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Best Episodes of The Thick of It
The Inquiry
S4 Ep6
8.2
13th Oct 2012
The government, opposition and civil service are called before Lord Goolding's inquiry.
The Final Reckoning
S4 Ep7
8.2
20th Oct 2012
Dan Miller gets sent on a fact-finding mission to the local cop-shop to press the flesh.
Episode 3
S2 Ep3
8.1
3rd Nov 2005
Someone sends an email they shouldn't have, while Hugh lies to a Select Committee...
Episode 7
S3 Ep7
8.1
5th Dec 2009
Nicola Murray and her team are desperate to find a major sports personality to be the face of DoSAC's new Healthy Choices campaign. Malcolm's away on holiday and doesn't want to be disturbed, so they take advice from Steve Fleming, who's back on the scene as the PM's new fixer. Is Steve really as nice as he seems? Everyone knows Malcolm never takes holidays, so what's he up to now?
Episode 5
S3 Ep5
8.1
21st Nov 2009
After weeks of trading bitter blows in the press, DoSAC minister Nicola Murray MP and her shadow Peter Mannion MP are invited onto BBC Radio 5Live for a debate on Richard Bacon's late-night phone-in programme. Director of communications Malcolm Tucker and opposition PR guru Stewart Pearson decide to listen in the comfort of their respective offices, but when some breaking news threatens to make things difficult for the politicians, the programme quickly turns into a phone-in like no other. Malcolm and Stewart are left no choice but to start getting their people over to the studios.
Hear 2 Hear
S4 Ep4
8.1
29th Sep 2012
With Nicola safely on a train to attend the party's Here 2 Hear in far-flung Bradford, Malcolm is free to launch his latest plot.
Worst Episodes of The Thick of It
Networked Nation
S4 Ep1
7.5
8th Sep 2012
Peter Mannion, the Secretary of State for Social Affairs, gets told to launch his Coalition partner Fergus's new 'Networked Nation' policy at a school.
Episode 4
S3 Ep4
7.6
14th Nov 2009
The civil servants at DoSAC are preparing for a visit from the DoSAC shadow minister Peter Mannion. For Mannion and his team, this informal pre-election briefing is a good opportunity to measure up for new curtains. For Terri Coverley, this principally means putting on a bit more make-up. For Nicola Murray, it is simply another distraction on a day when nothing seems to be going right. All she really wants to do is get Glenn and Olly to kick-start the Fourth Sector Pathfinder Initiative. And then she gets a call.
Episode 1
S1 Ep1
7.6
19th May 2005
Hugh Abbot is the Minister for Social Affairs and he's facing a policy crisis; his 'Snooper Squad' idea has been vetoed which leaves him with just forty minutes to come up with a new policy.
Episode 2
S1 Ep2
7.7
26th May 2005
Hugh enlists the help of a focus group to help him make a decision between two policies.
Episode 3
S1 Ep3
7.7
2nd Jun 2005
An empty London flat threatens the future of a potential Housing Bill. Dan Miller is getting plenty of media-attention for his work on the bill, which is creating a degree of envy.
Episode 2
S2 Ep2
7.8
27th Oct 2005
There's a reshuffle in the offing and the PM's new 'blue skies' advisor is making trouble...
The Thick of It Episode Guide
Episode 1
S1 Ep1
7.6
19th May 2005
Hugh Abbot is the Minister for Social Affairs and he's facing a policy crisis; his 'Snooper Squad' idea has been vetoed which leaves him with just forty minutes to come up with a new policy.
Episode 2
S1 Ep2
7.7
26th May 2005
Hugh enlists the help of a focus group to help him make a decision between two policies.
Episode 3
S1 Ep3
7.7
2nd Jun 2005
An empty London flat threatens the future of a potential Housing Bill. Dan Miller is getting plenty of media-attention for his work on the bill, which is creating a degree of envy.
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.
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The best rated episodes of The Thick of It are:
The Inquiry S4E6 rated 8.2
The Final Reckoning S4E7 rated 8.2
Episode 3 S2E3 rated 8.1
Episode 7 S3E7 rated 8.1
Episode 5 S3E5 rated 8.1
Hear 2 Hear S4E4 rated 8.1
The lowest rated episodes of The Thick of It are:
Networked Nation S4E1 rated 7.5
Episode 4 S3E4 rated 7.6
Episode 1 S1E1 rated 7.6
Episode 2 S1E2 rated 7.7
Episode 3 S1E3 rated 7.7
Episode 2 S2E2 rated 7.8
The first episode of The Thick of It aired on May 19, 2005.
The last episode of The Thick of It aired on October 20, 2012.
