I’m positive we’ve mentioned The Thick of It on more than a few occasions on this blog in the past. In fact, I’m sure of it. It’s the British show from Armando Iannucci, the creator of HBO’s Veep (and in fact, they are very similar shows). It features one of the greatest foul-mouthed characters on any television show in any country in any year of all time ever, Malcolm Tucker, a significant contributor to TV’s Most Memorable F-Words and a member of the 100 Greatest Insults of All Time Club. He is outstanding, and although The Thick of It would be great without him (it’d basically be Veep), Malcolm Tucker takes the show to an incredible new level.
The good news is: According to Deadline, you can watch him in all his profanity-fueled glory on Hulu beginning on July 29th. If any of you have tried to watch the Best Cursing Show Ever on BBC America, it’s probably damn well impossible to follow because all the profanities are bleeped. Hulu will not censor, so you can enjoy The Thick of It in the spirit in which it was intended.
But it gets EVEN BETTER. In addition to airing all three seasons of the British political sitcom, which I like to refer to as a cross between The West Wing and George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words act, Hulu will also partner with the BBC to air the fourth season of The Thick of It the same day it airs in the UK.
Why can’t they do this for other British shows? This is even better than same-week airings of “Doctor Who” on BBC America, because there won’t be any television edits, no censoring, and no lousy American expositional introductions to taint the true glory that is The Thick Of It.
If you’re still not sold, maybe I can interest you in the Very F–king Best of Malcolm Tucker.
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Fuckity bye!
I have developed a huge man crush on BBC America. I watch it much more than the alphabet networks.
Tucker needs to show up on Veep somehow since both shows are clearly set in the same universe as evidenced by In the Loop.
Well at least in my mind.
Amanda Chlumsky plays two different characters- Eliza / Amy I think for In the Loop and Veep so going just by that I’d say they do not share the same universe.
I know, that’s why I was saying in my mind. I imagine she has changed her name due to the embarrassment of the report being leaked and everything that happens in the film but she stays in politics and eventually becomes a top aide to Selina when she’s a senator and follows her into the vice-presidency.
In The Loop is one of my favorite movies- how does the TV series stack up? Also, Hulu or Hulu +? Because that could seriously temper my excitement if it is the latter.
Should’ve read this before I posted. Same question as above. I’ll hang up and listen.
I’ve only watched the first season of TTOI, they’re very similar in all the important areas, but In The Loop is definitely more polished from a production standpoint and the story is more ‘significant’ if that makes sense. Basically, TTOI is more like the fence scenes from ITL. But if you liked the movie you’ll enjoy the show.
Yes. What IdleRich said. The movie is more significant, but I like the series just as much (plus, they’re six episode seasons, so you can bang them out in an afternoon). Also, sorry: it’s Hulu AND Hulu+.
Is this just regular Hulu or Hulu+
If you like In the Thick of It and Veep there is an Australian series called The Hollowmen which is of similar theme and quality.