Main content. Malcolm Tucker He might be out of power, but Malcolm Tucker is still as foul-mouthed and manipulative as ever. Who's in power? HM Government Meet the members of the coalition party in power. It is subtly implied in Series 3 that he is particularly close to his niece as he has many children's drawings and paintings pinned up in his office. During a rant in front of Ollie in series 4, and speaking of himself in the third person, he explicitly states that he has no children nor friends for that matter , and in series 3 he is shown spending his 50th birthday alone in his office.
However, at other times, there are hints that he has a family - he wears a wedding ring however, this is more likely to be Peter Capaldi's wedding ring, which he refuses to take off , and when being pursued by photographers after his forced resignation, a young boy is briefly seen looking out of the window of Tucker's home. The reasons for his deep personal animosity towards journalist Simon Hewitt, mostly left open to speculation in the final cut, are explained to Ollie by Terri in one of the deleted scenes: Hewitt's current girlfriend, BBC health correspondent Kelly Grogan, had been Tucker's girlfriend until about three months earlier.
He is a firm believer in meritocracy and a staunch opponent of classism and cronyism. Accordingly, his demeanour towards working-class characters or anyone deemed a social inferior is sincerely empathetic, gentlemanly and devoid of condescension.
By Sam Clark. June 20, pm Updated pm. Sign up to get Paul Waugh's daily politics email, with exclusive analysis every weekday evening Email address is invalid Thank you for subscribing! Sorry, there was a problem. In November , Chris Langham was arrested on child pornography charges. I came away with less respect for politicians but more empathy. A film, In the Loop , followed, using many of the same cast and characters, with the addition of Tom Hollander as the secretary of state for international development and James Gandolfini as a US general.
The Thick of It has a potent gladiatorial kind of culture, where the best jokes rise to the top, so for me personally it was exhausting. I loved it but most things start to calcify. You reach a point with any TV character where people just want you to do that thing you do. Iannucci agrees. It felt like the end of an era, but in hindsight The Thick of It increasingly looks like a quaint documentary about a high-point of trust in British politicians.
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