Episode 2
Political comedy. Nicola has only been in the cabinet for a week, but already the press question her survival chances. Then someone wipes the immigration records of 170,672 people.
The return of Armando Iannucci's political comedy.
Nicola Murray MP has only been secretary of state for just over a week, but already there is press speculation on how long she will last. And now someone at the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship has completely wiped the immigration records of 170,672 people.
Who's going to get the blame? Who's going to get the job of breaking the news to Malcolm? And how is Nicola going to get through an entire lunch with the staff of the Guardian without revealing the catastrophic scale of the latest computer disaster?
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Malcolm Tucker | Peter Capaldi |
| Ollie Reeder | Chris Addison |
| Glenn Cullen | James Smith |
| Terri Coverley | Joanna Scanlan |
| Nicola Murray | Rebecca Front |
| Robyn Murdoch | Polly Kemp |
| Geoffrey | Peter Sullivan |
| John | Alex Lowe |
| Journalist | Judith Faultless |
| Marianne Swift | Zoe Telford |
| Writer | Ian Martin |
| Writer | Jesse Armstrong |
| Writer | Roger Drew |
| Writer | Will Smith |
| Writer | Sean Gray |
| Writer | Simon Blackwell |
| Writer | Tony Roche |
| Producer | Adam Tandy |
| Director | Armando Iannucci |
Broadcasts
Sat 31 Oct 2009 22:10±«Óãtv HD & ±«Óãtv Two- Tue 3 Nov 2009 23:30±«Óãtv HD
- Thu 5 Nov 2009 23:30
- Sun 24 Jan 2010 00:00
- Thu 17 Jun 2010 22:50±«Óãtv HD
- Thu 21 Jun 2012 22:00±«Óãtv HD
Thu 20 Jun 2019 22:30- Mon 24 Jun 2019 23:30
- Tue 25 Oct 2022 22:30
- Tue 15 Aug 2023 21:30
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