The Thick of It
TV Show • 2005 • Comedy
ReportSet in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.
This tv show contains 10 potentially triggering events.
| Season | |
| Episode |
Filter to only show:
Both
Yes
No
Your Triggers
Yes
0
No
7
Unanswered Triggers
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Is there bestiality?
74 supporters
Yes
0
No
0
1
alan001
There are jokes about it.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
68 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does it have a sad ending?
45 supporters
Yes
0
No
0
0
vincentdorian
The ending to the series is a downer and a half. Malcolm Tucker has lost his job and is facing a possible prison sentence, Stewart Pearson has been sacked, Nicola Murray and Ben Swain both resign on the same day, Glenn Cullen has quit in a fit of rage and plans to turn himself in for perjuring himself during the inquiry (but decides against it at the last minute), and Ollie Reeder has taken over Malcolm’s position, which Malcolm says he won’t last over 18 months in.
1 comment | Add comment
Abuse
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
2
No
1
0
vincentdorian
Child abuse is implied by Malcolm Tucker when speaking of an unnamed shadow minister in Season 3 Episode 5.
1 comment | Add comment
Addiction
Yes
3
No
0
0
vincentdorian
A character uses antidepressants although he is not prescribed them, and Nicola Murray mentions taking ketamine and paracetamol during two separate anxiety attacks.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Animal
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Assault
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
6
0
Sammmmmmmmm
No, but Jamie makes an off-color joke about SA in the second special.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Bodily Harm
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
1
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Children
Yes
0
No
3
Family
Yes
0
No
4
Does a parent die?
17 supporters
Yes
5
No
0
2
vincentdorian
Terri Coverly’s father dies, though not on screen. There’s only mentions of his death.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone cheat?
16 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
2
vincentdorian
Not in-series, but part of Peter Mannion’s backstory is that he cheated on his wife with a house maid, leaving the maid pregnant with a love child.
1 comment | Add comment
Fear
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Gross
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Law Enforcement
Yes
1
No
4
Medical
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Is there a hospital scene?
11 supporters
Yes
6
No
0
3
vincentdorian
In Season 4 Episode 4, Ollie Reeder is in hospital after getting his appendix taken out.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Mental Health
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
4
Are there anxiety attacks?
24 supporters
Yes
5
No
0
2
vincentdorian
Nicola Murray has anxiety attacks throughout the show - specifically Season 3 Episode 3 and Season 4 Episode 4.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
4
No
0
2
vincentdorian
Not shown on screen, but a character does commit suicide, which launches an inquiry into his death.
1 comment | Add comment
Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
34 supporters
Yes
6
No
0
1
vincentdorian
The show is filmed in the style of a docuseries, so some scenes have shakey camera movements - such as Season 1 Episode 3, when Malcolm Tucker is running to DoSaC.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there obscene language/gestures?
7 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
1
Anonymous
if you don’t like obscene language this show is not for u
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
3
Are there abortions?
14 supporters
Yes
0
No
4
1
Sammmmmmmmm
Only a mean-spirited reference to one.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Prejudice
Yes
6
No
0
Yes
0
No
4
Are there homophobic slurs?
41 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
2
Jethro
Not used against any lgbt people but a main part of the show is the excessive swearing which also features certain slurs
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
30 supporters
Yes
0
No
4
2
Sammmmmmmmm
Malcolm warns that he knows about some politician who wears stockings and blackface.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
24 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
1
vincentdorian
The only explicit hate speech I can think of is when Ben Swain makes racially charged remarks to a black cleaner in Richmond Terrace (not shown on screen, but mentioned by the cleaner as she speaks to Malcolm Tucker about it). Jamie McDonald and Malcolm Tucker also make jokes about Ollie Reeder being gay (when in reality, he isn’t). These jokes are sometimes aimed at the fact that he has a girlfriend who “doesn’t mind”, however the majority of them are name-calling (i.e. “Happy New Queer” said by Jamie, “Did you have a nice Poof-mas?” said by Malcolm).
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there ableist language or behavior?
38 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
2
Sammmmmmmmm
Malcolm makes a joke about Stephen Hawking. He also uses the r-slur at Nicola.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there n-words?
28 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
1
vincentdorian
Ollie Reeder, a white man, says the n-word in one of the specials (unsure which one). It is not said with the hard ‘r’.
2 comments | Add comment
Sex
Is there sexual content?
1 supporters
Yes
6
No
0
2
vincentdorian
Many of Malcolm Tucker’s insults/“bollockings” include what he calls “violent sexual imagery”. Other characters also use this type of speech.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
3
Vehicular
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Violence
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4