The Thick of It

2005-2012. BBC. The most popular and critically acclaimed political sitcom of the early twenty-first century. It presents the rather minor Department for Social Affairs and Citizenship (DoSAC) run by a succession of mediocre ministers – Hugh Abbott (Chris Langham), Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front), Peter Mannion (Roger Allam) and Fergus Williams (Geoffrey Streatfeild). While ministers come and go, the protagonist remains the same: head of communications Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi), who has turned swearing into a fine art and bullying into a spectator sport. The mixture of satire, colourful expletives and well-made sitcom has taken audience and critics alike. The Thick of It was awarded the BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy in 2006 and 2010. Chris Langham got a BAFTA for best comedy performance in 2006; so did Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front in 2010. In 2012, the latter two actors received British Comedy Awards.

Source

Anette Pankratz. "Spin, Swearing and Slapstick: The Thick of It (2005-2012)". In Birgit Neumann und Jürgen Kamm (Eds.). British TV Comedy: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.