The Thick Of It The Caledonian Mafia

[@yorktown99]

Malcolm and Jamie are a rare example of an effective team of bad-cop/bad-cop.

[@primo2296]

yorktown99 bad cop/worse cop

[@translucentbear]

@Stefano Pavone Malcolm shows some occasional levels of humanity. Whether this decreases the fear via weakness or increases it via the corruption of man, I am unsure.

[@GaldirEonai]

Bad cop / barely restrained psycho cop.

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

Stefano Pavone Malcolm tucker at least he can channel his anger and use the right profane tirades at the right time but Jamie is fucking unbridled psycho

[@jimmy2k4o]

Bad cop/bent cop

[@gregbarratt7161]

"This is like The Shawshank Redemption, only with more tunneling through shit and no fucking redemption."

[@Softsausage06]

Jamie stopping the meeting and saying “I will action that” kills me every time.

[@rocker4577]

"As secure as a hymen in a South London comprehensive".

[@lulub.9635]

Offensive and funny as hell...I'm okay with it.

[@harmonyjones8035]

I'm glad you translated that for me because I had no fucking clue what he said there. But then, I did go to school at a South London comprehensiff.* *Yes, I have a sense of humour as well as an insecure hymen.

[@lewisdavidson571]

Harmony Jones did you see Nicola's daughter at any point? Or were you the girl she forcibly straightened out?

[@harmonyjones8035]

Renegade Richard Grayson I'm in labour with my eleventh kid at the moment. I'll reply later when little baby DiCaprio is born.

[@Theseamus2000]

rocker4577 I don't get that one Someone mind explaining?

[@alexturlais8558]

Whoever had to write Malcolm's lines must have had a blast.

[@CRAiCED.]

Alex Turlais does em on the spot

[@CRAiCED.]

It's all freestyle 😂😂

[@flavoredchin]

@@CRAiCED. not true, they hired Ian Martin as a swear sweat consultant.

[@TheAlps36]

And whoever had to play Jamie must have relished it

[@emz2969]

I love how self aware this show is. Terry - "Yes, Well done. That's offensive on a number of levels in a very concise way."

[@themadhammer3305]

Thats what made this show brilliant, but in todays climate it could absolutely not be made today

[@samtrotter7177]

@@themadhammer3305 Oh fuck off, yes it could be

[@edhoughton2609]

@@samtrotter7177 Indeed, Mr Trotter! I would go one step further - I would say it SHOULD be!

[@martijnbakkes924]

@@themadhammer3305 oh fuck off snowflake.

[@AshBashVids]

@@themadhammer3305 You realise this was made until fairly recently? The amount of drooling gobshites claiming "X/Y can't be made today" is ridiculous.

[@thenomadichistorian9922]

"From bean to cup, you fuck up." I had to write that one down it was so perfect!!!

[@FurnishedIgloo]

O M N I S H A M B L E S

[@natalyafisher2571]

Catastrophuck!

[@kilamandaros]

"You're so back bench you're practically falling off."

[@carlkamuti]

Your out by the fucking bins, where I put you.

[@richardtaylor1652]

"You're out by the fucking bins where I put you."

[@maxomatosis_]

"how much fucking shit is there on the menu and what fucking flavour is it?!"

[@Agills-Photography]

That happened right as I read this comment

[@Mousy677]

i love the fact that jamie was previously in a seminary studying to become a priest enough as it is; it's a fucking hilarious character detail. but that is made even better by the fact that that's because PAUL HIGGINS was actually training to be a priest before he became an actor. exceptional.

[@connorhandforth814]

"Get ya feelers out for the lads" Legendary.

[@nikitakubanovs7858]

“How much love”

[@brucekilby9957]

'Your a human dartboard, with Hundreds of darts thrown at you that are made of shit!' Malcolm is a Legend.🎯🎭

[@jamesfisher5233]

"Who did your media training, Myra Hindly?" Savage but hilarious

[@skfarouk]

😅😅

[@WalterReimer]

I know it's the writing, which is inspired, but the Scottish accents add just that lovely, almost delicious bit of a twist to each word. It's splendiferous.

[@ScottishPEACEguy]

Jamie is from motherwell, it shows.

[@BoshyG]

@Irn Man yeah same here, i lived in glasgow most of my life and moved to preston and for some reason the only words they understand are when i swear 😂

[@ianmcsherry5254]

We weaponise profanity in a quite special way. 👍

[@snecko]

@@ScottishPEACEguy The actor went to priest college with my da. There's an outtake where Malcolm says Jamie trained as a priest, he wisny joking

[@Banginyermamsince93]

"When i met you this morning i thought you were the nice scot" haha

[@Ghost-ql3hl]

Banginyermamsince93 the way he says it just makes it even better

[@vonteflon]

Ghost013 I disagree, I think he fucked it up.

[@h.a.b.arguille1896]

“You tell them nothing, except where the toilets are, but you lie about that, right?

[@Killerkwoi13]

This line was hysterical

[@markmayonnaise1163]

Honestly the humour in this show is brilliant at every level. From the satire parodying the Hughs, Peter Mannions, Stewart Pearsons, and Terris of the world; all on the nose mean-spirited portrayals of extremely believable politicians, to the creative use of vulgarity, topical/cultural gags, to just goofy one-liners like that. It's almost Shakespearean in that all levels of humour are included

[@grahamblack1961]

It makes me feel proud of being Scottish.

[@xenon8117]

Graham Black Here Here!

[@shanchat]

Any Scot to be honest bud.

[@tobytaylor5960]

Mr Shanchat But especially the ones kissed by fire.

[@emz2969]

American scot probably. Joseph xD

[@ScottishPEACEguy]

Jamie is from motherwell, it shows.

[@simapark]

It’s a pity Jamie didn’t feature more especially berating people in tandem with Malcolm . Jamie looks like a nice polite and harmless little cherub but then just goes Ballistic . I’d love to go out on a Pub crawl with these two the banter would be very entertaining .

[@BossySwan]

Motherwell Rules

[@deewekoms]

Are you bent?

[@MX.Unicorn1999]

I like how jamie just appears out of nowhere

[@keiranclarke2955]

As does Malcolm

[@ace18131]

"I don't know what's worse, having him slowly rumble toward you like prostate cancer, or appear suddenly out of nowhere like a severe stroke"

[@ASamson123]

They’re both shape shifters

[@GameOfCheats]

"I'm plugged into the matrix, i AM the fucking matrix " 😭

[@Denoven45]

“You’re like a sweaty octopus trying to undo a bra” 😅

[@ehought]

I would have thumbs upped your comment but it's on 69

[@treehousekohtao]

It's like watchin John Leslie

[@mikeb3717]

"Nobody move right, and nobody get's fuckin truncheoned in the face."

[@cuzned1375]

“I promise that i will never call an 8yo girl a c-- again.” 😂

[@Rygabo]

“This the fucking Shawshank Redemption. Only with more tunnelling through shit and no fucking redemption”. Probably my favourite line ever.

[@martydav9475]

Yes it's fantastic.

[@adrianmeyer2157]

one of the best characters ever

[@jamesduffy7549]

Top ten characters who could defeat Thanos in seconds

[@ehought]

lol - superb comment! A dozen Malcolm Tuckers could conquer the galaxy!

[@ace18131]

Either of them could do it by themselves, but he would stand no chance if Malcolm and Jamie were both there

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

Thanos : I am inevitable Malcolm : FUCK OFF YOU PURPLE CHINNY BASTARD GO TO TUBBYLAND WITH THE OTHER TELETUBBIES YOU WANKER

[@CRAiCED.]

If this was set during brexit his strokes would be having strokes

[@samtrotter7177]

If Tucker was still there Brexit never would have happened

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

My dream was to see a thick of it brexit special

[@jameshowe9010]

"This is the fucking Shawshank Redemption, except with more tunnelling through shit and no fucking redemption."

[@niamhspeirs3656]

Weird thing is Malcolm is dead nice to his secretary 😊

[@NC-hu3ti]

Also to the cleaner. He was quite nice to her. He's a good judge of character.

[@GaldirEonai]

He's nice to everybody who isn't part of the political machine. He saves all of his non-niceness for those who are.

[@therebel4332]

@@GaldirEonai Because they're straight up wan*ers,, anyone who wants to enter into politics are 99% there for their own agenda and monetary gain,, none of them are there for the betterment of society. Just look at some of the snotty nosed tw*ts on the back benches,, none of them have any intention of trying to help their "constituency", they are purely picking up the pay cheque and expenses paid digs.

[@ehought]

@@GaldirEonai Yes - as did Jamie who apologised nicely to the same cleaner when he accidentally bumped into her. It's people in "the game" who get both barrels. Civilians, like the late night cleaners, are unaffected.

[@browad891]

@@therebel4332 that’s not trye

[@methvenarundell3118]

"Who did your media training, Myra Hindley?" "As secure as a hymen in a south London comprehensive" Genius. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@chuckfinlay6093]

I’m absolutely howling with laughter.........whoever came up with these one liners is one very funny twisted talented bastard!!! 😂

[@fahimhuq2768]

The guy who plays Hugh is so good as the counterbalance and Target for Malcolm.

[@seamusmurphy3356]

Fahim Huq he also almost convinced me that he was a politician I kept forgetting that this was a fictional show

[@iwillheadlockyournan731]

to be fair nicola murray is class

[@edhoughton2609]

@@iwillheadlockyournan731 Yes you are right, as also are the superb Rebecca Front and Joanna Scanlon and all of them, in actual fact. (Rebecca got a BAFTA for her performance in this show)

[@aShotOfDaniels]

"Awh dont't tell me he's gone feral?" Don't know why, but I fucking lost it at that.

[@orla0colette0cullen1]

Honestly, from bean to cup you fuck up CHANGED me when i saw that on tv, i didn't stop laughing for AGES

[@dmac5787]

"Your bell ends wearing your a appendix like a little hat " 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@voyeurcoma638]

Wonderfully written show, beautifully and masterfully performed show.

[@romulusnr]

"That's offensive on a number of levels in a very concise way" sums up Jamie completely.

[@MaisieGold24]

3:40 olly goes to actually hug him,he so had a one-sided crush on malcolm

[@pravkdey]

Reminds me of JD and Dr Cox

[@acm1137]

"Hello Malcolm, oh you look a bit tired!" "Yeah you're looking competent."

[@JG-ib7xk]

"You look incompetent"

[@iybjs5308]

1:05 is actually hilarious. He two ladies chatting while Malcolm destroys someone in the backgroumd

[@markmayonnaise1163]

The best part is if you look closely you can see Hugh on the verge of shitting himself with laughter

[@BalrogsHaveWings]

My favourite episode of Doctor Who, ever! 😂

[@ramimwamba9937]

I wish Malcolm made an appearance on Veep

[@iwillheadlockyournan731]

Rami Mwamba they well should have

[@ScottishPEACEguy]

Looks like al need tae Google veep.

[@jimmy2k4o]

Or Avenue 5

[@DJGuRu0071]

He would have scared the crap out of them

[@bannjaxx]

closest is probably the spin-off film they made "In the Loop" set in Washington and London

[@azzyclark3860]

"Are you finished?"... "You're finished."

[@glenncooke3050]

It’s a shame this show got taken off Netflix’s

[@TERMINATIONBLISS08]

"Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off" Artful

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

@0:14 that's probably my favourite line of the entire series. Up there with the wank off a nurse line from Ollie

[@illiteratethug3305]

"Yeah, you're looking competent"

[@thatnorwegianguy1986]

incompetent

[@illiteratethug3305]

thatnorwegian guy Nope, he said what I put in the OP mate

[@illiteratethug3305]

*competent It's called sarcasm

[@DougieJR]

It's actually super unclear whether he says "You look incompetent" and "You're looking competent" Seriously listen to it a few times with each instance in mind.

[@illiteratethug3305]

yeah, you know what I actually think it is incompetent now, given the context of what Terry said

[@sas2300]

I always loved the scene about the "quiet bat people" and malcolms response 😆 🤣

[@grunthostheflatulent9649]

The group watching Malcolm approaching them is hilarious. Comparing Malcolm to prostate cancer or a stroke. 😆

[@floridaman3823]

Malcolm Tucker: The Spirit Animal we need.

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

Jamie McDonald: The spirit animal of the only thing we remember of that one night out.

[@Lachie55]

This is the best compilation i've found on YT.

[@Aman-cb1pt]

"From bean to cup you fuck up" I could use that

[@vitruvianmind3570]

When i met you this morning I thought you were the nice Scot

[@xXKirkSoloXx]

"Hugh" trying not to laugh gets me every time.

[@jimsicle]

"Bean to cup, you fuck up" cracks me up every time.

[@danieldoherty8101]

Jamie McDonald's kitchen nightmares would be TV gold,

[@suffern63]

Year after year this just gets better,especially with the daily round of apologies when someone has been offended

[@themadhammer3305]

Yeah with how easily offence is taken these days, this show could absolutely never be made today lol

[@PB-cb7ht]

My favourite like 2:30 - I don't know why, just hits the spot

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

3:07 I love that line.

[@alanthe2]

“How much shit is on the menu AND WHAT FUCKING FLAVOUR IS IT?!”

[@markbozz153]

Great compilation, thanks!

[@seamusmurphy3356]

"how much fucking shit is there on the menu and what fucking flavour is it"

[@stuartwarburton5816]

The Thick of It had the best scriptwriters

[@Jack-Oates]

I heard Capaldi just free styled the swearing.

[@trindog5843]

“Oh don’t tell me he’s gone Ferrel cause he was fucking terrifying when you had him on the leash” 😂

[@shaddowwxy3307]

Therapy. Pure therapy.

[@trj_creative846]

"From bean to cup, you fuck up!" 😂

[@JesperAndersen5171]

“So when you get off, disinfect your hands.”

[@rickjamez4987]

You gotta be-a genius to realize how golden this show actually was. Unbelievable writing.

[@iwillheadlockyournan731]

RiddleMeThat amen

[@edwardjones2202]

But you're not a genius and you realise it?

[@jimmyrustler8983]

"Jesus H. Fucking CORBETT!"

[@rockingbrowneyedgirl]

"From bean to cup....you fuck up!"

[@Noutchka]

"Yeah you're looking competent" lol

[@x0xDarthWyylokx0x]

I missed Hugh

[@tinyspeaker]

Same, Hugh was much funnier than nicola.

[@tinyspeaker]

gaudd1888 no way! Links?

[@tinyspeaker]

gaudd1888 alright nice one m8 you got me to Google shit for a good two minutes

[@Clo_Dub]

x0xDarthWyylokx0x yep shame he’s a nonce

[@mightybison15]

bunetoff he is a nonce though. Just check his wiki.

[@skar5541]

From bean to cup, you fuck up. Absolute genius

[@nathanmilligan3881]

4:38 is amazing 😂

[@OGKingfish]

From bean to cup, you fuck up. Beautiful

[@MrPicklerwoof]

"Fuck you harder than Ron Jeremy". I love the show, but for some reason I don't recall hearing that line before. 😂

[@azapro911]

They are the most Scottish thing ever.

[@RUDI-UK]

"Aye love. Get your feelers out for the lads" Malcolm Tucker

[@mightybison15]

"how much love" "Sorry?"

[@mirensummers7633]

5:53 extra playing the barman nearly cracks

[@xSTATOKEx]

2:56, aww I feel so sorry for him.

[@KayleighNatasha]

From bean to cup... You fuck up Love it

[@Hascienda27]

“How much love ?”

[@craigoneill8277]

Go on get your feelers out for the lads 😂

[@HalfGodHalfManYourWelcome]

I miss this show so much. I wish it would come back. I found it by accident and I am certain I'm the only one in Ohio that watched it lol. Hugh is easily one of my favorite characters on television. Ever. He is every man. Literally. Hugh Abbott - "Minister caught defication outburts! Molly Sunderland at Number 10, did you enjoy your shit Mr.Abbott!" Malcolm Tucker to Oliver Reeder - "Ha,ha,ha. Very funny you retard. Sorry Glenn." 🤣 Malcolm Tucker- "I'd love to stop and chat, but I'd rather have Type 2 Diabetes" 🤣

[@supergangsterish1234]

"how much fucking shit is there on the menu, and what fucking flavour is it?"

[@bilalc4415]

Just to be clear, at 0:35, is he talking about the woman behind him?

[@keeranjani]

3:44 Kak Efron 😂 Ianucci is incredible

[@niallg3551]

‘I will action that’

[@Nlogax]

"From bean to cup, you fuck up"

[@milesm1234]

Harder than Ron Jeremy and with less warmth 😆

[@cjryan88]

had a sgt just like him i was pissing myself

[@johncee1481]

From bean to cup...classic

[@dougiemcbriar1998]

Can't believe this series will ever be bettered.. on a separate note my fav nick name Lucille Ballbag

[@mrbritishguyesq2846]

I’d like to stay and talk to you but I’d rather have type 2 diabetes....that got me

[@karlp8484]

Tintin's sexy sister

[@rachaelmonaghan5541]

"From bean to cup, You fuck up"

[@stooooogs8763]

3:23 brilliant

[@crchalmers2012]

"See you, you are a fucking omnishambles, that's what you are!" 😂

[@StrangeDaysGaming]

This is the Shawshank Redemption, but with more tunneling through shit and no fuckin' redemption.

[@sticksman1979]

Even if you survive Malcolm, you've got Jamie coming down the pipe!