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 200922:10BBC HD & BBC Two- Tue 3 Nov 200923:30BBC HD
- Thu 5 Nov 200923:30
- Sun 24 Jan 201000:00
- Thu 17 Jun 201022:50BBC HD
- Thu 21 Jun 201222:00BBC HD
Thu 20 Jun 201922:30- Mon 24 Jun 201923:30
- Tue 25 Oct 202222:30
- Tue 15 Aug 202321:30
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