Note passed to assistant Jamie during meeting with blue sky thinker Julius Nicholson: "Please could you take this note, ram it up his hairy inbox and pin it to his fucking prostate." • Admonishing junior adviser Ollie Reeder to respect government property: "Feet off the furniture you Oxbridge twat, you're not on a punt now." Did we miss any pearls of Tucker wisdom? Feel free to share them below. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Tucker's Law (out-take from the Spinners & Losers special): "If some cunt can fuck something up, that cunt will pick the worst possible time to fucking fuck it up cause that cunt's a cunt." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 New series starts in ten minutes on BBC2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlufPurdi Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Was good stuff tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 very good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I guess I should get around to watching the first two series (is there a plural of series?) having seen and enjoyed the film and last night's episode. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I guess I should get around to watching the first two series (is there a plural of series?) having seen and enjoyed the film and last night's episode. The voiceover guy at the beginning ballsed up, as there's only been one series but also a few (2 or 3?) specials. I bought the 1st series and watched the specials on telly / YouTube. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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