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The Thick of It · Season 2 · BBC Four / BBC Two

The Thick of It Season 2

The Thick of It Season 2 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.8/10. 3 episodes on BBC Four / BBC Two from 20 October 2005.

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BollyMeter8.8/10Second run of three episodes in October 2005 maintained critical consensus and expanded Malcolm Tucker's mythology; IMDb series rating holds at 8.7 reflecting consistent audience quality perception across the early run.

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Series 2 aired six months after the first run and established the show's rhythm of short, concentrated series that never outstayed their welcome. The Department of Social Affairs remained under siege from Malcolm Tucker's communications operation, with Chris Langham's minister Hugh Abbot developing as a figure of spectacular political cowardice. Critics at the time noted the show's unusual production model - largely location-shot, dialogue that sounded genuinely unscripted even when precisely written - as a formal achievement independent of its satirical content. The Thick of It was at this stage the defining BBC political comedy of the decade.

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Season Over Season

Maintains the debut standard; the Tucker-Hugh dynamic deepens into the show's central comic engine.