The Thick of It: the nicknames

A compilation of nicknames from Armando Iannucci's brilliant 'The Thick of It' (series 1-3 and specials).
This video contains strong language from the start.
Series 4 nicknames:
• The Thick of It (Serie...

[@elsieclark1933]

My only complaint about this compilation is that it missed my personal favorite - when Malcolm calls Ollie 'a Quentin Blake illustration'

[@bethaniie_]

I've never seen an insult that's so undeniably true it's literal genius lmaoooo

[@douglasparkinson4123]

that's in S4 this vid is from before S4

[@bethaniie_]

Just seen in an interview that TWO script writers came up with this same joke on SEPARATE occasions… 😭😂

[@alexmayall8548]

That's not a nickname, going by the sentence structure

[@99dndd]

It’s not a nickname but it’s genius 😂

[@rebeccam9]

Tuckers swearing is like therapy for me

[@hannahmcgahan8920]

Same 😂😂😂

[@rebeccam9]

***** hahahaha - see it works..I'm smiling

[@timbogymbro66]

Same here.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Fucking Tucker. 😂

[@natashawhite1450]

Same 😂

[@patrickplsxo]

I genuinely have no idea how they ever got through filming this.

[@MX.Unicorn1999]

Charlotte slowly but surely

[@NxDoyle]

Two main things: 1) It's their job and 2) time and budgetary constraints.

[@mael2839]

they must off laughed so much it was no longer funny

[@Casshern1456]

@@mael2839 I feel poorly as an Englishman my arsehole rolled up into a loop.

[@whette_fahrtz]

Pontius Pilate with the emphasis on PONCE!

[@firstnamelastname7113]

Therapist: Big Bad Malcolm Tucker isn’t real. He can’t hurt you Big Bad Malcolm Tucker: 4:54

[@samwstaylor]

Lemme come innnn!

[@finlaybalfour1064]

The total confidence in which Jamie says "peter onion" never fails to make me piss myself

[@SardonicALLY]

''Shitehead Revisited'' will always have a special place in my heart.

[@MX.Unicorn1999]

Philip Dunne Same

[@walrus3479]

not a nickname, but my favourite line in the show has to be when glenn is described as an 'elderly aid' in the newspaper and he says 'that makes me sound like a fucking stairlift'

[@chrispy9229]

I think Ben's Glen was easily the most vicious and cold of all of them.

[@otterhero6229]

I adore that line. Malcolm standing up for Glenn makes my day.

[@MM-vs2et]

@@otterhero6229 I think he was standing up for Hugh

[@jimmy2k4o]

Malcolm stood up for Glenn quite a lot.... Until he joined the Lib Dem’s.

[@GenericUserNameHere]

I dunno, my vote is for the Beige Power Ranger

[@coolgenious]

"You're Boromir, your horn is broken and shall be blown no more." What a beautiful reference that works on so many levels

[@talonschild]

Pity it's said by James May

[@tommacmillan8831]

it's not quite a nickname, but they describe meeting steve fleming for the first time as 'obsessive repulsive disorder'

[@harrycartwright99]

Lego policeman.

[@EskimoCreamKing]

The ghost of Christmas shit

[@LorenHelgeson]

My favorite is still that one from In the Loop: "Shut it, Love Actually!"

[@kirstymcgregor2194]

Do you want me to hole punch your face?!

[@jackwentrunning]

That’s enough of the Oxford pleasantries!

[@ralphmacchiato3761]

​@@jackwentrunning *Oxbridge

[@jackwentrunning]

@@ralphmacchiato3761 🥱

[@Matthew_Rushton]

"Here comes Laurel and Hardy, did you manage to get the piano up those stairs okay?" 😂👍

[@davidobrien5654]

For some reason that one in particular always kills me.

[@mikew5795]

"The Fucker he coming. He coming to your town." Kills me every damn time!

[@davidwatkins5948]

Of all the hundreds of contenders, "Giant Gaystacks" is a clear number 1 for me

[@dansaunders1655]

Better yet as I believe the same actor as played Ben Swain also played Giant Haystacks in some film or another about wrestling

[@alfier1736]

"The beige power ranger" will always be the best

[@881greeny]

"sorry about the puffin" gets me every time

[@M1st3rB3nn]

"Bentally ill!" It's never been so easy to watch ten minutes of sentence fragments. Awesome compilation, makes me wanna fire it up again, cheers.

[@ryanrtw]

'Pontius Pilate with the emphasis on ponce'. I cannot believe how good this show is.

[@FAith9021]

"Me, Aragorn, the true King, you, Boromir: your horn is broken, and will be blown no more."

[@Valerie24810]

Oh my God Glen's meltdown is killing me over here. "Well FUCK TINKY WINKY!"

[@docholliday1112]

"What do you know about Hitler?! Well he had a moustache and he lived over there!"

[@dansaunders1655]

He is a man

[@brumav9779]

I’m irrelevant, I’m irrelevant, I’m irrelevant

[@tivednagol9127]

"There's something I do know, that you don't know. I'm Doctor fucking Who." You're damn right he is.

[@stevemcqwark7061]

WOW, you're a hard man mate.

[@tivednagol9127]

*****, why? What are we doing? The reason we're doing it is because the lead actor in _The Thick of It_ now stars in _Doctor Who._ It make sense, so what's the bother?

[@choppernick]

Ollie calling Glenn "Uncle Bulgaria" will never not make me completely piss myself with laughter!

[@GiratinaofFury]

It's a good thing that Chris Addison is behind that pile of paperwork at roughly 8:57, because you can see him cracking a smile there.

[@eviebradney2068]

I love little things like that in this show its brilliant for the observant eye

[@scottdain6647]

They didn't even need to hide it because the character Ollie would definitely be laughing, no idea how the rest keep a straight face throughout it tho

[@obiwankenobi687]

It’s not a mistake or anything though because he’s in character, so he would actually be laughing

[@sxxxxxlxxx]

@@obiwankenobi687 He could have broken character and started laughing, and they just kept it in the show

[@jonathangiles4854]

Hale and pacemaker and private Godfrey are my favourites 😂

[@djackmanson]

My all time fave, from In The Loop: Malcolm wants to bollock Simon alone. "The White Stripes, out!" *Simon, Toby and Judy go to leave* *Malcolm motions Simon to stay* "There's only two people in the White Stripes"

[@tomclarke4530]

A lady policemen, did the last 30 years not happen to you

[@sophieroberts3]

I don't know why but Malcolm hammering on the door and shouting "WIL-MAAAAAAA" always gets me.

[@jvsl1999]

"Can Teflon Tucker save the Nutters" easily one of the best Jamie lines and it's not even sweary

[@bmg_darby]

I named my fantasy football team Teflon Tekkers in honour of this. Most of my mates didn’t understand it.

[@ska2ol]

" The man once referred to as the "Gorbals' Goebbels" " so good.

[@jimmyjim170]

Thank you, The Thick Of It, for giving me the opportunity to be more creative with my cursing and insults.

[@Slypaperclips]

They missed my favourite, "Noncey Sinatra"

[@PickleSurpriseVEVO]

Aimed at Hugh? lol

[@JohnSmith-gu1dq]

Flouncy Sinatra

[@blueeyes8849]

I piss myself when Malcom says "Tin Tin's sexy sister"

[@PurushaDesa]

"What's up booboo?" David Haig as Steve Fleming is so fucking creepy.

[@jackpenguin3112]

PurushaDesa omg Steve Fleming is so insanely funny. his flipping out about Andy Murray kills me every time.

[@briansmith5239]

I CANNOT BELIEVE THE ENERGY GOING INTO ANDY MURRAY!!! This one cracks me up.

[@georgeohunt2263]

@@briansmith5239 WOULD YOU PLEASE FUCKING WELL

[@ayatollahrocknrolla]

The Glenn-Ollie "Juliet Bravo" exchange is still one of my favourites from the last series.

[@RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea]

"Don't panic, Orca! We'll get sandwiches."

[@camman1056]

"I'm not just plain I'm self raising Lazarus" + "yoko ono and the two remaining beetles piss off" are my favourites

[@Adam-wl7nv]

Peter Onion is so stupidly funny lmao

[@AMinibot]

"Your horn is broken and will be blown no more" that's like. the only good burn Phil gets in in the entire show, I swear

[@vinnywinnies]

The children's-themed nicknames for Ollie are some of the best, in my opinion. Andy Pandy, Tintin's Sexy Sister, The Unbaked Gingerbread Man, Tinky Winky, The Little Man in the Red and Yellow Car..... ChristoperfuckingRobin.

[@JoelJoel321]

The beige Power Ranger.

[@artyb27]

Description rather than nickname but "looks a bit like a Quentin Blake illustration" absolutely killed me.

[@Hysteria98]

@@artyb27 FAR and away the best one. One of my favourite lines in the entire show.

[@theF1oracle]

I can't really put into words how much this makes me laugh 1:35 Thank you scotland for giving the world this amazing accent

[@johnd4587]

Your welcome

[@danpackman6195]

‘Deep Beige’ is severely underrated

[@leowatkins1518]

"The little man in the red and yellow car" has always been my favourite line. The delivery, and camerawork, and acting of it.

[@tomclarke4530]

Forget what mummy says , do what daddy says

[@TheOneWithTheHair1]

"My little phony" got me.

[@Krushtykon]

"Sorry about the Puffin" xD

[@clockwork9827]

find me this.

[@yannatoko9898]

It's about 57 seconds in.

[@margaretfarquhar9567]

Listening to this, is when I get a laugh in my elderly solitary life Thank you for posting There is nothing like British comedy From an exiled Scot

[@simonsackett]

Hope you're ok, Margaret x

[@ivanpb1983]

This is the bloody fucking best way to learn English.

[@AIreadsmydiaries]

Hale and pacemaker always gets me 😂

[@warlocksarewatching]

"Ooh hello, the Golden Girls!"

[@Comet12864]

I always fall apart at "Well FUCK Tinkie Winkie!" XD 8:56

[@ahdhgkhfgakhg]

The fucker he comin, he comin to your town

[@jordyw441]

Am I being threatened my Harold fucking Bishop!?

[@tedcrilly7243]

I think I can confidently say, this is the best comedy of all time

[@0vaDaWudz]

how could you leave "foetus boy" out hahaha?!

[@AlienWithABox]

I call people Foetus Boy (among other things) because of this show.

[@jj_b5400]

That was In The Loop not The Thick of It.

[@LifeOfRy]

1:04 is genius in its double meanings. Genuinely genius.

[@georgeohunt2263]

It's significantly cleverer but weirdly still not as funny as the immediately following "Ooooo hello, the Golden Girls" haha

[@LifeOfRy]

@@georgeohunt2263 I also very much enjoy Cack Efron and the beige power ranger.

[@varolussalsanclar1163]

The most underrated British comedy series ever.

[@MegaFafnir]

3:34 "Why is ZIPPY still talking?!?!" LOL!!!

[@maximumlvl5001]

Yoko Ono and the two remaining Beatles always gets me

[@LegalVampire]

'You fucking jazzy bastard' always gets me ✨

[@mekrabj2901]

"Hey, James fucking May!" I spit my drink all over my lap top!

[@amorembalming]

Sorry about the puffin is a wonderful line.

[@ABWG_ZePequ]

9:34 The unbaked gingerbread man hahaha

[@geo24793]

The Node of Nodehall gets me every time 😂

[@johnfranklin87]

See Peter Capaldi say "Lucile Ball-bag" made my night 🤣🤣🤣

[@RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea]

"Me, Aragorn the true king. You, Boromir. Your horn is broken and will be blown no more. " lol

[@CaladonianQueen]

Malcolm calling himself 'Daddy' does things to me.❤

[@DontFeedTheDrummer]

"sorry about the puffin" one of my fav

[@kitpalmer1583]

"Remtard Remmington" ...yeah, I'm sold. gonna watch this show now.

[@kitpalmer1583]

watched the whole thing in two days. genius.

[@oooooooooorly]

"At least I know how to use a stick, mr. Floppy!" That's funny on so many levels...

[@D4K44R1]

Doctor Who? Malcolm Tucker: Doctor fucking Know!

[@gregoris69]

The Tardis!

[@Hannah-ic5wv]

Terry's clockwork orange will always be the best

[@OminousVoice]

You missed 'Baldymort'

[@themightyboush]

That was from In the Loop. This is only nicknames in the TV show.

[@angelicank13]

+OminousVoice haha yeah, one of the best, but is from the movie "In The Loop"

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Ah, that makes so much more sense now.

[@goawayimsleeping509]

"Pontius Pilate, with the emphasis on ponce."

[@MrCustardbeast]

"All you are is Ben's Glenn" is the best line ever

[@GattToDaChoppa]

6:55 aged like fine wine

[@ralphmacchiato3761]

He is referring to Dr Know from "AI (2001)" not to Dr Who.

[@GRANGER565]

YOKI ONO AND THE 2 REMAINING BEATLES LMAO

[@happeningfish77]

"The Kraken awakes!"

[@lewisvann1]

About 7.00: "Oh here comes Laurel and Hardie. Did you manage to that piano up the stairs ok?"

[@angelicank13]

WELL, FUCK TINKY WINKY! hahaha. I Love this show xD

[@tochno_navernoe]

I have no idea why, but "deep beige" and "Wilmaaaaaa" has me in stitches every time

[@Goochbag8]

Oy James Fucking May That one killed me.

[@siegfriedetzkorn2256]

We all should swear more at each other. This would return more honesty in some conversation. Lovely to see Malcolm be frank.

[@jonnnyren6245]

8:18 always love the crossest man in Scotland, well aside from his "shut it Love Actually."

[@deanoward]

first time i saw "sorry about the puffin" i was crying with laughter

[@vinnywinnies]

And Stuart.. what a brilliantly realised caricature he is.

[@darrencain5221]

"Sue Barker's little sister" will always be my favourite

[@Holic1337]

Season 4 had some gems. "You know, me and the Inbetweeners!"

[@akf2000]

08:58 you can see Chris Addison trying to cover his corpsing - Glenn's breakdown is one of my fave scenes.

[@spewter]

It’s Ollie laughing at Glenn

[@markgibbins23]

'There he is Bob Carolgees. Hows the wee comedy dog?' Utterly brilliant.

[@rahulpatel7391]

This is a bloody great compilation.

[@edr5364]

"Pontius Pilate with the emphasis on PONCE!" - 😂

[@kukuricapica]

"Wilmaaa!" that fcking Flinstone reference always kills me I've actually done it to my ex and I regret nothing...

[@houseofmissr]

Shitehead revisited

[@sticksman1979]

This needs to be catalogued!

[@steve-marsh]

Richard Stilgoe will always be my favourite :D

[@jennab.6723]

I’ve been watching this perfect compilation of insults since it was posted. It got me to watch the show.

[@gclancy51]

Don't know why, but "you're Ben's Glenn" always has me in pieces...

[@Thundernerd2aBird]

6:58 and that's how he got the job "I'm doctor fucking who"

[@Rascaduanok]

+Eleanorminblack There are other prophecies about his becoming Doctor Who. For example, Peter Mannion goes on TV, and his PR have forced him to take his tie off. Tucker sees him on TV and says: "I'm really liking the no tie thing." Then his Doctor goes on to wear fully buttoned up shirts with no tie!

[@Thundernerd2aBird]

Lol coincidence? I think not ;)

[@CMDParodies]

Eleanorminblack clearly says Doctor Know, as in Doctor No...

[@Thundernerd2aBird]

oh damn

[@Thundernerd2aBird]

I've told you to fuck off twice and yet you're still here XD

[@BaileysMariner]

Why was The Fucker only ever in one scene? It seemed like they were setting him up as the opposition's Tucker for the final season, but then he vanished.

[@otterhero6229]

@Ascaithe really? I'd say it's my favourite season. Its really good to get a sustained view of both sides of the government.

[@mikewellwood1412]

He came back IRL as Dominic Cummings.

[@benyoung5633]

I think his entire character was just a meta joke considering how pathetic his character is in "In the Loop"

[@DesolateWastrel]

Hale and Pacemaker and Poll Potty Mouth are the best haha

[@Halibut118]

“Lucille Ballbag” is so underrated