The Thick Of It - Deleted Scenes (The Specials)

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  • The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of British government. Written and directed by Armando Iannucci, it was first broadcast for two short series on BBC Four in 2005, initially with a small cast focusing on a government minister, his advisers and their party's spin-doctor. The cast was significantly expanded for two hour-long specials to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's appointment as prime minister in 2007, which saw new characters forming the opposition party added to the cast. These characters continued when the show switched channels to BBC Two for its third series in 2009. A fourth series about a coalition government was broadcast in 2012, with the last episode transmitted on 27 October 2012.
    The series has been described as the 21st century's answer to Yes Minister. It highlights the struggles and conflicts between politicians, party spin doctors, advisers, civil servants and the media. In similar fashion to Yes Minister, the political parties involved are never mentioned by name, although the context makes clear which is which particularly during Series 4 when the real life government coalition between the Conservatives and the Lib Dems is reflected in the show. Iannucci describes it as "Yes Minister meets Larry Sanders". Journalist and former civil servant Martin Sixsmith was an adviser to the writing team, adding to the realism of some scenes. The series became well known for its profanity and for featuring storylines which have mirrored, or in some cases predicted, real-life policies, events or scandals.
    A feature film spin-off, In the Loop, was released in the UK on 17 April 2009. A pilot for a U.S. remake of the show was not successful, but Iannucci was subsequently invited to create Veep for HBO, a programme with a very similar tone and political issues, with the involvement of some The Thick of It writers and production members.

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  • @Jonjooooo
    @Jonjooooo Год назад +125

    "Do you want a splintered glass facial?" Incredible writing, I love it.

  • @bigshort9296
    @bigshort9296 3 года назад +457

    ‘He trained as a priest”....hilarious.

    • @aquaries206
      @aquaries206 3 года назад +78

      Funny thing is that Paul Higgins, the actor who played Jamie, was indeed trained as a priest until he picked up acting.

    • @SouthernFriedCyanide
      @SouthernFriedCyanide 3 года назад +31

      Be fantastic, I'd confess everything to him...😂

    • @thephoenixsystem6765
      @thephoenixsystem6765 2 года назад +2

      @@SouthernFriedCyanide Well you would

    • @pipo7440
      @pipo7440 2 года назад

      P

  • @gergelykiss
    @gergelykiss 3 года назад +324

    "Who doesn't like people? Some of my best friends are people..." 8:10 Love it.

    • @pcrana1
      @pcrana1 3 года назад +23

      I love how we went some of my best friends are people, some of my best friends are money grabbing wankers in the next season

    • @joliecollier7937
      @joliecollier7937 2 года назад

      I mean he’s not wrong ahahaah

    • @guibredacalixto9086
      @guibredacalixto9086 2 года назад

      😂😂😂😂

  • @jamesogorman3315
    @jamesogorman3315 2 года назад +86

    It’s weird how these deleted scenes almost give more context to things

  • @theslimbin
    @theslimbin 8 месяцев назад +44

    20:46 by far my favourite tucker and Jamie moment. Taking the working persons side and especially when Jamie says he’ll kill Ben so she doesn’t have to get her hands dirty

  • @southsidejohnny5624
    @southsidejohnny5624 2 года назад +170

    “Fight, fight, fight, fight.” Jamie taking me right back to the playground in my 1970s Glasgow secondary school. Then trying to help them take their jackets off. 😂😂😂

    • @acm1137
      @acm1137 Год назад +5

      Looking around for hauners.

  • @samlasley798
    @samlasley798 3 года назад +358

    Jamie's morals kick in when in the presence of a non-politico. Psychotic but honourable til the end

    • @davestar4718
      @davestar4718 3 года назад +40

      Non politico? You mean muggle.

    • @samlasley798
      @samlasley798 3 года назад +15

      @@davestar4718 ah yes, my mistake!

    • @clarkmannen8789
      @clarkmannen8789 3 года назад +10

      @@davestar4718 Pack it in Phil!

    • @flygonfiasco9751
      @flygonfiasco9751 3 года назад +44

      Malcolm has incredible sympathy towards Sam. Their relationship is really sweet

  • @domlzz
    @domlzz 3 года назад +286

    u have no idea how much you've improved my quality of life by posting all of these.

    • @bobsmudger3979
      @bobsmudger3979 3 года назад +12

      I second that sentiment 👍

    • @bartholomewdan
      @bartholomewdan Год назад +1

      Absolutely. They're just as good as the rest of the show.

  • @matthewglover7742
    @matthewglover7742 3 года назад +241

    "You're obviously devoted to her,again" brilliant! !!

  • @ThinkingFandom
    @ThinkingFandom Год назад +82

    12:22 Even someone as harsh and morally dubious as Malcolm has standards, just shuts Ollie down

  • @thetributingstrober552
    @thetributingstrober552 3 года назад +65

    Malcolm's scarily young in the first shots

  • @valty3727
    @valty3727 3 года назад +79

    no fucking idea how any of the actors at 22:44 didn’t immediately crack up laughing that shit has me crying

  • @233kosta
    @233kosta 3 года назад +70

    In fairness, I can see how a blind toddler in a minefield would be funny in a South Park kind of way

  • @gingerg85
    @gingerg85 2 года назад +19

    "She's a lovely woman - gorgeous, and you're obviously very devoted to her again."

    • @sirisaac2000
      @sirisaac2000 Год назад +4

      I've seen every episode and most of the deleted scenes. I think that is the funniest line, just the simplicity of it.

    • @gingerg85
      @gingerg85 Год назад +3

      @@sirisaac2000 The writing was so sharp, truly excellent.

  • @strider6056
    @strider6056 3 года назад +339

    Jamie should've appeared in this more often.

    • @Aerostarm
      @Aerostarm Год назад +7

      No he shouldn’t have. He was cringe

    • @JM19649
      @JM19649 11 месяцев назад +19

      "SHUT IT" love actually

    • @themadplotter
      @themadplotter 10 месяцев назад

      @@JM19649love how you completely ballsed up the quote marks there, fat man who’s name I can’t remember.

    • @fairsaa7975
      @fairsaa7975 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@AerostarmI found him a bit much

    • @Jackdaw5
      @Jackdaw5 7 месяцев назад

      Jamie tends to be the character favoured by those people who miss much of the subtlety of the show.

  • @PaddyRoon7
    @PaddyRoon7 Год назад +24

    I love the father/son thing between Malcolm and Jamie lol, he 's Malcolm's minime!

  • @joelkaranikas7314
    @joelkaranikas7314 2 года назад +25

    5:44 Ben Swain uses an interruption line when the interviewer isn't interrupting him

  • @roystonlodge
    @roystonlodge 2 года назад +27

    Poor Glen. He had such a good relationship with Hugh, and then he had to start over with Iam Bent.

  • @kitpalmer1583
    @kitpalmer1583 Год назад +20

    7:05 Sam trying so hard not to laugh on camera and utterly failing

  • @thatlonewolfguy2878
    @thatlonewolfguy2878 Год назад +29

    8:48 "don't joke, you are not funny Julius, you're about as funny as a blind toddler in a fucking minefield" 💀💀🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ben6993
    @ben6993 Год назад +26

    Why were any of these deleted? An extended edition of The Thick of It with all these scenes would be a dream come true

    • @GustawK
      @GustawK Год назад +9

      One day I’ll put it together and send you the link.

  • @tonyclifton265
    @tonyclifton265 3 года назад +18

    "dark one, you go. blonde one, you stay" lol

  • @DeanRmma
    @DeanRmma 2 года назад +12

    “You’re devoted to her..again”

  • @saffron3618
    @saffron3618 4 месяца назад +3

    The actress playing the cleaner is brilliant! 🤣
    “You’re gonna have to call the police cause I’m gonna kill him!”

  • @Lasergridable
    @Lasergridable 2 года назад +11

    "Blinky Spamfuck" - Ben Swain

  • @jonathanbennet2580
    @jonathanbennet2580 2 месяца назад +2

    epilepsy of the eyes is such a good line

  • @gingerg85
    @gingerg85 2 года назад +7

    "Jazz hands, feeling you up under the table!" All the Newsnight tricks

  • @baileyrob
    @baileyrob Год назад +18

    "Everything's fine and... calm."
    "Calm?"
    "YES, EVERYTHING'S FUCKING CALM, D'YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CALM?!"
    hahahahha

  • @mossy642
    @mossy642 3 года назад +16

    Churchill probably did eat Hummus.

  • @aquaries206
    @aquaries206 3 года назад +36

    I always find Jamie extremely attractive. Wish could see more of him!

    • @christopherdavies1759
      @christopherdavies1759 3 года назад +19

      If you like the actor, I recommend 'Utopia' if you haven't seen it, he plays pretty much the opposite of Jamie, and it's one fo the greatest series i've ever seen

    • @aquaries206
      @aquaries206 3 года назад +2

      @@christopherdavies1759 Utopia is on my list! Thanks for the recommendation!

    • @gchecosse
      @gchecosse 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@aquaries206 he's also in Line of Duty, with a posh English accent, which is hard to take seriously because it sounds like Jamie mocking Ben Swain.

  • @filmreviewer117
    @filmreviewer117 Год назад +5

    Phil is me trying to explain a geek stuff in normal conservations and people just not getting it.

  • @janisauzins4103
    @janisauzins4103 Год назад +4

    Ben: I'm the heavyweight of hope
    Ollie: Well what if they say, hey, he's just a blinky dork.
    Contrasts make good writing.

  • @BarryLetts379
    @BarryLetts379 3 года назад +34

    The situation with the janitor, I'm literllay the bloke when it comes to someone getting bullied.
    "I'll do it for you, since I'm bored and in a bad mood"

  • @JPMM316
    @JPMM316 Год назад +3

    "He's not interrupting him. Paxo is not interrupting him!"

  • @peterlivingstone
    @peterlivingstone 3 года назад +13

    I like that Malcolm says "...undoubtably.." at 11.42

  • @AlchemistOfNirnroot
    @AlchemistOfNirnroot Год назад +7

    That third eye joke....

  • @stevenmccormackmusic
    @stevenmccormackmusic Год назад +6

    I laughed more than I should at the Irene Handl reference

  • @rbrown4378
    @rbrown4378 2 месяца назад +1

    21:39 I cry every time Jamie randomly takes her jacket off

  • @werewolvesdeathmetal
    @werewolvesdeathmetal 3 года назад +6

    "Nonono, he needs to do it. He should do it. I WANT him to do it"

  • @deanlawrence3881
    @deanlawrence3881 2 года назад +7

    Even the out takes are fucking brilliant.

  • @TheGrimble
    @TheGrimble 6 месяцев назад +2

    For some reason ‘who is Peter O’Doherty?’ Gets me everytime

  • @tardihydr5641
    @tardihydr5641 3 года назад +50

    Is there a reason Malcolm is so concerned about whether Claire's partners are blindfolded or not?

    • @aquaries206
      @aquaries206 3 года назад +28

      Probably if everybody else was also blindfolded then its complete anonymity so it’s not that big of a deal😂 idk?

    • @laserpanda94
      @laserpanda94 Год назад +4

      @@aquaries206 Yeah, that's how I understood it. Nobody can prove anything if they're all blindfolded 😄

  • @leetucker6016
    @leetucker6016 Год назад +4

    Genius show

  • @Rapscallion2009
    @Rapscallion2009 2 года назад +8

    That tucker guy swears a lot.

  • @MX.Unicorn1999
    @MX.Unicorn1999 Год назад +6

    I see the cleaner is well adjusted to them

  • @Valhalla88888
    @Valhalla88888 8 месяцев назад +2

    Jamie and Malcolm great Scots schooling the English with bad language❤❤❤❤

  • @Islington_Express_Bus
    @Islington_Express_Bus 2 года назад +2

    0:18 you can see a boom mike briefly

  • @matthewpople9639
    @matthewpople9639 9 месяцев назад +3

    How did they cut that scene with Ben, Jaimie and Malcolm? 😂

  • @josderbos9571
    @josderbos9571 3 года назад +20

    7:37 without context

  • @damxcv
    @damxcv Год назад +1

    6:23 Epilepsy of the eyes 😂😂😂

  • @premier1975
    @premier1975 2 года назад +1

    6:13 the opposite of the midas touch is, the kowalski touch.

  • @jesse98362
    @jesse98362 3 года назад +2

    So good.

  • @nelsonglover3963
    @nelsonglover3963 3 года назад +12

    I swear these aren't deleted scenes

    • @ciaranmcguinness8900
      @ciaranmcguinness8900 3 года назад

      Same

    • @Eliteerin
      @Eliteerin 3 года назад

      Yeah I'm fairly sure most of these were in the series

    • @callumstringer1946
      @callumstringer1946 3 года назад +17

      It’s different dialogue from the same scenes in the show

    • @francainable
      @francainable Год назад

      Some of them are scenes that are in but a bit longer where they probably had to cut for time

  • @PaulRoneClarke
    @PaulRoneClarke 3 месяца назад

    Claire's reason for not running for leader is a bit different in the out-takes than it is in the actual show... I mean.....

  • @corneliuswonder
    @corneliuswonder 3 года назад +5

    3:09

  • @tmod231
    @tmod231 3 года назад +4

    Not all of these were deleted tho?

    • @seankelly378
      @seankelly378 Год назад +2

      some had slight changes these ones weren’t used i think

    • @haztec.
      @haztec. 7 дней назад

      some scenes are extended on here, so they add the bit they kept in for the context.

  • @Gravedigger933
    @Gravedigger933 Год назад +1

    12:25 😂

  • @h.a.b.arguille1896
    @h.a.b.arguille1896 3 года назад +2

    The last of the last bus home...?

  • @janisauzins4103
    @janisauzins4103 Год назад

    In the 3rd season Peter Manion is shown to meet Terry for the first time... Are the specials not canon?

    • @AzelfandQuilava
      @AzelfandQuilava 4 месяца назад +2

      Presumably some of the deleted scenes aren't canon, plus technically Peter and Terri DID meet prior to the show but only she remembers. I wouldn't really say the deleted scene contradicts much either way tho.

  • @AbAb-th5qe
    @AbAb-th5qe 10 месяцев назад

    I really enjoyed 1:58

  • @cmasseylynch
    @cmasseylynch 3 года назад +4

    aaahhh what goes on behind the doors of the tories and labour in 2021....

  • @sirravixfourhorn7681
    @sirravixfourhorn7681 2 месяца назад

    14:19 for the Fatty joke

  • @jamesnichol2183
    @jamesnichol2183 Год назад +3

    "Like a blind toddler in a minefield"...Howling!!

  • @valty3727
    @valty3727 3 года назад +1

    12:00

  • @funkdoubt1
    @funkdoubt1 Год назад

    🤣

  • @TimStamper89
    @TimStamper89 3 года назад +7

    No surrender popes a bender 🤣

  • @Kris.G
    @Kris.G Год назад +2

    People seem to like Jamie but I can't stand him. He was just nasty without the funny part.

  • @elliotthannant6
    @elliotthannant6 3 года назад +1

    J NJ

  • @markpunt9638
    @markpunt9638 2 года назад +2

    Funny how most of this just has not survived.
    It is not on a par with Yes Minister by any stretch of the imagination.

  • @tumbles8350
    @tumbles8350 Год назад

    "cannabis and wanking?"
    ah, a fellow man of culture

  • @ottconsulting7
    @ottconsulting7 11 месяцев назад

    Jamie was a killer!

  • @essexboys2
    @essexboys2 3 года назад +120

    “I bet she’s got some paninis down there though” Mannion couldn’t hold it together 😂

    • @jamiestewart48
      @jamiestewart48 2 года назад +13

      It's such a genuine laugh as well!

    • @AlsatiaZevo
      @AlsatiaZevo 2 года назад +16

      I'm pretty sure that's Roger Allam corpsing - that's a feat, breaking a member of the RSC

    • @sambrown2126
      @sambrown2126 2 года назад +7

      would have been Phil’s best line in the entire show

  • @lifesabeachnyc8568
    @lifesabeachnyc8568 2 года назад +112

    I love how Phil brings Queen and Freddie Mercury into any conversation. I didn’t realize my first time watching this that the actor playing him (Will Smith) wrote many of the episodes and also wrote for Veep

    • @jamiestewart48
      @jamiestewart48 2 года назад

      When he says he hopes the large woman doesn't have a thong on but wouldn't be surprised if she has a couple of paninis down there I die every time.

    • @monkeytennis8861
      @monkeytennis8861 Год назад +1

      Showing off your googling skills. Cool story

    • @janisauzins4103
      @janisauzins4103 Год назад +2

      Unless I googled wrong, I think he first got in there as an actor, and started writing later. Maybe he wrote some stuff uncredited though

    • @gregoryborton6598
      @gregoryborton6598 Год назад +8

      @@janisauzins4103 A lot of the lines are totally improvised too. In a show like this, it's kind of hard to tell where the script ends and the actor's improv begins.

  • @LifeOfRy
    @LifeOfRy 2 года назад +45

    16:26 one of the best insults of the show!

  • @anthonycleary4676
    @anthonycleary4676 2 года назад +77

    "banging your head against the table, the sound of oak against fucking willow" has to be my favourite thing ever

  • @liamkeegan432
    @liamkeegan432 2 года назад +47

    I think 3:43 is the first time I've ever seen Malcolm laugh

    • @Theseamus2000
      @Theseamus2000 Год назад +5

      He has a slight snigger in the episode Olly starts going out with Emma and says "he's a lover not a fighter"

  • @darthollie
    @darthollie Год назад +35

    6:20 scene is probably one of the funniest scenes in the whole show, cannot fathom just how they could get rid of it.

    • @francainable
      @francainable 8 месяцев назад +2

      I guess it doesn't drive the plot forward really, same with the panini line,which is my favourite here. Agree it's a shame though. Would love an extended ep with all these scenes.

  • @BalrogsHaveWings
    @BalrogsHaveWings 2 месяца назад +7

    "Do you feel lucky, punk?"
    "No. Honestly, no"

  • @davidobrien5654
    @davidobrien5654 2 года назад +18

    It is a *crime* that that hummus scene didn't make it in.

  • @steveellis9288
    @steveellis9288 3 года назад +49

    I could happily work with people like them and would look forward to arriving at work everyday.

    • @Bagofnowt
      @Bagofnowt Год назад +10

      It'd be therapeutic to be able to shout at people like that

  • @damagedbug8848
    @damagedbug8848 2 года назад +45

    7:06 Love how that lady in the background broke when Jamie flips out lol

    • @ellwill5709
      @ellwill5709 2 года назад +23

      I think that might be Malcolm's PA, Sam

  • @JJHaggy
    @JJHaggy 2 года назад +17

    In an alternate reality Mannion is our first Cypriot prime minister

    • @edpatel6929
      @edpatel6929 5 месяцев назад

      Brilliant! A true Cypriot crook at that!!!

  • @jacksimpsonguitar253
    @jacksimpsonguitar253 2 года назад +9

    Yes everything's fucking calm do you have a problem with calm!?

  • @DeathBoxDeadBoxHead1
    @DeathBoxDeadBoxHead1 2 года назад +14

    I love these deleted scenes they are great, I need to find the two 1 hour specials, I got all the episodes of the show, and in the loop...I just need to track down the specials

    • @juicy.em_
      @juicy.em_ 2 месяца назад

      bit late but they’re on bb iplayer

  • @keepyoureyespeeled
    @keepyoureyespeeled 3 года назад +25

    "You’re like the man with the Midas touch…"
    So…Midas?

    • @c.l.u
      @c.l.u 3 года назад +1

      Midas was a greedy king who given the power to turn anything he touched to gold by Dionysius. (he chose the reward)

  • @yatindawra770
    @yatindawra770 7 месяцев назад +8

    I’ve only come to realise how small our community is of people who absolutely praise the show. It’s got that underground vibe. Fucking best thing ever made and there ain’t nothing like it. I’m probably watching this video for nth time and it still hits. Also all the love to us guys. Greetings from India. If anyone of you flies into the country, I would love to meet y’all someday.

  • @TobeWilsonNetwork
    @TobeWilsonNetwork 3 года назад +7

    1:33 “… verifiable”

  • @Hascienda27
    @Hascienda27 10 месяцев назад +2

    2:44 it’s so bang on

  • @hoilst265
    @hoilst265 Год назад +2

    "That...could just be...somebody who likes walks."

  • @Hascienda27
    @Hascienda27 10 месяцев назад +1

    Practically Non of these should of been deleted

  • @mattcurchin8337
    @mattcurchin8337 Месяц назад

    When Stewart says to Peter about his wife "You're obviously devoted to her.... again" 😂😂

  • @SuperNeontrix
    @SuperNeontrix 3 года назад +2

    Not just here, at Waitrose and other places...

  • @JD-fb5ps
    @JD-fb5ps 10 месяцев назад +1

    "Cannabis and wanking?"

  • @georgeohunt2263
    @georgeohunt2263 2 года назад +2

    I fucking love Ben Swain

  • @corneliuswonder
    @corneliuswonder 2 года назад +2

    12:22

  • @gregbouchard414
    @gregbouchard414 5 месяцев назад

    I got the thick of it complete collection on dvd and I can't wait too watch at of Downton Abbey see going too be good too watch at we'll be good too watch at my name see Gregbouchard

  • @Hascienda27
    @Hascienda27 4 месяца назад

    15:44 I feel personally attacked

  • @darthollie
    @darthollie 3 года назад +3

    "fight, fight, fight, fight"

  • @RICKYMDOGG
    @RICKYMDOGG 3 года назад +3

    "Sauron"

  • @elliotthannant6
    @elliotthannant6 3 года назад +1

    J NJ