The Thick of It
The Thick of It: Season 4

Air Date

September 8, 2012

Episodes

7 episodes

The Thick of It

Season 4

Overview

More government embarrassment, coalition rows, policy U-turns and frantic spin-doctoring in Armando Iannucci's masterful political satire.

Episodes

Networked Nation

1. Networked Nation

8.2
September 8, 2012
29 min

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.

New Advisor

2. New Advisor

8.6
September 15, 2012
28 min

With Glenn gone, Nicola Murray is busy breaking in her new policy advisor, Helen Hatley. When Helen is accidentally photographed holding notes from an ideas meeting, Nicola is understandably angry.

Thought Camp

3. Thought Camp

7.8
September 22, 2012
29 min

Stewart Pearson is running 'Thought Camp' at a remote country house hotel, as the perfect way to re-engage the party with the creative cloudscape.

Hear 2 Hear

4. Hear 2 Hear

8.6
September 29, 2012
29 min

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.

The Leak

5. The Leak

8.8
October 6, 2012
29 min

With Nicola Murray and Peter Mannion both on the back foot after the unravelling of the key-worker housing sell-off policy there's inevitably going to be a scramble for the moral high-ground.

The Inquiry

6. The Inquiry

9.2
October 13, 2012
59 min

The government, opposition and civil service are called before Lord Goolding's inquiry.

The Final Reckoning

7. The Final Reckoning

8.8
October 20, 2012
29 min

Dan Miller gets sent on a fact-finding mission to the local cop-shop to press the flesh.