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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  • @matthewglover7742
    @matthewglover7742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

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

  • @Jonjooooo
    @Jonjooooo ปีที่แล้ว +120

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

  • @bigshort9296
    @bigshort9296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +452

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

    • @aquaries206
      @aquaries206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +30

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

    • @thephoenixsystem6765
      @thephoenixsystem6765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SouthernFriedCyanide Well you would

    • @pipo7440
      @pipo7440 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      P

  • @theslimbin
    @theslimbin 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    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

  • @ThinkingFandom
    @ThinkingFandom ปีที่แล้ว +77

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

  • @gergelykiss
    @gergelykiss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +319

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

    • @pcrana1
      @pcrana1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean he’s not wrong ahahaah

    • @guibredacalixto9086
      @guibredacalixto9086 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂

  • @jamesogorman3315
    @jamesogorman3315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

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

  • @southsidejohnny5624
    @southsidejohnny5624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    “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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Looking around for hauners.

  • @valty3727
    @valty3727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

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

  • @BalrogsHaveWings
    @BalrogsHaveWings หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @domlzz
    @domlzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +285

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

    • @bobsmudger3979
      @bobsmudger3979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I second that sentiment 👍

    • @bartholomewdan
      @bartholomewdan ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @samlasley798
    @samlasley798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +354

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

    • @davestar4718
      @davestar4718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Non politico? You mean muggle.

    • @samlasley798
      @samlasley798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@davestar4718 ah yes, my mistake!

    • @clarkmannen8789
      @clarkmannen8789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@davestar4718 Pack it in Phil!

    • @flygonfiasco9751
      @flygonfiasco9751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

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

  • @MultiOpolis
    @MultiOpolis ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "Your wife is gorgeous and you're obviously very devoted to her...again" 🤣

  • @essexboys2
    @essexboys2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

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

    • @jamiestewart48
      @jamiestewart48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's such a genuine laugh as well!

    • @AlsatiaZevo
      @AlsatiaZevo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @sambrown2126
      @sambrown2126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @thetributingstrober552
    @thetributingstrober552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Malcolm's scarily young in the first shots

  • @LifeOfRy
    @LifeOfRy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

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

  • @233kosta
    @233kosta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

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

  • @anthonycleary4676
    @anthonycleary4676 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

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

  • @thatlonewolfguy2878
    @thatlonewolfguy2878 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

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

  • @PaddyRoon7
    @PaddyRoon7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

  • @lifesabeachnyc8568
    @lifesabeachnyc8568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Showing off your googling skills. Cool story

    • @janisauzins4103
      @janisauzins4103 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @darthollie
    @darthollie ปีที่แล้ว +32

    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 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @kitpalmer1583
    @kitpalmer1583 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

  • @damagedbug8848
    @damagedbug8848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

    • @ellwill5709
      @ellwill5709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I think that might be Malcolm's PA, Sam

  • @roystonlodge
    @roystonlodge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

  • @saffron3618
    @saffron3618 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @strider6056
    @strider6056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    Jamie should've appeared in this more often.

    • @Aerostarm
      @Aerostarm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      No he shouldn’t have. He was cringe

    • @JM19649
      @JM19649 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      "SHUT IT" love actually

    • @themadplotter
      @themadplotter 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @fairsaa7975
      @fairsaa7975 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@AerostarmI found him a bit much

    • @Jackdaw5
      @Jackdaw5 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @liamkeegan432
    @liamkeegan432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

    • @Theseamus2000
      @Theseamus2000 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @gingerg85
    @gingerg85 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @sirisaac2000
      @sirisaac2000 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @yatindawra770
    @yatindawra770 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    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.

  • @joelkaranikas7314
    @joelkaranikas7314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

  • @davidobrien5654
    @davidobrien5654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

  • @baileyrob
    @baileyrob ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

  • @steveellis9288
    @steveellis9288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

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

    • @barryhomeowner9293
      @barryhomeowner9293 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @DeanRmma
    @DeanRmma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    “You’re devoted to her..again”

  • @tonyclifton265
    @tonyclifton265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

  • @jonathanbennet2580
    @jonathanbennet2580 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    epilepsy of the eyes is such a good line

  • @rbrown4378
    @rbrown4378 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @janisauzins4103
    @janisauzins4103 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @mossy642
    @mossy642 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Churchill probably did eat Hummus.

  • @Lasergridable
    @Lasergridable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Blinky Spamfuck" - Ben Swain

  • @filmreviewer117
    @filmreviewer117 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @gingerg85
    @gingerg85 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @ben6993
    @ben6993 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @peterlivingstone
    @peterlivingstone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @aquaries206
    @aquaries206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @christopherdavies1759
      @christopherdavies1759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @gchecosse
      @gchecosse 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@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.

  • @stevenmccormackmusic
    @stevenmccormackmusic ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I laughed more than I should at the Irene Handl reference

  • @JJHaggy
    @JJHaggy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    In an alternate reality Mannion is our first Cypriot prime minister

    • @edpatel6929
      @edpatel6929 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brilliant! A true Cypriot crook at that!!!

  • @Thelonedisciple0
    @Thelonedisciple0 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @BarryLetts379
    @BarryLetts379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    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"

  • @werewolvesdeathmetal
    @werewolvesdeathmetal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @deanlawrence3881
    @deanlawrence3881 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Even the out takes are fucking brilliant.

  • @Hascienda27
    @Hascienda27 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    2:44 it’s so bang on

  • @jacksimpsonguitar253
    @jacksimpsonguitar253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @leetucker6016
    @leetucker6016 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Genius show

  • @AlchemistOfNirnroot
    @AlchemistOfNirnroot ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That third eye joke....

  • @TheGrimble
    @TheGrimble 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @TobeWilsonNetwork
    @TobeWilsonNetwork 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1:33 “… verifiable”

  • @DeathBoxDeadBoxHead1
    @DeathBoxDeadBoxHead1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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_ 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      bit late but they’re on bb iplayer

  • @hoilst265
    @hoilst265 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @tardihydr5641
    @tardihydr5641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @aquaries206
      @aquaries206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @laserpanda94
      @laserpanda94 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @jesse98362
    @jesse98362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So good.

  • @Rapscallion2009
    @Rapscallion2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That tucker guy swears a lot.

  • @keepyoureyespeeled
    @keepyoureyespeeled 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @c.l.u
      @c.l.u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Valhalla88888
    @Valhalla88888 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @MX.Unicorn1999
    @MX.Unicorn1999 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I see the cleaner is well adjusted to them

  • @Hascienda27
    @Hascienda27 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Practically Non of these should of been deleted

  • @Hascienda27
    @Hascienda27 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    15:44 I feel personally attacked

  • @Islington_Express_Bus
    @Islington_Express_Bus ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:18 you can see a boom mike briefly

  • @damxcv
    @damxcv ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:23 Epilepsy of the eyes 😂😂😂

  • @JD-fb5ps
    @JD-fb5ps 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Cannabis and wanking?"

  • @premier1975
    @premier1975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @josderbos9571
    @josderbos9571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    7:37 without context

  • @PaulRoneClarke
    @PaulRoneClarke หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.....

  • @SuperNeontrix
    @SuperNeontrix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @georgeohunt2263
    @georgeohunt2263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I fucking love Ben Swain

  • @matthewpople9639
    @matthewpople9639 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @evelynalvar4275
    @evelynalvar4275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know when I don't know how but I know tinder kicked me out.

  • @AbAb-th5qe
    @AbAb-th5qe 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really enjoyed 1:58

  • @darthollie
    @darthollie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "fight, fight, fight, fight"

  • @Gravedigger933
    @Gravedigger933 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    12:25 😂

  • @h.a.b.arguille1896
    @h.a.b.arguille1896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The last of the last bus home...?

  • @corneliuswonder
    @corneliuswonder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    3:09

  • @gregbouchard414
    @gregbouchard414 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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

  • @evelynalvar4275
    @evelynalvar4275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jane Seymour was the third wife of Henry the 8th and the prettiest and his most beloved who died coincidentally of maltreatment and dehydration after the birth of Henry the 8th only son Edward
    who died at the age of 12 from maltreatment and dehydration then me old mum bloody Mary the 1st of England became Queen. Who was then succeeded by my son's most feared ghost Elizabeth 1 who haunts his dreams. He saw her picture in a history book and said "Mommy she is mean I have nightmares about her."

  • @tmod231
    @tmod231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not all of these were deleted tho?

    • @seankelly378
      @seankelly378 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @nelsonglover3963
    @nelsonglover3963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I swear these aren't deleted scenes

    • @ciaranmcguinness8900
      @ciaranmcguinness8900 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @Eliteerin
      @Eliteerin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @callumstringer1946
      @callumstringer1946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @francainable
      @francainable ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @sirravixfourhorn7681
    @sirravixfourhorn7681 หลายเดือนก่อน

    14:19 for the Fatty joke

  • @RICKYMDOGG
    @RICKYMDOGG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Sauron"

  • @janisauzins4103
    @janisauzins4103 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @AzelfandQuilava
      @AzelfandQuilava 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @cmasseylynch
    @cmasseylynch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @funkdoubt1
    @funkdoubt1 ปีที่แล้ว

    🤣

  • @corneliuswonder
    @corneliuswonder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    12:22

  • @valty3727
    @valty3727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    12:00

  • @jamesnichol2183
    @jamesnichol2183 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @TimStamper89
    @TimStamper89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No surrender popes a bender 🤣

  • @elliotthannant6
    @elliotthannant6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    J NJ

  • @Kris.G
    @Kris.G ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @markpunt9638
    @markpunt9638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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